013-giving Away Your Fortune Flashcards
Tactic
(N)策略,手法
These bomb attacks represent a change of tactics by the terrorists. 這些炸彈襲擊事件表明恐怖分子改變了策略。
Entrepreneurs
/ˌɒn.trə.prəˈnɜːr/
(N)尤指涉及風險的)企業家,創業者
He was one of the entrepreneurs of the eighties who made their money in property. 他是80年代靠房地産生意賺錢起家的企業家之一。
Agricultural
(Adj)農業的
The world’s supply of agricultural land is shrinking fast. 世界農業用地面積正在迅速減少。
Barons
(N)男爵(爵位) › an extremely powerful person in a particular area of business 巨頭,大亨 media/press barons 媒體/新聞巨頭 a drug baron 大毒梟
Notion
(N)觀念;看法
[+ that] The programme makers reject the notion that seeing violence on television has a harmful effect on children. 節目製片人們並不認為,看到電視上的暴力場景會對孩子們造成不良影響。
Pledge
(N)誓言;諾言;保證
[+ to infinitive] All the candidates have given/made pledges not to raise taxes if they are elected. 所有的候選人都保證當選後不增稅。
Well-off
(Adj)富有的
Equality
(N)社會地位、待遇上的)平等;均等
equality between the sexes 男女平等
Ruthless
(Adj)無情的;冷酷的;殘忍的
ruthless ambition 冷酷無情的野心
Philanthropist
/fɪˈlænt.θrə.pɪst/
(N)慈善家
a donation from a wealthy 19th-century philanthropist 一位19世紀富有的慈善家的捐款