One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
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vt. 尊重;尊敬;關心;遵守;
n. 尊重，恭敬;敬意;某方面;
?? re再+spect看→再看一眼→尊敬
"Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law."
尊重生命是英國法律最重要的原則。
近義：honor, honour, obey, observe, prize, regard
反義：outrage, smirch, besmirch, deride, disgrace, dishonor
adj. 公眾的，公共的;公開的;政府的;人人知道的，知名的;
n. 大眾;社會;公共場所;（文學家等的）愛讀者;
?? publ人民+ic...的 → 公開的，公眾的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公眾被要求不得在公園里亂扔廢紙.
近義：assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency
反義：participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
n. 意見，主張;評價;鑒定，判定;
?? opin- 表”假設,想,判斷”
"The general opinion is that the conference was a success."
普遍認為這次會議是成功的。
近義：judgement, judgment, notion, persuasion, sentiment, tenet
adj. 必要的;強制的;必然的;不可避免的;
n. 必需品;
?? necess必要 + ary 表示有...性質的， → a.必要的；必然的
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
從食物中吸取鈣需靠維生素D的幫助。
近義：indispensable, inevitable, mandatory, needful, obligatory, obliged
反義：needless, pointless, profitless, purposeless, redundant, reiterative
vt. 避開，避免，預防;[法]使無效，撤銷，廢止;
?? a=out處于+void空→empty out空出來→避開，避免
"Write clear definitions in order to avoid ambiguity."
釋義要寫清楚以免產生歧義。
近義：parry, avert, prevent, shirk, shun, sidestep
反義：approach, initiate, launch, start, tackle, wage
n. 挨餓;饑餓;餓死;絕食;
?? starv=starve使餓死+ation表名詞 →饑餓
"Many people die of starvation during famines every year."
每年發生饑荒時都有許多人餓死.
近義：hunger, inanition, famine
反義：apathy, indifference, weariness, apositia, hyporexia, anorexia