Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
vt. 声称;断言;需要;索取;
vi. 提出要求;
n. （根据权利而提出的）要求;声称;断言;索赔;
💡 claim→要求；主张；要求；权利；主张
"It would be disingenuous of me to claim I had never seen it."
要说我从未看到过，那就是言不由衷了。
近义：adduce, allege, require, summon, request, demand
反义：impart, award, present, accord, bestow, administer
n. 一致;舆论;一致同意，合意;
💡 con共同+sens感觉+us用→感觉一致
"There is a general consensus among teachers about the need for greater security in schools."
教师们对必须加强学校的保安有普遍的共识。
近义：pact, settlement, treaty, accord, accordance, unanimity
n. 避难;避难所;庇护者;[医]救急疗法;
vt. 给予…庇护;接纳…避难;
vi. 躲避;避难;
💡 re回+fuge逃→逃到安全地方 → 避难
"A further 300 people have taken refuge in the US embassy."
又有300人在美国大使馆避难。
近义：haven, asylum, protection, roof, safeguard, sanctuary
反义：helplessness, inattention, lassitude, loneliness, orphanhood, proscription
vt. 避开，避免，预防;[法]使无效，撤销，废止;
💡 a=out处于+void空→empty out空出来→避开，避免
"Write clear definitions in order to avoid ambiguity."
释义要写清楚以免产生歧义。
近义：parry, avert, prevent, shirk, shun, sidestep
反义：approach, initiate, launch, start, tackle, wage
n. 讨论;辩论;争论;辩论;
vt.& vi. 辩论;仔细考虑;思考;盘算;
💡 de否定，相反+bat打，击+e→持对方相反的观点而与之进行口头上的攻击→反驳，辩论
"a debate on abortion"
关于堕胎的辩论
近义：argue, litigate, moot, parley, polemicize, quarrel
反义：accord, acquiesce, chord, coincide, concur, converge
n. 第一，最初;头等;一号，;[乐]高音部;
adv. 最早，最初;首次;宁愿;优先;
adj. 第一流的;最初的，最早的;基本的，概要的;高音的;
num. 第一;
💡 泰森 第一拳(fist)打在稻草(r)人身上，训练
"Freud first mentioned this concept in his paper'On Narcissism '."
弗洛伊德在他的论文《论自恋》中首次提到了这个概念.
近义：initial, beginning, prime, foremost, initiative, preliminary
反义：hindermost, hindmost, latest, latter, rearmost, utmost