Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記：反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成，五人反對，兩人棄權。
近義：athwart, agin
n. 批評，批判;鑒定，審定，考證，校勘;苛求，[哲]批判主義;評論，評論文章;
?? critic批評，辨明，分開+ism表名詞 → 批評
"The plan has attracted criticism from consumer groups."
這項計劃引起了各消費者組織的指責。
近義：brickbat, animadversion, review, reviewal, critique, stricture
反義：applause, kudos, laud, ovation, praising, salvo
neither
['nie?]
adj. （兩者）都不的;
pron. 兩者都不;
adv. 兩個都不;既不…也不;
conj. 也不;既不;
?? n(not)+either→既非；皆不；兩者都不
"Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem."
雙方都不愿意妥協，問題就在這里。
近義：no, either
反義：likewise, moreover, too, withal, besides, then
n. 抗議;反對;申明;
?? pro在前面+test證據→向前作證→抗議；堅決聲明
"They tried to bludgeon me into joining their protest."
他們試圖強迫我和他們一同抗議。
近義：murmur, object, remonstrate, yammer, complain, gripe
反義：accord, chord, concur, agree, arrangement, negotiation
vt.& vi. 辯護;保衛;（足球、曲棍球等）防守;進行辯護;
?? de去掉+fend打擊→去掉打擊→打退敵人→保衛，防御
"He got the best advocate in town to defend him."
他請城里最好的律師為他辯護.
近義：preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shelter, shield
反義：impeach, incriminate, inculpate, indict, arraign, process
adv. 逐步地，漸漸地;按部就班地;日趨;冉冉;
?? grad步+ ual...的 + ly...地→ gradual逐步的+ ly...地 → 逐步地
"The drugs work well at first but gradually lose their effectiveness."
這些藥的效果起初非常好,但后來逐漸失效.
近義：increasingly, progressively, seriatim, slowly, successively, consecutively
反義：clean, cold