There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause.

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concentration ['kɑnsn'tre??n] 詞頻2 詞根: con
n. 集中;專心;關注;濃度;
?? con共同+centr中心+ation后綴→集中;濃縮
"This book requires a great deal of concentration."
這本書需要全神貫注才能讀懂。
近義:throng, confluence, crowd, heedfulness, application, intentness 反義:dissolution, dissolving, impoliteness, inattention, inattentiveness, absentmindedness
virtuous ['v?t?u?s] 詞頻4 詞根: virtue
adj. 有道德的,有德行的;善良的;貞潔的;有效力的;
?? virtu貞操,美德 + ous ...的 → adj.善良的, 有道德的, 貞潔的, 有效力的
"a wise and virtuous man"
博學多識的君子
近義:upright, qualified, skilled, capable 反義:ignoble, ill, immoral, infamous, iniquitous, low
whiff [(h)wif]
n. 吸氣或吹氣;一種比目魚;<口>難聞的氣味;小雪茄煙; vt. 吸;噴出;擊球失敗; vi. 噴氣;垂釣;輕吹;
"Now and again , he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell."
他不時聞到一股怪味.
近義:heave, puff, blow, exhale, expire, blowing
lynch [lint?] 詞頻5
vt. 以私刑處死(被認為有罪的人); n. 私刑;
"Before night they wanted to lynch him, but he was gone."
還沒到晚上他們就想私自干掉他, 可是他已經跑了.
近義:gibbet, halter, hang
migration [mai'ɡrei??n] 詞頻4
n. 遷移,移居;
"Swallows begin their migration south in autumn."
燕子在秋季開始向南方遷移.
近義:emigration
thinking ['θi?ki?] 詞頻1
n. 思考;想法,思想;意見;見解; adj. 有思想的;有理性的; v. “think”的現(xiàn)在分詞;
"She's thinking about a career in banking."
她正在考慮從事銀行業(yè)。
近義:approach, judgement, judgment, notion, opinion, sentiment

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