008-how Not To Be Ignorant About The World

Question 1

Devastating

Answer 1

(Adj)毀滅性的，破壞性極大的

If the bomb had exploded in the main shopping area, it would have been devastating. 如果炸彈在主要商業區爆炸，將會造成毀滅性的後果。

Question 2

Representative

Answer 2

(N)代表；代理人

The firm has two representatives in every European city. 這間公司在每個歐洲城市設有兩名銷售代表。

Question 3

Biased

Answer 3

(Adj)偏袒一方的；有偏見的

The newspapers gave a very biased report of the meeting. 報紙對會議的報導明顯偏袒一方。

Question 4

On top of sth

Answer 4

除（尤指令人不快之事）之外（還）

We missed the train, and on top of that we had to wait for two hours for the next one. 我們沒趕上火車，而且下趟車還得再等兩個小時。

Question 5

Outdate

Answer 5

(Adj)舊的

outdated weapons/ideas 過時的武器／觀點

Question 6

Bias

Answer 6

(N)偏見；偏心；偏袒

The government has accused the media of bias. 政府指責新聞媒體有偏見。

Question 7

Sensational

Answer 7

(Adj)極好的；絕妙的；出眾的

a sensational sports car/dress 極好的跑車／連衣裙

Question 8

Exaggerated

Answer 8

(Adj)誇大；對…言過其實

The threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated. 遭受襲擊的威脅被過分誇大了。

Question 9

Causality

Answer 9

(N)因果論

Question 10

Domain

Answer 10

(N)領域，領地

She treated the business as her private domain. 她把公司看作是自己的私人勢力範圍。

Question 11

Preconceived

Answer 11

(Adj)想法或觀點）事先認為的，預想的；（尤指）未充分考慮的
You must judge each film on its own merits, without any preconceived notions about what it’s like. 你必須根據每部電影各自的優劣來作出判斷，不應該先入為主，存有成見。