America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused a€“ preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.
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n. 帝国，帝国领土;帝权，君权，最高统治权;大企业组织;
adj. 新古典风格的;
💡 empire=emper命令，统治 → 进行统治的地方 → 帝国
"Her efforts were justly rewarded with a British Empire Medal."
不列颠帝国勋章是对她的努力的公正奖赏.
近义：imperium, reich, reign, sovereignty, empery, dominion
n. 历史，历史学;发展史;履历，经历;（某地的）沿革;
💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史；个人经历
"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."
2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。
近义：archives, papers, past, background, record, records
n. 正义;公正;法律制裁;审判员，法官;
💡 just公正的+ice表名词 →正义
"a fugitive from justice"
逃犯
近义：right, equity, fairness, arbitrator, judge, magistrate
反义：unfairness
adj. 伟大的，杰出的;优异的，显著的;很多的;重大的;
adv. [口语]很好地;令人满意地，成功地，顺利地;得意地;
n. 大人物们;伟大人物;重要人物，大师;名家;
💡 联想：“贵的”就是伟大的 网友：12 补充：gr 工人 eat吃 解决工人吃饭问题，不就是伟大的问题。great 伟大
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
据米克说，这是一部了不起的电影。
近义：super, awesome, cool, fine, large, big
反义：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
n. [机]动力，功率;力量;政权，权力;强国，大国;
vt. 运转;用发动机发动;使…有力量;
vi. 靠动力行进;快速行进;
adj. 权力的;机械能的，电动的;用电力（或动力）发动的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在对这台引擎进行改装以增加它的功率.
近义：move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反义：incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility
n. 机会，机遇;概率，可能性;偶然，运气;
v. 偶然发生;冒险;碰巧;偶然被发现;
adj. 意外的;偶然的;碰巧的;
💡 碰巧有 机会阐(chan)述我的计策(ce)
"I would do it if I had the chance."
如果我有机会的话，我也会那么做。
近义：hazard, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, risk, stake
反义：assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness
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"America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up."
— Oscar Wilde