A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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vt. 更喜欢;提升，提拔;给予（债权人）优先权;提出（控告）;
vi. 更喜欢，宁愿;
💡 pre预先+fer带来，拿来→预先带好→更喜欢
"The play is okay, but I still prefer the book."
戏还可以, 可我仍愿读原著.
近义：select, choose
反义：loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
vt. 击败，战胜;挫败;[法]宣告无效，作废;
n. 战胜;失败;[法]废除;
💡 de向下+feat做，制作→做下去→打下去 →打败，摧毁
"She commiserated with the losers on their defeat."
她对失败的一方表示同情。
近义：master, overcome, overpower, pip, subdue, subjugate
反义：overthrow, rout, thrashing, trimming, whipping, beating
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. 不公平;非正义;待…不公正;冤枉;
"She knew that if she said nothing she would be conniving in an injustice."
她知道她如果什么也不说就是在纵容不公正的行为。
近义：unfairness
反义：right, equity, fairness
n. 方法（ mean的名词复数）;手段;收入;财富;
v. 意味着（ mean的第三人称单数）;引起;打算或注定要某人成为或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
调查之事远未盖棺定论。
近义：approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy
v. 击败( defeat的过去式和过去分词 ); 战胜; 挫败; 使困惑
近义：wrecked, beaten
反义：lucrative, prize, prizewinning, profitable, remunerative, rewarded