Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal.
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vt.& vi. 斷言，肯定;證實，確實;[法]不經宣誓而莊嚴宣布;承認;
?? af一再+firm堅定→肯定
"This report is positively denied in official circles, who affirm that nothing of the kind occurred , but that the story is made out of whole cloth."
這篇報導為官方人士所斷然否認, 他們斷言根本沒有這回事, 其內容純屬捏造.
近義：assert, assure, declare, hold, maintain, asseverate
反義：impugn, naysay, negate, object, oppose, rebut
v. 堅持;固執;存留;繼續存在;
?? per貫穿，自始至終+sist站→站到最后→堅持
"Why do you persist in blaming yourself for what happened?"
你何必為已發生的事沒完沒了地自責？
近義：insist, keep, last, persevere, prosecute, pursue
反義：quit, submit, succumb, surrender, bow, capitulate
adj. 理想的，完美的;被認為是最好的;完全或相當令人滿意的;想象的，假設的;
n. 理想;典范，典型;目標，高尚的、有價值的原則或目標;
?? ide=idea思想，觀點+al名詞后綴 → 對未來的思想 → 理想
"Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure."
任何構建理想社會的努力都注定要失敗。
近義：idealization, intention, aspiration, mark, objective, purport
反義：inappropriate, inapt, incompatible, insufficient, lacking, scanty
vt. bear的過去分詞;支撐，支持;親自攜帶，運輸;
vi. 結果，生產;和…有關;
adj. 出生的，出身于…的;天生的，天賦的;
"Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature."
薩姆在鄉下出生，特別喜愛大自然。
近義：inborn, inbred, inchoate, innate, congenital, connate
adj. 值得的;有…的價值;等值的;有…的財產;
n. 財富，財產;價值;
"Each answer is worth 20 points."
每題為20分。
近義：merit, price, pricing, rate, value, worthiness
反義：insignificance, slightness, insignificancy
n. 理想主義者, 唯心主義者\\na. 唯心論的, 理想主義的
近義：idealizer, utopian, daydreamer, dreamer, fancier, idealistic
反義：realist, realistic