INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

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insurrection [,insə'rekʃən] 词频4 词根: in
n. 造反;暴动;叛乱;
💡 in 加强意义 + surrect =surge波浪+ ion表名词→ 大片反抗浪潮 → 暴动
"We are not prepared for an armed insurrection."
我们没有准备武装暴动.
近义:rebellion, revolt, subversion, upheaval, uprisal, uprise 反义:obedience, rendition, resignation, acceptance, submissiveness, submittal
failure ['feljɚ] 词频2 词根: fals
n. 失败,不及格;缺乏,不足;破产,倒闭;失败的事,失败者;
💡 fail犯错误,欺骗+ure名词后缀→错误状态→失败
"The Prime Minister expressed her regret at the failure of the talks."
首相对谈判失败表示遗憾.
近义:impairment, malfunction, breakdown, diddly, damage, turkey 反义:hit, arrival, success, trump, vanquishing, victory
substitute ['sʌbstɪtut] 词频2 词根: sub
vt.& vi. 代替,替换,代用; n. 代替者;替补(运动员);替代物;[语法学]代用词; vi. 用…替代;
💡 sub在下面,副手,次一等+stitute放置→在下面放着→替代人员;代替
"Second again, we shouldn't substitute our personal feeling for policies."
其次, 我们不应该拿个人感情代替政策.
近义:preempt, replace, subrogate, supersede, supplant, surrogate 反义:protect, save, shelter, defend, guard
government ['ɡʌvɚnmənt] 词频1
n. 政府;政体;治理的形式;管辖,治理;
💡 govern统治+ment表名词 →政府
"the government's abandonment of its new economic policy"
政府对新经济政策的放弃
近义:ruling, control, rule, state, governing, governmental 反义:mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, disorderliness, anarchy, lawlessness
revolution [ˌrevə'lu:ʃən] 词频1 词根: 卷
n. 革命;彻底改变;旋转;运行,公转;
💡 re(反复)+volu(卷)+tion(名缀):反复卷来卷去的过程- 革命{分久必合,合久必分}
"The earth makes a yearly revolution around the sun."
地球每年绕太阳一周.
近义:rev, rotation, spin, turning, twirl, whirl
disaffection
n. 不满, 不平, 背叛\\n[法] 挑唆背判, 离判, 不满
近义:enmity, estrangement 反义:liking, love, mindfulness, attachment, attention, predilection

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