When honor and truth are at odds, let truth prevail.
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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
vi. 流行,盛行;获胜,占优势;说服,劝说;
💡 pre预先+vail强壮→能够领先强壮者的获胜 → 胜,优胜
"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:overpower, overrule, predominate, preponderate, reign, dominate
反义:submit, surrender, yield, bow, cede, compromise
honor
['ɔnə]
n. 尊敬;光荣;节操;荣誉;
v. 尊敬;给予表扬;信守;执行;
"The Chinese make a point of their personal honor."
中国人特别重视个人荣誉.
近义:honour, magnify, praise, regard, revere, reverence
反义:humble, insult, libel, malign, muckrake, offend
n. 希望,可能性;几率,胜算;掣肘的事情;逆境;
💡 这些不寻常的(odd)美元(s)给我们带来了发财的 可能性
"She spent the day sorting through a box full of odds and ends."
她花一天工夫整理装满小玩意儿的箱子。
近义:likelihood, likeliness, outlook, probability, chance, avail
反义:assurance, assuredness, obviousness, palpability, patency, positiveness