Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.
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society [s?'sa??ti] 詞頻1 詞根: soci
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
exist [?ɡ'z?st] 詞頻1 詞根: sist
vi. 存在;生存;生活;繼續存在;
?? ex出+ist站立→站出來→活下來→存在,生存
"There exist many sources of energy both potential and kinetic."
存在著許多勢能和動能的能源.
近義:be, live, subsist
appetite ['?p?ta?t] 詞頻2 詞根: pet
n. 欲望;胃口,食欲;嗜好,愛好;
?? ap加強動作+pet追尋,尋求+ite表名詞→一再追求→有胃口
"He suffered from headaches and loss of appetite ."
他患有頭痛和食欲不振。
近義:hunger, stomach, taste, appetence, appetency, appetition 反義:apathy, indifference, weariness, apositia, hyporexia, anorexia
somewhere ['s?mw?r] 詞頻1
adv. 某處,在某處;在[到]某處;不知道在[到]什么地方;某地;
?? some某個+where哪里 → 在某處
"I'm sure I could buy this more cheaply somewhere else."
我相信我能在別的地方更便宜地買到這種物品。
近義:someplace
unless [?n'l?s] 詞頻1
conj. 除非,如果不; prep. 除了,…除外;
"The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge."
如果沒有更多的作家和藝術家出現,這個國家的文化生活將衰退。
近義:save, except
power ['pa??] 詞頻1 詞根: 力量
n. [機]動力,功率;力量;政權,權力;強國,大國; vt. 運轉;用發動機發動;使…有力量; vi. 靠動力行進;快速行進; adj. 權力的;機械能的,電動的;用電力(或動力)發動的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在對這臺引擎進行改裝以增加它的功率.
近義:move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize 反義:incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility

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