Lesson 21 (24/4/24)

Question 1

Styrofoam

Answer 1

發泡膠

Question 2

To control; to restrict

Answer 2

管制

Question 3

Inferior to; second to

Answer 3

次於

Question 4

Incinerate; cremate

Answer 4

焚化

Question 5

Release

Answer 5

釋出

Question 6

1. Disaster; harm
2. To harm

Answer 6

禍害

Question 7

Microplastics

Answer 7

微膠粒

Question 8

1. Regulations; rules
2. To regulate

Answer 8

規定

Question 9

Idiom.
Watch the fighting from the ramparts — sit by and watch; onlooker; bystander

Answer 9

作壁上觀

Question 10

Prosperous; well-off

Answer 10

富裕

Question 11

Suspense (felt as a story, play)

Answer 11

懸念

懸念片 suspensive film

Question 12

Disintegrate

Answer 12

分解

Question 13

1. Seal; close tightly
2. Airtight

Answer 13

密閉

Question 14

1. Quality
2. (Physics) mass

Answer 14

質量

Question 15

Express support for; give one’s voice for

Answer 15

聲援

Question 16

To lack; defect

Answer 16

缺失

Question 17

Hydrogen sulfide

Answer 17

硫化氫

Question 18

1. Well (done)
2. To be in position

Answer 18

到位

Question 19

Idiom.
Strictly observe one’s duty; try hard to perform one’s duty honestly

Answer 19

克盡職守

Question 20

Marsh gas

Answer 20

沼氣

Question 21

To draw up; to formulate

Answer 21

擬定

Question 22

Concrete jungle

Answer 22

石屎森林

Question 23

ins and outs; origins and development; whole story

Answer 23

原委

Question 24

Sewage pipe; sewer

Answer 24

污水管

Question 25

Weather station

Answer 25

氣象站

Question 26

Classifier for horse

Answer 26

匹

Question 27

Male

Answer 27

雄性 雄性激素 male hormone/testostorone 雄性化 masculinize

Question 28

Female

Answer 28

雌性

Question 29

Apartment building

Answer 29

公寓樓

Question 30

Idiom Lit- to eat one’s own bitter fruit Fig- to suffer the consequence of one’s own actions

Answer 30

自食惡果

Question 31

To defend

Answer 31

維護

Question 32

Hegemony

Answer 32

霸權

Question 33

The displaced

Answer 33

流離失所者

Question 34

Entity

Answer 34

實體

Question 35

Destroy

Answer 35

摧毀

Question 36

Cost (a large sum of money)

Answer 36

消耗

Question 37

Senate

Answer 37

參議院

Question 38

House of representatives

Answer 38

眾議院

Question 39

Lay plans; to work out a strategy

Answer 39

籌謀

Question 40

Idiom - steer according to the wind - go with the flow

Answer 40

看風使舵

Question 41

To massacre; to slaughter

Answer 41

殺戮

Question 42

Humanitarian stance

Answer 42

人道立場

Question 43

Idiom - to be completely unrelated to one another - irrelevant

Answer 43

風馬牛不相及

Question 44

1. To uphold (eg justice or virtue) 2. To promote

Answer 44

伸張 伸張正義 withhold justice

Question 45

1. To ebb and rise 2. To decrease and the grow

Answer 45

消長

Question 46

Polarize

Answer 46

極化

Question 47

To link

Answer 47

貫穿

Question 48

(Govt) cabinet

Answer 48

內閣

Question 49

Ashamed

Answer 49

羞愧

Question 50

To humiliate; to shame

Answer 50

羞辱

Question 51

Con centration

Answer 51

濃度

Question 52

To put an end to

Answer 52

杜絕

Question 53

Handling capacity (of a harbour); the volume of freight handled

Answer 53

吞吐量

Question 54

Shipping industry

Answer 54

航運業

Question 55

Idiom: To walk slowly a flight of steps

Answer 55

拾級而上

Question 56

Decline (in price, value etc)

Answer 56

跌勢 eg 股市長期的跌勢 long-term decline in the stock market

Question 57

Just a while before; not so long ago

Answer 57

曾幾何時

Question 58

Reform; reformation

Answer 58

改革 eg 改革開放 to reform and open up to the outside world —> refers to Deng Xiaping’s policies

Question 59

Centre; hub

Answer 59

中樞 eg 中樞神經系統 CNS

Question 60

To fall behind

Answer 60

落後於

Question 61

Backward (or less developed) areas

Answer 61

落後地區

Question 62

Green and smart ports

Answer 62

綠色智慧港口

Question 63

Magnificent; extensive; broad

Answer 63

恢宏

Question 64

To put into action

Answer 64

付諸行動 zyu1 eg 1917 年，科學社會主義付諸行動 It was in 1997 that scientific socialism was put into action