The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 符号;手势;迹象;指示牌;
vt.& vi. 签名;打手势;
💡 sign(mark)→记号；征兆；签字；做手势；表示
"Sign your name in the blank space below."
把名字签在下面的空白处。
近义：legalize, authenticate, seal, stamp, subscribe, undersign
反义：abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, quash, repeal
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. 活着的;活泼的;有生气的;敏感的;
💡 a在…，…的+live活→活的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我们不知道他是死是活。
近义：live, living, quickened, surviving, animated, passionate
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 第一，最初;头等;一号，;[乐]高音部;
adv. 最早，最初;首次;宁愿;优先;
adj. 第一流的;最初的，最早的;基本的，概要的;高音的;
num. 第一;
💡 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上，训练
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的论文《论自恋》中首次提到了这个概念.
近义：initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary
反义：hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost
n. 腐败;贪污;贿赂;变体;
"Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department."
有几家报纸声称该市警察部门腐败。
近义：immodesty, immorality, impudicity, indecency, iniquity, obscenity
反义：honor, integrity, openheartedness, openness, politeness, probity
adv. 仍，仍然;更，还要;静静地;〈诗〉常，不断地;
adj. 不动的，静止的;不狂暴的，温柔的;没有活力的，死气沉沉的;
n. 平静，寂静;剧照;静止摄影;蒸馏器;
vt.& vi. （使某物）平静下来，安静;〈古〉烧（酒），蒸馏;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
尽管快80岁了，他还是十分活跃。
近义：hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反义：incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset