해치다, 손상시키다
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
incur
초래하다, 자초하다, 발생시키다
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
inhabitant
거주자, 서식 동물
To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.
inscribe
새기다, 파다, 쓰다
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.
invade
침입하다, 침투하다
If Hitler invaded hell, I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
irrigate
물을 대다, 관개하다
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
mourn
슬퍼하다, 애도하다
Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf.
oblige
의무적으로 시키다, 강요하다
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.
oblige
은혜를 베풀다, 고맙게 여기게 하다
We are always much better pleased to see those whom we have obliged, than those who have obliged us.
oblige
은혜를 베풀다, 고맙게 여기게 하다
I’m much obliged to you. (= Thank you very much.)
peasant
농부, 소작농, 시골뜨기,, 무식꾼
He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
prescribe
처방하다, 지시하다, 규정하다
The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.
refute
반박하다, 잘못을 밝히다
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
regressive
후퇴하는, 역누진의
In all comedy there is something regressive that takes us back to the world of play that we first knew as children.
resent
분개하다, 원한을 품다
To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations.
dissolve
녹이다, 융해하다
Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.
postulate
가정하다, 요구하다,
I don’t dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.
postulate
가정(전제) , 필요조건
The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.
localize
국한시키다, 집중하다
As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it; you cannot do everything.
stabilize
안정시키다, 고정시키다
We expect to stabilize the price but price is dictated by the market.
stink
악취를 풍기다
Fish and guests stink in three days.
stink
악취, 고약한 냄새
A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A crowd has a generalized stink. The public is odorless.
stroll
거닐다, 산책하다, 방랑하다
If the path you are walking today won’t lead you to your desired destination, then you are STROLLING.
stroll
한가로이 거닐기, 산책
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
surplus
과잉, 잉여, 흑자
Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.