Lesson 10

Question 1

churn sth out

Answer 1

（不顧品質快速地）大量生產；粗製濫造
The factory churns out thousands of pairs of these shoes every week.
那家工廠每週生產數千雙這樣的劣質鞋子。

Question 2

circulation

Answer 2

（資訊）流傳，傳播；（貨幣或商品）流通
Police have warned that there are a lot of fake £50 notes in circulation.
警方提醒說有大量50英鎊面額的假鈔在流通。

Question 3

circumscribe

Answer 3

控制；限制；抑制
Their movements have been severely circumscribed since the laws came into effect.
自從這些法律生效以來，他們的活動受到了嚴格約束。

Question 4

circumstantiality

Answer 4

circumstantiality

詳盡；情況

Question 5

circumvent (3)

Answer 5

（尤指巧妙或非法地）逃避，規避，繞過
Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulations.
船隻在外國註冊以規避僱用以及安全規定。

Question 6

scalp

Answer 6

頭皮
a dry/oily/itchy scalp
乾燥的／油性的／發癢的頭皮

Question 7

clamber

Answer 7

（手腳並用費力地）攀登，攀爬
They clambered over/up the rocks.
他們攀上了岩石。

Question 8

clamor (2)

Answer 8

大聲（或吵鬧）地抱怨，大聲地要求
The children were all clamouring for attention.
孩子都吵吵嚷嚷希望引起注意。

Question 9

clamorous

Answer 9

吵鬧的；喧嚷的；大喊大叫的
clamorous, excited voices
喧嚷、激動的聲音

Question 10

clandestine

Answer 10

（尤指從事不被官方允許的活動）秘密的，暗中的，私下的
The group held weekly clandestine meetings in a church.
這個團體每星期都在教堂舉行秘密集會。

Question 11

clarify

Answer 11

澄清；闡明；使更清晰易懂
Could you clarify the first point please? I don’t understand it completely.
請你把第一點再闡釋一下，好嗎？我沒有完全明白。

Question 12

clerical

Answer 12

辦公室工作的；辦事員工作的；文書工作的
a clerical job (= a job performing general office duties).
文書工作

Question 13

cling to sth

Answer 13

堅持，保持，死死抱住（信念或希望）
She clings to the hope that her husband will come back to her.
她堅信丈夫一定會回到自己身邊。

Question 14

cloister

Answer 14

1.幽閉於修道院中；使與塵世隔絕
a scientist who cloisters himself in his laboratory 把自己關在實驗室裡的科學家
2.設迴廊於；用迴廊環繞
cloistered gardens 迴廊環繞的花園

Question 15

clout

Answer 15

（用手或重物）猛打，猛擊，敲
Quigley clouted me smartly across the side of the head.
奎格利狠狠地向我的頭部一側打了一下。

Question 16

clutch

Answer 16

（通常指因恐懼、焦慮或痛苦而）緊抓，緊握
Silent and pale, she clutched (onto) her mother’s hand.
她一聲不吭，面色蒼白，死死抓著母親的手。

Question 17

coagulation

Answer 17

coagulation

（血）凝結，凝固

Question 18

coalesce (2)

Answer 18

聯合；連結

The answer will come out if you coalesce these three equations. 你將這三個方程式連結一下，答案就出來了。

Question 19

coalition (2)

Answer 19

（不同政黨或不同群體的人為特定目標而暫時形成的）聯盟，同盟，聯合體
Government by coalition has its own peculiar set of problems.
聯合政府有其自身特有的一系列問題。

Question 20

coarse

Answer 20

粗糙的；不光滑的；不柔軟的；粗大的
coarse sand/breadcrumbs
粗沙／麵包屑

Question 21

coax (2)

Answer 21

哄勸；哄騙；勸誘
Perhaps you could coax your father into taking you to the station.
也許你能花言巧語說服父親帶你去車站。

Question 22

coddle

Answer 22

嬌養；溺愛；悉心呵護
The steel industry is coddled by trade protection and massive subsidies.
鋼鐵產業受到貿易保護和巨額補貼的雙重呵護。

Question 23

coerce

Answer 23

強制，強迫；威逼，脅迫
The court heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession.
法庭在審理中發現六名被告曾受到迫供。

Question 24

coercion (3)

Answer 24

強制，強迫；威逼，脅迫
He claimed the police had used coercion, threats, and promises to obtain the statement illegally.
他聲稱警方曾用威逼、恐嚇和承諾的方法來非法獲取供詞。

Question 25

coercive

Answer 25

強制的，強迫的；脅迫的
The president relied on the coercive powers of the military.
總統依賴軍隊的高壓手段。

Question 26

cogency

Answer 26

cogency

使人信服的力量；中肯

Question 27

cogent

Answer 27

使人信服的；切實的；有力的

The coroner failed to offer a cogent explanation of the victim’s death. 法醫對於受害者的死因提不出切實的解釋。

Question 28

cogitate (2)

Answer 28

深思

to cogitate on or about sth. 慎重考慮某事物

Question 29

coincidence

Answer 29

同時發生；（尤指令人吃驚的）巧合，碰巧的事
You chose exactly the same wallpaper as us - what a coincidence!
你選的壁紙跟我們的一模一樣——真巧！

Question 30

coincide

Answer 30

（幾乎）同時發生
I timed my holiday to coincide with the children’s.
我把我的假期安排在孩子學校放假的時候。

Question 31

collaboratively

Answer 31

合作地；協作地
We must work collaboratively with other countries facing the same threats.
我們必須與面臨同樣威脅的其他國家共同努力。

Question 32

collaborator

Answer 32

通敵分子，賣國賊
wartime collaborators
戰爭期間的通敵者

Question 33

collate (2)

Answer 33

對照，核對，校勘
to collate data/information
核對數據／資訊

Question 34

collateral

Answer 34

擔保品，抵押品
She used/put up her house as collateral for a loan.
她用自己的房屋作抵押來貸款

Question 35

colloquium

Answer 35

colloquium

討論會；學術報告會

Question 36

collude

Answer 36

串通；勾結；共謀
It was suspected that the police had colluded with the witnesses.
警方涉嫌與證人暗中串通。

Question 37

collusion

Answer 37

勾結，共謀，串通
It is thought that they worked in collusion with the terrorist network.
人們認為他們與恐怖主義網路有勾結。

Question 38

colossal

Answer 38

巨大的，龐大的
In the centre of the hall stood a colossal wooden statue, decorated in ivory and gold.
大廳中央矗立著一尊用象牙和黃金裝飾的木質巨型雕像。

Question 39

combustible (2)

Answer 39

可燃的，易燃的
Wood and coal are both combustible substances.
木頭和煤炭都是易燃物質。

Question 40

combustion (2)

Answer 40

1.燃燒
spontaneous combustion 自然燃燒
2.氧化
3.極度的激動；騷動；混亂

Question 41

come down with sth (2)

Answer 41

患上，染上（尤指小病）
I think I’m coming down with flu.
我想我染上流感了。

Question 42

come to naught

Answer 42

失敗; 無結果

The plan came to naught at last. 計劃最終成為泡影。

Question 43

comely

Answer 43

1.秀麗的，漂亮的，悅目的
a comely young woman 漂亮的妙齡女郎
2.合宜的，恰當的

Question 44

commemorate (2)

Answer 44

（尤指舉行公開儀式或豎立雕塑或特別建築）紀念，緬懷
Gathered all together in this church, we commemorate those who lost their lives in the war.
我們聚集在這座教堂裡，緬懷那些在大戰中喪生的人。

Question 45

commendation

Answer 45

讚揚，稱讚，表彰
Several of the firefighters received commendation for their bravery.
數位消防人員因表現英勇而受到了表彰。

Question 46

commiserate

Answer 46

表示同情（或惋惜）
I began by commiserating with her over the defeat.
我首先對她的失敗表示惋惜。

Question 47

commodious (2)

Answer 47

寬敞的，寬敞而便利的

His house was spacious and commodious, and furnished with profusion and elegance. 他的房子寬敞而便利，布置得富麗優雅。

Question 48

commonality

Answer 48

共通性
They found a commonality in discussing their experiences.
他們在討論各自的經驗時找到了共通性。

Question 49

commotion

Answer 49

喧鬧；喧囂；混亂；騷動
His arrival caused quite a commotion.
他的到來引起了不少的騷動。

Question 50

compact

Answer 50

壓縮；把…壓實；把…壓緊
Cars had compacted the snow until it was like ice.
汽車把雪碾得越來越結實，直到變得像冰一樣。