A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
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n. 文明，文化;开化，教化;修养;文明社会;
💡 civil市民；礼貌+ization...化→文明 → 文明，文化
"Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse."
文明已濒临毁灭的边缘。
近义：humanity, mankind, world, civilisation, kultur, culture
vt.& vi. 生产;产生;制作;创作;
vt. 制造;出示;引起;[经济学]生利;
n. 产品;产量;产额;结果;
💡 pro向前+duce引导，带来→引向前→生产
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品.
近义：induce, make, net, pay, procure, render
反义：use, spend, deplete, dissipate, drain, exhaust
adj. 精神的;心灵的;高尚的，崇高的;宗教的;
n. 圣歌（尤指美国南部黑人的）;教会事物;
💡 spirit精神+ual...的 →精神的；宗教的
"a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus"
一首转为会众集体跟唱的灵歌
近义：unworldly, church, clerical, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical
反义：worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy
n. 死亡;（某种）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
💡 dead(死)+th(表示抽象名词的后缀)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁决
近义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反义：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
n. 部分;分期付款;（丛书杂志等的）一部，一期;
💡 install安装，就职+ment表名词 → 安装；分期付款
"His car was repossessed because of default of monthly installment."
因为拖欠按月应付的分期付款,他的汽车被收回了.
近义：instalment
n. 国家;民族;国民;政府;
💡 那(na)梯(ti)上(on)有 国家
"The nation's coffers are empty."
国库空虚。
近义：region, country, people, commonwealth