There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
— Lord Acton  ·  No category

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office ['ɔfɪs] 词频1 词根: of
n. 办公室;办公楼;问询处;重要官职;
💡 fac, fect, fic, fig, fea =make,do,表示”做,制作”
"The office was light and airy."
办公室又明亮又通风。
近义：organisation, organization, bureau, department, agency, entity
holder ['holdɚ] 词频3
n. 支持物;持有者;（支票等）持有人;支托（或握持）…之物;
💡 hold持有+er名词后缀...的人 → 持有者, 占有者
"a season ticket holder"
有季票的人
近义：helve, hold, knob, lug, grab, grip
worse [wɝs] 词频2
adj. 更坏的;恶化的;更厉害的;严重的( bad,ill,badly的比较级); adv. 更坏地，更糟地;（程度上）更…; n. 更坏的事物;
"The rooms were awful and the food was worse."
房间很糟糕，吃的更差。
近义：lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful 反义：higher, paramount, preferable, superior, topmost, upper
heresy ['hɛrəsi] 词频5
n. 异端邪说;异教;异端;
"He was burned at the stake for heresy."
他因为信奉异端思想而以火刑处死。
近义：apostasy, recreancy, defection, abjuration, forsaking, forswearing 反义：credence, faith
sanctifies
v. 使神圣( sanctify的第三人称单数 ); 洗清…的罪孽; 批准; 认可

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"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it."
"Learn as much by writing as by reading."
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