Thur 10/28 Flashcards

1
Q

Impersonal

A

沒有人情味的;冷漠的

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2
Q

Carbohydrate

A

碳水化合物

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3
Q

Give sb. a slap/
slap sb. in the face/
Slap the ears

A

賞巴掌/

打耳光

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4
Q

Extrapolate

You can’t really extrapolate a trend from such a small sample.

A

外推;推斷(to guess or think about what might happen using information that is already known)

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5
Q

House plant

Plastic plant

A

居家植物

塑膠植物

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6
Q

Defeat the object

A

Has the opposite effect from what’s intended

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7
Q

Gardening

A

園藝

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8
Q

Lattice

A

格子

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9
Q

A trend for house plants

A

居家植物的趨勢

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10
Q

Give sth away

A

送給別人

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11
Q

Swiss cheese plant

= Monstera plant

A

龜背芋

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12
Q

Getting out of control

A

逐漸失控

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13
Q

There’s no sign of this popularity decreasing

A

沒有退流行的跡象

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14
Q

A spider plant

Chlorophytum

A

吊蘭

Latin name

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15
Q

Foliage

A

葉子 leaf

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16
Q

Repotting

A

翻盆、移植

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17
Q

Customer service

A

客服

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18
Q
Poor
Atrocious 
Terrible
Unprofessional 
Horrendous 
Appalling 
Unacceptable 
Shocking
Lousy
Sub-par
Disappointing
Inadequate 
Mediocre
A

很差的(服務)(多個形容詞)

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19
Q

The internet site breaks down or hang (so you can’t get in)

A

網站當機

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20
Q

Atrocious

A

Exceptionally bad

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21
Q

Food is cold and lumpy

A

結成塊狀的

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22
Q

It certainly doesn’t taste as it’s described on the menu.

A

絕對不像菜單上形容得好吃

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23
Q

Complain about the food

A

抱怨食物

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24
Q

It seems like a lifetime before the food arrives.

A

等食物來之前,像過了一生

25
Q

The plates has half dropped in front of you.

A

盤子半丟在桌上

26
Q

Fill in the form that they often leave on the table

A

填那個經常放在桌上要填的表格

27
Q

Tick the box

A

方框裡打勾

28
Q

Overall

A

總的來說

29
Q

Professional

Unprofessional

A

Really tight and accurate, very good 專業的

不專業

30
Q

Get your account finalised

A

完成帳戶

31
Q

Horrendous

Appalling

A

糟糕的

(service, weather that doesn’t meet your expectations)

32
Q

Try to get their manager

A

叫老闆出來

33
Q

Express checkout

A

快速結帳

34
Q

Renew your passport

A

更新護照

35
Q

There’s a delay expected of 6-8 weeks

A

有6-8週的延誤

36
Q

Log on to the site

A

登上網站

37
Q

A pop up

A

彈出式廣告

38
Q

Someplace to ring

A

有地方可以致電

39
Q

Shocking

It’s shocking service.

A

令人吃驚(非常英式)

40
Q

Get up my nose

His jokes are really beginning to get up my nose.

I bet that really gets up your nose that I’ve been so successful.

A

To annoy or irritate (British)

41
Q

Lousy
Crap

The bus service/ public services is lousy/crappy

A

非常糟的(服務、公共服務)

42
Q

A classic situation

A

經典場景

43
Q

They never have enough buses.

A

公車從來不夠

44
Q

You look around the corner

A

看了一眼角落

45
Q

Two buses are coming together.

The same number was hold up somewhere.

A

兩台公車一起來

同一號在某處滯留了

46
Q

Make excuses that…

A

找藉口

47
Q

Many people in cars

A

路上太多車

48
Q

Sun-par

A

低於標準的
Below what’s expected; when a service doesn’t meet your requirements
Par 高爾夫球術語

49
Q

Describe sth as a lousy service

A

描述…像…(idiom)

50
Q

Books that are slightly out of print

A

快要絕版的書

51
Q

I didn’t start read the book bc they’d be out of sequence.

A

我還沒看那本書,因為這樣就沒有照集數看了

52
Q

Mediocre

How was the performance like?
Ah, mediocre

A

普通的、中庸的 (nothing great or bad)

A service that is just about acceptable

53
Q

Nothing to write home about

A

沒什麼可寫的

沒什麼特別可以紀錄的

54
Q

Middle-of-the-road

A

平凡、普通的(片語)

55
Q

People are getting a bit edgy

An edgy person (someone who is constantly annoyed)

A

大家有點不爽了

Having sharp or pointed corners or being irritable, or being unconventional.

56
Q

Would you not ring them again?

A

你不再打給他們一次嗎

57
Q

Tap your fingers under the table and look at your watch as looks your mobile phone

A

不耐煩

58
Q

Refer to a bad service

A

指一個壞的服務