Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
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n. 疾病;弊端;不安;
vt. 傳染;使…有病;
?? dis(apart)+ease→疾病
"About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease."
全國40%左右的人口患有這種疾病。
近義:ill, malady, illness, complaint, condition, affliction
反義:healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle
n. 人類;男性,男子;
?? man人+kind 種類→ n.人類
"the history of mankind"
人類的歷史
近義:humanity, humankind, humans, man, civilization
infantile
['inf?ntail]
adj. 嬰兒(期)的;<貶>幼稚的;孩子氣的;嬰兒的;
"Some infantile actions survive into adulthood."
某些嬰兒期的行為一直保持到成年期.
近義:immature, juvenile, baby, babyish, puerile, sophomoric
反義:mature, grown
measles
['mi:zlz]
n. <醫>麻疹;[獸](牛,豬的)囊蟲病;[攝]斑點;<美俚>梅毒,麻疹的紅斑點;
"Adults are often immune to German measles."
成人往往對風疹有免疫力。
近義:rubella, rubeola