A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
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n. 文明，文化;開化，教化;修養(yǎng);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
vt.& vi. 生產(chǎn);產(chǎn)生;制作;創(chuàng)作;
vt. 制造;出示;引起;[經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)]生利;
n. 產(chǎn)品;產(chǎn)量;產(chǎn)額;結(jié)果;
?? pro向前+duce引導(dǎo)，帶來→引向前→生產(chǎn)
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我們期望作家們寫出更多更好的作品.
近義：induce, make, net, pay, procure, render
反義：use, spend, deplete, dissipate, drain, exhaust
adj. 精神的;心靈的;高尚的，崇高的;宗教的;
n. 圣歌（尤指美國南部黑人的）;教會事物;
?? spirit精神+ual...的 →精神的；宗教的
"a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus"
一首轉(zhuǎn)為會眾集體跟唱的靈歌
近義：unworldly, church, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
反義：worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy
n. 死亡;（某種）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
?? dead(死)+th(表示抽象名詞的后綴)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁決
近義：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反義：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
n. 部分;分期付款;（叢書雜志等的）一部，一期;
?? install安裝，就職+ment表名詞 → 安裝；分期付款
"His car was repossessed because of default of monthly installment."
因?yàn)橥锨钒丛聭?yīng)付的分期付款,他的汽車被收回了.
近義：instalment
n. 國家;民族;國民;政府;
?? 那(na)梯(ti)上(on)有 國家
"The nation's coffers are empty."
國庫空虛。
近義：region, country, people, commonwealth