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Question 1

Subsequent

Answer 1

(Adj)隨後的，接著的

The book discusses his illness and subsequent resignation from the government. 書中講述了他患病及隨後辭去政府職務的事。

Question 2

Acquisition

Answer 2

(N)獲得

The acquisition of huge amounts of data has helped our research enormously. 我們獲得的大量數據對我們的研究有莫大的幫助。

Question 3

Queasy

Answer 3

(Adj)要嘔吐，噁心的
I started to feel queasy as soon as the boat left the harbour. 船一離港我就開始感到噁心。
Just the thought of blood makes me queasy. 一想到血我就想吐。

Question 4

Trigger

Answer 4

(N)引起某種壞事的）一件事或情況
There are fears that the incident may be a trigger for further violence in the capital. 有人擔心，這次事件可能在首都引發進一步的暴力活動。

(V)引起、引發

Question 5

Polyglot

Answer 5

(Adj)種語言的，多種語言混合的

She was reading a polyglot bible, with the text in English, Latin and Greek. 她在看一本多種文字對照的《聖經》，經文由英語、拉丁語和希臘語寫成。

Question 6

Alphabet

Answer 6

(N)字母表

Question 7

Scrap

Answer 7

(V)放棄；取消

They’re considering scrapping the tax and raising the money in other ways. 他們正在考慮廢除這個稅目，用其他方法募集款項。

Question 8

Capitalist

Answer 8

(N)資本主義者

Question 9

Uncharted

Answer 9

(Adj)地方或處境）全新的，未知的，無人涉足的
Nuclear fusion has taken physicists into uncharted seas/territory/waters (= a new and unknown area). 核聚變將物理學家們帶入了全新的未知領域。

Question 10

Territory

Answer 10

(N)領土；領域；領地；活動範圍

He was shot down in enemy territory. 他在敵方領土上被擊落。

Question 11

Notation

Answer 11

(N)符號系統；音樂符號

Question 12

Stickler

Answer 12

(N)非常注重（某種行為）的人；固守…的人

He’s a stickler for detail/accuracy/efficiency. 他非常注重細節／精確性／效率。

Question 13

Guru

Answer 13

(N)（精通某一領域並給出專業建議的）專家，權威，大師

Question 14

Formula

Answer 14

(N)；公式；方程式；分子式

We have changed the formula of the washing powder. 我們已經更換了洗衣粉的配方。