TO 6-1 Flashcards
servitude noun
BrE /ˈsɜːvɪtjuːd/; AmE /ˈsɜːrvətuːd/
uncountable
the condition of being a slave or being forced to obey another person
synonym slavery
ex) Now it is illegal for fathers to sell their daughters into servitude.
a life of poverty and servitude
celibate adjective
BrE /ˈselɪbət/; NAmE /ˈselɪbət/
1) 1 not married and not having sex, especially for religious reasons
ex) By the way, the Dalai Lama is someone who has aged beautifully, but who wants to be vegetarian and celibate?
celibate priests
vain adjective
BrE /veɪn/; NAmE /veɪn/
2) (disapproving) too proud of your own appearance, abilities or achievements
synonym conceited
ex) You know, for a vain female like myself, it’s very hard to age in this culture.
She’s too vain to wear glasses.
feisty adjective
BrE /ˈfaɪsti/; NAmE /ˈfaɪsti/
(feistier, feistiest)(informal, approving)
(of people) strong, determined and not afraid of arguing with people
ex) Ethel Seiderman, a feisty, beloved activist in the place where I live in California; she wears red patent shoes, and her mantra is that one scarf is nice but two is better.
patent leather noun
BrE /ˌpeɪtnt ˈleðə(r)/; NAmE usually /ˈpætnt leðər/, /ˌpeɪtnt ˈleðər/
[uncountable]
a type of leather with a hard shiny surface, used especially for making shoes and bags
ex) Ethel Seiderman, a feisty, beloved activist in the place where I live in California; she wears red patent shoes, and her mantra is that one scarf is nice but two is better.
will verb
BrE /wɪl/; NAmE /wɪl/
(will) [intransitive] (only used in the simple present tense) (old-fashioned or formal) to want or like
ex) I cannot will myself to be passionate at 71.
Call it what you will, it’s still a problem.
flat adjective
BrE /flæt/; NAmE /flæt/
(flatter, flattest)
5) dull; lacking interest or enthusiasm
ex) I have been training for some time, and when I feel flat and bored, I fake it.
He felt very flat after his friends had gone home.
It was a curiously flat note on which to end the election campaign.
privy adjective
BrE /ˈprɪvi/; NAmE /ˈprɪvi/
(formal) privy to something allowed to know about something secret
ex) These included changes in preferences for food, music, art, sexual, recreational, and career, as well as specific memories only privy to the donors.
She was not privy to any information contained in the letters.
아카시아
acacia noun
BrE /əˈkeɪʃə/; NAmE /əˈkeɪʃə/
(also acacia tree)
a tree with yellow or white flowers. There are several types of acacia tree, some of which produce a sticky liquid used in making glue.
ex) In short distance communication, Nigel Raine from the University of London and his colleagues observed how ants provide a useful service for the acacia plants by guarding the plant they live on.
영양(주로 아프리카나 아시아에서 볼 수 있는 사슴 비슷한 동물)
antelope noun
BrE /ˈæntɪləʊp/NAmE /ˈæntɪloʊp/
(pl. antelope, antelopes)
an African or Asian animal like a deer, that runs very fast. There are many types of antelope.
ex) Wouter Van Hoven from Pretoria University reports that acacias also produce leaf tannin in quantities lethal to the antelope and thereby killing the antelopes while ate the same time emitting ethylene into the air which can travel up to 50 years warning other acacias to step up their own production of leaf tannin within just 5 to 10 minutes.
emit verb
BrE /iˈmɪt/; NAmE /iˈmɪt/
emit something (formal) to send out something such as light, heat, sound, gas, etc.
ex) Wouter Van Hoven from Pretoria University reports that acacias also produce leaf tannin in quantities lethal to the antelope and thereby killing the antelopes while ate the same time emitting ethylene into the air which can travel up to 50 years warning other acacias to step up their own production of leaf tannin within just 5 to 10 minutes.
The metal container began to emit a clicking sound.
Sulphur gases were emitted by the volcano.
에틸렌
ethylene noun
BrE /ˈeθɪliːn/; NAmE /ˈeθɪliːn/
(also ethene)uncountable(chemistry)
a gas which is present in coal, crude oil, and natural gas
ex) Wouter Van Hoven from Pretoria University reports that acacias also produce leaf tannin in quantities lethal to the antelope and thereby killing the antelopes while ate the same time emitting ethylene into the air which can travel up to 50 years warning other acacias to step up their own production of leaf tannin within just 5 to 10 minutes.
애벌레
caterpillar noun
BrE /ˈkætəpɪlə(r)/; NAmE /ˈkætərpɪlər/
a small creature like a worm with legs, that develops into a butterfly or moth (= flying insects with large, sometimes brightly coloured, wings). Caterpillars eat the leaves of plants.
ex) Willows have been found to have a similar strategy when they are being eaten by caterpillars.
parasitic adjective
BrE /ˌpærəˈsɪtɪk/; NAmE /ˌpærəˈsɪtɪk/
(less frequent parasitical BrE /ˌpærəˈsɪtɪkl/; NAmE /ˌpærəˈsɪtɪkl/)
2) living on another animal or plant and getting its food from it 기생하는
a parasitic mite
ex) Jim Westwood, a plant scientist at Virginia Tech showed how a parasitic weed known as dodder/strangleweed, uses its RNA - its genetic material - to communitcate with their host plants that they are nurturing from, in order for the host to lower its defenses.
RNA noun
BrE /ˌɑːr en ˈeɪ/; NAmE /ˌɑːr en ˈeɪ/
a chemical present in all living cells; like DNA it is a type of nucleic acid (화학) 리보 핵산, 아르엔에이
ex) Jim Westwood, a plant scientist at Virginia Tech showed how a parasitic weed known as dodder/strangleweed, uses its RNA - its genetic material - to communitcate with their host plants that they are nurturing from, in order for the host to lower its defenses.
skeletal adjective
BrE /ˈskelətl/; NAmE /ˈskelətl/
1) (specialist) connected with the skeleton of a person or an animal 뼈대 [골격/해골]의
ex) Back to our bodies, the Danish biologist Bente Klarlund Pedersen is looking at a handful of myokines - a protein he identified and named - and their role in helping skeletal muscle (=골격근) retain memory.
Skeletal remains of the earliest dinosaurs are rare.
prerogative noun
BrE /prɪˈrɒɡətɪv/; NAmE /prɪˈrɑːɡətɪv/
(formal)
a right or advantage belonging to a particular person or group because of their importance or social position
ex) Paul Pearsall’s findings should make us think about how our bodies stay in balance and how memory is not solely the prerogative of the brain.
In many countries education is still the prerogative of the rich.
the royal prerogative (= the special rights of a king or queen)
The Prime Minister exercised his prerogative to decide when to call an election.
너무나도 당연한 것 같다
Then it seems only natural that we do what we can to reduce the amount of food getting thrown away.
우리의 작은 노력이
What little effort we make will add up to save the earth.
지금이야말로 ~~해야 할 때이다 (진작 했어야 하는데).
It is past time for the world to get serious about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.
미국 대통령으로는 최초로 히로시마를 방문하게 되었습니다.
He was to become the first American president to visit Hiroshima, site of one of only two nuclear attacks.
협상을 성공적으로 이끌어내다. 계약 (거래)를 따내다.
He secured a deal in July to curtail and then constrain Iran’s nuclear programme for at least the next 10-15 years.
glaring adjective
BrE /ˈɡleərɪŋ/; NAmE /ˈɡlerɪŋ/
1) [usually before noun] (of something bad) very easily seen
synonym blatant
ex) But in one area, his failure is glaring.
a glaring error/omission/inconsistency/injustice
the most glaring example of this problem
use/take a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- sledgehammer noun
BrE /ˈsledʒhæmə(r)/; NAmE /ˈsledʒhæmər/
to use more force than is necessary
ex) North Korea has taken a sledgehammer to all of them.
* a large heavy hammer with a long handle