By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.
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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
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
n. 良心;道德心;
💡 con全部+sci知道+ence名词后缀→全部知道→有良知→良心
"Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months."
几个月来内疚一直折磨着他的良心.
近义：percept, perceptibility, perception, awareness, seeing, sense
adv. 有时，间或;时而;
💡 sometime某一时间的+s表副词 →有时
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有时也有分歧。
近义：occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles
反义：invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
n. 政策;策略;保险单;策略性;
💡 polic国家，城市+ y名词后缀→ 管理国家的 → 政策
"Did the people at large approve of the government's policy?"
一般老百姓赞成政府的政策 吗 ?
近义：program, law, norm, ordinance, rule, statute