In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.
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adj. 邪惡的，罪惡的;有害的;不幸的，不吉的;品行壞的;
n. 邪惡，罪惡;壞事，惡行;邪惡的力量、勢力或化身;災禍;
?? e 加強或引申意義、使…+vil =base （卑劣的） → n.邪惡；禍害 a.壞的
"the evil effects of racism"
種族主義的惡劣影響
近義：ill, infirmity, malady, complaint, affection, disease
反義：goodness, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loyal
n. 超過;超額量;多余量;放肆;
adj. 超重的，過量的，額外的;
?? ex出+cess行走→過度，過剩
"It would export excess supply, instead."
相反，它將輸出過度的供應。
近義：overabundance, overflow, overplus, plethora, superabundance, surfeit
反義：inadequacy, insufficiency, absence, lack, meagerness, need
adj. 有節制的;穩健的，溫和的;適度的，中等的;<美俚>慢吞吞的;
vt. 使和緩;主持;節制;
vi. 變緩和;作主持人;
?? moder方式，模式，風度+ate形容詞后綴→做事有風度→適度的
"students of moderate ability"
能力一般的學生
近義：mitigate, qualify, restrain, slake, temper, buffer
反義：intensify, worsen, deteriorate, exacerbate, indomitable, rampant
n. 真理;真相，事實;忠實，忠誠;現實，現實性;
?? tru相信，真實+th抽象名詞 →事實，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反義：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
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
adj. 一半的，半個的;
n. 半;一半;（啤酒等飲料的）半品脫;（比賽、音樂會等的）半場;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半財產投資于一個新企業.
近義：mid, midway, partially, semi
反義：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively