The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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adj. 實踐的，實際的;可實現的，實用的;注重實際的;可用的;
?? pr=pre提前+act行動，做+ical...的→pract實踐+ical...的→實踐的；實用的
"Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations."
講課中將不時插入實際示范。
近義：intelligent, logical, attainable, possible, practicable, practiced
反義：inapplicable, unadaptable, unpractical
adv. 因此，所以;從此;從此處;
int. <詩>去;
?? h+ence(副詞后綴)→因此；從此時
"We suspect they are trying to hide something, hence the need for an independent inquiry."
我們懷疑他們在企圖隱瞞什么事，因此有必要進行獨立調查。
近義：hencewith, hereunder, hereupon, avaunt, thence, thereby
n. 安全;安全性;安全處所;中衛;
adj. 保障安全的;
?? safe安全的+ty表名詞 →安全
"advice on road safety"
有關道路安全的建議
近義：prevention, security, care
adj. 無盡的，無邊的;沒完沒了的;永久的;環形的，無端的;
?? end結束 + less 無...的 → 無止境的
"It's endless work maintaining the house in good repair."
要讓房屋保持得很好是件干不完的活.
近義：immortal, imperishable, inexhaustible, infinite, interminable, lasting
反義：limited, qualified, constricted
n. 系列，連續;串聯;（廣播或電視上題材或角色相同的）系列節目;級數;
?? ser(join)+ies(名詞后綴)→連續；系列；叢書
"a series of racist attacks"
一連串的種族襲擊行為
近義：array, procession, sequence, sequency, string, succession
adj. 想像中的，假想的，虛構的;[數]虛數的;幻;虛幻;
?? imag想象+in=ine表名詞+ary...的 →想象的
"The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth."
赤道是一條假想的環繞地球腰部的線。
近義：hypothetical, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginative
反義：legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned
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"RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day."
— Ambrose Bierce