I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other. God help me. Amen.
📚 名句词汇解析
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vt. 撤回（声明），放弃（信仰或主张）;
💡 re往后+cant唱，歌 → 撤消
"Though he was forced to change his religion,he would not recant."
虽然强迫他改变宗教信仰，但他绝不改变。
近义：retract, abjure, loathe, repel, repudiate, disaffirm
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记：反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
近义：athwart, agin
n. 良心;道德心;
💡 con全部+sci知道+ence名词后缀→全部知道→有良知→良心
"Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months."
几个月来内疚一直折磨着他的良心.
近义：percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, seeing, sense
neither
['niðɚ]
adj. （两者）都不的;
pron. 两者都不;
adv. 两个都不;既不…也不;
conj. 也不;既不;
💡 n(not)+either→既非；皆不；两者都不
"Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem."
双方都不愿意妥协，问题就在这里。
近义：no, either
反义：likewise, moreover, too, withal, besides, then
adv. 立刻，马上;向右，右边;恰当地;一直;
adj. 右方的;正确的;合适的;好的，正常的;
n. 正确，正当;右边;权利;右手;
vt. 纠正;扶直，使正;整理;补偿;
vi. （船舶等）复正，恢复平稳;
💡 请把名字写(write)在右边(right)
"Is the coffee all right?"
这咖啡还满意吗？
近义：avenge, vindicate, wreak, mend, rectify, reerect
反义：counterfeit, fake, forge, obstriction, pledge, responsibility
adj. 安全的;保险的，肯定的;无损的;提供保护的;
n. 保险箱，保险柜;冷藏箱;〈俚〉避孕套;
💡 被save（拯救）已safe（安全）
"The family jewels are locked away in a safe."
家里的珠宝首饰都锁在保险柜里。
近义：strongbox, vault, innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless
反义：hesitant, hesitative, infirm, irresolute, shaky, skeptical