Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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vt.& vi. 懂，理解;
vt. 了解;默認;聽說;領會;
?? under(under)+stand→懂；了解；通曉；認為
"That's just an approximation, you understand."
你知道那僅僅是近似值。
近義：ideate, imagine, apprehend, interpret, assimilate, penetrate
反義：misapprehend, misconstrue, mishear, misinterpret, misrepresent, misread
adj. 不合法的，違法的;違反規則的;
n. 非法移民，非法勞工;間諜;
?? il不，無+legal合法的→非法的
"I don't want to get mixed up with any illegal organization."
我不想與任何非法組織有牽連.
近義：illegitimate, illicit, lawless, outrageous, phony, bastard
反義：judicatory, judicial, judiciary, jural, juristic, legal
adj. 隨意的，任性的，隨心所欲的;主觀的，武斷的;霸道的，專制的，專橫的，獨斷獨行的;亂;
?? arbitr判斷+ary...的→做出自己的判斷→武斷的
"The choice of players for the team seemed completely arbitrary."
看來這個隊的隊員完全是隨意選定的。
近義：arbitral, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, monocratic, optional
反義：impartial, unemotional, factual
n. 濫用;惡習;侮辱;惡言;
vt. 濫用;虐待;辱罵;
?? ab相反，變壞，離去+use用→用壞→濫用
"victims of child abuse"
受虐待的兒童
近義：misuse, overuse, insult, irritate, maltreat, mistreat
反義：abnegate, avail, utilise, utilize, appropriateness, correctness
adj. 醫學的;醫藥的;醫療的;內科的;
n. 體格檢查;
?? medic醫師 + al ...的 → 醫學的；內科的
"the medical certification of the cause of death"
為死因出具醫學鑒定
近義：medicinal, curative
adj. 政治的;政黨的;對政治有興趣的;
?? polit 國家，城市 + ical ...的 → a.政治的，政治上的
"People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city."
人們從城市的四面八方涌向這次政治集會.