003-quite Your Job And Find Your Work

Question 1

Rung

Answer 1

(N)梯子

Question 2

Lean

Answer 2

(V)使）傾斜，（使）向一側歪斜

She leaned forward and whispered something in my ear. 她俯身過來和我耳語了幾句。

Question 3

Spouse

Answer 3

(N)配偶

Question 4

Faculty

Answer 4

(N)官能，機能
Even at the age of 100, she still had all her faculties. 儘管年屆一百高齡，她的一切身體機能仍然保持正常。

能力，才能
She has a faculty for inspiring confidence in people. 她具有激發他人信心的能力。

全體員工

Question 5

Curriculum

Answer 5

(N) /kəˈrɪk.jʊ.ləm/

課程

Question 6

Default

Answer 6

(V)拖欠，不履行債務；違約

People who default on their mortgage repayments may have their home repossessed. 未能按期償還抵押貸款者，其房屋可能會被沒收。

Question 7

Propose

Answer 7

(V)建議；提議；提出
[+ that] I propose that we wait until the budget has been announced before committing ourselves to any expenditure. 我建議我們在還沒宣佈預算以前不要有任何支出。

Question 8

Radical

Answer 8

(Adj)激進的；過激的；極端的

He was known as a radical reformer/thinker/politician. 他是個著名的激進改革者／思想家／政治家。

Question 9

Consultant

Answer 9

(N)顧問；諮詢師

Question 10

Receptionist

Answer 10

(N)接待員

Question 11

Lump

Answer 11

(N)（通常指無固定形狀的）塊，團
a lump of coal 一塊煤
a sugar lump 糖塊
You don’t want lumps in the sauce. 誰都不希望調料汁中出現結塊。
› informal a separate large amount
（單獨的）大量
I’ll be getting the insurance money in two lumps. 我將獲得的保險金有兩大部分。

Question 12

Seminar

Answer 12

(N)專題討論會；研討會
I attended practically every lecture and seminar when I was a student. 我上學的時候，幾乎參加了每一場講座和研討會。
I’m giving a seminar on the latest developments in genetic engineering next week. 下周我將舉行一個有關遺傳工程最新進展的研討會。