2022-08-17

Cautious, careful people, about to preserve thereputations can never effect a reform.

신중하고 신중한 사람들은, 명성을 보존하려고 하는 것은 결코 개혁에 영향을 미칠 수 없다.

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Susan B. Anthony

 

people미국∙영국[ˈpiːpl]
1.(‘사람’의 복수 의미로) 사람들2.(일반적인) 사람들[사람]3.…에 살다, …을 …으로 가득 채우다

careful[ˈkerfl]
1.조심하는, 주의 깊은2.세심한 (↔careless)

preserve[prɪzɜːrv]
1.(특정한 자질특색 등을) 지키다[보호하다]2.(원래 상태좋은 상태를 유지하도록) 보존[관리]하다3.전유물4.설탕 절임, 잼

never미국∙영국[ˈnevə(r)]
1.결코[절대/한 번도] … 않다2.부정문에서 not 대신 쓰여 부정 의미를 강조함3.설마, 그럴 리가(아주 뜻밖임을 나타냄)

effect미국∙영국[ɪˈfekt]
1.영향; 결과, 효과 (→greenhouse effect, knock-on, side effect)2.(화가·작가 등이 만들어 내는) 느낌[인상] (→special effects, sound effect)3.(어떤 결과를) 가져오다

reform[rɪˈfɔːrm]
1.(체제조직법률 등을) 개혁[개선]하다2.개심을 하다, 교화되다, 개심[교화]시키다3.(체제조직법률 등의) 개혁[개선]

cautious[ˈkɔːʃəs]
1.조심스러운, 신중한

about
1.약, –쯤, –경 (=approximately)2.거의3.…에 대한(무엇의 ‘주제’나 ‘연관성’을 나타냄)4.…에 관한, …와 관련된(무엇의 ‘목적’이나 ‘측면’을 나타냄)

can미국∙영국[kən; kæn]
1.…할 수 있다2.…할 줄 알다3.동사 feel, hear, see, smell, taste와 함께 쓰여 그런 감각이 느껴짐을 나타냄