Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right?
— William Punshon  ·  No category

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conscience ['kɑnʃəns] 词频2 词根: con
n. 良心;道德心;
💡 con全部+sci知道+ence名词后缀→全部知道→有良知→良心
"Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months."
几个月来内疚一直折磨着他的良心.
近义：percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, seeing, sense
cowardice [['kauədis]] 词频5
n. 懦弱
近义：intimidation, poltroonery, recreancy, spinelessness, timidity, unmanliness 反义：heart, intrepidity, manhood, manliness, mettle, nerve
safe [sef] 词频1 词根: 服侍
adj. 安全的;保险的，肯定的;无损的;提供保护的; n. 保险箱，保险柜;冷藏箱;〈俚〉避孕套;
💡 被save（拯救）已safe（安全）
"The family jewels are locked away in a safe."
家里的珠宝首饰都锁在保险柜里。
近义：strongbox, vault, innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless 反义：hesitant, hesitative, infirm, irresolute, shaky, skeptical
politic ['pɔlitik] 词频4
adj. （计划、言行）考虑周到的;有见识的;谨慎的;慎重的; v. 从政;
"It seemed politic to say nothing."
沉默似乎是上策。
近义：tactful, delicate, diplomat, diplomatic, ingenious, inventive 反义：precipitate, rude, sharp, snappish, snippety, abrasive
right [raɪt] 词频1 词根: 直
adv. 立刻，马上;向右，右边;恰当地;一直; adj. 右方的;正确的;合适的;好的，正常的; n. 正确，正当;右边;权利;右手; vt. 纠正;扶直，使正;整理;补偿; vi. （船舶等）复正，恢复平稳;
💡 请把名字写(write)在右边(right)
"Is the coffee all right?"
这咖啡还满意吗？
近义：avenge, vindicate, wreak, mend, rectify, reerect 反义：counterfeit, fake, forge, obstriction, pledge, responsibility
expediency [[ik'spi:diənsi]]
n. 权宜, 方便, 私利
近义：apropriateness, propriety, readiness, briskness, convenience, advantage

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