Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.
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vt. 保护，保卫;贸易保护;备款以支付;
💡 pro在前面+tect盖上，保护→在前面盖上→保护；防止
"The males in the herd protect the females and the young."
兽中的雄性动物保护雌性动物和幼崽.
近义：preserve, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter
反义：neglect, abandon, forsake
adj. 有争议的，引起争议的，被争论的;好争论的;
💡 contro=contra相反+vers=vert转+ial...的→controvert转向相反方向=有争议+ial...的 → 有争议的
"a highly controversial topic"
颇有争议的话题
近义：arguing, polemic, polemical, argumentative, eristic, arguable
反义：inappealable, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrebuttable
adj. 粗暴的;无法容忍的;反常的;令人惊讶的;
💡 out过度+rage疯狂+ous...的 →残暴的，骇人的
"Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone."
她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人.
近义：offensive, outraging, scandalous, diabolical, disgraceful, exorbitant
反义：principled, righteous, deontological, ethical, apologetic, laudable
mundane
[mʌn'den]
adj. 平凡的;宇宙的;寻常的;世俗的;
💡 mund 表”世界,地球”
"It was hard to return to mundane matters after such excitement."
经验过这种紧张的情形,很难再回来做例行的事务.
近义：worldly, temporal, earthly, earthy, ordinary, average
反义：unworldly
n. 保护;护照;[经]保护贸易制，保护政策;（向歹徒缴纳的）保护费;
💡 protect保护，防止+ion表名词 → 保护
"The young in our society need care and protection."
我们社会的年轻人需要关怀和照顾.
近义：haven, asylum, auspice, patronage, refuge, roof
反义：helplessness, inattention, lassitude, loneliness, orphanhood, proscription
adj. 自由的;免费的;免税的;空闲的;
adv. 免费地;自由地，无拘束地;一帆风顺地;
vt. 免除;释放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我让他在这件事情上放手干.
近义：liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise
反义：immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew