The Swedes were the first to recognize that public official like civil servants, police officers, health inspectors or tax-collectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving the public.
是瑞典人首先认识到政府工作人员如文职人员、警官、卫生稽查员、税务人员等等也会犯错误或者自以为在为公众服务而把事情做过了头。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 53 In the public interest
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt. 认出;识别;承认;
vi. 承认，确认;[法律]具结，立保证书;
💡 re一再，重新+cogn知道+ize使…→再次知道→认出来
"The government does not recognize the legality of this court."
政府不承认这个法庭的合法性.
近义：honor, avow, accept, acknowledge, recognise, admit
反义：impugn, naysay, negate, object, oppose, rebut
public
['pʌblɪk]
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词根: popul
adj. 公众的，公共的;公开的;政府的;人人知道的，知名的;
n. 大众;社会;公共场所;（文学家等的）爱读者;
💡 publ人民+ic...的 → 公开的，公众的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公众被要求不得在公园里乱扔废纸.
近义：assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency
反义：participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
n. 行政官员;公务员;[体]裁判;高级职员;
adj. 官方的，法定的;公职的，公务的;官气十足;正式的;
💡 offic官方的 + ial 属于...的 → adj.官方的,法定的
"The king exiled one of his official for murder."
国王因他的一个大臣犯谋杀罪而将他放逐.
近义：journeyman, officer, trustee, directive, executive, authorized
反义：nonofficial, informal, extraofficial
adj. 公民的，市民的;文明的，有礼貌的;民用的，国民间的;[法]民事的，根据民法的;
💡 civil=citizen市民；礼貌 → 市民的
"the civil rights leader Martin Luther King"
民权领袖马丁∙路德∙金
近义：mannerly, polite, urbane, civilian, civilised, civilized
反义：heedless, impolite, impolitic, inattentive, irreverent, rough
n. 第一，最初;头等;一号，;[乐]高音部;
adv. 最早，最初;首次;宁愿;优先;
adj. 第一流的;最初的，最早的;基本的，概要的;高音的;
num. 第一;
💡 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上，训练
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的论文《论自恋》中首次提到了这个概念.
近义：initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary
反义：hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost