It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
adj. 重要的;权威的;有势力的;有地位的;
💡 import重要的 + ant 具有...性质的 → a.重要的；有势力的
"Earthworms do the important job of aerating the soil."
蚯蚓做了使土壤透气的重要工作。
近义：appreciable, indispensable, interesting, landmark, major, material
反义：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
vt. 保护;保持，保存;腌制食物;防腐处理;
vi. 保鲜;保持原状;做蜜饯;禁猎;
n. 蜜饯;防护用品;禁猎地;独占的事物（或范围）;
💡 pre预先+serve保持→预先保留→保存
"Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity."
为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
近义：protect, save, shelter, defend, guard, embalm
反义：quit, stop, leave, desist, cut, finish
n. 良心;道德心;
💡 con全部+sci知道+ence名词后缀→全部知道→有良知→良心
"Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months."
几个月来内疚一直折磨着他的良心.
近义：percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, seeing, sense
n. 罗盘;指南针;圆规;界限;
💡 com(thoroughly)+pass(pass)→范围；绕道；指南针
"a map and compass"
地图和指南针
近义：band, ring, surround, cincture, circle, circuit
n. 物体;目标;宾语;客体，对象;
💡 ob反+ject投掷，扔→反着扔→反对，引申为扔向目标 → 物体；目标v. 反对
"A rock is an inanimate object."
岩石是无生命的物体。
近义：oppose, protest, recalcitrate, remonstrate, resist, conflict
反义：accord, acquiesce, chord, coincide, concur, converge
adv. 不管到什么程度;无论如何;然而;可是;
conj. 不管怎样;
💡 how + ev =age （年龄，时代） + er [名词后缀],表示人,行为的主动者，做某事的人 → ad.然而；不管怎样
"But I am very much believable, however, you'll get him to come."
我相信你不管怎样都能把他请来.
近义：instead, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, rather, regardless