Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master.
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n. 政府;政体;治理的形式;管辖，治理;
💡 govern统治+ment表名词 →政府
"the government's abandonment of its new economic policy"
政府对新经济政策的放弃
近义：ruling, control, rule, state, governing, governmental
反义：mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, disorderliness, anarchy, lawlessness
n. 口才，辩才;雄辩;雄辩术;修辞法;
💡 e出+loqu说话+ence名词后缀 → 雄辩，口才
"I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts."
恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了.
近义：loquacity, oratory, rhetoric, speaking, speechmaking, fluentness
反义：laconicism, succinctness, terseness, brevity
adj. 危险的;
💡 danger危险+ous.....的 →危险的
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：hazardous, jeopardous, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe
反义：innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless, secure, sure
n. 仆人，佣人，雇工;[美]奴仆，奴隶;官吏，公务员，服务员;随员，献身…的人;
💡 serv服务，保持+ant表示人 →仆人；公务员
"They treat their mother like a servant."
他们像对待用人一样对待自己的母亲。
近义：helper, houseboy, lackey, lacquey, maid, manservant
adj. 害怕的，担心的;胆怯的;吓人的，可怕的;<口>极端的;
💡 fear恐惧+ful表形容词，“有…的” →可怕的
"Parents are ever fearful for their children."
父母总是为子女担忧。
近义：shy, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrifying
反义：mild, pacific, peaceable, placid, pleasurable, quiet
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理，思考;争辩;辩论;向…解释;
💡 再（re）生一个（a）儿子(son)， 理由是第一个儿子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水灾是那场大雨造成的.
近义：ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反义：idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake