Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes.
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n. 历史，历史学;发展史;履历，经历;（某地的）沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史；个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
adv. 大部分地，主要地;大规模地;丰富地;
💡 large大的 + ly ...地 → ad.大部分；大量地
"The case against him was largely circumstantial."
对他不利的案情大多为间接推测的。
近义：mainly, mostly, principally, vastly, widely, thoroughly
反义：succinctly, briefly, concisely, concretely, definitively, finally
n. 账，账目;存款;记述，报告;理由;
vi. 解释;导致;报账;
vt. 认为;把…视作;
💡 ac一再+count计算→计算，算账
"I don't have a bank account."
我没有银行账户。
近义：numeration, reckoning, score, tally, count, counting
n. 暴力，强暴，暴虐;猛烈，激烈;歪曲（事实），曲解（意义）;冒渎，不敬;
💡 viol六弦琴+ence名词后缀 → 暴力，强暴
"The group does not advocate the use of violence."
该团体不支持使用暴力。
近义：rabidity, rabidness
反义：kindness, meekness, mildness, peacefulness, placidity, sugariness
n. 花费，支出;费用，经费;（尤指金钱的）支出额;（精力、时间、材料等的）耗费;
💡 ex出+pendi=pend花费+ture表名词→支出，开销
"A change in the money supply brings a corresponding change in expenditure."
货币供应量的改变随即引起支出的相应改变。
近义：outgo, outlay, spending, cost, debit, defrayal
反义：admittance, entry
adj. 政治的;政党的;对政治有兴趣的;
💡 polit 国家，城市 + ical ...的 → a.政治的，政治上的
"People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city."
人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会.