Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
— Edmund Burke  ·  Security

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anxious ['æŋkʃəs] 词频2 词根: anxi
adj. 焦急的;渴望的;令人焦虑的;流露出忧虑的;
💡 anx苦恼+ious...的 → 焦虑的
"He seemed anxious about the meeting."
他似乎对这次会议忧心忡忡。
近义：hopeful, appetent, impatient, longing, aspiring, avid 反义：impassive, indifferent, ardorless, lackadaisical, listless, abulic
confident ['kɑnfɪdənt] 词频3 词根: con
adj. 确信的，深信的;有信心的，沉着的;大胆的，过分自信的;厚颜无耻的; n. 知己;心腹朋友;
💡 con全部+fid相信，信念+ent...的→自信的
"Buoyed by their win yesterday the team feel confident of further success."
在昨天胜利的鼓舞下，该队有信心再次获胜。
近义：repository, trustee, confessor, confidant, assured, poised
security [sə'kjʊrəti] 词频2 词根: se
n. 安全;保证，担保;保护，防护;有价证券; adj. 安全的，保安的，保密的;
💡 se分开+cur关心+ity抽象名词，性质状态 → 安全；证券
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：prevention, safety, care, protection, safeguard, safeness
better ['bɛtɚ] 词频1
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的; adv. 更好地;更妥;更; v. 胜过;上进; n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义：improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich 反义：intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
ruined [['ru:ind]]
a. 毁灭的, 没落的, 荒废的
近义：jumbled, ramshackle, battered, shattered, spoiled, spoilt 反义：safe, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired
despised
v. 鄙视, 看不起某人（某事）( despise的过去式和过去分词 )
近义：lowly, scurvy, unappreciated, unheeded, worthless, contemptible

📜 Edmund Burke 的更多名言

"Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair."
"Good order is the foundation of all things."
"There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination."
"Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe."
"Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing."
"Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion."
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"No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person."
— Willa Cather
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure."
— Helen Keller
"The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities."
— Lord Acton
"Security is a kind of death."
— Tennessee Williams
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