In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create but by what we refuse to destroy.
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n. 社会;上流社会;社团;社群;
adj. 上流社会的，社交界的;
💡 socie=social社会+ty表名词 → 社会，社团
"Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society."
文明社会憎恶种族主义。
近义：aristoi, community, institution, merging, partnership, brotherhood
反义：personhood, self, selfhood, distinctiveness, individual
vt. 创造，创作;产生;封爵，把…封为（贵族）;
vi. [英][俚]大发脾气，大发牢骚;
💡 cre增长，产生+ate造成→增长→创造
"Mellow music and lighting helped to create the right atmosphere."
柔和的音乐和灯光衬托出了适宜的氛围。
近义：indite, innovate, invent, make, manufacture, mold
v. 拒绝;回绝;推却;
n. 废弃物;垃圾;
💡 re回+fuse流，泻→向回流→拒绝
"It would be churlish to refuse such a generous offer."
拒绝这样一个慷慨的提议未免失礼。
近义：reject, snub, spurn, waive, decline, deny
反义：indulge, assent, nod, accede, acquiesce, comply
vt. 破坏，摧毁;消灭，歼灭（敌人）;杀死;使失败;
💡 de坏+stroy=struct建造 → 毁坏，破坏
"It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct."
谁都知道破坏容易建设难.
近义：shatter, impair, kill, mar, obliterate, rack
反义：mend, refit, repair, service, tinker
a. 清晰的, 轮廓分明的；有定义的, 确定的
近义：bounded, determinate, distinct
反义：imprecise, indeterminate, lax, loose, mistakable, sketchy
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"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around every once in awhile, you could miss it."