Daily English-2015年09月14日

 The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful¹ and vile². 战胜自己是最首要、最伟大的胜利，无法克制自己是最令人羞愧、最可怜的失败。（柏拉图）

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1 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

2 vile   

adj.卑鄙的，可耻的，邪恶的；坏透的

参考例句：

• Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢？
• Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。