《菊与刀》original 的阅读

0. 词汇

• foe：敌人，反对者，危害物；
• rigid：严格的，僵硬的，死板的，
  
  • they are incomparably rigid in their behavior,
• innovation：革新；
• conscience：道德心；良心；
• invasion：入侵；
• perpetual marital law：永远履行军事管制；

1. 短语

• all-out：全部的，竭尽全力的，毫无保留的；
  
  The Japanese were the most alien enemy the United States had ever fought in an all-out struggle.
• cope with：处理，对付；
  
  we had to understand their behavior in order to cope with it.
• take the bit in (or between) one’s teeth 脱出控制;不受管束
• warp and woof：【纺】经纬线，常用作比喻，warp and woof of books
• High Command：统帅部，最高指挥部；
• in sight：在望，The end of the war against Germany was in sight.

2. 霓虹国民性

• They are unprecedentedly（空前地） polite, but also insolent（傲慢的） and overbearing（压倒一切的）.

3. 近义词

• unprecedentedly，incomparablly：无比地；
• readily，likely

4. 单词短语的理解

• in favor of：有利于；支持；赞同

  These are arguments in favor of this hypothesis.：支持
  
  And perhaps the judge would rule in favor of me.（有利于）
  
  If anything, there will actually be an embarrassing margin（差距） in favor of the opposition in the runoff（决选）.