America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused a€“ preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.
?? 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. 帝國，帝國領土;帝權，君權，最高統治權;大企業組織;
adj. 新古典風格的;
?? empire=emper命令，統治 → 進行統治的地方 → 帝國
"Her efforts were justly rewarded with a British Empire Medal."
不列顛帝國勛章是對她的努力的公正獎賞.
近義：imperium, reich, reign, sovereignty, empery, dominion
n. 歷史，歷史學;發展史;履歷，經歷;（某地的）沿革;
?? histor過去發生的事 + y 表名詞→ 歷史；個人經歷
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年諾貝爾文學獎得主為莫言，他“很好地將魔幻現實與民間故事、歷史與當代結合在一起”。
近義：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
n. 正義;公正;法律制裁;審判員，法官;
?? just公正的+ice表名詞 →正義
"a fugitive from justice"
逃犯
近義：right, equity, fairness, arbitrator, judge, magistrate
反義：unfairness
adj. 偉大的，杰出的;優異的，顯著的;很多的;重大的;
adv. [口語]很好地;令人滿意地，成功地，順利地;得意地;
n. 大人物們;偉大人物;重要人物，大師;名家;
?? 聯想：“貴的”就是偉大的 網友：12 補充：gr 工人 eat吃 解決工人吃飯問題，不就是偉大的問題。great 偉大
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
據米克說，這是一部了不起的電影。
近義：super, awesome, cool, fine, large, big
反義：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
n. [機]動力，功率;力量;政權，權力;強國，大國;
vt. 運轉;用發動機發動;使…有力量;
vi. 靠動力行進;快速行進;
adj. 權力的;機械能的，電動的;用電力（或動力）發動的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在對這臺引擎進行改裝以增加它的功率.
近義：move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反義：incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility
n. 機會，機遇;概率，可能性;偶然，運氣;
v. 偶然發生;冒險;碰巧;偶然被發現;
adj. 意外的;偶然的;碰巧的;
?? 碰巧有 機會闡(chan)述我的計策(ce)
"I would do it if I had the chance."
如果我有機會的話，我也會那么做。
近義：hazard, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, risk, stake
反義：assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness