Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.
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n. 調查,審查;詢問,質問,質詢,追究;探究;打聽;
?? inquir=inquire詢問+y表名詞 →質詢
"Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem."
許多家長迫切要求調查這個問題.
近義:hunt, indagation, inquest, inquisition, inspection, investigation
反義:rejoinder, reply, response
prep. 反對;對…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對)#詞根助記:反對
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成,五人反對,兩人棄權。
近義:athwart, agin
n. 錯誤,過失;[法]誤審,違法;[數]誤差;
?? err漫游,犯錯誤+or表名詞,物 → 錯誤
"The Kenyan athlete made a tactical error in starting too fast."
肯尼亞運動員犯了戰術錯誤,起步時跑得太快.
近義:inaccuracy, lapse, miscalculation, misinformation, mistake, mistaking
反義:arrival, success, triumph, victory, achievement
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理,思考;爭辯;辯論;向…解釋;
?? 再(re)生一個(a)兒子(son), 理由是第一個兒子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水災是那場大雨造成的.
近義:ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反義:idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake
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
effectual
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a. 有效果的, 會應驗的, 有法律效力的
近義:apt, operative, proficient, qualified, accomplished, active
反義:ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inexpert, inofficious