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。
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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。
小词详解 | counterpart
Language is the picture and counterpart of thought.
语言是思想的写照和副本。
小词详解 | grim
More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.
更重要的是，大批失业公民正面临严峻的生存问题，还有大批公民正以艰辛的劳动换取微薄的报酬。只有愚蠢的乐天派会否认当前这些阴暗的现实。
小词详解 | beset
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
正义之路被偏驳之利己者与暴虐之凶恶人围困。