living in a world in which undeclared aggression, war, hypocrisy, chicanery, anarchy and impending immolation are part of our daily lives, we all want a code to live by.
如今，不宣而战的侵略、战争、虚伪、诈骗、无政府状态以及即将临头的毁灭成了我们日常生活的一部分，我们都希望有一个赖以生存的行为准则。
新概念英语第四册
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📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 伪善，虚伪;
💡 hypo下面，次等+cris判断，分辨+y表名词→伪善
"Dickens incarnated hypocrisy in his Uriah Heep."
狄更斯把虚伪体现在他塑造的人物赖亚·赫普身上.
近义：imposture, insincerity, pharisaism, phariseeism, priggishness, prudery
反义：honesty, openheartedness, openness, singleness, straightforwardness, veracity
n. 耍花招哄骗别人（尤指于法律事务中）;不诚实的行为;欺骗;
💡 chicane诡计+ry表名词 →欺骗
"... ='class5'in a world in which underclared aggression, war, hypocrisy, chicanery, anarchy and impending immolation are part of our daily ..."
我们仍然有这种感觉; 生活在一个不宣而战的侵略 、 战争 、 虚伪 、 诈骗 、 混乱以及迫在眉睫的杀戮充斥着我们日常 ...
近义：imposture, lies, scheme, skulduggery, subterfuge, swindle
n. 混乱;无秩序;无政府状态;
💡 an无+arch统治者+y名词后缀 → 无政府状态
"The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy."
军事统治政权被推翻以后，接着是一段时期的无政府状态。
近义：lawlessness, misgovernment, mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, acracy
反义：arbitrareity, absolutism, autocracy, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship
adj. 即将发生的，迫在眉睫的;迫切的;悬挂的;
v. 迫近(impend的现在分词);悬空;
💡 impend即将发生+ing形容词后缀→即将到来，迫在眉睫，紧急的
"Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place."
即将发生饥荒之时, 严重的战乱爆发了.
近义：imminent, impendent, latent, menacing, threatening, brooding