He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
n. 慷慨，大方;寬容或慷慨的行為;豐富;
?? gener出生，產生+osity多的狀態→多產生→慷慨
"It was a specimen of his generosity."
這是他慷慨大方的一個實例.
近義：humanitarianism, largeheartedness, largess, largesse, liberality, longanimity
反義：meanness, miserliness, moneygrubbing, niggardliness, avariciousness, possessiveness
n. 慎重;考慮周到;判斷力，辨別力;自行決定的自由;
?? dis分開，分離+cret搞清，區別+ion名詞后綴→謹慎，小心
"I'll leave it up to you to use your discretion ."
我把這件事留給你自己斟酌決定。
近義：tact, tactfulness, finesse, measure, moderation, prudence
反義：indiscreetness, tactlessness, bluntness, crudeness
adj. 某一;必然的;已確定的;
pron. [動詞用復數]某些;
"Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack."
聯邦法院有某種州法院所缺乏的特別的東西.
近義：some, inarguable, indisputable, indubitable, invariable, irrefragable
反義：neither, implausible, improbable, uncertain, unlikely, avoidable
n. 率直, 坦白
近義：homeliness, honesty, naivete, openheartedness, openness, outrightness
反義：imposture, insincerity, pharisaism, phariseeism, priggishness, prudery
adv. 的確，確實，實在;實際上，真正地;真的，真是;甚至;
?? 在行為（deed）事實里（in）即 確實
"The actual demands set out in the document are small beer indeed."
文件中陳述的實際要求確實是無關緊要的.
近義：assuredly, absolutely, really, verily, certainly, yea
反義：likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
vt.& vi. 使轉動;旋轉;使改變方向;使不適;
vt. 使變酸;使變換;使變為;
n. 翻轉;（路線或方向的）改變;機會;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府對核能的態度來了個180度的大轉變。
近義：loop, slew, swerve, veer, wind, bend
反義：reerect, right, straighten, unfold, untwist