There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause.
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n. 集中;专心;关注;浓度;
💡 con共同+centr中心+ation后缀→集中；浓缩
"This book requires a great deal of concentration."
这本书需要全神贯注才能读懂。
近义：throng, confluence, crowd, heedfulness, application, intentness
反义：dissolution, dissolving, impoliteness, inattention, inattentiveness, absentmindedness
adj. 有道德的，有德行的;善良的;贞洁的;有效力的;
💡 virtu贞操，美德 + ous ...的 → adj.善良的, 有道德的, 贞洁的, 有效力的
"a wise and virtuous man"
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近义：upright, qualified, skilled, capable
反义：ignoble, ill, immoral, infamous, iniquitous, low
whiff
[(h)wif]
n. 吸气或吹气;一种比目鱼;<口>难闻的气味;小雪茄烟;
vt. 吸;喷出;击球失败;
vi. 喷气;垂钓;轻吹;
"Now and again , he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell."
他不时闻到一股怪味.
近义：heave, puff, blow, exhale, expire, blowing
vt. 以私刑处死（被认为有罪的人）;
n. 私刑;
"Before night they wanted to lynch him, but he was gone."
还没到晚上他们就想私自干掉他, 可是他已经跑了.
近义：gibbet, halter, hang
n. 迁移，移居;
"Swallows begin their migration south in autumn."
燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移.
近义：emigration
n. 思考;想法，思想;意见;见解;
adj. 有思想的;有理性的;
v. “think”的现在分词;
"She's thinking about a career in banking."
她正在考虑从事银行业。
近义：approach, judgement, judgment, notion, opinion, sentiment