Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
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politician [,pɑlə'tɪʃən] 词频2 词根: polit
n. 政治家;政客，玩弄权术者;<蔑>政客，<美>政治贩;
💡 polit国家，城市+ician人→爱国家之人→政客
"a politician who embodied the hopes of black youth"
代表黑人青年希望的政治家
近义：pol
instead [ɪn'stɛd] 词频1 词根: 站立
adv. 代替，顶替;反而;反倒;
💡 在(in)三杯(s)茶(tea)里用靴子(b) 代替杯子
"Lee was ill so I went instead."
李病了，所以我去了。
近义：however, rather
city ['sɪti] 词频1 词根: 城市
n. 城市;全市居民;（由国王或女王授予特权，通常有大教堂的）特许市;（由政府授予特权的）特权市;
💡 CT(谐音）：做CT要到大 城市
"Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department."
有几家报纸声称该市警察部门腐败。
近义：settlement, town, burg, metropolitan, municipal, urban 反义：municipality, settlement, village, burg, locality
better ['bɛtɚ] 词频1
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的; adv. 更好地;更妥;更; v. 胜过;上进; n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义：improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich 反义：intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
change [tʃeindʒ] 词频1
vt. 改变，变更;交换，替换;兑换;换衣服（床单）; vi. 改变，转变;交换，互换;换衣，更衣; n. 变化，改变;交换，交替;零钱，找头;代替物;
💡 产(chan)鸽(ge) 改变有 零钱 网友：张腾 补充：chang 为 常，e为娥，常娥奔月代表月亮，而月亮是变化无常的。用联想分拆法记下
"political groups agitating for social change"
鼓吹社会变革的政治团体
近义：switch, modify, mutate, transform, unsettle, upset 反义：hold, husband, keep, prop, save, steady
giving
n. 礼物, 给予物\\n[法] 给予物, 礼物
近义：charity, dation, donation, endowment, gift, grant

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