Statesmen may plan and speculate for liberty but it is religion and morality alone that can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand.
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vt. 思索，猜测，推测;
vi. 投机;推测;思索;
💡 specul环顾+ate动词后缀→看准了→思考，投机
"We should speculate about the purpose of life."
我们应该想想人生的目的.
近义：calculate, conjecture, guess, profiteer
n. 自由;许可权;放肆，无礼;解放，释放;
💡 liber自由+ty表名词 → 自由
"the fight for justice and liberty"
争取正义和自由的斗争
近义：freedom
n. 宗教;支配自己生活的大事;教派;心爱的事物;
💡 relig=rely依赖+ ion 名词后缀 → 用来依赖的 → 宗教；宗教信仰
"Is there always a conflict between science and religion?"
科学和宗教信仰之间是否永远存在着冲突？
近义：creed, faith
反义：godlessness
n. 道德;道德准则;品德高尚的行为;道德观;
💡 mor 道德+ ality 表示状态、情况、性质 → n. 道德,(行为等的)道德性;德行,品行;道德观,道德规范
"Can all our efforts towards morality prevail over the forces of evil?"
我们为提倡伦理道德所做的努力能够战胜邪恶的力量 吗 ?
近义：morals, ethic, ethics
反义：immodesty, impudicity, indecency, iniquity, nefariousness, obscenity
adj. 单独的;独一无二的;独自的;
adv. 单独地;独自地;孤独地;只，只有;
💡 al(all)+one→单独的(地)(=quite by oneself)
"She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone."
她一想到独自旅行的情景就害怕。
近义：isolated, lone, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary
反义：joint
vt. 建立，创建;确立或使安全;使被安排好;使成为;
💡 e使...+stabl=stable牢固的+ish表动词，“造成…” →设立，建造
"She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory."
她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室.
近义：implement, appoint, inaugurate, inchoate, initiate, install
反义：invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, outlaw, proscribe