No important institution is ever merely what the law makes it. It accumulates about itself traditions, conventions, ways of behaviour, which are not less formidable in their influence.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
adj. 重要的;权威的;有势力的;有地位的;
💡 import重要的 + ant 具有...性质的 → a.重要的；有势力的
"Earthworms do the important job of aerating the soil."
蚯蚓做了使土壤透气的重要工作。
近义：appreciable, indispensable, interesting, landmark, major, material
反义：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
adv. 仅仅，只不过;只是;纯粹;全然;
💡 mere仅仅 + ly...的 → ad.仅仅，只不过
"Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?"
你是真的想去呢,还是仅仅为了表示友好?
近义：just, only, purely, simply, solely, but
adj. 可怕的;令人敬畏的;难以对付的;
💡 formid=fear害怕 + able ...的→ 可怕的,令人畏惧的;难以克服的,难以对付的
"In debate he was a formidable opponent."
在辩论中他是位难应付的对手。
近义：huge, imposing, junoesque, magnificent, majestic, majestical
反义：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
n. 影响;势力;有影响的人（或事物）;[占星学]星力;
vt. 影响;感染;支配;对…起作用;
💡 in进入+flu流动+ence名词后缀→流入→影响
"The girls in a class tend to have a civilizing influence on the boys."
班上的女生往往能让男生文雅起来。
近义：impact, impinge, impress, incite, induce, manipulate
反义：unsell, deter, discourage, subjection, subservience, subserviency
n. （大学、银行等规模大的）机构;惯例，制度，规定，建立;社会事业机构;<口>名人，名物;
💡 institut制定+ion表名词→设立出的制度 → 制度；惯例
"a sentence of 12 months' detention in a young offender institution"
在青少年教养院拘禁12个月的判决
近义：headquarters, association, merging, organisation, organism, organization
反义：individual, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke, blighter
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己，它本身;自身，本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人类有足够的武器灭绝自己。
近义：herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves