No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.
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?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 公司，商號;作伴，伴侶，客人;連隊，中隊;（社交）集會，聚會;
?? com(together)+pan(bread)+y(名詞后綴)→交誼；伙伴
"He absconded with the company funds."
他卷走公司的資金潛逃了。
近義：institution, merging, partnership, pool, society, trust
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adj. 更好的，更可取的;略勝一籌的;
?? prefer先拿來=更喜歡+able…的 → 更好的
"Anything was preferable to the tense atmosphere at home."
什么都比家里的緊張氣氛好。
近義：preferential, preferred, preferring, superior, best, better
反義：lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful
conj. 因為;
?? cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,訴訟
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所屬政黨的關系而被捕。
近義：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
n. 疾病;弊端;不安;
vt. 傳染;使…有病;
?? dis(apart)+ease→疾病
"About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease."
全國40%左右的人口患有這種疾病。
近義：ill, malady, illness, complaint, condition, affliction
反義：healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle
adj. 有傳染性的;傳染病的;有感染力的;會蔓延的;
?? con共同+tag接觸+ious...的→傳染的
"Scarlet fever is highly contagious."
猩紅熱的接觸傳染性很強。
近義：infectious, taking, catching, catchy
vt. 趕上;接住;引起;看見;
vt.& vi. （使）被鉤住，（使）被卡住;
n. 抓;隱情;捕獲量;掛鉤;
vi. 鎖住;著火;[棒球]當接球手;
adj. 迷惑人的;令人容易上當的;引人注目的;令人感興趣的;
?? 貓(cat) 捉住老鼠吃(ch)
"She managed to catch the keys as they fell."
她接住了落下的鑰匙。
近義：hook, apprehend, arrest, nab, seize, snag
反義：unhand, release, unlock, free, loosen, uncouple