Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 政府;政體;治理的形式;管轄，治理;
?? govern統治+ment表名詞 →政府
"the government's abandonment of its new economic policy"
政府對新經濟政策的放棄
近義：ruling, control, rule, state, governing, governmental
反義：mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, disorderliness, anarchy, lawlessness
n. 口才，辯才;雄辯;雄辯術;修辭法;
?? e出+loqu說話+ence名詞后綴 → 雄辯，口才
"I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts."
恐怕我的雄辯也無補于事實了.
近義：loquacity, oratory, rhetoric, speaking, speechmaking, fluentness
反義：laconicism, succinctness, terseness, brevity
adj. 危險的;
?? danger危險+ous.....的 →危險的
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一個突然變得陌生而危險的世界里，他是她唯一的守護神。
近義：hazardous, jeopardous, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe
反義：innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless, secure, sure
n. 仆人，傭人，雇工;[美]奴仆，奴隸;官吏，公務員，服務員;隨員，獻身…的人;
?? serv服務，保持+ant表示人 →仆人；公務員
"They treat their mother like a servant."
他們像對待用人一樣對待自己的母親。
近義：helper, houseboy, lackey, lacquey, maid, manservant
adj. 害怕的，擔心的;膽怯的;嚇人的，可怕的;<口>極端的;
?? fear恐懼+ful表形容詞，“有…的” →可怕的
"Parents are ever fearful for their children."
父母總是為子女擔憂。
近義：shy, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrifying
反義：mild, pacific, peaceable, placid, pleasurable, quiet
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理，思考;爭辯;辯論;向…解釋;
?? 再（re）生一個（a）兒子(son)， 理由是第一個兒子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水災是那場大雨造成的.
近義：ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反義：idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake