In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.
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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. 超过;超额量;多余量;放肆;
adj. 超重的，过量的，额外的;
💡 ex出+cess行走→过度，过剩
"It would export excess supply, instead."
相反，它将输出过度的供应。
近义：overabundance, overflow, overplus, plethora, superabundance, surfeit
反义：inadequacy, insufficiency, absence, lack, meagerness, need
adj. 有节制的;稳健的，温和的;适度的，中等的;<美俚>慢吞吞的;
vt. 使和缓;主持;节制;
vi. 变缓和;作主持人;
💡 moder方式，模式，风度+ate形容词后缀→做事有风度→适度的
"students of moderate ability"
能力一般的学生
近义：mitigate, qualify, restrain, slake, temper, buffer
反义：intensify, worsen, deteriorate, exacerbate, indomitable, rampant
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
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
adj. 一半的，半个的;
n. 半;一半;（啤酒等饮料的）半品脱;（比赛、音乐会等的）半场;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半财产投资于一个新企业.
近义：mid, midway, partially, semi
反义：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively