The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

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radical ['r?d?kl] 詞頻3 詞根: radic
adj. 根本的,基本的;激進的;徹底的;[植]根生的; n. 激進分子;根基,原子團;[數(shù)學(xué)]根數(shù);
?? radic根+al…的 →根本的,基本的;[轉(zhuǎn)為名詞] 根部,基礎(chǔ)
"His radical views place him outside the mainstream of American politics."
他的激進觀點使他脫離了美國政治的主流。
近義:hothead, zealot, diehard, extremist, fanatic, radicle 反義:assenting, pleasing, pliant, accommodating, tolerant, complaisant
conservative [k?n's?v?t?v] 詞頻3 詞根: con
n. 保守的人;(英國)保守黨黨員,保守黨支持者; adj. 保守的;(英國)保守黨的;(式樣等)不時新的;
?? con加強+serv保持+ative...的→ 保守的
"a card-carrying member of the Conservative party"
保守黨正式黨員
近義:praetorian, rightist, tory, traditionalist, moderate, restrained 反義:red, commie, liberal, licentious, loose, permissive
century ['s?nt??ri] 詞頻1 詞根: cent
n. 百年,一世紀(jì);百個;(板球)一百分;<美>百元鈔票;
?? cent 表”百”; 十進制中表小數(shù)點的前綴
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常認(rèn)為,蒸餾法是阿拉伯人在11世紀(jì)發(fā)明的。
next [n?kst] 詞頻1
adj. 緊接在后的;次于的;貼近的;緊鄰的; adv. 接下去;然后;居后地;依次的; n. 下一位;下一個; prep. 靠近;居于…之后;在…的隔壁;
"The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget."
議程表上的下一項是宣傳預(yù)算。
近義:oncoming, subsequent, succeeding, upcoming, pursuant, coming 反義:prior, nowadays, presently, today, currently
worn [w?rn] 詞頻2
adj. 穿舊的,用舊的;穿壞的,用壞的;筋疲力盡的; v. wear的過分詞;
"the replacement of worn car parts"
汽車上損壞零件的更換
近義:outworn, pined, shabby, threadbare, torn, undermined 反義:modern, new, novel, recent, unused
invents
v. 發(fā)明, 創(chuàng)造( invent的第三人稱單數(shù) ); 編造

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