Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.
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vt. 保護，保衛;貿易保護;備款以支付;
?? pro在前面+tect蓋上，保護→在前面蓋上→保護；防止
"The males in the herd protect the females and the young."
獸中的雄性動物保護雌性動物和幼崽.
近義：preserve, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter
反義：neglect, abandon, forsake
adj. 有爭議的，引起爭議的，被爭論的;好爭論的;
?? contro=contra相反+vers=vert轉+ial...的→controvert轉向相反方向=有爭議+ial...的 → 有爭議的
"a highly controversial topic"
頗有爭議的話題
近義：arguing, polemic, polemical, argumentative, eristic, arguable
反義：inappealable, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrebuttable
adj. 粗暴的;無法容忍的;反常的;令人驚訝的;
?? out過度+rage瘋狂+ous...的 →殘暴的，駭人的
"Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone."
她在聚會上的無禮行為觸怒了每一個人.
近義：offensive, outraging, scandalous, diabolical, disgraceful, exorbitant
反義：principled, righteous, deontological, ethical, apologetic, laudable
mundane
[m?n'den]
adj. 平凡的;宇宙的;尋常的;世俗的;
?? mund 表”世界,地球”
"It was hard to return to mundane matters after such excitement."
經驗過這種緊張的情形,很難再回來做例行的事務.
近義：worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy, ordinary, average
反義：unworldly
n. 保護;護照;[經]保護貿易制，保護政策;（向歹徒繳納的）保護費;
?? protect保護，防止+ion表名詞 → 保護
"The young in our society need care and protection."
我們社會的年輕人需要關懷和照顧.
近義：haven, asylum, auspice, patronage, refuge, roof
反義：helplessness, inattention, lassitude, loneliness, orphanhood, proscription
adj. 自由的;免費的;免稅的;空閑的;
adv. 免費地;自由地，無拘束地;一帆風順地;
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