After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
— Cato the Elder  ·  No category

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people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族; vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
monument ['mɑnjumənt] 词频2 词根: mon
n. 纪念碑;遗迹;遗址;丰碑;
💡 monu警告，提醒+ment名词后缀→提醒的东西→纪念碑
"The whole house is a monument to her craftsmanship."
那整座房子是她技艺的一座丰碑。
近义：memorial
dead [dɛd] 词频1
adj. 死去的;完全的;无感觉的;呆板的; adv. 完全地;非常;绝对;极度; n. 死者;（死一样的）寂静;极寒时候;
💡 呆的，人 死是“呆的
"We don't know whether he's alive or dead."
我们不知道他是死是活。
近义：asleep, numb, numbed, unfeeling, benumbed, unresponsive 反义：mindful, aware, vigilant, wakeful, waking, watchful
rather ['ræðɚ] 词频1
adv. 稍微，有点;相当，颇;宁愿;相反地; int. 当然啦，怎么不;
💡 她的（her）老鼠(rat) 相当肥
"I would rather go out tonight, if you don't mind."
如果你不介意的话,我宁愿今晚出去.
近义：heretofore, instead, preferably, preferentially, previously, before

📜 Cato the Elder 的更多名言

"From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs."
"Patience is the greatest of all virtues."
"Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth."
"Grasp the subject, the words will follow."
"I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right."
"Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity."
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