03-Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Political Houdini, Can’t Escape Coronavirus Backlash Flashcards
complacency (n.)
a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder
自滿，自鳴得意
> What annoys me about these girls is their complacency - they seem to have no desire to expand their horizons.
這些女孩讓我生氣的是她們的自滿想法——她們似乎根本沒有擴展知識面的願望。
There’s no room for complacency if we want to stay in this competition!
我們要是想在競爭中立足就絕不能自滿！
mount (v.t.)
to go up or onto
登上
> He mounted the platform and began to speak to the assembled crowd.
他登上講台，開始對集會的群眾發表演講。
[formal] Queen Elizabeth II mounted the throne (= became queen) in 1952.
女王伊麗莎白二世1952年即位。
ramp sth up
- If a business ramps up its activity, it increases it.
（公司）擴大，增加，增多（業務等）
> The company announced plans to ramp up production to 10,000 units per month.
這間公司宣佈了每月生産一萬件的增産計劃。
- to increase the speed, power, or cost of something
加快（速度）；增加（威力）；提高（費用）
> Announcement of the merger is expected to ramp up share prices over the next few days.
預計公司合併的消息發布後，接下來的幾天裡股票價格會上揚。
backlash (n.)
a strong feeling among a group of people in reaction to a change or recent events in society or politics
（社會或政治方面的）強烈反應；強烈反對
> the 60s backlash against bourgeois materialism
60年代對資產階級物質主義的強烈抵制
> the backlash against feminism
對女權主義的強烈反對
tenure (n.) 2
- being the legal owner of land, a job, or an official public position, or the period of time during which you own it
佔有；使用權；使用期；任期；保有期
> During his tenure as dean, he had a real influence on the students.
他當教務長期間，對學生們影響很大。
- the right to remain permanently in a job
終身職位
>She is one of the few people in the English Department who has tenure.
她是英語系少數幾個獲得終身職位的講師之一。
plummet (vi.)
to fall very quickly and suddenly
暴跌，急遽下降
> House prices have plummeted in recent months.
房價近幾個月來暴跌。
She plummeted to the ground.
她一下摔到了地上。
Several large rocks were sent plummeting down the mountain.
好幾塊巨石被從山上推下。
scripted (adj.)
A scripted speech or broadcast has been written before it is read or performed.
（講話或廣播）使用稿子的，照稿子念的
> He read from a scripted speech and refused to answer any questions at all at the end of it.
他照著事先寫好的講稿唸，在最後的時候拒絕回答任何問題。
prearranged (adj.)
arranged at an earlier time
預先安排的，預先準備的
> a prearranged visit
預先安排的參觀
At a prearranged signal, everyone started moving forward.
按照預先說好的信號，每個人都開始向前移動。
affair (n.)
a matter or situation that causes strong public feeling, usually of moral disapproval
（通常指在道德上被譴責的）事件
> The arms-dealing affair has severely damaged the reputation of the government.
武器交易事件嚴重損害了政府的聲譽。
> The president’s handling of the affair has been criticized.
總統對這次事件的處理遭到了抨擊。
blindsided (v.t.)
to surprise someone, usually with harmful results
偷襲；出其不意地打擊
> The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.
經濟衰退出其不意地打擊了那些先前想當然地認為自己應獲得豐厚收入的律師們。
scramble (v.i.)
to compete with other people for something there is very little of
爭搶
> [ + to infinitive ] People are scrambling to buy property before prices rise even further.
人們搶著在進一步漲價之前購買房地産。
screening (n.) 2
- a showing of a film
電影放映
> There will be three screenings of the film - at 3 p.m., 5 p.m., and 7 p.m.
電影分別將在下午三點、五點和七點放映三場。
- a test or examination to discover if there is anything wrong with someone
測試；檢查
> regular screening(s) for cervical cancer
定期子宮頸癌篩檢
all the while
for all of a period of time
整段時間；一直
> There I was thinking you were hard at work and you were upstairs in bed all the while!
我以為你在努力工作，可你卻一直在樓上睡覺！
constrict (v.) 2
- to become tighter and narrower, or to make something become tighter and narrower
壓緊；壓縮；（使）收縮
> He hated wearing a tie - he felt it constricted his breathing.
他討厭戴領帶——覺得它勒得人呼吸困難。
- to limit an action or behaviour
限制；約束；束縛
> Too many rules had constricted her lifestyle.
太多的清規戒律限制了她的生活方式。
stifle (v.) 2
- to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air
（使）窒息，（使）喘不上氣
> He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.
據說他用枕頭悶死了受害人。
We almost stifled in the heat of the city.
城裡熱得快讓我們透不過氣來。
- to prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing
阻止；壓制，抑制；扼殺
> She stifled a cough/yawn/scream/sneeze.
她忍住沒有咳嗽／打哈欠／尖叫／打噴嚏。
I don’t know how I managed to stifle my anger.
我不知道自己是怎麼抑制住了憤怒。
We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them.
我們應該鼓勵創意，而不是將其扼殺。
