Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
— George Bernard Shaw  ·  Patriotism

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patriotism ['petrɪətɪzəm] 词根: pater
n. 爱国主义;爱国心，爱国精神;
💡 patriot=patri祖国 + ism主义 →爱国主义；爱国心
"They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism."
他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱.
近义：nationalism, civism
conviction [kən'vɪkʃən] 词频2 词根: con
n. 定罪;说服;确信;信念;
💡 con全部+vict征服，战胜+ion表名词→定罪；坚信
"His conviction was later quashed by the Court of Appeal."
后来，上诉法院撤销了对他的有罪判决。
近义：ideology, judgement, judgment, assurance, assuredness, notion 反义：hesitation, incertitude, indecision, indecisiveness, indefinition, indetermination
superior [su'pɪrɪɚ] 词频1 词根: superus
adj. （级别、地位）较高的;（在质量等方面）较好的;（数量）较多的;上等的; n. 上级;较好的人[事物]，优胜者;修道院院长;方丈;
💡 super在上面+ior表形容词，较...的 →在上面的，超越的
"vastly superior"
强得多
近义：head, provost, chairman, chief, director, higher 反义：servient, subaltern, subordinate, understrapper, wo, sub
because [bɪ'kɔz] 词频1 词根: be
conj. 因为;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所属政党的关系而被捕。
近义：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
country ['kʌntri] 词频1
n. 国家;国民;乡下;地区;
💡 数数（count） 国家有多少树苗（ry）被乱砍
"economic benefits accruing to the country from tourism"
旅游业为该国带来的经济效益
近义：homeland, nation, region, fatherland, meadow, champaign 反义：municipal, urban, city
born [bɔrn] 词频1 词根: /bə/
vt. bear的过去分词;支撑，支持;亲自携带，运输; vi. 结果，生产;和…有关; adj. 出生的，出身于…的;天生的，天赋的;
"Sam was born in the country and had a deep affinity with nature."
萨姆在乡下出生，特别喜爱大自然。
近义：inborn, inbred, inchoate, innate, congenital, connate

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"We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence...on pain of liquidation."
"The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity."
"Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same."
"This is the true joy in life -- being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one..."
"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."
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🏷 更多「Patriotism」名言

"It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country."
— Homer
"'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'"
— G. K. Chesterton
"Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his."
— George S. Patton
"You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race."
— George Bernard Shaw
"Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles."
— George Jean Nathan
"When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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