The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
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people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
n. 人,人类;居民;人民;种族; vt. 居住于,布满;使住满人,在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反义:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
champion ['tʃæmpɪən] 词频2 词根: 田野
n. 冠军;捍卫者,拥护者;战士; vt. 为…而斗争,捍卫,声援; adj. 优胜的;第一流的;
💡 campus(战场)+on(表示人的名词后缀)→冠军;勇士;战士
"aspirants to the title of world champion"
有志夺取世界冠军的人
近义:commander, support, uphold, advocate, defend, encourage 反义:pushover, quitter, turkey, duffer, dud, failure
tyrant ['taɪrənt] 词频3
n. 专制统治者,暴君;(古希腊的)僭主;专横的人;
💡 tyrann-, tyranni-, tyran- 【希腊传入拉丁】表”独裁者”
"The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves."
暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣.
近义:martinet, oppressor, autocrat, totalitarian, despot, dictator
over ['ovɚ] 词频1
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
nurse [nɝs] 词频1 词根: 养育
n. 护士,看护;奶妈,保姆,阿妈,保育员;保护人,培养者,养成所,发祥地;[植]保护树,[虫]保护虫,保育虫,[动]世代交替的无性期的个体; vt.& vi. 护理;照料;喂;吃奶; vt. 培育;怀抱;搂抱;调治;
💡 女(nu)人(r)适合做 护士,和颜悦色(se)受欢迎
"The nurse mopped his fevered brow."
护士擦拭了他发烫的前额。
近义:assist, attend, tend, suckle, breastfeed, keep 反义:ablactate
greatness ['gretnɪs] 词频3
n. 伟大;崇高;著名;大;
"A man's deed is the touchstone of his greatness or littleness."
行动是一个人伟大或者渺小的试金石.
近义:immensity, magnitude, majesty, stateliness, vastness, grandeur 反义:nonissue, pinhead, smallness, trifle, insignificancy

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