Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
— John Kenneth Galbraith  ·  Politics

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disastrous [dɪ'zæstrəs] 词频4 词根: astr
adj. 灾难性的;损失惨重的;极坏的;悲惨的;
💡 dis坏+astr星星+ous形容词后缀 →陨石撞击似的→ 灾难的
"Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy."
降低利率可能给经济带来灾难性后果。
近义：mournful, ominous, tragical, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic 反义：helpful, assenting, opportune, auspicious, pro, profitable
politics ['pɑlətɪks] 词频2 词根: polit
n. 政治;政治事务;政治观点;权术;
💡 polit国家，城市+ics表名称，学科学术 →政治
"The professor's a radical in politics but a conservative dresser."
教授在政治上是激进派,但衣着却很守旧.
possible ['pɑsəbl] 词频1 词根: 放置
adj. 可能的;可接受的;合理的，可以允许的;不坏的; n. 可能性，潜在性;可能的人物，可能有的事;最高分;
💡 音“跑四步”：被五步蛇咬了，跑四步还是 可能的 poss(pass通过)+ible(能): 可能的 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：1：穿着破（po）烂的两个美女（ss
"It'should surely be possible for them to reach an agreement."
想必他们可以达成协议.
近义：approachable, incidental, likely, obtainable, attainable, open 反义：impracticable, unachievable, unattainable, unfeasible, unreachable, unrealizable
unpalatable [ʌn'pælətəbl]
adj. 味道差的，不好吃的;无味;
"Only then did I learn the unpalatable truth."
直到那时我才得知令人难以接受的真相。
近义：inedible, uneatable, unsavory, unripe, distasteful 反义：appetizing, luscious, pleasurable, sapid, saporous, savory
choosing
v. 选择；决定（choose的ing形式）
近义：option, pick, preference, selection, picking, choice
consists
v. 由…组成( consist的第三人称单数 ); 包括; 存在于; 表现为（常与 in 连用）

📜 John Kenneth Galbraith 的更多名言

"In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong."
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."
"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error."
"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite."
"The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking."
"Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything."
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🏷 更多「Politics」名言

"Politics is the art of the possible."
— Otto Von Bismarck
"When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them."
— Franklin P. Adams
"Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles."
— Ambrose Bierce
"Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary."
— Robert Louis Stevenson
"Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory."
— John Kenneth Galbraith
"Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate."
— Mark B. Cohen
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