When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
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adj. 純的;單純的;純真的;干凈的;
prep. 清晰的，純正的;
?? pur, purg Pur=pure, 表示”純潔, 凈化”
"He gazed at her with pure adoration."
他一往情深地注視著她。
近義：antiseptic, immaculate, aseptic, purified, refined, sheer
反義：insalubrious, messy, mingled, mixed, nasty, polluted
adj. 無(wú)用的，無(wú)效的;無(wú)價(jià)值的;差勁的;不怎么樣的;
?? use用+less無(wú)...的 →無(wú)用的
"The measures were decried as useless."
這些措施受到指責(zé)，說(shuō)是不起作用。
近義：idle, inane, ineffective, insignificant, lousy, needless
反義：helpful, assistive, available, profitable, purposive, serviceable
adj. 墮落的，道德敗壞的;貪污的，腐敗的;腐爛的;（文獻(xiàn)等）錯(cuò)誤百出的;
vt. 使腐敗;使墮落;使腐爛;
vi. 墮落;腐化;腐爛;
?? cor共同+rupt斷→全部斷→變壞的，腐敗的
"The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers."
警察腐敗，與那伙毒品販子內(nèi)外勾結(jié)。
近義：debase, pervert, retrogress, rot, bastardise, bastardize
反義：honor, magnify, respect, revere, reverence, venerate
adj. 破碎的，打碎的;（腿，臂等）已骨折的;（線(xiàn)條）虛線(xiàn)的，斷續(xù)的;被打斷的;
v. 打破，折斷(break的過(guò)去分詞);打破（紀(jì)錄）;損壞;
"He escaped with only a broken arm."
他得以逃生，只是斷了一只胳膊。
近義：rimose, rimous, ruptured, torn, chapped, cracked
反義：operational, prepared, ready, sound, undamaged, unharmed