Autocracy is based on the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men. Let's play that over again too. Who decides?
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n. 假定,假设;承担;想当然;采取;
💡 assumpt假定+ion表名词 → 假设,承担
"Implicit in his speech was the assumption that they were guilty."
他话语中的言外之意是设定他们有罪。
近义:hypothesis, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition
autocracy
[[ɔ:'tɔkrəsi]]
n. 独裁统治, 独裁统治的国家\\n[法] 独裁政治, 专制政治, 独裁政府
近义:independence, absolutism, monocracy, autarchy, authoritarianism, autonomy
n. 比赛;游戏;戏剧;赌博;
vt.& vi. 玩;演奏;演出;参加比赛;
vt. 扮演;担任,充当…的角色;演出;装扮;
vi. 玩耍,游戏;[游戏] 参加游戏;赌博;闹着玩;
💡 联想:只要一玩就“不累
"The critic's review of the play was just a paragraph of bile."
那位批评家对这部戏剧的评论不过是在发泄怒气。
近义:romp, sport, toy, dally, frisk, frolic
反义:sooth, substantiality, truth, verity, actuality, fact
prep. (表示方向)越过;(部份或全部覆盖)在…上面;由于;(表示论及)关于;
adv. 结束;再;(倒)下;从一边至另一边;
adj. 过去的;外面的;在上的;上级的;
n. 额外;剩余;剩余(或多余)的量;剩余物;
int. [电信学]报文完,请回复!;
vt. 走过,跳过;[美国方言]从…恢复过来;
"The government did an about-turn over nuclear energy."
政府对核能的态度来了个180度的大转变。
近义:above, on, up, regarding, relating, respecting
反义:under, below, beneath
adv. 再一次;再说;此外;不过;
💡 小偷一次(a)得手(gain)还想 再次。
"Could you say it again, please?"
请再说一遍好吗?
近义:more, afresh, agin, encore, anew
n. 百万;
adj. 百万的;无数的;
💡 百万米(mi)再加一(l)粒(li)在上面(on) “密零”(谐音)(一百万就是1后面有密密麻麻的零)
"The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds."
这家报纸被罚以五十万英镑的诽谤损害赔偿金。