May Flashcards
Alarming
告急adj
I thought I have seen the worse of housing crisis but last year I heard about the new trend that I found most alarming sex for rent in the last six month
Hassle
找麻煩v
Offer double room in return for your booty simple no hassle business deal l
outskirt
市效n
Has a one bed flapped on the outskirt of Bristol
prosecution
起訴n
barricade
阻塞v
Some people barricaded into their homes.
The boy barricaded the door to keep the stranger outside
Communist
共產主義adj
共產主義者n
persistence
堅持n
He believes persistence is victory
The old man’s persistence annoyed me
detain
拘押v
This man was detained by police for simply showing his shopping
deliberately
慎重Adv
Donald Trump deliberately appointed three of the Supreme Court justices.
notorious
聲名狼藉adj
Notorious work culture
compatible
兼容 adj
It is not compatible with family life
stigma
恥辱n
There should be no stigma attached to be poor
homophobic
Adj
恐同
Homophonic people
dictate
命令n/v
Not sort of dictate what they are
Don’t dictate to me to do that
Centricity
中心n
We are evolving our retail operations operating model to enhance customer centricity and market agility
tame
馴服v
壓制
溫馴adj
Federal reserve raised interest rate in an effort to tame the highest inflation in 40 years
She is too tame