I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 政府;政体;治理的形式;管辖，治理;
💡 govern统治+ment表名词 →政府
"the government's abandonment of its new economic policy"
政府对新经济政策的放弃
近义：ruling, control, rule, state, governing, governmental
反义：mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, disorderliness, anarchy, lawlessness
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
n. 电话;电话机;（电话机的）话筒;受话器;
vt.& vi. 以电话传送（消息），给（某人）打电话;用电话与（某人）交谈;
💡 tele远，传送+phone声音→远方声音传过来 → 电话
"The telephone was out of order, but is functional now."
电话刚才坏了, 但现在可以用了.
近义：phone, call, blower, telephonic
n. 人名地址录，（电话）号码簿;（计算机文件或程序的）目录;
adj. 指导的，指挥的;咨询的;管理的;
💡 direct指导+ory表示物 →电话目录
"The directory is available on microfiche ."
使用说明在缩微胶片上。
近义：board, directorate, managerial, managing, directive, directorial
n. 能力，才能;全体教职员;<英>（大学的）专科，系;特权，特许;
💡 facul做 + ty表名词→ 会做东西 → 能力
"So far as I know, she has a faculty of housekeeping."
就我所知, 她很善于理家.
近义：aptitude, aptness, arbitration, jurisdiction, mastery, auctoritas
反义：impotence, inability, incapability, incompetence, incompetency, invalidity
n. 综合性大学;大学人员;大学校舍;
💡 univers宇宙+ity名词→由宇宙引申为知识，知识之地→大学
"the University Advisement Center"
大学咨询中心
近义：college, varsity, faculty, pedagogical, scholastic, collegiate