Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
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n. 政府;政體;治理的形式;管轄，治理;
?? govern統治+ment表名詞 →政府
"the government's abandonment of its new economic policy"
政府對新經濟政策的放棄
近義：ruling, control, rule, state, governing, governmental
反義：mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, disorderliness, anarchy, lawlessness
n. 口才，辯才;雄辯;雄辯術;修辭法;
?? e出+loqu說話+ence名詞后綴 → 雄辯，口才
"I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts."
恐怕我的雄辯也無補于事實了.
近義：loquacity, oratory, rhetoric, speaking, speechmaking, fluentness
反義：laconicism, succinctness, terseness, brevity
adj. 令人討厭的;令人煩惱的;引起麻煩的;（孩子等）難管的;
?? trouble煩惱+some....的 →令人煩惱的
"Teaching seems troublesome to him."
教書對于他來說好像是煩擾的事.
近義：labored, laborious, painful, problem, problematic, problematical
反義：humourless, serious, unsmiling, grave
n. 仆人，傭人，雇工;[美]奴仆，奴隸;官吏，公務員，服務員;隨員，獻身…的人;
?? serv服務，保持+ant表示人 →仆人；公務員
"They treat their mother like a servant."
他們像對待用人一樣對待自己的母親。
近義：helper, houseboy, lackey, lacquey, maid, manservant
adj. 害怕的，擔心的;膽怯的;嚇人的，可怕的;<口>極端的;
?? fear恐懼+ful表形容詞，“有…的” →可怕的
"Parents are ever fearful for their children."
父母總是為子女擔憂。
近義：shy, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrifying
反義：mild, pacific, peaceable, placid, pleasurable, quiet
n. 瞬間，片刻;時刻;重要，緊要;[物]力矩;
?? mom(move)+ent(名詞后綴)→瞬間；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出現在舞臺上, 觀眾們個個笑得前俯后仰.
近義：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反義：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife