Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
?? 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
adj. 順從的，服從的;忠順的;孝順的;馴良的;
?? obedi=obed服從+ent...的 →服從的
"He was always obedient to his father's wishes."
他一向順從父親的意愿。
近義：manageable, pliant, submissive, subordinate, tame, tractable
反義：headstrong, indocile, troublemaking, uncompliant, ungovernable, unruly
hierarchical
[?hai?'rɑ:kikl;'hai?'rɑ:kik?l]
adj. 按等級劃分的，等級（制度）的;分層的;
"But the problems of perpetuating a hierarchical society go deeper than this."
但是把等級社會永久化的問題卻比這深刻得多.
近義：hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchized
n. 巨人，大漢;巨獸，巨物;卓越人物;
adj. 特大的，巨大的;偉大的;
?? 雞(gi)對于螞蟻(ant)來說是 巨人
"Once upon a time there was a giant with two heads."
從前有個兩頭巨人.
近義：behemoth, monster, colossus, jumbo, colossal, enormous
反義：midget, runt
n. 一時的興致;突然的念頭;怪念頭，奇想;幻想;
vi. 心血來潮地向往;
"He was forced to pander to her every whim ."
她每次心血來潮他都不得不依隨她。
近義：longing, skittishness, vagary, waywardness, whimsy, caprice
反義：apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
n. 愚人，傻瓜;受騙者;有癖好的人;受愚弄的人;
vt. 愚弄，欺騙;浪費，虛度;鬧笑話;游手好閑;
vi. 開玩笑;欺騙;戲弄;
adj. 愚蠢的;傻的;
"Don't be such a bloody fool."
別像個大傻瓜似的。
近義：hoax, hoodwink, humbug, inveigle, outmaneuver, bamboozle