Congress consists of one third, more or less, scoundrels; two thirds, more or less, idiots; and three thirds, more or less, poltroons.
— H. L. Mencken  ·  No category

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congress ['kɑŋɡrəs] 词根: con
n. 国会;代表大会;（用于某些国家的政党名称）国民大会;社交; vi. 开会，集合;
💡 con共同+gress行走→走到一起→代表大会
"But Congress is in a dangerously fretful mood."
但国会存在一种危险的焦躁情绪。
近义：assembly, meeting, conference, convention, convocation
third [θɝd] 词频1
n. 第三;三分之一;第三档; adj. 第三的;三分之一的;
"the commander of the third army corps"
陆军第三军团的指挥官
近义：tertiary, thirdly
less [les] 词频1
adj. 较少的（little的比较级）;较小的;较次的，较劣的;较不重要的; adv. 较少地，较小地; prep. 减去;少掉;不足; n. 较少，较小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义：least, lesser, minus
thirds
n. [法]归寡妇所得的亡夫遗产的三分之一；[商]（商品的）三等品
近义：junk, oddments, tinsel, trinketry, trinkets
consists
v. 由…组成( consist的第三人称单数 ); 包括; 存在于; 表现为（常与 in 连用）
scoundrels
n. 恶棍, 坏蛋( scoundrel的复数形式 ); 鼠辈

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"The cynics are right nine times out of ten."
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