Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons.
📚 名句词汇解析
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vt. 俘获;夺取;夺得;引起（注意、想像、兴趣）;
n. 捕获;占领;捕获物;[计算机]捕捉;
💡 capt拿，抓，握住+ure名词后缀→抓住毛病→挑剔的 → 逮捕，捉拿
"His paintings capture the essence of France."
他的画描绘出法国的神韵。
近义：hook, immure, imprison, apprehend, incarcerate, jail
反义：release, unlock, free, redemption, rescue, disenthrallment
n. 拷问;折磨;痛苦;（精神上或肉体上的）折磨;
vt. 使痛苦;使苦恼;使焦急;曲解;
💡 tort扭转+ure表名词→扭曲别人 →折磨
"Many of the refugees have suffered torture."
许多难民都遭受过拷打。
近义：macerate, martyr, mortify, plague, bait, rack
反义：appease, liven, assure, mollify, pacify, balm
n. 死亡;（某种）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
💡 dead(死)+th(表示抽象名词的后缀)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁决
近义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反义：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
adj. 害怕的;担心的;恐怕;畏惧，害怕;
💡 词根af-向，词缀raid打、袭击，“担心挨打
"It's all over. There's nothing to be afraid of now."
一切都结束了。现在没有什么可怕的了。
近义：apprehensive, intimidated, nervous, awed, awestricken, awestruck
反义：intrepid, mettlesome, nervy, audacious, plucky, rash
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
adj. 用过的;习惯于;二手的;旧的;
v. 使用（ use的过去式和过去分词）;常常，经常;
"Things ain't what they used to be."
现在情况不比从前了。
近义：outworn, worn, utilized, wonted, accustomed
反义：unused, unworn