Social engaged intellectuals must accept reality as they found it and shape it toward positive social goals, not stand aside in self-righteous isolation.
?? 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. 社會的，社會上的;交際的，社交的;群居的;合群的;
n. 聯誼會，聯歡會;社交聚會;
?? soc社會+ial形容詞后綴 → 社會的
"political groups agitating for social change"
鼓吹社會變革的政治團體
近義：party, approachable, kindly, neighborly, neighbourly, personable
反義：sociopathic, dissocial
vi. 承認;同意;承兌;
vt. 接受;承認;承擔;承兌;
?? ac一再+cept拿→接受；承認
"The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it."
證據是那樣的令人折服，他覺得不得不接受。
近義：honor, permit, avow, receive, recognize, tolerate
反義：refuse, reject, snub, spurn, decline, disavow
n. 現實，現實性;真實情況，實際情形;實體，實在;事實;
?? real真實的+ity名詞后綴 →現實，真實
"our perception of reality"
我們對現實的認識
近義：sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
反義：chimaera, chimera, fable, hallucination
vt. 創辦，成立，建立;
v. 發現（ find的過去式）;找到;到達;發覺;
?? found基礎 → 為(房屋等)打基礎，建立，創立
"In some stories, genies are always found inside a lamp or bottle."
在一些故事里, 燈里或瓶子中總是裝有妖怪.
近義：base, ground, establish, institute, mount, rest
反義：invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, omit, outlaw
adj. 積極的;確實的，肯定的;[數]正的;[醫]陽性的;
n. 正面;正片;[語]原級形容詞;[數]正量;
?? posit肯定+ive形容詞后綴 → 肯定的；積極的
"The whole tenor of the meeting was very positive."
會議的整體氛圍很積極.
近義：approbative, approbatory, approving, assenting, asserting, assertive
反義：antipathetic, antithetic, antithetical, hurtful, injurious, noxious
adj. 正直的;正義的;公正的;
?? right正確+eous有...的 →正確的
"They were full of righteous indignation at the thought of being cheated."
一想到受騙了他們就義憤填膺.
近義：honest, honorable, honourable, impartial, incorrupt, just
反義：arbitral, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, monocratic, optional