Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
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adj. 公眾的，公共的;公開的;政府的;人人知道的，知名的;
n. 大眾;社會;公共場所;（文學家等的）愛讀者;
?? publ人民+ic...的 → 公開的，公眾的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公眾被要求不得在公園里亂扔廢紙.
近義：assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency
反義：participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
n. 意見，主張;評價;鑒定，判定;
?? opin- 表”假設,想,判斷”
"The general opinion is that the conference was a success."
普遍認為這次會議是成功的。
近義：judgement, judgment, notion, persuasion, sentiment, tenet
n. 專制統(tǒng)治者，暴君;（古希臘的）僭主;專橫的人;
?? tyrann-, tyranni-, tyran- 【希臘傳入拉丁】表”獨裁者”
"The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves."
暴君聽不到奴隸們的哀鳴.
近義：martinet, oppressor, autocrat, totalitarian, despot, dictator
adj. 私有的，私人的;秘密的;內(nèi)心的;平民的，無官職的，士兵的;
n. 列兵，士兵，[陸]二等兵;〈古〉私人，個人;陰部，生殖器;
?? priv單個+ate形容詞后綴→個人的
"You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments."
整座宮殿除內(nèi)殿外均可參觀。
近義：pfc, grunt, squaddie, inside, noteworthy, particular
反義：open, overt, patent, communal
n. 命運，宿命;災難，死亡;命中注定的事（尤指壞事）;
v. 注定;
?? fa, fabl, fam, fan =speak,表示”說”#詞根助記：fate=上帝的話
"They were unaware of the fate that was to befall them."
他們并不知道即將降臨到他們頭上的厄運。
近義：predestine, preordain, foreordain, karma, lot, misfortune
adj. 柔弱的，虛弱的;無力的，軟弱的;不中用的，愚鈍的;淡薄的;
?? 虛弱的我們(we)一(a)直在咳(k)嗽
"a weak and indecisive man"
軟弱而且不果斷的人
近義：impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
反義：heavy, hefty, husky, massive, mighty, muscular