The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people.
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n. 力量;优点，长处;（光、声、色等的）力度;人力[数];
💡 streng=strong强壮的+th抽象名词 →力量
"Colours like red convey a sense of energy and strength."
红色之类的颜色可给人以充满活力与力量的感觉。
近义：heart, impetuosity, impetus, impulsiveness, ardour, mastery
反义：puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility
n. 破坏，毁灭，消灭，灭亡，扑灭，驱除;摧毁;毁灭的原因，破坏手段;杀害;
💡 de除去，取消，毁+struct结构，建造+ion→弄坏结构→破坏
"the destruction of the rainforests"
对热带雨林的破坏
近义：vandalism, sabotage, havoc, killing, liquidation, obliteration
反义：erection
adj. 总计的（金额等）;全部的;完全的;绝对的;
n. 总计，总数;全体数量;
vt.& vi. 总计达，计算…的总数;
💡 total-, tot- 表”所有的”
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒绝烈性酒
近义：summate, tot, totalize, tote, level, overthrow
反义：quota, share, slice, snippy, patchy, fragmental
n. 教育;教育学;培养;训练;
💡 e出+duc引导，带来+ation行为 → 引出知识的行为 → 教育
"a special adviser to the President on education"
总统的教育特别顾问
近义：schooling, instruction, learning, background, schoolteaching, teaching
反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
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
united
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a. 联合的, 团结的, 一致的, 和睦的\\n[法] 联合的, 统一的, 一致的
近义：joined, joint, associated, near, nearby, neighboring
反义：isolated, remote, retired, segmented, separated, severed