That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
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vt. 保持;留在心中，记住;雇用;付定金保留;
💡 re回+tain握住→拿回来→保留
"to retain your independence"
保持独立
近义：keep, stem, withhold, detain, hire, recruit
vt. 尊重;尊敬;关心;遵守;
n. 尊重，恭敬;敬意;某方面;
💡 re再+spect看→再看一眼→尊敬
"Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law."
尊重生命是英国法律最重要的原则。
近义：honor, honour, obey, observe, prize, regard
反义：outrage, smirch, besmirch, deride, disgrace, dishonor
vt. 使生气，使不愉快;冒犯，触怒;
vi. 使生气;使不快;
💡 dis不+please高兴 → 使不愉快,使生气
"No sooner had I uttered the words than I could have kicked myself, for I knew they would displease him."
话才一出口,我就责备自己, 因为知道这些话会使他不高兴的.
近义：irritate, pain, roil, vex, disappoint, discontent
反义：humor, please, pleasure, recreate, satisfy, tickle
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
int. 请;
vt.& vi. 使高兴;使满意;讨人喜欢;讨好;
💡 please(please)→取悦；使高兴；喜欢；愿意；请
"Please be quiet. I have to study the book for a test tomorrow."
请不要说话了, 明天要考试,我得看书.
近义：humor, oblige, pleasure, recompense, recreate, repay
反义：undeceive, disenthrall, disappoint, discontent, dishearten, dissatisfy
n. 自己;本人;本性;私利;
adj. 同一的;纯净的;单一的;
vt. 使自花授精;使近亲繁殖;
vi. 自花授精;
"His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence."
他的衣着风格显得十分自信。
近义：ego, individuality, selfhood, distinctiveness, selfishness, egoism