小词详解 | vicious
But if we allow vicious, evil attacks to pass unchallenged - then the whole system must be undermined.
但如果我们任由他人恶意攻击，整个制度就将遭到破坏。
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小词详解 | fatigue
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
我们的疲惫很多时候并非来自于工作，而是恐惧、消沉和怨恨。
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 | cripple
It is not to be imagined how far constancy will carry a man; however it is better walking slowly in a rugged way, than to break a leg and be a cripple.
小词详解 | entail
另外在法律领域， entai 还表示“限定（不动产）的继承”或“永远赠送”。
小词详解 | poll
A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
公众意见调查并不能替代个人的思考。
小词详解 | peninsula
The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
乐观主义者生活在拥有无限可能的半岛上；悲观主义者被困在永远犹豫不决的孤岛上。
小词详解 | obsession
A man with an obsession is a man who has very little sales resistance.
一个痴迷的人几乎没有什么推销阻力。
小词详解 | dubious
Indefinite plans get dubious results.
不确定的计划会产生没有把握的结果。
小词详解 | patron
一个人不管有多么光辉的天才，假如没有勤奋和机会以及赞助人的推介，也会湮没无闻的。
小词详解 | prestige
prestige 在字典中是“声望”的意思，跟魔术到底有什么关系呢？
小词详解 | notion
When my wife was pregnant, she had a notion for coal.
我妻子怀孕时竟然想吃煤。