You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.
— Norman Douglas  ·  No category

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construct [kən'strʌkt] 词频2 词根: 建造
vt. 修建，建造;构成;创立;[数]作图; n. 结构（物）;构想;概念;
💡 struct(建造): 建造(struct)在一起(con)是 建设 建造(struct)的否定(de)是 毁灭 在人的内心(in)建造(struct)是 教导
"Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure."
任何构建理想社会的努力都注定要失败。
近义：forge, articulate, make, organise, organize, produce 反义：level, overthrow, ravage, raze, shipwreck, strip
character ['kærəktɚ] 词频2 词根: ch-
n. 性格;特点;字母;角色; vt. 刻，印;使具有特征;
💡 性格 品质佳的人坐着椅子(char-chair)也能做(act)两(er)天的事
"Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character."
她卷入了这次欺诈案，在她的品格上留下了一个很大的污点。
近义：makeup, mettle, nature, personality, selfhood, spirit 反义：timidity, timidness
says [[sez]]
v. 说（第三人称单数）
fails
v. 在…中失败( fail的第三人称单数 ); 衰退; 衰弱; 破产

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"You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements."
"If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things."
"What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong."
"How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality."
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