Animal Farm Vocabulary

Question 1

print-run

Answer 1

the number of copies of a book, magazine, etc. printed at one time

Question 2

amounted

Answer 2

come to be (the total) when added together / all added up to 累计

Question 3

edition

Answer 3

a particular form or version of a published text

Question 4

shortage

Answer 4

a situation in which there is not enough of something 短缺

Question 5

restricted

Answer 5

limited 限制

Question 6

issue (verb)

Answer 6

to produce or provide something official 发行

Question 7

issue (noun)

Answer 7

problem

Question 8

figures

Answer 8

1. the symbol for a number or an amount expressed in numbers 数目
2. the shape of the human body, or a person 体型

Question 9

quantitative

Answer 9

data that is expressed in numerical terms and involves measurement and quantity 跟数目和单位有关的数据

Question 10

genre

Answer 10

a style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics

Question 11

outset

Answer 11

beginning

Question 12

retained

Answer 12

to keep or continue to have something

Question 13

satire

Answer 13

a way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, especially in order to make a political point, or a piece of writing that uses this style 用笑话来嘲讽

Question 14

contemporary

Answer 14

existing or happening now, and therefore seeming modern 现代

Question 15

significance

Answer 15

importance

Question 16

perhaps

Answer 16

used to show that something is possible or that you are not sure about something 也许

Question 17

encounter

Answer 17

a meeting, especially one that happens by chance

Question 18

typescript

Answer 18

a typed copy of a piece of writing such as a book
用打字机打出来的东西

Question 19

relatively

Answer 19

in comparison to smthg else 相对来说

Question 20

variations

Answer 20

something that is slightly different from the usual form or arrangement 变动