ORATORY, n. A conspiracy between speech and action to cheat the understanding. A tyranny tempered by stenography.
— Ambrose Bierce  ·  No category

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conspiracy [kən'spɪrəsi] 词频3 词根: con
n. 阴谋;反叛;共谋;
💡 con共同+spir呼吸+acy名词后缀→共同呼吸→共谋；反叛
"a conspiracy to overthrow the government"
颠覆政府的阴谋
近义：intrigue, machination, plot, plotting, scheme, scheming
understanding [,ʌndɚ'stændɪŋ] 词频1
vt. 理解，懂得;熟知，通晓;获知，理解;谅解; vi. 理解，懂得;表示同情或谅解;据说; n. 认识，了解;谅解;知识; adj. 能谅解的;宽容的;通情达理的;
💡 under下+stand站立+ing名词后缀 → 理解
"an imperfect understanding of English"
对英语的不透彻理解
近义：idea, insight, knowledge, assimilation, notion, perception 反义：incoherence, incomprehension, disagreement, inharmony, nonapproval, nonconformity
tyranny ['tɪrəni] 词频3 词根: tyrann
n. 暴虐;专横;暴行;
💡 tyrann=tyrant暴君+y表名词 → 暴政, 苛政, 专治
"a victim of oppression and tyranny"
压迫和暴政的受害者
近义：arbitrareity, absolutism, autocracy, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship
oratory [['ɔrətəri]] 词频5
n. 演讲, 雄辩术, 演讲术, 雄辩
近义：loquacity, rhetoric, speaking, speechmaking, elocution, eloquence 反义：laconicism, succinctness, terseness, brevity
speech [spitʃ] 词频1
n. 演说，演讲，发言;说话，谈话，说话能力或方式;（乐器的）音，音色;方言，民族语言;
"He finished his speech amid tremendous applause."
他在雷鸣般的掌声中结束了演讲。
近义：lecture, locution, monologue, peroration, phrase, prelection
action ['ækʃən] 词频1 词根: ion
n. 行动，活动;功能，作用;手段;[法]诉讼;
💡 后缀:ion 构成抽象名词,表示行为,行为的结果
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去，现在就要行动起来。
近义：movement, advance, implement, start, activate, proceeding 反义：inactivity, ineffectiveness, inertia, rest, inactiveness

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"HYBRID, n. A pooled issue."
"MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway."
"PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne."
"Mad, adj: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence."
"RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead."
"FORCE, n. 'Force is but might,' the teacher said -- 'That definition's just.' The boy said naught but through instead, Remembering his pounded head: 'Force is not might but must!'"
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