If a nation is essentially disunited, it is left to the government to hold it together.
如果一个国家实际上处于分裂状态，使之联合起来就是政府的事了。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 36 The cost of government
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 政府;政体;治理的形式;管辖，治理;
💡 govern统治+ment表名词 →政府
"the government's abandonment of its new economic policy"
政府对新经济政策的放弃
近义：ruling, control, rule, state, governing, governmental
反义：mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, disorderliness, anarchy, lawlessness
n. 国家;民族;国民;政府;
💡 那(na)梯(ti)上(on)有 国家
"The nation's coffers are empty."
国库空虚。
近义：region, country, people, commonwealth
adv. 本质上，根本上;本来;“essential“的派生;
"There are three essentially different ways of tackling the problem."
解决这个问题有三种根本不同的方法。
近义：inherently, practically, basically, substantially, crucially, fundamentally
adj. 左边的，左侧的;左派的;
n. 左，左面;[军]左翼;左派，激进分子;
adv. 向左;在左边;
v. 离开( leave的过去式和过去分词);
"He left school at the age of 18."
他18岁读完中学。
近义：nigh, leftover, pending, remaining, remanent, residual
反义：lacking, short
vt. 拿住，握住;保留，保存;扣留，拘押;容纳;
vi. 拿住，握住;同意，赞成;保持不变;有效;
n. 握住;保留;控制;
💡 形码：h-old：老人（old）紧紧握住车上椅子（h）以保持平衡。
"The police think the videotape may hold some vital clues to the identity of the killer."
警方认为那盘录像带可能录有能确认凶手身份的一些重要线索。
近义：seize, fasten, grab, argue, maintain, sustain
反义：unhand