The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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adj. 实践的，实际的;可实现的，实用的;注重实际的;可用的;
💡 pr=pre提前+act行动，做+ical...的→pract实践+ical...的→实践的；实用的
"Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations."
讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
近义：intelligent, logical, attainable, possible, practicable, practiced
反义：inapplicable, unadaptable, unpractical
adv. 因此，所以;从此;从此处;
int. <诗>去;
💡 h+ence(副词后缀)→因此；从此时
"We suspect they are trying to hide something, hence the need for an independent inquiry."
我们怀疑他们在企图隐瞒什么事，因此有必要进行独立调查。
近义：hencewith, hereunder, hereupon, avaunt, thence, thereby
n. 安全;安全性;安全处所;中卫;
adj. 保障安全的;
💡 safe安全的+ty表名词 →安全
"advice on road safety"
有关道路安全的建议
近义：prevention, security, care
adj. 无尽的，无边的;没完没了的;永久的;环形的，无端的;
💡 end结束 + less 无...的 → 无止境的
"It's endless work maintaining the house in good repair."
要让房屋保持得很好是件干不完的活.
近义：immortal, imperishable, inexhaustible, infinite, interminable, lasting
反义：limited, qualified, constricted
n. 系列，连续;串联;（广播或电视上题材或角色相同的）系列节目;级数;
💡 ser(join)+ies(名词后缀)→连续；系列；丛书
"a series of racist attacks"
一连串的种族袭击行为
近义：array, procession, sequence, sequency, string, succession
adj. 想像中的，假想的，虚构的;[数]虚数的;幻;虚幻;
💡 imag想象+in=ine表名词+ary...的 →想象的
"The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth."
赤道是一条假想的环绕地球腰部的线。
近义：hypothetical, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginative
反义：legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned