Any new venture goes through the following stages: enthusiasm, complication, disillusionment, search for the guilty, punishment of the innocent, and decoration of those who did nothing.
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n. 冒險事業;冒險;冒險行動;商業冒險;
vt. 冒…的危險;拿…冒險;用…進行投機;以…做賭注;
vi. 冒險前進，冒險行事;猜測（常與at連用）;
?? vent來+ure表名詞→來冒險一試 → 冒險；敢于
"A disastrous business venture lost him thousands of dollars."
一個徹底失敗的經營項目使他損失嚴重。
近義：moot, pose, present, propose, propound, raise
反義：hide, mask, shade, obscure, hush, disguise
adj. 后面的，其次的;下列的;順風的;
n. 崇拜者，擁護者;下列，如下;跟隨;隨球;
prep. 隨后，在…以后;
v. 跟隨，接著(follow的現在分詞);
?? follow 跟隨 + ing 表示行為、狀態、情況及其他 → a.接著的；下列的
"We had sighted the vessel and were following it."
我們已看到那船并在跟隨著它.
近義：after, procession, retinue, accompaniment, train, committee
反義：introductory, onetime, back, precedent, preceding, prevenient
n. 熱情，熱忱;熱衷的事物;宗教的狂熱;
?? en進入+thus=theo神+iasm狀態→進入神的狀態→熱情
"We set about our task at once with great enthusiasm."
我們立刻興致勃勃地干起來.
近義：infatuation, ardor, ardour, keenness, passion, urge
反義：aboulia, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
n. [醫]并發癥;錯雜，糾紛;混亂，精神錯亂;
?? com全部+plic重疊，折疊+at使+ion名詞后綴 → 使全部重疊起來 → 混亂，復雜
"The bad weather added a further complication to our journey."
惡劣的天氣給我們的旅行增加了更多的困難。
近義：sequelae, aftereffect, sequel, mess, muddle, tangle
adj. 內疚的;有罪的;
?? guilt內疚 + y...的→ adj.內疚的；有罪的
"The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels."
那些大領主的罪過是以權勢欺壓村民.
近義：culpable
反義：ingenuous, naif, naive, pure, sincere, blameless
n. 刑罰，懲罰;嚴厲對待;<口>給吃苦頭;
?? punish懲罰+ment表名詞 →處罰
"Hopefully his punishment will act as a deterrent to others."
對他的懲罰但愿能起到殺一儆百的作用。
近義：lesson, penalization, penalty, penance, sanction, chargeoff
反義：indulgence, indult, pardon, release, remise, remission