Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.
— Unknown  ·  No category

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assumption [ə'sʌmpʃən] 词频3 词根: sume
n. 假定，假设;承担;想当然;采取;
💡 assumpt假定+ion表名词 → 假设，承担
"Implicit in his speech was the assumption that they were guilty."
他话语中的言外之意是设定他们有罪。
近义：hypothesis, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition
democracy [də'mɑkrəsi] 词频2 词根: 民众
n. 民众;民主国家;民主主义;民主政治;
💡 demo人民+cracy统治；\"人民统治\"→人民做主→民主；民主政治，民主政体；民主主义
"the principles of democracy"
民主原则
again [ə'ɡɛn] 词频1
adv. 再一次;再说;此外;不过;
💡 小偷一次(a)得手(gain)还想 再次。
"Could you say it again, please?"
请再说一遍好吗？
近义：more, afresh, agin, encore, anew
million ['mɪljən] 词频1
n. 百万; adj. 百万的;无数的;
💡 百万米(mi)再加一(l)粒(li)在上面(on) “密零”（谐音）（一百万就是1后面有密密麻麻的零）
"The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds."
这家报纸被罚以五十万英镑的诽谤损害赔偿金。
based
v. 立基于, 以…为基础（base的过去式和过去分词）
近义：justified, situated, founded
wiser
a. 贤明的；聪明的

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