You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.
?? 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
vt. 修建，建造;構成;創立;[數]作圖;
n. 結構（物）;構想;概念;
?? struct(建造): 建造(struct)在一起(con)是 建設 建造(struct)的否定(de)是 毀滅 在人的內心(in)建造(struct)是 教導
"Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure."
任何構建理想社會的努力都注定要失敗。
近義：forge, articulate, make, organise, organize, produce
反義：level, overthrow, ravage, raze, shipwreck, strip
n. 性格;特點;字母;角色;
vt. 刻，印;使具有特征;
?? 性格 品質佳的人坐著椅子(char-chair)也能做(act)兩(er)天的事
"Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character."
她卷入了這次欺詐案，在她的品格上留下了一個很大的污點。
近義：makeup, mettle, nature, personality, selfhood, spirit
反義：timidity, timidness