Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
— H. L. Mencken  ·  Americans

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nobody ['nəubədi, -bɔdi] 词频1
pron. 没有人，无人; n. 小人物，无足轻重的人;
💡 no无 +body 人→ pron.谁也不；无人
"Nobody can gainsay his claims."
没人能够反驳他的说法。
近义：none
intelligence [ɪn'tɛlɪdʒəns] 词频2 词根: intel
n. 智力;聪颖;情报;情报机构;
💡 intel在…中间+lig选择，收集+ence名词后缀→从中选出好的→智力
"She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence."
她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足.
近义：aptness, intellect, invention, argument, knack, mentality
public ['pʌblɪk] 词频1 词根: popul
adj. 公众的，公共的;公开的;政府的;人人知道的，知名的; n. 大众;社会;公共场所;（文学家等的）爱读者;
💡 publ人民+ic...的 → 公开的，公众的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公众被要求不得在公园里乱扔废纸.
近义：assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency 反义：participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
broke [brok] 词频1
vt. 打破(break的过去式和过去分词);折断; adj. 破产的;缺乏资金的;
"All the windows broke with the force of the blast."
爆炸的力量震碎了所有的窗户。
近义：penniless, bankrupt, skint, broken 反义：loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
American [ə'merikən] 词频1
n. 美国人;美洲人; 美国英语; adj. 美国的 ;美洲的;地道美国式的;
"a clean-cut all-American boy"
整洁体面的典型美国男孩
近义：us
went [[went]] 词频1
go的过去式

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"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
"There comes a time when a man must spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats."
"To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!"
"Archbishop: a Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ."
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🏷 更多「Americans」名言

"I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic."
— Dan Rather
"George Washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping?"
— Jeff Melvoin
"In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning."
— A. E. Housman
"Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses."
— George F. Will
"Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American."
— Malcolm X
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