Conservative. noun. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.

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conservative [k?n's?v?t?v] 詞頻3 詞根: con
n. 保守的人;(英國)保守黨黨員,保守黨支持者; adj. 保守的;(英國)保守黨的;(式樣等)不時新的;
?? con加強+serv保持+ative...的→ 保守的
"a card-carrying member of the Conservative party"
保守黨正式黨員
近義:praetorian, rightist, tory, traditionalist, moderate, restrained 反義:red, commie, liberal, licentious, loose, permissive
distinguished [dis'ti?ɡwi?t] 詞頻3 詞根: sting
adj. 卓越的;著名的;受人尊敬的;顯得重要的; v. 辨別,區別( distinguish的過去式和過去分詞);突出;區別(distinguish的過去式);
?? distinguish區別+ed表形容詞→與眾不同→著名的
"a distinguished career in medicine"
在醫學領域的輝煌生涯
近義:illustrious, appointed, leading, marked, meritorious, outstanding 反義:idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
liberal ['l?b?r?l] 詞頻2 詞根: liber
n. 自由主義者;自由黨黨員; adj. 開明的;自由的;慷慨的;不拘泥的;
?? liber自由+al形容詞后綴 → 自由的;慷慨的
"Some politicians want more liberal trade relations with Europe."
有些政治家想與歐洲大陸建立更加自由的貿易關系。
近義:tolerant, broad, broadminded, ample, freethinker, freethinking 反義:illiberal, mainstream, orthodox, preservative, preserving, rightist
statesman ['stetsm?n] 詞頻2 詞根: 站立
n. 政治家;
?? states政務+man人→ n.國務活動家,政治家
"an elder statesman of golf"
高爾夫球的元老
enamored [en'?m?d] 詞根: en
adj. 傾心的,被迷住的; v. 使傾心,使迷戀( enamor的過去式和過去分詞 );
?? am- 愛;喜愛;男女間的吸引;恨的反義#詞根助記:enamored=en(進入)+amor(愛)=墜入愛河的。
"They two are enamored."
他倆打得火熱.
近義:impassioned, lovestruck, passionate, enamoured, enraptured
noun [naun] 詞頻1 詞根: 呼喊
n. 名詞;名詞性單詞;名詞詞性;
"The noun " mouse " is the singular form of " mice " ."
名詞mouse是 mice 的單數形式.
近義:substantive, nominal

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