Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
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n. 政府;政体;治理的形式;管辖，治理;
💡 govern统治+ment表名词 →政府
"the government's abandonment of its new economic policy"
政府对新经济政策的放弃
近义：ruling, control, rule, state, governing, governmental
反义：mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, disorderliness, anarchy, lawlessness
n. 口才，辩才;雄辩;雄辩术;修辞法;
💡 e出+loqu说话+ence名词后缀 → 雄辩，口才
"I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts."
恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了.
近义：loquacity, oratory, rhetoric, speaking, speechmaking, fluentness
反义：laconicism, succinctness, terseness, brevity
adj. 令人讨厌的;令人烦恼的;引起麻烦的;（孩子等）难管的;
💡 trouble烦恼+some....的 →令人烦恼的
"Teaching seems troublesome to him."
教书对于他来说好像是烦扰的事.
近义：labored, laborious, painful, problem, problematic, problematical
反义：humourless, serious, unsmiling, grave
n. 仆人，佣人，雇工;[美]奴仆，奴隶;官吏，公务员，服务员;随员，献身…的人;
💡 serv服务，保持+ant表示人 →仆人；公务员
"They treat their mother like a servant."
他们像对待用人一样对待自己的母亲。
近义：helper, houseboy, lackey, lacquey, maid, manservant
adj. 害怕的，担心的;胆怯的;吓人的，可怕的;<口>极端的;
💡 fear恐惧+ful表形容词，“有…的” →可怕的
"Parents are ever fearful for their children."
父母总是为子女担忧。
近义：shy, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrifying
反义：mild, pacific, peaceable, placid, pleasurable, quiet
n. 瞬间，片刻;时刻;重要，紧要;[物]力矩;
💡 mom(move)+ent(名词后缀)→瞬间；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出现在舞台上, 观众们个个笑得前俯后仰.
近义：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反义：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife