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deliberately
adv故意地
foil
v.阻止
assailant
攻擊者
cordon off
cordon
v.封鎖
cordon警戒線/封鎖
assault
n攻擊
The police said neither was believed to be the driver, who remained at large.
at large
police said neither was believed to be the driver, who remained at large.在逃
picturesque
adj優美的
the most picturesque
pledge cooperation
承諾合作
prevail
1.In a sign of the confusion that prevailed after the attack,S V
2.can you prevail on him to go
v盛行
v說服
besiege
v包圍
weave
The van driver wove back and forth
編織
weave-wove-woven
trajectory
n.軌跡
amid
prep在中間
panel
嵌片
careen
v傾斜
pierce
v刺穿
boulevard
大道
bleak
荒涼的
indiscrimately
無差別地
plow
v奮力前行
The Associated Press
美聯社
in riot gear
著防暴裝
The street was deserted
街上空無一人
the street was deserted, with the exception(除了) of police officers with guns drawn or in riot gear.
“It’s just kind of a tense situation,” The AP reported him as saying.
美聯社引用他的話如是說
cartilage
軟骨
archaebacteria
古細菌
underscore
v.強調=emphasize
counterterrorism
反恐
spaniard
n西班牙人-european
subsequent
in a subsequent post
接續的貼文
subsequently adv隨後地 接著
fictitious
虛構的
n fiction
propaganda
n宣傳
cross hair
Spain has been less in the cross hairs.
目標
incite
The methods is something ISIS encouraged and incited over and again.
煽動
rogue
adj兇猛的
appeasement
n姑息
monsoon rain
季風雨
aid officials
救難官員
unfold
v蔓延
the catastrophe is unfolding
wade through
v涉水而過
The elephants wades through swirling waters
rite
n儀式
last rites 葬禮
immensely
adv非常地
I am immensely pleased to have this job.
assessor
n專員,顧問
pledge
v承諾
He pledged millions of dollars in assistance
sprawl
v/n蔓延
the sprawling suburbs(郊區)
scurry
v匆忙疾走
As people scurried up the sidewalks, the wind tore umbrellas out of their hands.
densely
A low-lying and densely populated country of 165 million,S V.
adv稠密地
low-lying 地勢低窪
ravage
v破壞
Bangladesh is chronically ravaged by flooding.孟加拉
terrain
n地域
submerge
v浸入水中
This year’s monsoons have left roughly a third of its terrain submerged.
award
v判定
n獎品
talcum powder
爽身粉
a lawsuit tying ovarian cancer to talcum powder
tie
tying
medical receptionist
導診員
receptionist接待者
perineum
n會陰
intrusive
adj侵入的,打擾的
intrusive advertisements
dismay
v使沮喪
statue
n雕像sculpture
startle
v震驚
susceptible
adj易受影響的
vulnerable
children are more susceptible to the effects of passive smoking.
a seductive voice.
adj迷人的seductive
prohibitively
adv過高地/禁止的
janitor
n守衛
ramshackle
adj破舊不堪的
a ramshackle old house
gingerly
adj謹慎地cautiously
decisive
adj決定性的
decisive evidence.
mammoth
n長毛象
mink
n貂,貂皮衣
slippery
adj光滑的
suspicious
adj可疑的
skeptical
adj好懷疑的
repellent
adj排斥的
resisting
provisional
adj臨時的
forbiddingly
adj令人生畏的
sanitary
adj衛生的
ascribe
ascribe to 歸因於
prescribe
規定的
conscientiously
良心上地
counterfeit
n贋品
bail out
助…解決困難
redeem
v贖回,兌換
1. redeem stocks.把股票兌換成現金
melodious
adj悅耳的
a melodious voice.
avail
v有助於
I availed myself of the opportunity 利用機會
impractical
adj不切實際的
impracticable
adj不能實行的
an impracticable road
award
v判賠
The jury awarded $55 million to one plaintiff原告
thigh
n大腿
inner thigh
chafing
n磨損
v激怒chafe
chafing dish
火鍋
hygienic
adj衛生的sanitary
hygienic paper衛生紙
He would appeal the verdict handed up by a jury
對…提上訴appeal
判決verdict
ambivalent
adj矛盾的
formula
n配方
pugnacious
adj好鬥的
slang
n俚語
apparent
adj明顯的
pragmatic
adj務實的
We need to adopt a more pragmatic approach
a nasty accident
一場嚴重車禍
be nasty to sb
對某人鬧彆扭
accomplice
n共犯
acretinous
n增加
computation
n估計
analog computation
模擬計算
acquisition
acquisition agreement收購約
獲得
acquiesce
vi默許the teacher acquiesced in our proposal.
acquiesce in=assent to 贊同+N
epitomize
vt成為…的縮影
Mr. Trump’s extreme remark epitomizes the tough choices that American policy makers face.
missile
n導彈
tailspin
n旋風甩尾
If it really started to send their economy into a tailspin,失控
lash
v鞭打
stern
adj嚴厲的stern warnings to sb
slew
n回轉/極多
slay slew slain殺害
iron ore
n礦 ore
garment
n衣服can
textile
adj/n紡織
mill
n工廠factory
steel
n鋼鐵
resolution
n決議
flagrant
adj公然的
the missile tests were a flagrant violation of United Nations resolutions.
dispatch
n派遣
v派遣
dispatch order
發運單
stance
n姿態/立場
the two countries opposed any measures that could destabilize North Korea, a stance Mr. Putin reaffirmed to Mr. Moon on Wednesday.
arsenal
n兵工廠
foundry
n鑄造廠
arsenal
n兵工廠
suspend
v暫停
moratorium
n正式的暫緩
Seoul have rejected the idea out of hand
立即out of hand
tantamount
adj相等於
equal
calling it tantamount to giving up legitimate defense exercises as a reward for halting the North’s weapons program,
legitimate
adj合情理的/合法的
hilarious
adj歡樂的
an old man was in hilarious conversation with three young men.
indigenous
adj本土的
moratorium
n暫停
suspension
postponement
abeyance
forum
n討論會
meeting
academic forum
unleash
v釋放
relinquish 釋放/交出
let go
The strong do what they will
and the weak suffer what they must
強者恣意所為,而弱者只能承受必須的苦痛
rear
v培養rear babies
adj 後面rear gate 後門
craving
n渴望
an intense craving to be with a particular person
gratification
n滿足
one is the sex drive: the craving for sexual
preamble
n前提/序文
;preamble
He spoke without preamble.
他沒有開場白地講起來。
condolence
n同情/弔唁acknowledgement
profound condolence深切弔唁
profound
adj深遠的
the two most profound social trends
evolve
we didn’t evolve to have the same brain
evolve to vt
myriad
adj/n無數的
the myriad fish in the ocean.
compromise
v/n 妥協/損害compromised sensory functions
hyperbolic
adj雙曲線
sigmoid
n. s形
deficit
n損傷
undertreated
未完全處理的
impairment
損傷
impair
v損害、減少
His vision was impaired
consistency
n一致性
compromise
;compromise v傷害/妥協/讓步 1. compromise of principle 原則上的讓步 2. compromise with a person 與人和解 3. a compromise of morality. 道德的淪喪
quadruple
v成四倍
anesthetic
n麻醉
sovereign
n.君主
adj獨立的
sovereign country主權國家
intuitively
adv直覺地/直觀地
She intuitively understood his need to be alone.
她憑直覺就知道他需要獨處。
intuitively it makes sense that 直觀解釋
visceral
adj內臟的 直觀的
2. the visceral nervous system.
內臟神經系統。
This is not necessarily /a /one-way relationship
this is not necessarily 不一定
dent
v/n減少
Costco has made a huge dent in affordability
garbled
adj混亂的
the brain receives garbled signals
atrophy
n萎縮
brain atrophy
glaucoma
n青光眼
cataracts
n白內障
macular degeneration
黃斑病變
jot
匆忙寫下v
jot down
mean三態
meant
rinse
v沖洗
rinse her hair
strike
v打擊strike-struck-struck
It struck me…
takeaway
n發現
One of my biggest takeaways is
prostitution
vice crime賣淫
fudge
v竄改
we fudge the truth 捏造事實
n軟糖
starkly
adv明顯地
My journal pointed these instances out to me rather starkly.
tackle
v應付
tackle a difficult problem
discrepancy
n差異
consciously
有意識地
versus
prep對比The bottom line最重要的是 is focusing on honesty is a way to actively engage with the world, versus passively complain about it.
cynicism
n嘲諷/憤世嫉俗
There is no a trace of cynicism in his voice 語氣
barrage
n攻擊
a barrage of criticism 接二連三的批評
grateful
adj感謝的
be grateful for
meditation
n沈思
meditations on the Passion of Christ.
對耶穌基督受難的沈思。
allegation
n控訴/陳述
harass
v騷擾be harassed by anxiety
過著焦慮不安的苦日子
bully
v恐嚇
n惡霸 attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
swaggering
adj傲慢的
swagger
v唬人
swagger sb. into concession
說大話嚇人讓步
myeloid
adj骨髓的
pervasive
adj遍佈的distributive
the pervasive odor of garlic.
瀰漫著蒜味
unrepentant
adj不後悔的/不思悔改的unregenerate
the movie industry’s pervasive, unrepentant exploitation of women電影業對女性進行的普遍的、不思悔改的剝削
penitent
n懺悔者 adj後悔的penitent
repentant, regenerate
He is penitent about his mistake
他後悔犯了錯誤
exploitation
n開發/剝削
exploitation of unwary consumers.
對粗心消費者的不當利用
perverse
adj反常的
1. This kind of reasoning is deeply perverse.推理違背常理
predation
n掠奪(者)pillage/plunder
hostility 敵意
sexual predation and assault
性掠奪和性侵
pillage
n/v掠奪
banality
n平凡/陳腐
This banality of abuse性侵的司空見慣
expiration
n過期end
stamp expiration dates on older ones
貼上過氣標籤
contemptuously
adv輕蔑地 contemptuous disdainful 1. His lips curled contemptuously. 他輕蔑地撇了撇嘴。
disdainful
adj蔑視的
be disdainful of sb. [sth.]
蔑視某人[某事]
niche
n利基市場
;found her niche in life.定位
aberration
n偏差
event are aberrations from the norm.不合常規
He is not an aberration非特例
sexism
性別歧視
He is an ordinary, malignant symptom of systemic sexism, as is everyone who facilitated him, shrugs it off now 對此事無動於衷or mendaciously asks why women didn’t say something sooner.
gusty
adj激昂的/大風的
a gusty, blustery day.大風呼嘯
a number of gusty women 勇敢的
blustery
adj吵鬧的
rejoinder
n反駁
They create a forceful rejoinder to the industry反抗
facade
n正面/假象
the ornate 華麗的
facade of the Palace
nostalgic
懷舊的
nostalgically
talk nostalgically as they wandered slowly down the coast road.
genteelly
adv文雅地chiefs are genteelly referred to as womanizers,好色之徒
metaphor
n隱喻
odious
可憎的
euphuism
n美麗詞藻
another odious euphuism
另一個齷蹉的詞藻
boasted that it has more stars than there_____ in heaven
are
擁有的明星比天上多
tawdry
adj/n庸俗的(物)
1. tawdry ornaments. 俗艷裝飾
lore
n傳統
the tawdry glimpse into the industry is deeply embedded in its lore齷蹉的一面深植傳統
dewy
adj帶露的(濕)
a dewy morning
the dewy young woman稚嫩
shrewd
adj精明的
He is a shrewd businessman.
a shrewd embrace of…
progressive
adj進步的
diversification
n多樣化
This is the moment we look back on and say, ‘That’s when it all started to change.’”
comrade
n夥伴;comrade
comrade in arms戰友
en route to the next meeting
參加下一場會議
rationale
n理由
explained the rationale behind the change.
noxiousness
n有害性nocuousness
/不好的行為
nocuousness
n有害性
sth don’t sell
不賣座 (用主動)
hew
v堅持
hew to the line堅持紀律
hews to the fundamental conservatism
preservation
n保存
heritage preservation
cede
v放棄vt
Those in power don’t see an upside in ceding it.看不到放棄的好處
allege
v提出/涉嫌a;llege
allege sth as a reason提出某事作為理由
an alleged child abuser涉嫌…者
allegation
n指控the allegations against Weinstein 針對..的指控
deadening
adj死氣沈沈
deadening movie
cliche
n陳腐思想;cliche
adj陳腐的trite
navigate
v航行
hatred
n憎恨
misogyny
n厭女/性別歧視
rage
n/vi憤怒rage at
It’s the time for rage是憤怒的時刻
behemoth
adj/n巨大的/巨獸be;hemoth
blanket
v埋葬cover
n毯子
magma
n岩漿
millennium
n數千年mi;llennium
roam
v/n漫步
bison
北美野牛
haul
v拖拉
dyslexic
adj閱讀困難
speculation
n思考/推測
speculation on …對⋯的思考
mystical
adj神秘的
mystical force神秘的力量
interpretation
n解釋
phlogiston
n熱素(O2)
solicit
v徵求
I have learned to solicit a lot more verbal feedback
pedagogue
-teacher/mentor
endeavor
cn努力
cult
禮拜cn
taekwondo
n跆拳道
badminton
n羽球
obligation
n責任
1. The obligation was thrust on him.
這責任內是強加給他的。
pee
v
n尿
potty mouth
髒話
potty
adj微不足道的
snatch
v搶奪
is on a witch pursuit thing
獵殺女巫行動
my life is a living hell
我在水深火熱中
dude
ju
老兄
folk
pl
人們
marijuana
n大麻
maternity wear
n孕婦裝
vicious
adj凶惡的
vicious dog
pug
哈巴狗
telltale
adj/n 示警的
telltale lamp
vision impairment
視力損傷
hearing impairment
聽力損傷
something jogs your memory
jog
v進行go on
divert
v轉移vt
ridge
n脊
karma
n命運
meadow
n草地
meadow mouse田鼠
forge
v穿梭
legal tender
n合法貨幣
tender溫柔的
memoir
回憶錄
settle a score
處理宿怨
peril
n危險
2. He is in peril of his life.
他命在旦夕。
beard
鬍子ir
nevertheless
adv/conj儘管如此/然而
means
必加s
方法
perception
n看法
hinterland
n內陸
In china’s hinterland
weather-beaten face
飽受風霜的臉
weather-beaten face
以後方名詞(欲修飾字)為主
short-lived
短命的
catfish are short-lived
menial work
粗活
menial粗鄙的unskilled
a lucrative business
adj賺錢的
獲利的
grassy plains
長滿草的grassy
草原
Mongolia
n蒙古
when the boom ebbed
當繁榮boom退去
ebb
v衰退
currency
n貨幣
digital currency
數字貨幣
Bitcoin比特幣
Bitmain China
that makes it appealing to a diverse group
make sth appealing to sb
吸引
the elderly
the elder
長者
inmate
n居民
prison inmates
獄囚
marijuana
ganja大麻
ganja
大麻
famine
;famine 飢荒
a widespread famine hit the impoverished North
poverty
貧窮
impoverished 貧窮的adj
prosperity
n繁榮
destitute
poor貧窮的impoverished
impoverished
destitute 貧窮的
poverty貧窮n
sentry
n哨兵
sentry post哨站
mine fields
地雷區
mine礦山
barbed wire
鐵絲網
有倒鉤刺的barbed
defect to the South
叛逃至南韓
defectors 叛逃者
barrack
兵營
barbed wire鐵絲網
flee across the border
越過邊界逃離
flee fled
platoon
squadron
platoon 排長 小隊長
squadron 中隊長
intruder
入侵者
shoot
v射擊
shoot shot shot
shot射門/開槍n
detention
拘捕
grind
v磨牙
grind ground
ground著陸
at the mercy of troops
控制
feeble
adj虛弱的
resemble
v類似於
some people resemble their dogs
dope
vi 吸毒
He confessed to having used doping
confess to ving
承認…
pester
vt 糾纏 puppy pester his mom
to and fro
來回adv
profile
簡介n
custodian
n看管人
deportation
n驅逐出境
Deportation is a possibility
churning
adj翻騰的
She led her sisters through churning, chest-high water
S offer to serve Thanksgiving dinner at her Las Vegas home
願意
anti-immigrant rhetoric
n言論
fabulous
adj極好的
I look fabulous
arena
n舞台
stunt
n. 絕技;噱頭
vt. 阻礙…的正常生長或發展
vi. 表演特技;作驚人表演
publicity stunt作秀n
compelling
adj令人信服的,有說服力的
a compelling example
dystopian
反烏托邦的
surveil
vt對…監控
surveillance
n監視
voice surveillance 語音監控
compile a biometric voice database
建立生物語言資料庫
scammer
n騙子
help the police target scammers
telecommunications fraud
電信詐騙
tabloid
n小報(報紙業)
pin down
v鎖定
we work with the ministry of public security to pin down the criminals
robust
adj健全的;bust
ellipspoid
n橢圓
tempting
adj吸引人的seductive
food in the negative is dangerously tempting
insidious
adj潛藏的,危險的
insidious rumors; an insidious disease.
陰險的謠言;隱伏的惡疾
fretting
adj煩躁的;苦腦的
What are you fretting about?
你在煩躁什麼?
guise
n偽裝
demonize
v污名化…vt
many of our most demonized foods are
allure
v/n誘惑
They allured her into a snare.
他們誘她落入圈套。
license
n自由、證照
v批准
it is easy to mistake new york as a sphere of license
wistful
adj惆悵的
audit
v旁聽
He let me audit
mediocre
adj普通的 平庸的
i was the type of mediocre student i now disdain
disdain
v鄙視
sophomore
n大二
大三junior
大四senior
obsessively
adv過度地
you do not need to strive obsessively for perfection 追求完美
intimidate
v脅迫startle
felt intimidated by his opponent’s power and prestige.
為他對手的權力和威望嚇倒
regal
adj華麗的
undergraduate
大學生
triviality
n瑣事
panel
研討會committee
witty
adj詼諧的
pivotal
重要的
pivotal decision
propeller
n螺旋槳
cardinal
重要的,主要的
decimate
v破壞,反駁
decimate each other’s arguments 反駁對方論點
confabulation
n虛構/交談/妄想
虛構錯誤記憶
antidote
n解藥disagreement is the antidote to groupthink
concord
adj和諧的
drill
n演習
recur
v重現;採用 1. recur to the use of force. 訴諸武力 2. Economic crises recur periodically. 經濟危機周期性地發生。
overhear
vt /vi 無意中聽到
I overhear my father talking ….
embody
v具體表現
words embody thoughts and feelings
entrenched
adj根深蒂固的
the entrenched gender biases
biase
n/adj/v偏見
13. Many parents are biased against popular music.
許多父母對流行音樂有偏見
indelibly
adv無可抹滅地
the incident was etched indelibly in her mind.
這件事深深地印在她的腦海裏。
subtle
adj隱約的/不易察覺的
the subtle rewards
敏銳的subtle thinker
inherently
adv天生地
1. This doctrine holds that people are inherently good.
這種教義強調人性本善
acquiescence
默認n
encumber
v阻礙
the police is encumbered by the restrictions
presumptuous
adj 專橫的adv/n
1. It was presumptuous of him to take charge.
他自拿主張, 太放肆了。
forte
n長處
my forte is
sadist
n施虐者
dull
adj陰沈的
the sky is dull without you
masquerade
n 化妝舞會
detritus
n碎片ai
1. the detritus of past civilizations.
舊時文明的碎片
lurking
adj遺留的
gown
禮服
ball gowns舞會禮服
staircase
n樓梯
by the entrance
在路口旁等
不可用on(面/線上)
event緊急事件
status進行狀態、人物地位
emergent event
in the event of=in case of
objective
n目標/adj客觀的
select. adj所挑選的
the objective of the training session is/will be to…
incentive
n激勵
give incentive to鼓勵
incent v激勵
recipient
n收件人
layout
n版面設計
page layout
n. 頁面
pterosaur
n翼龍;te
paleontologist
n古生物學家
colossal
adj巨大的
address America directly
vt向…直接喊話
went too far in bullying others
欺人太甚
self-important自大
arrogant自負
自大自負
anodyne
n止痛藥
adj安慰人的
disseminate
v散播
宣傳
disseminate information
propaganda
un宣傳information
a piece of propaganda trumpery
一篇無聊的宣傳
trumpery n廢物
revenue
n收入income
a revenue of…
revenue streams收入來源
grill
v拷問
the executives were grilled
主管
communist
n
adj共產主義
court
n法院
v討好
he has spent years courting China
subtle
adj微妙的 隱含的
subtle shades of meaning.
意義上微妙的不同
idyllic
adj田園的
idyllic Chinese landscape
sway my mind
動搖
rebuke
v/n 責難
the judge publicly rebuked the jury.
法官當衆叱責陪審團。
Dutch
n adj荷蘭
mundane
adj平凡的
世俗的
the most mundane thing like having a normal conversation
ambidextrous
adj左右開弓的
being ambidextrous involves having both sides of the brain talk to each other a lot
tariff
n關稅
retaliation
n報復,反擊
the tariff will provoke retaliation abroad 關稅引發國外報復
parliament 立法院
await the landmark ruling
等待判決(不加for)
bill法案
the most revered architects
revere vt尊敬
reverence vt/n
Autonomy自主權
Beneficence行善
Do No Harm不傷害原則
(non-maleficence)
Confidentiality保密
Equality(Justice) 正義原則
正義原則
(1) 尊重病人的權利(權利正義)。
(2) 尊重道德允許的法律(法律正義)。
(3) 公平分配不足的資源(公平正義)。
不傷害:
(1) 醫師須有足夠的臨床知識與技術;
(2) 不得給病人過度或不足的治療;
(3) 治療過程中不再增加病人的傷害。
oeuvre 作品
relish n/v享受
he accept the job with relish
興致勃勃
開始vt
commence a tour of great
Islamic architecture
plaudit
n讚美
setback挫折
conspicuous
傑出 明顯
- a conspicuous statesman
傑出的政治家 - a conspicuous landmark
顯著的地標
high rise 高樓大廈
liability責任
parliament 立法院
await the landmark ruling
等待判決(不加for)
bill法案
the most revered architects
revere vt尊敬
reverence vt/n
Autonomy自主權
Beneficence行善
Do No Harm不傷害原則
(non-maleficence)
Confidentiality保密
Equality(Justice) 正義原則
正義原則
(1) 尊重病人的權利(權利正義)。
(2) 尊重道德允許的法律(法律正義)。
(3) 公平分配不足的資源(公平正義)。
不傷害:
(1) 醫師須有足夠的臨床知識與技術;
(2) 不得給病人過度或不足的治療;
(3) 治療過程中不再增加病人的傷害。
sequel
n續集
sequels
snob
勢利眼的人
hegemony
霸權
corporate hegemony
公司
菁英主義elitist
aggrieved
憤憤不平的
Ponchos斗篷 雨衣
護目鏡goggle
precautions預防
taking extreme precautions to protect themselves
biohazard suits.生化防護服
avoid using the lavatory
lavatory廁所
Lacking definitive information about…
不確知
明確definitive
hand sanitizer
洗手液
queries問題
perpetrate
perpetuate
perpetrate (vt)犯下perpetrate a murder
The people who have [perpetrated harassment] are just disgusting.
“那些(進行騷擾的)人真是令人噁心。
perpetuate(vt) 持續地做
Jokes perpetuate various national stereotypes.
笑話固化了對各民族的公式化看法
perpetrator
n肇事者
perpetrate a criminal
the world is your oyster
世界是你盡情揮灑的舞台