No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.
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n. 真理;真相,事实;忠实,忠诚;现实,现实性;
💡 tru相信,真实+th抽象名词 →事实,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
adj. 宝贵的,珍贵的;贵重的;矫揉造作的;可爱的,宝贝的;
adv. <口>很,非常;
n. 珍爱的人;可爱的人;
💡 prec价值+ious形容词后缀→有价值的 → 珍贵的
"The crown was set with precious jewels—diamonds, rubies and emeralds."
王冠上镶嵌着稀世珍宝—有钻石、红宝石、绿宝石。
近义:appreciated, loved, prized, valuable, valued, esteemed
反义:loathly, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, aversive, repulsive