Like democracy, civilization has to be willed and practice. Otherwise, society is a war of all against all, powered by individual cunning in the pursuit of wealth and power.
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從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 文明，文化;開化，教化;修養;文明社會;
?? civil市民；禮貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明，文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。
近義：humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
n. 練習;實踐;（醫生或律師的）業務;慣例;
vi. 實行;慣常地進行;練習;實習;
vt. 實行，實踐;執業;練習;慣常地進行;
?? pract實踐+ice表名詞，行為，狀態 →實踐
"Aspiring musicians need hours of practice every day."
想當音樂家就要每天練許多小時。
近義：practise, rehearse, drill, exercise, scrimmage, spar
adv. 否則;另外;別的方式;
adj. 別的，另外的;不同的;
conj. 否則，不然;
?? other另外的+wise方向，狀態 →要不然
"If he had done otherwise, I should have thought him a rascal."
如果他不這樣做, 我就認為他是個惡棍.
近義：other, unequal, unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse
反義：indeed, really, strictly, truly, actually
n. 社會;上流社會;社團;社群;
adj. 上流社會的，社交界的;
?? socie=social社會+ty表名詞 → 社會，社團
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社會憎惡種族主義。
近義：aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反義：personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
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
adj. 個人的;獨特的;個別的;
n. 個人;個體;
?? in加強+di分開+vid分開+ual...的→與別人分開的→個人的，個體的
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就業，即停發福利救濟。
近義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
反義：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party