Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.
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generous ['d??n?r?s] 詞頻2 詞根: gen
adj. 慷慨的,大方的;豐盛的;肥沃的;濃厚的;
?? gener出生,產生+ous形容詞后綴→[不斷]產生→豐富的,慷慨的
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer."
拒絕這樣一個慷慨的提議未免失禮。
近義:humane, humanitarian, liberal, lofty, loose, loyal 反義:knavish, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious
except [?k's?pt] 詞頻1 詞根: ceive
vt. 把…除外;不計; prep. 除…外; conj. [口語]要不是;除非;除…以外; vi. 反對,表示異議(與 to 或 against連用);
?? ex出+cept拿,抓,握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我應得的東西,我并未接受任何東西.
近義:omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring 反義:realize, accommodate, consider
national ['n??n?l] 詞頻1 詞根: nat
adj. 國家的;國有的;國民的;民族主義的; n. [常用復數]全國性比賽;某國國民;全國性報刊;(機構等的)全國總部;
?? nat出生的+ion名詞后綴+al...的 →出生地的 →國家的,民族的
"the National Sound Archive"
國家音響檔案館
近義:citizen, native, inland, domestic 反義:outlander, outsider, stranger, alien, newfangled, outlandish
survival [s?'va?vl] 詞根: viv
n. 幸存,生存;幸存者;遺物;遺風;
?? sur=super超過+viv活+al名詞后綴→經過事故活著→幸存
"The doctor told my wife I had a fifty - fifty chance of survival."
醫生告訴我的妻子,說我活下去的可能性只有50%.
近義:livelihood, subsistence, survivorship, sustenance 反義:killing, liquidation, obliteration, dejection, destruction, elimination
prefer [pr?'f?] 詞頻1 詞根: fer
vt. 更喜歡;提升,提拔;給予(債權人)優先權;提出(控告); vi. 更喜歡,寧愿;
?? pre預先+fer帶來,拿來→預先帶好→更喜歡
"The play is okay, but I still prefer the book."
戲還可以, 可我仍愿讀原著.
近義:select, choose 反義:loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
people ['pipl] 詞頻1 詞根: 公眾
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族; vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke

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