I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 自由，自主;直率;特权，特许;自由权;
💡 free自由的+dom状态或领域 →自由
"He made a bid for freedom by climbing over the wall."
他企图翻越这面高墙以获得自由.
近义：independence, liberty, autocracy, autonomy, emancipation, loosening
反义：peonage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, vassalage, bondage
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adj. 暴力引起的;剧烈的，（风，爆炸等）猛烈的，狂暴的;感情强烈的;颜色强烈的;
💡 violat-, viol- 表”伤害;暴力的”
"This area of the city has become a breeding ground for violent crime."
这个市区已成为暴力犯罪的滋生地。
近义：hotheaded, impulsive, rash, rough, squally, stormy
反义：noncombatant, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene
v. 信任;料想;笃信宗教;
vt. 相信;以为，认为;对…信以为真;信任;
💡 相信是（be）梨（li）前夜（eve）变的 网友：accountant accountant 补充： belife---believe ife---ieve
"I don't believe you!"
我不相信你的话！
近义：hold, opine, reckon, contend, adjudge, suppose
反义：question, disbelieve, misbelieve, challenge, confute, discredit
abridgement
[ə'bridʒmənt]
n. 节本;缩减;节略;（权利、特权、自由等的）剥夺;
"An abridgement of the book has been published for young readers."
他们为年轻读者出版了这本书的节本.
近义：abridgment, abstract, precis, resume, roundup, shortening
adj. 渐进的，渐（升）降的;倾斜度小的;逐次的，逐渐的;平缓的;
n. 弥撒升阶圣歌;弥撒圣歌集;
💡 grad(等级)+ual(形缀):一个等级一个等级的- 逐渐的
"a gradual change in the climate"
气候的逐渐变化
近义：gradualist, gradualistic, stepped
反义：hurried, abrupt, lightning, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous