All the taxes paid over a lifetime by the average American are spent by the government in less than a second.
📚 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. 一生，寿命;有生之年;存在期，有效期;
na. 终生;终身保障;[核]寿命;
💡 life生命+time时间→ n.一生，终身
"His diary was not published during his lifetime."
他的日记在他生前未曾发表过。
近义：time, age, epoch, era, generation, lifelong
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. 秒;瞬间;次货;第二份食物;
adj. 第二的;次要的;居第二位的;另外的;
adv. 第二;其次;以第二位;
vt. 支持;临时调派;附议;赞成提案;
💡 sec跟随+ond=one第一→跟随第一个之后→第二；秒
"She was in the second year of her apprenticeship as a carpenter."
她当木工学徒已是第二年了。
近义：back, backstop, reinforce, support, advocate, endorse
反义：oppose, confront, contradict, counter, fence
adj. 有报酬的;领取报酬的;领钱的;付费的;
v. 付给( pay的过去式);付款;有利可图;（对…）有利;
"You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly; those are the two alternatives."
你的工资可以按周以现金支取，或按月以支票支取。二者可选其一。
近义：cancelled, canceled, salaried, salary, stipendiary
反义：outstanding, overdrawn, unexpended, unliquidated, unsettled
prep. （表示方向）越过;（部份或全部覆盖）在…上面;由于;（表示论及）关于;
adv. 结束;再;（倒）下;从一边至另一边;
adj. 过去的;外面的;在上的;上级的;
n. 额外;剩余;剩余（或多余）的量;剩余物;
int. [电信学]报文完，请回复！;
vt. 走过，跳过;[美国方言]从…恢复过来;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府对核能的态度来了个180度的大转变。
近义：above, on, up, regarding, relating, respecting
反义：under, below, beneath
adj. 平常的;平均的;典型的;（价值、比率等的）平均数的;
n. 平均水平;（速度等的）平均率;平均估价;
vt. [数学] 计算…的平均值;调和，拉平;分摊;按比例（或平均）分配（利润等）;
vi. 平均：作为或达到一个中间值;维持（有利的）平均价格;
💡 aver(every每个)+age(后缀):- 平均的
"a rise in average earnings"
平均收入的增加
近义：curve, mean, median, medium, middle, midpoint
反义：appreciable, memorable, notable, noted, noticeable, notorious