One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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vi. 参加某事;分享某事;
vt. 得到或接受某部分东西;
💡 parti=part部分，分开+cip抓住+ate动词后缀→抓住机会成为其中一部分→参加
"She didn't participate in the discussion."
她没有参加讨论。
近义：assist, attend, partake, concur, contribute, cooperate
反义：recede, resign, retire, retreat, withdraw
n. 政治;政治事务;政治观点;权术;
💡 polit国家，城市+ics表名称，学科学术 →政治
"The professor's a radical in politics but a conservative dresser."
教授在政治上是激进派,但衣着却很守旧.
v. 拒绝, 回绝( refuse的现在分词 ); 推却, 回绝; 拒绝给（所需之物）
近义：denial, denying, repelling
反义：likeable, nice, personable, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing
inferiors
[ɪn'fɪərɪrz]
n. 部下，下属( inferior的名词复数 );后辈;
"A good leader should get on well with inferiors."
一个好的领导应当与部下相处融洽.