I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.
— Nathaniel Emmons  ·  Character

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intellectual [,ɪntə'lɛktʃuəl] 词频3 词根: intel
adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力发达的; n. 知识分子;脑力劳动者;有极高智力的人;凭理智（而非感情）办事的人;
💡 intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美国人把牛津视为知识分子的乐园。
近义：highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead 反义：ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
moral ['mɔrəl] 词频1 词根: mor
adj. 道德的，道义上的;精神上的;无疑的，当然的;教导道德的; n. 寓意，教训;（尤指男女间的）品行;格言;〈古〉相对者;
💡 mor道德+al...的 → 道德的
"My sister came along just to give me some moral support."
我姐姐只是过来给我一些道义上的支持。
近义：parable, corollary, principled, righteous, deontological, ethical 反义：immodest, indecent, iniquitous, lewd, obscene, piacular
think [θɪŋk] 词频1
vt. 想;思索;以为;看待; vi. 思辩;考虑;构想;回忆; adj. 深思的;供思考的; n. 想;想法;
💡 深刻(谐音):深刻的思 想 我在想（think）该如何感谢（thank）他们
"They'll think you're being antisocial if you don't go."
要是你不去，他们就会认为你不合群。
近义：imagine, meditate, mull, perpend, ponder, ratiocinate
character ['kærəktɚ] 词频2 词根: ch-
n. 性格;特点;字母;角色; vt. 刻，印;使具有特征;
💡 性格 品质佳的人坐着椅子(char-chair)也能做(act)两(er)天的事
"Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character."
她卷入了这次欺诈案，在她的品格上留下了一个很大的污点。
近义：makeup, mettle, nature, personality, selfhood, spirit 反义：timidity, timidness
habitually [[hə'bitjuəli]] 词频5
adv. 习惯(性), 惯常, 习以为常, 出于习惯, 已成规则
近义：normally, regularly, usually, customarily, generally 反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
unfaithful ['ʌn'feiθful;ʌn'feiθfəl]
adj. 不忠实的;不正直的;（翻译等）不可靠的;不贞洁的;
"Have you ever been unfaithful to him?"
你对他是否有过不忠行为？
近义：recreant, traitor, unloyal, disloyal, false, apostate 反义：loyal, reliable, responsible, staunch, truehearted, trusted

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— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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— Richard Greenberg
"Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs."
— Joan Didion
"Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him."
— William Carleton
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— Hermann Hesse
"Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established."
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"Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence."
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"Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be."
— George Santayana
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