Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.
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n. 文明，文化;開(kāi)化，教化;修養(yǎng);文明社會(huì);
?? civil市民；禮貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明，文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。
近義：humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
adj. 內(nèi)疚的;有罪的;
?? guilt內(nèi)疚 + y...的→ adj.內(nèi)疚的；有罪的
"The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels."
那些大領(lǐng)主的罪過(guò)是以權(quán)勢(shì)欺壓村民.
近義：culpable
反義：ingenuous, naif, naive, pure, sincere, blameless
n. [物]能量;活力;精力;精神;
?? en進(jìn)入+erg能量，活動(dòng)+y表名詞→進(jìn)入能量→能量；活力
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府對(duì)核能的態(tài)度來(lái)了個(gè)180度的大轉(zhuǎn)變。
近義：health, heart, impetuosity, impetus, impulsiveness, ardour
反義：puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility
n. 定罪;說(shuō)服;確信;信念;
?? con全部+vict征服，戰(zhàn)勝+ion表名詞→定罪；堅(jiān)信
"His conviction was later quashed by the Court of Appeal."
后來(lái)，上訴法院撤銷(xiāo)了對(duì)他的有罪判決。
近義：ideology, judgement, judgment, assurance, assuredness, notion
反義：hesitation, incertitude, indecision, indecisiveness, indefinition, indetermination
vt.& vi. 辯護(hù);保衛(wèi);（足球、曲棍球等）防守;進(jìn)行辯護(hù);
?? de去掉+fend打擊→去掉打擊→打退敵人→保衛(wèi)，防御
"He got the best advocate in town to defend him."
他請(qǐng)城里最好的律師為他辯護(hù).
近義：preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shelter, shield
反義：impeach, incriminate, inculpate, indict, arraign, process
adv. 明亮地;明凈地;明確地;顯然地;
"This case falls clearly within the ambit of the 2001 act."
這件案子顯然屬于2001年法案的范圍。
近義：just, manifestly, obviously, openly, overtly, patently
反義：privately, privily, secretly, undercover, underground, clandestinely