John Dewey has said in all seriousness that the part played by custom in shaping the behaviour of the individual,as against any way in which he can affect traditional custom,
风俗在形成个人行为方面所起的作用和一个对风俗的任何影响相比，
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 44 Patterns of culture
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 个人的;独特的;个别的;
n. 个人;个体;
💡 in加强+di分开+vid分开+ual...的→与别人分开的→个人的，个体的
"Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job."
一旦就业，即停发福利救济。
近义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
反义：assemblage, assembly, mass, mob, multitude, party
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记：反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
近义：athwart, agin
vt. 影响;假装;感动;（疾病）侵袭;
n. 感情，情感，心情;[精神病学]（表露或觉察到的）情绪反应;
💡 af加强+fect做，制作→做得让人加强印象→影响；感动
"How will these changes affect us?"
这些变化对我们会有什么影响？
近义：impact, impinge, impress, influence, melt, move
adj. 传统的;口传的;惯例的;因袭的;
💡 tra横+dit给予+ion抽象名词+al形容词后缀，…的→横着给的，代代相传的 →传统的，惯例的
"traditional songs with piano accompaniment"
用钢琴伴奏的传统歌曲
近义：mainstream, orthodox, academic, square, straight, traditionalistic
反义：hot, imaginative, innovatory, new, novel, original
n. 盥洗室, 厕所, 嫖客
近义：punter, latrine, loo, outhouse, privy, restroom