小词详解 | hasten
People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.
人们为了不被他人评判所以急于评判他人。
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小词详解 | dissent
没有人反对统一的决定。
No one dissents from the decision to unify.
小词详解 | rampant
缺乏约束的持枪自由导致枪支暴力泛滥，对公民的生命、人身、财产安全构成了严重威胁。
The lack of restraint in the right to hold guns has led to rampant gun violence, posing a serious threat to citizens' life and property safety.
小词详解 | balk
Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions.
有着强大魄力的总统处事果敢。他们不会对不受欢迎的决定犹豫不决。
小词详解 | forbearance
There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
克制也有个限度，超过了限度就不再是美德。
小词详解 | whim
Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public.
在成为公众需求之前，创新不过是某个精英的突发奇想。
小词详解 | wean
The way to wean any one from a desire is not by condemnation of it.
谴责某种欲望并不能使任何人摆脱它。
小词详解 | dexterity
Dexterity 源自拉丁语 dexteritatem （就绪、熟练、繁荣），其词根为“dexter, dextr （右边）”。
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 | languish
Languish 源自拉丁语 languere （虚弱、微弱），主要指人或组织“失去活力、变得衰弱”，比如热得懒洋洋的（to languish in the heat）。
小词详解 | meddle
他无权干涉她的婚姻。
He had no right to meddle in her marriage.
小词详解 | demur
After some delay and demur, the door grudgingly turned on its hinges a very little way, and allowed Mr. Jerry Cruncher to squeeze himself into court.
在一阵耽误和踌躇之后，那门很不情愿地开了一条缝，让杰瑞·克朗彻挤进了法庭。