Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
📚 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
n. 有利条件;益处;优越（性）;处于支配地位;
vt. 有利于;有益于;促进;使处于有利地位;
vi. 得益，获利;
💡 advant前面+age表名词 →利益，好处
"Take advantage of low-season airfares."
利用淡季飞机票价。
近义：overtaking, surpassing, improve, avail, profit, benefit
反义：disfavor, waste, dilapidation, hindrance, inconvenience, demerit
neither
['niðɚ]
adj. （两者）都不的;
pron. 两者都不;
adv. 两个都不;既不…也不;
conj. 也不;既不;
💡 n(not)+either→既非；皆不；两者都不
"Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem."
双方都不愿意妥协，问题就在这里。
近义：no, either
反义：likewise, moreover, too, withal, besides, then
vt. 保持;保留;遵守;阻止;
vi. （食品）保持新;保持健康;
n. 保持，保养;供养，抚养;生活，生计;饲料；牧草;
"Social services keep lists of at-risk children ."
社工组织保留有在家里可能遭受伤害的孩子名单。
近义：hold, husband, maintain, reserve, retain, save
反义：transfer, cede, give, transgress, trespass, violate
vt. （使）破;打破（纪录）;（常指好天气）突变;开始;
vi. （嗓音）突变;突破;破晓;（价格）突然下跌;
n. 破裂;中间休息;间断;短假;
💡 把一块bread(面包)从中间break(折断) 面包(bread)壳(k)被 打破
"the break-up of their marriage"
他们婚姻的破裂
近义：debilitate, bankrupt, rupture, sever, shatter, smash
反义：mend, patch, refit, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel