What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
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n. 差别,差异;[数]差数,差额;意见分歧;特色;
vt. 辨别,区分;
💡 dif分开,否定,不+fer带来+ence名词后缀→带来不同→不同之处
"The new regulations will not make an appreciable difference to most people."
新的规定对大多数人将无大影响。
近义:inequality, odds, unlikeness, variant, version, inhomogeneity
反义:kindred, kinship, likeness, look, matching, parallel
adj. 无家可归的;露宿风餐;
💡 home 家+less表形容词,无...的 →无家可归的
"young homeless people who become ensnared in a life of crime"
陷入犯罪活动的无家可归的年轻人
近义:motherless, orphan, orphaned, outcast, shelterless, stateless
反义:loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
n. 破坏,毁灭,消灭,灭亡,扑灭,驱除;摧毁;毁灭的原因,破坏手段;杀害;
💡 de除去,取消,毁+struct结构,建造+ion→弄坏结构→破坏
"the destruction of the rainforests"
对热带雨林的破坏
近义:vandalism, sabotage, havoc, killing, liquidation, obliteration
反义:erection
n. 自由;许可权;放肆,无礼;解放,释放;
💡 liber自由+ty表名词 → 自由
"the fight for justice and liberty"
争取正义和自由的斗争
近义:freedom
n. 民众;民主国家;民主主义;民主政治;
💡 demo人民+cracy统治;\"人民统治\"→人民做主→民主;民主政治,民主政体;民主主义
"the principles of democracy"
民主原则
adj. 死去的;完全的;无感觉的;呆板的;
adv. 完全地;非常;绝对;极度;
n. 死者;(死一样的)寂静;极寒时候;
💡 呆的,人 死是“呆的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我们不知道他是死是活。
近义:asleep, numb, numbed, unfeeling, benumbed, unresponsive
反义:mindful, aware, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful