There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
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adj. 基本的;必要的;本质的;精华的;
n. 必需品;基本要素;必不可少的东西;
💡 essent=be存在，本质 + ial ...的 → 必要的，本质的
"The essential thing is that the two of you ought to agree."
根本的问题是你们俩应意见一致.
近义：must, necessity, proviso, requirement, requisite, condition
反义：nonissue, needless, pointless, profitless, purposeless, redundant
adv. 精确地;确切地;完全地，全然;恰恰;
💡 ex出，出去+act行动，做+ly表示状态、程度、方式、“...地” →精切的,精确地,恰好
"Good, you have exactly hit off the writer's style."
很好, 你已将那位作家的风格确切地刻画出来了.
近义：identically, just, particularly, perfectly, precisely, properly
反义：inaccurately
adj. 聪明的，有智慧的;博学的，博识的;明白的;像智者的;
vt. 使知道，使懂得;教导;指点;
vi. 了解，知道;
"a wise and virtuous man"
博学多识的君子
近义：informed, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered
反义：silly, stupid, tomfool, unaware, uneducated, unenlightened
n. 贵族;贵族品质;贵族统治的国家;上层社会;
"members of the aristocracy"
贵族成员
近义：nobility, elite, gentility, gentry
反义：masses, mob, people, plebeians, plebs, proletariat
adj. 小的;难为情的;低级的，卑劣的;细微的，微弱的;
adv. 小小地;卑鄙地;
n. 细小部分，腰部;琐碎东西;身份低的人;矮小的人;
"These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters."
这些颗粒聚结形成较大的团。
近义：little, meager, meagre, minute, reduced, scanty
反义：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital