小词详解 | benign
The most beautiful words in the English language aren't “I love you” but “it's benign.”
最动听的话不是“我爱你”，而是“它是良性的”。
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小词详解 | ebb
Defeat may be victory in disguise; the lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.
失败也许隐藏着成功；低潮过后就轮到高潮。
小词详解 | feeble
The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations.
世界的悲剧就在于有想象力的人缺乏经验，而有经验的人缺乏想象力。
小词详解 | constituent
在2016年开始的全国县乡两级人民代表大会换届选举中，登记选民10亿多人，直接选举产生近250万名县乡两级人民代表大会代表。
小词详解 | chronic
短期内迅速治愈英国经济顽症的灵丹妙药并不存在。
There is no easy short-term solution to Britain's chronic economic malaise.
小词详解 | tactic
Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.
好的战术甚至可以挽救最坏的战略。坏的战术甚至会毁掉最好的战略。
小词详解 | plight
为了民族复兴，无数仁人志士不屈不挠、前仆后继，进行了可歌可泣的斗争，进行了各式各样的尝试，但终究未能改变旧中国的社会性质和中国人民的悲惨命运。
With tenacity and heroism, countless dedicated patriots fought, pressed ahead against the odds, and tried every possible means to seek the nation’s salvation. But despite their efforts, they were powerless to change the nature of society in old China and the plight of the Chinese people.
小词详解 | embark
Embark 由 em （ in ）+ bark （树皮）构成， 其中 bark 一词由“树皮”引申为“木头”。
小词详解 | counterpart
Language is the picture and counterpart of thought.
语言是思想的写照和副本。
小词详解 | grim
More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.
更重要的是，大批失业公民正面临严峻的生存问题，还有大批公民正以艰辛的劳动换取微薄的报酬。只有愚蠢的乐天派会否认当前这些阴暗的现实。
小词详解 | inertia
Tradition is a great retarding force, the vis inertia of history.
传统是一种巨大的阻力，是历史的惰性力。
小词详解 | hypocrisy
美国政客的言论彻底暴露了其在人权问题上奉行双重标准、以人权维护霸权的虚伪面目。
The remarks of US politicians have completely exposed their hypocrisy of adopting double standards on human rights issues and using them to maintain hegemony.