Lesson 10 (29/8/23) Flashcards
Chaos, madness
亂象
To revert to old days
故態復萌
他出獄不到一年就故態復萌,到處惹是生非,又被抓了回來。
Vitality; life force
生機
生機勃勃
Experience
體驗
Resentment; grudge
怨懟
Capacity; volume
容量
Quantitative analysis
容量分析
To receive (visitor)
接待
To place particular emphasis on
側重
Main point/emphasis: 側重點
Sustainable city
生態城市
- to take an overdraft/ to overspend
- (fig.) to exhaust (one’s energy)
- to damage a natural resource through overuse
透支
To make profit; profit
盈(‘jing’) 利
To loathe
憎厭
To innovate (idiom)
推陳出新
Gradually, in time (idiom)
假以時日
- To remarry (of widow)
- To pass on (blame,guilt)
轉嫁
Eg 轉嫁危機 shift a crisis onto others
To face/ face upto (reality, danger)
直面
To value quantity over quality
重量輕質
- To give rise to
- To derive
衍生
To act in a perfunctory manner, to do just enough to satusfy someone
敷衍
他那些話分明是敷衍你的
Malpractice
Long-running abuse
流弊
Intangible property
無形資產
Intangible culture
非物質文化
By-product
副產品
Pattern recognition
模式識別
Profit model
盈利模式
To intervene, to get involved
介入