Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.
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n. 文明，文化;开化，教化;修养;文明社会;
💡 civil市民；礼貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明，文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
近义：humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
adj. 内疚的;有罪的;
💡 guilt内疚 + y...的→ adj.内疚的；有罪的
"The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels."
那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民.
近义：culpable
反义：ingenuous, naif, naive, pure, sincere, blameless
n. [物]能量;活力;精力;精神;
💡 en进入+erg能量，活动+y表名词→进入能量→能量；活力
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府对核能的态度来了个180度的大转变。
近义：health, heart, impetuosity, impetus, impulsiveness, ardour
反义：puniness, weakening, weariness, exinanition, debility, destructibility
n. 定罪;说服;确信;信念;
💡 con全部+vict征服，战胜+ion表名词→定罪；坚信
"His conviction was later quashed by the Court of Appeal."
后来，上诉法院撤销了对他的有罪判决。
近义：ideology, judgement, judgment, assurance, assuredness, notion
反义：hesitation, incertitude, indecision, indecisiveness, indefinition, indetermination
vt.& vi. 辩护;保卫;（足球、曲棍球等）防守;进行辩护;
💡 de去掉+fend打击→去掉打击→打退敌人→保卫，防御
"He got the best advocate in town to defend him."
他请城里最好的律师为他辩护.
近义：preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shelter, shield
反义：impeach, incriminate, inculpate, indict, arraign, process
adv. 明亮地;明净地;明确地;显然地;
"This case falls clearly within the ambit of the 2001 act."
这件案子显然属于2001年法案的范围。
近义：just, manifestly, obviously, openly, overtly, patently
反义：privately, privily, secretly, undercover, underground, clandestinely