My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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n. 定义;规定,明确;[物]清晰度;解释;
💡 de使…成为+fin界限+ition名词后缀→划出界限→定义
"Can you give a more precise definition of the word?"
你能给这个词下个更确切的定义吗?
近义:outline, picture, portraiture, term, word, delineation
反义:hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, indistinctness, irresolution, uncertainty
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
adj. 自由的;免费的;免税的;空闲的;
adv. 免费地;自由地,无拘束地;一帆风顺地;
vt. 免除;释放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我让他在这件事情上放手干.
近义:liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise
反义:immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew
adj. 安全的;保险的,肯定的;无损的;提供保护的;
n. 保险箱,保险柜;冷藏箱;〈俚〉避孕套;
💡 被save(拯救)已safe(安全)
"The family jewels are locked away in a safe."
家里的珠宝首饰都锁在保险柜里。
近义:strongbox, vault, innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless
反义:hesitant, hesitative, infirm, irresolute, shaky, skeptical
adj. 不受欢迎的,不流行的;无人望的;不得人心的;
"The proposed increase in income tax proved deeply unpopular with the electorate."
增加所得税的建议令选民十分不满。
近义:uncompanionable, unsociable, unsocial, unwelcome, antisocial, detested
反义:appreciated, prized, regarded, respected, valued