If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 价值，价格;意义，涵义;重要性;（邮票的）面值;
vt. 评价;重视，看重;估价，给…定价;
💡 val(strong)+ue(名词后缀)→价值；估价；尊重
"The main criterion is value for money."
主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
近义：appreciate, prize, regard, relish, respect, treasure
反义：snub, coldshoulder
adv. 简单地，朴素地;（引出概括或解释）不过，仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地；朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。
近义：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反义：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
adj. 邪恶的，罪恶的;有害的;不幸的，不吉的;品行坏的;
n. 邪恶，罪恶;坏事，恶行;邪恶的力量、势力或化身;灾祸;
💡 e 加强或引申意义、使…+vil =base （卑劣的） → n.邪恶；祸害 a.坏的
"the evil effects of racism"
种族主义的恶劣影响
近义：ill, infirmity, malady, complaint, affection, disease
反义：goodness, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loyal
n. 钱;财富;薪水;款项;
💡 如果乱花 钱，家长会“骂你”（谐音）
"The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous ."
这笔款子是当地一位不愿透露姓名的企业家捐赠的。
近义：assets, means, resources, specie, wherewithal, readies
vt.& vi. 帮助;有助于， 有利于;
vt. 治疗;避免;招待（客人）;给…盛（饭、菜）;
n. 帮助;助手;补救办法;有用;
vi. （在餐桌旁）招待，侍应，作仆人（或店员、服务员等）;
int. [呼救语]救命！;
💡 同义词：assist，aid
"He finally agreed, albeit reluctantly, to help us."
尽管勉强，他最后还是同意帮助我们。
近义：assist, assuage, attend, succor, succour, support
反义：leave, neglect, quit, strand, desert, forsake
n. 大量，大多;块，堆，团;[物理学]质量;弥撒曲;
vt.& vi. （使）集中，聚集;
adj. 群众的;大规模的;整个的;集中的;
vi. 聚集起来;
vt. 使集合;
💡 马(m)和驴(ass) 大量 集合 一 团乱麻(ma)，丝丝(ss)相连
"an amorphous mass of cells with no identity at all"
不知何物的杂乱一团的细胞
近义：mob, multitude, squeeze, throng, crowd, weightiness