I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other. God help me. Amen.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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vt. 撤回（聲明），放棄（信仰或主張）;
?? re往后+cant唱，歌 → 撤消
"Though he was forced to change his religion,he would not recant."
雖然強迫他改變宗教信仰，但他絕不改變。
近義：retract, abjure, loathe, repel, repudiate, disaffirm
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. 良心;道德心;
?? con全部+sci知道+ence名詞后綴→全部知道→有良知→良心
"Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months."
幾個月來內疚一直折磨著他的良心.
近義：percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, seeing, sense
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
adv. 立刻，馬上;向右，右邊;恰當地;一直;
adj. 右方的;正確的;合適的;好的，正常的;
n. 正確，正當;右邊;權利;右手;
vt. 糾正;扶直，使正;整理;補償;
vi. （船舶等）復正，恢復平穩;
?? 請把名字寫(write)在右邊(right)
"Is the coffee all right?"
這咖啡還滿意嗎？
近義：avenge, vindicate, wreak, mend, rectify, reerect
反義：counterfeit, fake, forge, obstriction, pledge, responsibility
adj. 安全的;保險的，肯定的;無損的;提供保護的;
n. 保險箱，保險柜;冷藏箱;〈俚〉避孕套;
?? 被save（拯救）已safe（安全）
"The family jewels are locked away in a safe."
家里的珠寶首飾都鎖在保險柜里。
近義：strongbox, vault, innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless
反義：hesitant, hesitative, infirm, irresolute, shaky, skeptical