If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without ploughing the ground.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 进步;前进;[生物学]进化;（向更高方向）增长;
v. （使）进步，（使）进行;发展;促进;
vi. 发展;（向更高方向）增进;
💡 pro向前，在前+gress走→向前走
"She watched the cow's ponderous progress."
她看着牛迟缓地向前走着。
近义：improve, unfold, advance, develop, evolve, gestate
反义：pullback, pullout, recoil, retirement, walkout, withdrawal
n. 自由，自主;直率;特权，特许;自由权;
💡 free自由的+dom状态或领域 →自由
"He made a bid for freedom by climbing over the wall."
他企图翻越这面高墙以获得自由.
近义：independence, liberty, autocracy, autonomy, emancipation, loosening
反义：peonage, thraldom, thrall, thralldom, vassalage, bondage
vt. 放弃，抛弃;拒绝，否认;宣布与…决裂，断绝关系;垫牌;
vi. 放弃;垫牌;
n. 牌戏中的垫牌;
💡 re反+nounce讲话，说出→反过来说→否认
"The treaties renounce the use of force and pledge the two countries to co-operation."
条约声明放弃使用武力，并保证两国将进行合作。
近义：quit, reject, relinquish, resign, waive, abandon
反义：receive, take, bless, buy, embrace, greet
n. 公开辩论;论战;
💡 contro相反+vers转变+y表状态、行为→ 使结论向相反方向转变→争论；议论
"The issue engendered controversy."
这个问题引起了争论。
近义：contention, dispute, argument, jangle, polemic, polemics
反义：arrangement, negotiation, pact, bargain, settlement, treaty
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
vi. 搏斗;奋斗;努力;争取;
n. 打斗;竞争;奋斗;
💡 死抓狗(谐音):与狗 斗争使劲抓狗
"the Dalits' struggle for social and economic rights"
贱民争取社会和经济权利的斗争
近义：battle, strive, tilt, vie, wrestle, combat
反义：accord, acquiesce, chord, coincide, concur, converge