Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.
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n. 调查，审查;询问，质问，质询，追究;探究;打听;
💡 inquir=inquire询问+y表名词 →质询
"Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem."
许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题.
近义：hunt, indagation, inquest, inquisition, inspection, investigation
反义：rejoinder, reply, response
prep. 反对;对…不利;紧靠;以防;
💡 gain =against (反对)#词根助记：反对
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。
近义：athwart, agin
n. 错误，过失;[法]误审，违法;[数]误差;
💡 err漫游，犯错误+or表名词，物 → 错误
"The Kenyan athlete made a tactical error in starting too fast."
肯尼亚运动员犯了战术错误,起步时跑得太快.
近义：inaccuracy, lapse, miscalculation, misinformation, mistake, mistaking
反义：arrival, success, triumph, victory, achievement
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智;
vt.& vi. 推理，思考;争辩;辩论;向…解释;
💡 再（re）生一个（a）儿子(son)， 理由是第一个儿子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水灾是那场大雨造成的.
近义：ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation
反义：idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake
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
effectual
[[i'fektʃuəl]]
a. 有效果的, 会应验的, 有法律效力的
近义：apt, operative, proficient, qualified, accomplished, active
反义：ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inexpert, inofficious