The modern definition of 'racist' is 'someone who is winning an argument with a liberal
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 定义;规定,明确;[物]清晰度;解释;
💡 de使…成为+fin界限+ition名词后缀→划出界限→定义
"Can you give a more precise definition of the word?"
你能给这个词下个更确切的定义吗?
近义:outline, picture, portraiture, term, word, delineation
反义:hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, indistinctness, irresolution, uncertainty
pron. 某人,有人;
n. 某个人;
💡 some某些+one一个 → 某人
"Someone must have blabbed to the police."
一定有人向警方告密了。
近义:anybody, anyone, one, somebody
n. 争论,争吵;论据;[数]幅角;主题,情节;
💡 argu=argue争论+ment表名词 →争论,辩论
"We had an argument with the waiter about the bill."
我们和服务员就账单发生了争吵。
近义:argue, propound, jangle, polemic, polemics, quarrel
反义:arrangement, negotiation, pact, bargain, settlement, treaty
n. 自由主义者;自由党党员;
adj. 开明的;自由的;慷慨的;不拘泥的;
💡 liber自由+al形容词后缀 → 自由的;慷慨的
"Some politicians want more liberal trade relations with Europe."
有些政治家想与欧洲大陆建立更加自由的贸易关系。
近义:tolerant, broad, broadminded, ample, freethinker, freethinking
反义:illiberal, mainstream, orthodox, preservative, preserving, rightist
adj. 现代的;近代的;新式的;当代风格的;
n. 现代人,现代主义者;时髦人士;[印]现代字体,指印刷中所用的一种字体;
💡 音“摩登
"The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world."
很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。
近义:mod, new, newfangled, novel, recent, unworn
racist
['reisist]
n. 种族主义者;
"Alexander is a racist who refuses to employ blacks."
亚历山大是个种族歧视者,拒绝聘用黑人.
近义:racialist, racialistic