A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.
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n. 社會(huì);上流社會(huì);社團(tuán);社群;
adj. 上流社會(huì)的,社交界的;
?? socie=social社會(huì)+ty表名詞 → 社會(huì),社團(tuán)
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社會(huì)憎惡種族主義。
近義:aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反義:personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
adj. 自由的;免費(fèi)的;免稅的;空閑的;
adv. 免費(fèi)地;自由地,無拘束地;一帆風(fēng)順地;
vt. 免除;釋放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我讓他在這件事情上放手干.
近義:liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise
反義:immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew
n. 位;地方;職位;座位;
vt. 放置;獲名次;投資;評價(jià);
vi. 得名次;名列前茅;[美國英語][賽馬]得第二名;準(zhǔn)確把…推到預(yù)定地點(diǎn);
"The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve."
晚會(huì)將在除夕那天舉行.
近義:lay, locate, marshal, park, posit, position
反義:move, rob, take, budge, tumble, discharge
adj. 安全的;保險(xiǎn)的,肯定的;無損的;提供保護(hù)的;
n. 保險(xiǎn)箱,保險(xiǎn)柜;冷藏箱;〈俚〉避孕套;
?? 被save(拯救)已safe(安全)
"The family jewels are locked away in a safe."
家里的珠寶首飾都鎖在保險(xiǎn)柜里。
近義:strongbox, vault, innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless
反義:hesitant, hesitative, infirm, irresolute, shaky, skeptical
adj. 不受歡迎的,不流行的;無人望的;不得人心的;
"The proposed increase in income tax proved deeply unpopular with the electorate."
增加所得稅的建議令選民十分不滿。
近義:uncompanionable, unsociable, unsocial, unwelcome, antisocial, detested
反義:appreciated, prized, regarded, respected, valued