A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
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n. 政治家;政客,玩弄權術者;<蔑>政客,<美>政治販;
?? polit國家,城市+ician人→愛國家之人→政客
"a politician who embodied the hopes of black youth"
代表黑人青年希望的政治家
近義:pol
n. 竊賊;破門盜竊者;夜盜;
?? burgl盜竊+ar表示人→夜盜,夜賊
"The burglar alarm is activated by movement."
這防盜警報器一動就會響。
近義:housebreaker, larcener, larcenist, mugger, abstracter, pickpocket
反義:helper, humane, humanitarian, patron, philanthropist, protector
adv. 相當,很;非常;確實如此;
?? 教室非常(quite)安靜(quiet)
"The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical."
這個方案表面上看來似乎很實際.
近義:long, mighty, moderately, much, perfectly, pretty
反義:incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly
unthinkable
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adj. 無法想象的;難以置信的;不能考慮的;絕不可能的;
"It was unthinkable that she could be dead."
她竟然去世了,真是很難相信。
近義:inconceivable, unbelievable, unimaginable, unconceivable, inapprehensible
反義:appropriate, passable, permissible, pleasing, receivable, satisfactory
adj. 誠實的;坦誠的;老實的;辛勤掙得的;
"I hate to disillusion you, but not everyone is as honest as you."
我實在不愿把實情告訴你,但并非人人都像你那樣誠實。
近義:honorable, honourable, irreproachable, just, principled, pure
反義:licentious, astray, miscreant, nefarious, perverse, perverted
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"A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents."