Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalised medium of reason, that's all we have between us and the tyranny of mere will and the cruelty of unbridled, undisciplined feelings.
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adj. 易碎的，脆的;虚弱的;
💡 frag打碎+ile能…的→能碎的 → 易碎的
"The old lady was increasingly fragile after her operation."
那位老太太手术后身体越来越虚弱.
近义：precarious, shortcrust, unstable, unsteady, weak, wonky
反义：resistive, strong, tough, stout, hard
adj. 有限的;（君主权力）受宪法限制的;〈美〉乘客名额有限制的;（智力，能力等）有限的;
n. 高级快车;直达的火车或汽车;
💡 lim门槛，限制+it=mit放出+ed形容词后缀 → 放出限制 → 有限的,限量的
"Teachers have a limited amount of time to interact with each child."
教师和每个孩子沟通的时间有限。
近义：qualified, restricted, circumscribed, circumscript, confined, constricted
反义：illimitable, immeasurable, infinite, limitless, spaceless, termless
adj. 中等的，中级的;普通的;平均的;半生熟的;
n. 媒介物，媒质;中间，中庸，[生]培养基，培养液，颜料溶解液，[数]中数，平均，[逻]中名辞;手段，方法;中间物;
💡 medi中间+um表名词→中间物，媒介
"the government's medium-term financial strategy"
政府的中期金融策略
近义：instrument, means, vehicle, psychic, mean, median
反义：highest, illustrious, appointed, leading, magnificent, marked
n. 暴虐;专横;暴行;
💡 tyrann=tyrant暴君+y表名词 → 暴政, 苛政, 专治
"a victim of oppression and tyranny"
压迫和暴政的受害者
近义：arbitrareity, absolutism, autocracy, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship
n. 残忍;残忍的行为;残酷行为;虐待;
💡 cruel残酷的+ty表名词 →残酷
"The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife."
他故意说的残酷无情的话对她像刀割一样。
近义：outrage, heartlessness, inclemency, inhumanity, insidiousness, mercilessness
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理，思考;争辩;辩论;向…解释;
💡 再（re）生一个（a）儿子(son)， 理由是第一个儿子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水灾是那场大雨造成的.
近义：ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反义：idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake