Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

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language ['læŋɡwɪdʒ] 词频1 词根: langu
n. 语言,语言文字;表达能力;言语,语风,文风,文体;专门用语,术语;
💡 langu语言+age表示状态、情况及其他 → 语言,语言课程
"theories of child language acquisition"
幼儿语言习得的理论
近义:idiom, speech, tongue, dialect, linguistic, philologic
respectable [rɪ'spɛktəbl] 词频3 词根: re
adj. 可敬的;品行端正的;可观的,相当大的;体面的;
💡 spec Spect, spic= look, see,表示”看”#词根助记:respect+able
"The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man."
过去的那位摇滚狂人已经改变形象,成了一位体面的爱家的男人。
近义:honorable, honourable, presentable, venerable, worthy, decent 反义:horrible, ignoble, low, lowly, mean, nasty
pure [pjʊr] 词频1 词根: pur
adj. 纯的;单纯的;纯真的;干净的; prep. 清晰的,纯正的;
💡 pur, purg Pur=pure, 表示”纯洁, 净化”
"He gazed at her with pure adoration."
他一往情深地注视着她。
近义:antiseptic, immaculate, aseptic, purified, refined, sheer 反义:insalubrious, messy, mingled, mixed, nasty, polluted
political [pə'lɪtɪkl] 词频1 词根: popul
adj. 政治的;政党的;对政治有兴趣的;
💡 polit 国家,城市 + ical ...的 → a.政治的,政治上的
"People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city."
人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会.
sound [saʊnd] 词频1
n. 声音,声响;音调,声调;声波;嘈杂声; vi. 响,发声;听起来,好像;回响;[音乐]乐器等被奏响; vt. 使出声,使发声;清楚地发出;宣布,发表;颂扬; adj. 健全的;合理的;完好的,无损的;明智的; adv. 彻底地,充分地;
"I can't bear the sound of chalk scraping on a blackboard."
我受不了粉笔在黑板上摩擦时发出的刺耳声音.
近义:plumb, probe, study, fathom, holler, scream 反义:imperfect, blemished, defective, dud, faulty, flawed
truthful ['tru:θfəl] 词频5
adj. 说实话的,真实的;诚实的,老实的;
"They were less than truthful about their part in the crime."
他们对自己在这次犯罪中所起的作用讲的绝非实情。
近义:honest, aboveboard, open, openhearted, outspoken, real 反义:illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony

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