My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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n. 定義;規(guī)定,明確;[物]清晰度;解釋;
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"Can you give a more precise definition of the word?"
你能給這個詞下個更確切的定義嗎?
近義:outline, picture, portraiture, term, word, delineation
反義:hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, indistinctness, irresolution, uncertainty
n. 社會;上流社會;社團(tuán);社群;
adj. 上流社會的,社交界的;
?? socie=social社會+ty表名詞 → 社會,社團(tuán)
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社會憎惡種族主義。
近義:aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反義:personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
adj. 自由的;免費的;免稅的;空閑的;
adv. 免費地;自由地,無拘束地;一帆風(fēng)順地;
vt. 免除;釋放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我讓他在這件事情上放手干.
近義:liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise
反義:immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew
adj. 安全的;保險的,肯定的;無損的;提供保護(hù)的;
n. 保險箱,保險柜;冷藏箱;〈俚〉避孕套;
?? 被save(拯救)已safe(安全)
"The family jewels are locked away in a safe."
家里的珠寶首飾都鎖在保險柜里。
近義:strongbox, vault, innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless
反義:hesitant, hesitative, infirm, irresolute, shaky, skeptical
adj. 不受歡迎的,不流行的;無人望的;不得人心的;
"The proposed increase in income tax proved deeply unpopular with the electorate."
增加所得稅的建議令選民十分不滿。
近義:uncompanionable, unsociable, unsocial, unwelcome, antisocial, detested
反義:appreciated, prized, regarded, respected, valued