This may be illustrated by comparing the position of a nation with that of a private business enterprise.
把国家的状况同私人企业的状况加以比较，就可以看清这个问题。
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

private ['praɪvət] 词频1 词根: priv
adj. 私有的，私人的;秘密的;内心的;平民的，无官职的，士兵的; n. 列兵，士兵，[陆]二等兵;〈古〉私人，个人;阴部，生殖器;
💡 priv单个+ate形容词后缀→个人的
"You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments."
整座宫殿除内殿外均可参观。
近义：pfc, grunt, squaddie, inside, noteworthy, particular 反义：open, overt, patent, communal
enterprise ['ɛntɚ'praɪz] 词频2 词根: prehend
n. 企（事）业单位;事业，计划;事业心，进取心;
💡 enter进入+prise拿住，抓住→进入抓住[目标]→事业；进取心
"The boss has put all his money into that speculative enterprise."
这个老板把他的全部财产都投到那个投机事业中.
近义：institution, merging, society, business, association, company
position [pə'ziʃən] 词频1 词根: 放置
n. 位置，方位;地位，职位;态度;状态; vt. 安置;把…放在适当位置;给…定位;驻扎军队;
"Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position."
她不愿回答问题,这不利于她所处的形势.
近义：lay, locate, marshal, place, posit, post 反义：layoff, leisure, lockout, joblessness
nation ['neiʃən] 词频1 词根: 出生
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
business [ˈbɪznɪs] 词频1
n. 商业，交易;生意;事务，业务;职业，行业;
💡 在公共汽车(bus)里面(in)一只鹅(e)和两条蛇(ss)正在做 生意
"The availability of cheap long - term credit would help small business."
低利息的 长期 贷款对小型企业会有帮助.
近义：negotiation, trade, trading, traffic, biz, commerce 反义：individual

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

Carver Mead, a pioneer in integrated circuits and a professor of computer science at the California Institute of Technology,
卡弗。米德 -- 集成电路的一位先驱，加州理工学院的计算机教授 --
from dust devils and squalls up to continent-size eddies that only satellites can see.
从小尘暴和暴风发展到只有卫星上可以看到的席卷整块大陆的旋涡。
How it came about that snakes manufactured poison is a mystery.
蛇是怎样产生毒液的，这是一个谜。
but it was not until 1869,
但直到1869年，
If our educational system were fashioned after its bookless past we would have the most democratic form of 'college'imaginable.
如果我们的教育制度仿效没有书籍的古代教育，我们的学院将具有可以想像得出的最民主的形式了。
When it is eating normally, its own training begins.
当它进食正常了，训练就开始。