The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 符號;手勢;跡象;指示牌;
vt.& vi. 簽名;打手勢;
?? sign(mark)→記號；征兆；簽字；做手勢；表示
"Sign your name in the blank space below."
把名字簽在下面的空白處。
近義：legalize, authenticate, seal, stamp, subscribe, undersign
反義：abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, quash, repeal
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. 活著的;活潑的;有生氣的;敏感的;
?? a在…，…的+live活→活的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我們不知道他是死是活。
近義：live, living, quickened, surviving, animated, passionate
反義：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 第一，最初;頭等;一號，;[樂]高音部;
adv. 最早，最初;首次;寧愿;優(yōu)先;
adj. 第一流的;最初的，最早的;基本的，概要的;高音的;
num. 第一;
?? 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上，訓(xùn)練
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的論文《論自戀》中首次提到了這個概念.
近義：initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary
反義：hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost
n. 腐敗;貪污;賄賂;變體;
"Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department."
有幾家報紙聲稱該市警察部門腐敗。
近義：immodesty, immorality, impudicity, indecency, iniquity, obscenity
反義：honor, integrity, openheartedness, openness, politeness, probity
adv. 仍，仍然;更，還要;靜靜地;〈詩〉常，不斷地;
adj. 不動的，靜止的;不狂暴的，溫柔的;沒有活力的，死氣沉沉的;
n. 平靜，寂靜;劇照;靜止攝影;蒸餾器;
vt.& vi. （使某物）平靜下來，安靜;〈古〉燒（酒），蒸餾;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
盡管快80歲了，他還是十分活躍。
近義：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反義：incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset