We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
vt. 尊重;尊敬;关心;遵守;
n. 尊重，恭敬;敬意;某方面;
💡 re再+spect看→再看一眼→尊敬
"Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law."
尊重生命是英国法律最重要的原则。
近义：honor, honour, obey, observe, prize, regard
反义：outrage, smirch, besmirch, deride, disgrace, dishonor
vt.& vi. 辩护;保卫;（足球、曲棍球等）防守;进行辩护;
💡 de去掉+fend打击→去掉打击→打退敌人→保卫，防御
"He got the best advocate in town to defend him."
他请城里最好的律师为他辩护.
近义：preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shelter, shield
反义：impeach, incriminate, inculpate, indict, arraign, process
vt. 保持;保养;坚持;固执己见;
💡 main手+tain拿→用手拿住→维持
"The idea is to maintain the regularity of the heartbeat."
问题就是要维持心跳的规律性.
近义：hold, husband, keep, prop, save, steady
n. 同盟，联盟;协会，工会;联合，团结;
adj. 工会的;
💡 un单一+ion名词后缀→联成一体→联合，工会，联盟
"the European Union's Social Charter of workers' rights"
保障工人权利的欧盟社会宪章
近义：hookup, joining, joint, junction, articulation, link
反义：isolation, rupture, schism, separation, severance, divide
n. 友谊，交情;会社，团体;研究员职位;学术奖金;
💡 fellow伙伴+ship表名词 →伙伴关系，交情
"It looks that they'll be admitted to the fellowship."
看来他们要被吸收入会了.
近义：society, togetherness, unity, bonhomie, fraternizing, brotherhood
反义：antipathy, hostility, loathing, malice, opposition, aversion
vi. 存在;生存;生活;继续存在;
💡 ex出+ist站立→站出来→活下来→存在，生存
"There exist many sources of energy both potential and kinetic."
存在着许多势能和动能的能源.
近义：be, live, subsist
📜 Cicero 的更多名言
"Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts. it is something celestial and divine."
"Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator."