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n. 克制，控制，管制，操作裝置
vt. 控制
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By all appearances, my choice of careers seemed to have worked out. After two terms during which I labored in the minority, Democrats had gained control of the state senate, and I had subsequently passed a slew of bills, from reforms of the Illinois death penalty system to an expansion of the state’s health program for kids. I had continued to teach at the University of Chicago Law School, a job I enjoyed, and was frequently invited to speak around town. I had preserved my independence, my good name, and my marriage, all of which, statistically speaking, had been placed at risk the moment I set foot in the state capital.
But the years had also taken their toll. Some of it was just a function of my getting older, I suppose, for if you are paying attention, each successive year will make you more intimately acquainted with all of your flaws—the blind spots, the recurring habits of thought that may be genetic or may be environmental, but that will almost certainly worsen with time, as surely as the hitch in your walk turns to pain in your hip. In me, one of those flaws had proven to be a chronic restlessness; an inability to appreciate, no matter how well things were going, those blessings that were right there in front of me. It’s a flaw that is endemic to modern life, I think—endemic, too, in the American character.
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| control | [kən'trəul] |
想一想再看 |
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| acquainted | [ə'kweintid] |
想一想再看 adj. 有知識(shí)的，熟悉的，了解的 動(dòng)詞acquaint |
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| worsen | ['wə:sn] |
想一想再看 v. (使)更壞，（使) 惡化 |
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| minority | [mai'nɔ:riti] |
想一想再看 n. 少數(shù)，少數(shù)民族，未成年 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| function | ['fʌŋkʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 功能，函數(shù)，職務(wù)，重大聚會(huì) |
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| independence | [.indi'pendəns] |
想一想再看 n. 獨(dú)立，自主，自立 |
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| penalty | ['penəlti] |
想一想再看 n. 處罰，懲罰 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| labored | ['leibəd] |
想一想再看 adj. 吃力的；費(fèi)勁的；不自然的 v. 工作；勞動(dòng)；分 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| benefit | ['benifit] |
想一想再看 n. 利益，津貼，保險(xiǎn)金，義賣，義演 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| expansion | [iks'pænʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 擴(kuò)大，膨脹，擴(kuò)充 |
聯(lián)想記憶 |
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