[W]e shall continue to have a worsening ecologic crisis until we reject the Christian axiom that nature has no reason for existence save to serve man.
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vi. 持续;逗留;维持原状;
vt. 延期;使延伸;使持续;继续说;
💡 con全部+tinu握住+e→全部拿住→做事做到尾→继续
"The President was given a blank check by Congress to continue the war."
国会授予总统全权可继续这场战争。
近义：insist, keep, persevere, persist, proceed, prosecute
反义：quit, stop, leave, desist, cut, finish
n. 危机;危难时刻;决定性时刻，紧要关头;转折点;
💡 cris判断，分辨+is→需要作出判断的时刻→危机时刻
"The minister air-dashed to Delhi because of the parliamentary crisis."
部长因议会危机立刻起程飞往德里。
近义：urgency, crunch, emergency, eventuality, juncture
vt. 拒绝;抛弃，扔掉;排斥;吐出或呕吐;
n. 被拒绝或被抛弃的人或事物;
💡 re回+ject投掷，扔→扔回来→拒绝，驳回
"Choose the good apples and reject the bad ones."
把好的苹果挑出来,把坏的剔出去.
近义：junk, negate, rebuff, refuse, remonstrate, renounce
反义：approbate, ok, okay, pass, sanction, confirm
n. 基督教徒，信徒;克里斯琴;<口>人类，文明人，正派人;[电影]克里斯蒂安;
adj. 信基督教的，基督教的，基督教徒的;<口>人（类）的，文明的，<口>正派的，高尚的;
💡 Christ基督+ian表人 →基督教徒
"The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act."
基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法.
近义：cristian
axiom
['æksɪəm]
n. 公理;自明之理;原理;格言;
💡 axi有价值+om → 数学上很有价值的推论 → [数] 公理；格言；自明之理
"It is a widely held axiom that they should not negotiate with terrorists."
他们不应与恐怖分子谈判是普遍接受的公理.
近义：law, principle, rule, tenet
n. 自然;天性;天理;类型;
💡 nat出生的+ure状态→出生状态→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义：milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment