Any new venture goes through the following stages: enthusiasm, complication, disillusionment, search for the guilty, punishment of the innocent, and decoration of those who did nothing.
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n. 冒险事业;冒险;冒险行动;商业冒险;
vt. 冒…的危险;拿…冒险;用…进行投机;以…做赌注;
vi. 冒险前进，冒险行事;猜测（常与at连用）;
💡 vent来+ure表名词→来冒险一试 → 冒险；敢于
"A disastrous business venture lost him thousands of dollars."
一个彻底失败的经营项目使他损失严重。
近义：moot, pose, present, propose, propound, raise
反义：hide, mask, shade, obscure, hush, disguise
adj. 后面的，其次的;下列的;顺风的;
n. 崇拜者，拥护者;下列，如下;跟随;随球;
prep. 随后，在…以后;
v. 跟随，接着(follow的现在分词);
💡 follow 跟随 + ing 表示行为、状态、情况及其他 → a.接着的；下列的
"We had sighted the vessel and were following it."
我们已看到那船并在跟随着它.
近义：after, procession, retinue, accompaniment, train, committee
反义：introductory, onetime, back, precedent, preceding, prevenient
n. 热情，热忱;热衷的事物;宗教的狂热;
💡 en进入+thus=theo神+iasm状态→进入神的状态→热情
"We set about our task at once with great enthusiasm."
我们立刻兴致勃勃地干起来.
近义：infatuation, ardor, ardour, keenness, passion, urge
反义：aboulia, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
n. [医]并发症;错杂，纠纷;混乱，精神错乱;
💡 com全部+plic重叠，折叠+at使+ion名词后缀 → 使全部重叠起来 → 混乱，复杂
"The bad weather added a further complication to our journey."
恶劣的天气给我们的旅行增加了更多的困难。
近义：sequelae, aftereffect, sequel, mess, muddle, tangle
adj. 内疚的;有罪的;
💡 guilt内疚 + y...的→ adj.内疚的；有罪的
"The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels."
那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民.
近义：culpable
反义：ingenuous, naif, naive, pure, sincere, blameless
n. 刑罚，惩罚;严厉对待;<口>给吃苦头;
💡 punish惩罚+ment表名词 →处罚
"Hopefully his punishment will act as a deterrent to others."
对他的惩罚但愿能起到杀一儆百的作用。
近义：lesson, penalization, penalty, penance, sanction, chargeoff
反义：indulgence, indult, pardon, release, remise, remission