The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
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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
adj. 可能的;適合的;有希望的;
adv. 可能;或許;大概;多半;
?? like可能 + ly...的\/地 → a.可能的 ad.很可能
"Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble."
這種糕餅用米粉做不那么容易碎。
近義：inclined, apt, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible
反義：imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
n. 暗殺;
?? assassin刺客 + ation 表示行為,結(jié)果 → n.刺殺，暗殺
"Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination."
議會(huì)議員們被這暗殺的消息激怒了.
近義：killing, murder
n. 熄滅;消滅，滅絕;廢除;[物]消光，自屏，衰減;
?? extinct滅絕的+ion表名詞 → 滅絕
"The island's way of life is doomed to extinction."
這個(gè)島上的生活方式注定要消失.
近義：passing, quietus, death, decease, demise, disappearance
反義：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
n. 漠然;冷淡;無(wú)興趣;無(wú)動(dòng)于衷;
?? a 無(wú)+path感情，痛苦+y表名詞→無(wú)感情 → 冷淡，漠不關(guān)心
"There is widespread apathy among the electorate."
選民普遍態(tài)度冷淡。
近義：aboulia, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
反義：infatuation, ardor, ardour, keenness, passion, urge
n. 民眾;民主國(guó)家;民主主義;民主政治;
?? demo人民+cracy統(tǒng)治；\"人民統(tǒng)治\"→人民做主→民主；民主政治，民主政體；民主主義
"the principles of democracy"
民主原則