Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
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vt. 犯罪，做错事;把…托付给;保证（做某事、遵守协议或遵从安排等）;承诺，使…承担义务;
💡 com共同+mit送，放出→共同送→委任
"to commit an offense"
犯罪
近义：institutionalize, perpetrate, execute, imprison, incarcerate, jail
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
n. 自杀;自杀者;自杀行为;
vt. 自杀;
adj. 自杀的;
💡 sui自己+cid杀+e行为 →自杀
"to commit suicide"
自杀
adj. 长的;长时间的;冗长的，过长的;长音的;
adv. 长久地;始终;遥远地;
n. 长时间，长时期;[语]长音节;（服装的）长尺寸;长裤;
vi. 渴望，极想;
💡 渴望见到很 长的龙（long） 长龙（拼音long)摆尾 网友：顾亮亮 补充：龙很长
"How long will I be under the anaesthetic ?"
我会麻醉多长时间？
近义：lengthened, lengthy, moderately, pretty, quite, rather
反义：little, minute, small, squat, slight
adv. 立刻，马上;一会儿，不久;快;宁愿;
💡 速(谐音): 迅速
"The whole building was soon ablaze."
整栋大楼很快就熊熊燃烧起来。
近义：hereupon, apace, immediately, promptly, pronto, quickly
反义：langsyne, lately, whilom, yesterday, yesteryear, yore
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己，它本身;自身，本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人类有足够的武器灭绝自己。
近义：herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves