The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.
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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
v. 投票,选举;提议;投票表决;公认,由舆论决定;
n. 投票,表决;投票数;投票权;决议;
💡 vot发誓+e→投票前需要发誓以示诚实→投票
"All affiliated members can vote."
所有隶属成员都有投票权。
近义:poll, ballot, elect
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. 独裁,专政;独裁权;执政者的职位(任期);
"That country is now living under a military dictatorship."
那个国家现在正处于军事独裁统治之下.
近义:absolutism, monocracy, autarchy, authoritarianism, autocracy, totalitarism
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
vt. 拿,取;采取;接受(礼物等);耗费(时间等);
vi. 拿;获得;
n. 镜头;看法;收入额;场景;
"Students will normally take three A2 subjects."
学生通常要选三门A2证书考试科目。
近义:apprehend, keep, nab, receive, seize, snatch
反义:transfer, cede, give, reject, snub, spurn