Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. （男）警察，警员;看守矿井的人;[化] 淀帚;
💡 police警察 +man 人 → n.警察
"The policeman discharged his gun at the fleeing robbers."
警察向逃跑的强盗开了枪.
近义：officer, patrolman, peeler, trooper, bluecoat, bobby
反义：infractor, infringer, injurer, malefactor, offender, outlaw
n. 炸弹;彻底的失败;[橄榄球] 长传;高压贮罐;
vt. 轰炸，投弹于;
vi. 投弹;[俚语] 惨败;[俚语] 涂鸦;
💡 bomb- 【希腊语传入拉丁语】隆隆声,嗡嗡声,炸弹
"a coded warning of a bomb at the airport"
告知机场有炸弹的密码警报
近义：shell, strafe, zap, blast, blitz, bombard
反义：qualify
n. 选择;选择权;精选品;入选者;
adj. 上等的，精选的;
💡 后缀:ice 构成抽象名词,表示行为,情况
"The choice of players for the team seemed completely arbitrary."
看来这个队的队员完全是随意选定的。
近义：option, pick, preference, selection, picking, avenue
n. 美国人;美洲人; 美国英语;
adj. 美国的 ;美洲的;地道美国式的;
"a clean-cut all-American boy"
整洁体面的典型美国男孩
近义：us
vt. 挑选;认为…比其它更可取;决定或选定;
vi. 选择;进行挑选;
"a wide assortment of gifts to choose from"
各式各样可供挑选的礼品
近义：pick, select, cull, elect, opt, intend
反义：junk, reject, scrap, waive, discount, squash