The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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n. 争论，争吵;论据;[数]幅角;主题，情节;
💡 argu=argue争论+ment表名词 →争论，辩论
"We had an argument with the waiter about the bill."
我们和服务员就账单发生了争吵。
近义：argue, propound, jangle, polemic, polemics, quarrel
反义：arrangement, negotiation, pact, bargain, settlement, treaty
n. 承认，自首;忏悔;供认状;信条，教义;
💡 con全部+fess说+ion表名词 → 全部说出 → 坦白
"After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession."
经过警察数小时的审问，她才供认了全部罪行。
近义：avowal, acceptance, shrift, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, admission
反义：rejection
adj. 智力的;有才智的;需用智力的;智力发达的;
n. 知识分子;脑力劳动者;有极高智力的人;凭理智（而非感情）办事的人;
💡 intellect智力+ual...的→ 智力的
"Some Americans see Oxford as an intellectual Disneyland."
一些美国人把牛津视为知识分子的乐园。
近义：highbrow, literatus, scholar, longhair, egghead
反义：ignoramus, philistine, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninstructed
n. 无能为力;[医]阳痿;阴痿;
💡 im(not)+poten(powerful)+ce(名词后缀)→无力；虚弱；阳痿
"His impotence to help made him despair."
他无力帮忙,感到很失望.
近义：incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness
反义：influence, arbitration, intensity, jurisdiction, mastery, might
intimidation
[[inˌtimə'deʃən]]
n. 恐吓, 威胁\\n[法] 恐吓, 威胁
近义：cowardice, cowardliness, cowering, discouragement, fear, fright
反义：heart, impulsiveness, intrepidity, manliness, mettle, nerve