TO 8-2 Flashcards
(이름이) ~라는 사람
by the name of…
(formal) who is called
ex) There’s a man by the name of Captain William Swenson who recently was awarded the congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on September 8, 2009.
a young actor by the name of Tom Rees
매몰 되다 / 매몰 되어있다
- come under ambush
- is under ambush
ambush noun
BrE /ˈæmbʊʃ/ ; NAmE /ˈæmbʊʃ/
[countable, uncountable] the act of hiding and waiting for somebody and then making a surprise attack on them 매복
ex) The column came under ambush, and was surrounded on three sides, and amongst many other things, Captain Swenson was recognized for running into live fire to rescue the wounded and pull out the dead.
Two soldiers were killed in a terrorist ambush.
They were lying in ambush, waiting for the aid convoy.
The government was defeated in its attempt to pass the law by an opposition ambush.
medevac noun
BrE /ˈmedɪvæk/ ; NAmE /ˈmedɪvæk/ uncountable
the movement of injured soldiers or other people to hospital in a helicopter or other aircraft
ex) One of the people he rescued was a sergeant, and he and a comrade were making their way to a medevac helicopter.
medic noun
BrE /ˈmedɪk/ ; NAmE /ˈmedɪk/
2) (North American English) a person who is trained to give medical treatment, especially somebody in the armed forces
ex) And what was remarkable about this day is, by sheer coincidence, one of the medevac medics happened to have a GoPro camera on his helmet and captured the whole scene on camera.
도대체 이런 사람들은 뭐지?!
Where do people like that come from? What is that?
구석기 시대의
Paleolithic adjective
/ˌpæliəˈlɪθɪk/
from or connected with the early part of the Stone Age
ex) If you go back 50,000 years to the Paleolithic era, to the early days of Homo sapiens, what we find is that the world was filled with danger, all of these forces working very, very hard to kill us.
* 신석기의
Neolithic adjective
BrE /ˌniːəˈlɪθɪk/ ; NAmE /ˌniːəˈlɪθɪk/
of the later part of the Stone Age
ex) Neolithic stone axes
Neolithic settlements
검치호랑이
sabretooth noun(British English) (US English sabertooth) BrE /ˈseɪbətuːθ/ ; NAmE /ˈseɪbərtuːθ/ (British English also sabre-toothed tiger) (also US English saber-toothed tiger)
a large animal of the cat family with two very long curved upper teeth, that lived thousands of years ago and is now extinct
ex) Whether it was the weather, lack of resources, maybe a saber-toothed tiger, all of these things working to reduce our lifespan.
새로운 기술이 당신의 사업 모델을 하룻밤 새에 구식으로 만들 수도 있습니다.
It could be a new technology that renders your business model obsolete overnight.
competition noun
BrE /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃn/ ; NAmE /ˌkɑːmpəˈtɪʃn/
3) the competition [singular + singular or plural verb] the people who are competing against somebody
ex) Or it could be your competition that is sometimes trying to kill you.
We’ll be able to assess the competition at the conference.
- competitor noun
BrE /kəmˈpetɪtə(r)/ ; NAmE /kəmˈpetɪtər/
a person or an organization that competes against others, especially in business
ex) our main/major competitor
We produce cheaper goods than our competitors.
constant noun
BrE /ˈkɒnstənt/ ; NAmE /ˈkɑːnstənt/
(specialist) a number or quantity that does not vary
opposite variable
ex) We have no control over these forces. These are a constant, and they’re not going away.
풍조/분위기를 만들다
set the tone (for something)
to establish a particular mood or character for something
ex) The only variable are the conditions inside the organization, and that’s where leadership matters, because it’s the leader that sets the tone.
The governor’s speech set the tone for the whole conference.
The good financial news set an optimistic tone for the year.
expend verb
BrE /ɪkˈspend/ ; NAmE /ɪkˈspend/
expend something (in/on somebody) | expend something (in/on/doing something) (formal) to use or spend a lot of time, money, energy, etc.
ex) You see, if the conditions are wrong, we are forced to expend our own time and energy to protect ourselves from each other, and that inherently weakens the organization.
She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children.
Smith had expended large sums in pursuing his claim through the court.
Most animals expend a lot of energy searching for food.
visceral adjective
BrE /ˈvɪsərəl/ ; NAmE /ˈvɪsərəl/
1) (literary) resulting from strong feelings rather than careful thought
ex) This is the reason so many people have such a visceral hatred, anger, at some of these banking CEOs with their disproportionate salaries and bonus structures.
visceral fear
She had a visceral dislike of all things foreign.
headcount noun
BrE /ˈhedkaʊnt/ ; NAmE /ˈhedkaʊnt/
an act of counting the number of people who are at an event, employed by an organization, etc.; the number of people that have been counted in this way
ex) They needed to save 10 million dollars, so, like so many companies today, the board got together and discussed layoffs. And Bob refused. You see, Bob doesn’t believe in headcounts. Bob believes in heartcounts.
to do a headcount
What’s the latest headcount?
furlough noun
BrE /ˈfɜːləʊ/ ; NAmE /ˈfɜːrloʊ/ [uncountable, countable]
1) permission to leave your duties for a period of time, especially for soldiers working in a foreign country
ex) to go home on furlough
a six-week furlough
2) (North American English) permission for a prisoner to leave prison for a period of time
3) (North American English) a period of time during which workers are told not to come to work, usually because there is not enough money to pay them
ex) And so they came up with a furlough program. Every employee, from secretary to CEO, was required to take four weeks of unpaid vacation.
seniormost
(not comparable) (chiefly India) Most senior.
ex) I know many people at the seniormost levels of organizations who are absolutely not leaders.
해가 될 게 전혀 없다.
It certainly can’t hurt, unless the act of tracking itself becomes anxiety – or OCD-provoking, it which case a person runs the risk of compromising their emotional wellbeing scores.
trend verb
BrE /trend/ ; NAmE /trend/ intransitive
1) to change or develop in a general direction
ex) Objective data, when trending in the right direction, can feel better than a pat on the back (or, when trending in the wrong direction, can work wonders as a kick in the rear).
Prices have been trending upwards.
2) (of a topic) to be discussed a lot on a social media website within a short period of time
ex) See what’s trending on Twitter in your local area right now.
work wonders
to achieve very good results
ex) Objective data, when trending in the right direction, can feel better than a pat on the back (or, when trending in the wrong direction, can work wonders as a kick in the rear).
Her new diet and exercise programme has worked wonders for her.
bask in something
to enjoy the good feelings that you have when other people praise or admire you, or when they give you a lot of attention
ex) For others, however, the more subjective metrics suffice or figure more prominently as motivators: feeling better, looking better, getting compliments, or just basking in the satisfaction of living a healthy lifestyle.
He had always basked in his parents’ attention.
I never minded basking in my wife’s reflected glory (= enjoying the praise, attention, etc. she got).
- bask verb
BrE /bɑːsk/ ; NAmE /bæsk/
[intransitive] bask (in something) to enjoy sitting or lying in the heat or light of something, especially the sun
ex( We sat basking in the warm sunshine.
A cat was basking on the windowsill.
gist noun
BrE /dʒɪst/ ; NAmE /dʒɪst/
(also the gist) [singular] gist (of something) the main or general meaning of a piece of writing, a speech or a conversation
ex) A person might track for a while, get the gist of it, and then let it drop for a period of time.
to get (= understand) the gist of an argument
I missed the beginning of the lecture—can you give me the gist of what he said?
I’m afraid I don’t quite follow your gist (= what you really mean).
Students are taught the skills of reading and listening for gist.
다문화주의가 캐나다의 정체성이라면, 캐나다 국민으로서의 연대감은 어디에서 찾는 것일까?
If multiculturalism is one important value in Canada, what unites them?
캐나다와 캐나다인을 한마디로 표현할 수 있는 단어는 무엇인가요?
Give me one word that defines Canada and Canadians.
법치, 법의 지배
the rule of law
the condition in which all members of society, including its rulers, accept the authority of the law
ex) They all say they share some universal values like freedom, democracy, the rule of law and human rights.
Democracy and the rule of law are yet to be firmly established in the country.
get past
3) To overcome something; no longer need to deal with something
ex) The economic growth rate there is accelerating. In fact, it is expected to get past even China’s.
Your advice helped me get past my problems.
drive out somebody | drive out somebody of something | drive out something | drive out something of something | drive somebody out | drive somebody out of something | drive something out | drive something out of something
to make somebody/something disappear or stop doing something
ex) He has been working hard to drive out corruption and reduce the gap between rich and poor.
New fashions drive out old ones.
The supermarkets are driving small shopkeepers out of business.
제조업 분야가 특히 취약하다. 그러나 역으로 보면 취약 분야가 많기에 잠재력도 그만큼 크다고 봐야 한다.
The manufacturing industry is especially vulnerable. But that also means they have a lot of room (–> room: uncountable in this sense) for growth.
도저히 이해할 수 없다.
To them the news that SoftBank, a telecoms and internet firm, paid its former, Indian-born president, Nikesh Arora, 31.5 billion yen ($300m) in two years defies comprehension.
rock-bottom adjective
BrE ; NAmE only before noun
lowest possible
ex) In Japan, they are pondering how big a problem rock-bottom compensation may be.
rock-bottom prices
1000조
quadrillion number
BrE /kwɒˈdrɪljən/ ; NAmE /kwɑːˈdrɪljən/
the number 1015, or 1 followed by 15 zeros
ex)Low compensation doubtless contributes to a cautious culture in which many firms prefer to sit on vast piles of cash – non-financial firms now hold more than 1 quadrillion yen ($9.5 trillion) of financial assets, including cash – rather than invest in risky new projects.
tack noun
BrE /tæk/ ; NAmE /tæk/
1) [uncountable, singular] the way in which you deal with a particular situation; the direction of your words or thoughts
ex) If a risky new tack fails, that could mean losing face, being forced to cut the workforce or forfeiting the privilege of staying on well past retirement as a paid adviser.
a complete change of tack
It was a brave decision to change tack in the middle of the project.
When threats failed, she decided to try/take a different tack.
His thoughts wandered off on another tack.
I find gentle persuasion is the best tack.
forfeit verb
BrE /ˈfɔːfɪt/ ; NAmE /ˈfɔːrfət/
forfeit something to lose something or have something taken away from you because you have done something wrong
ex) If a risky new tack fails, that could mean losing face, being forced to cut the workforce or forfeiting the privilege of staying on well past retirement as a paid adviser.
If you cancel your flight, you will forfeit your deposit.
He has forfeited his right to be taken seriously.
pot noun
BrE /pɒt/ ; NAmE /pɑːt/
7) the pot [singular] (especially North American English) all the money given by a group of people in order to do something together, for example to buy food
ex) The idea was to increase transparency for investors (before, companies disclosed only the sum of the total executive-pay pot, for shareholder approval).
out verb
BrE /aʊt/ ; NAmE /aʊt/
2) out somebody/something (as something) to say something publicly about somebody/something that they would prefer to keep secret
ex) There were hardly any that met the threshold – in 2014 only executives at 9% of listed firms had to be outed.
The man who claimed to have found the diaries has been outed as a fraud.
Their motives were outed as purely financial.
inundate verb
BrE /ˈɪnʌndeɪt/ ; NAmE /ˈɪnʌndeɪt/ [usually passive]
1) inundate somebody (with something) to give or send somebody so many things that they cannot deal with them all
synonym overwhelm, swamp
ex) Naohiko Abe of Pay Governance, which advises corporate compensation committees, says he was inundated with calls early on checking what other firms’ bosses were being paid.
We have been inundated with offers of help.
임금 삭감을 받아 들이다
In Japan, some quickly took a paycut so as no to appear on the list, says Mr. Abe.
governance noun
BrE /ˈɡʌvənəns/ ; NAmE /ˈɡʌvərnəns/ uncountable
the activity of governing a country or controlling a company or an organization; the way in which a country is governed or a company or institution is controlled
ex) In particular, says Nicholas Benes of the Board Director Training Institute of Japan, which promotes better governance, the 100 million yen-disclosure rule inadvertently sets a limit on lifting the incentive portion of pay cheques (salaries are mostly cash-based).
eschew verb
BrE /ɪsˈtʃuː/ ; NAmE /ɪsˈtʃuː/
eschew something (formal) to deliberately avoid or keep away from something
ex) Takeshi Niinami, the boss of Suntory, a drinks giant, and a prominent adviser to the government, thinks that firms should eschew thresholds and simply disclose the compensation of all their best-paid people.
He had eschewed politics in favour of a life practising law.
oodles noun
BrE /ˈuːdlz/ ; NAmE /ˈuːdlz/
[plural] oodles (of something) (old-fashioned, informal) a large amount of something
synonym load (4)
ex) Openly paying bosses oodles of cash and stock options might work best in topsy-turvy Japan.
Bob makes oodles of money, you know.
topsy-turvy adjective
BrE /ˌtɒpsi ˈtɜːvi/ ; NAmE /ˌtɑːpsi ˈtɜːrvi/ (informal)
in a state of great confusion
ex) Openly paying bosses oodles of cash and stock options might work best in topsy-turvy Japan.
Everything’s topsy-turvy in my life at the moment.
Her books take you into a topsy-turvy world where you can be sure of nothing.
budding adjective
BrE /ˈbʌdɪŋ/ ; NAmE /ˈbʌdɪŋ/ [only before noun]
beginning to develop or become successful
ex) In 18th-century America, colonial society and Native American society sat side by side. The former was buddingly commercial; the latter was communal and tribal.
a budding artist/writer
our budding romance
The budding young star is now hot property in Hollywood.
defect verb
BrE /dɪˈfekt/ ; NAmE /dɪˈfekt/
[intransitive] defect (from something) (to something) to leave a political party, country, etc. to join another that is considered to be an enemy
ex) No Indians were defecting to join colonial society, but many whites were defecting to live in the Native American one.
A number of writers and musicians defected from the Soviet Union to the West in the 1960s.
She defected from the party just days before the election.
vote with your feet
to show what you think about something by going or not going somewhere
ex) Colonial society was richer and more advanced. And yet people were voting with their feet the other way.
Shoppers voted with their feet and avoided the store.
colonial noun
BrE /kəˈləʊniəl/ ; NAmE /kəˈloʊniəl/
a person who lives in a colony and who comes from the country that controls it
ex) The colonials occasionally tried to welcome Native American children into their midst, but they couldn’t persuade them to stay.
British colonials in India
fallacy noun
BrE /ˈfæləsi/ ; NAmE /ˈfæləsi/ (pl. fallacies)
1) [countable] a false idea that many people believe is true
ex) There might be a Great Affluence Fallacy going on – we want privacy in individual instances, but often this makes life generally worse.
It is a fallacy to say that the camera never lies.
2) [uncountable, countable] a false way of thinking about something
ex) He detected the fallacy of her argument.
have your cake and eat it(British English)
also have your cake and eat it too North American English, British English
to have the advantages of something without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available
ex) In the great American tradition, millennials would like to have their cake and eat it, too.
quintessence noun
BrE /kwɪnˈtesns/ ; NAmE /kwɪnˈtesns/ [singular]the quintessence of something(formal)
1) the perfect example of something
ex) Hillary Clinton – secretive and a wall-builder – is the quintessence of boomer autonomy.
It was the quintessence of an English manor house.
2) the most important features of something
synonym essence
ex) a painting that captures the quintessence of Viennese elegance
cusp noun
BrE /kʌsp/ ; NAmE /kʌsp/
1) (specialist) a pointed end where two curves meet
the cusp of a leaf
ex) Maybe we’re on the cusp of some great cracking. Instead of just paying lip service to community while living for autonomy, I get the sense a lot of people are actually about to make the break and immerse themselves in demanding local community movements.
2) the time when one sign of the zodiac ends and the next begins
ex) I was born on the cusp between Virgo and Libra.
(figurative) He was on the cusp between small acting roles and moderate fame.
immerse verb
BrE /ɪˈmɜːs/ ; NAmE /ɪˈmɜːrs/
2) immerse yourself/somebody in something to become or make somebody completely involved in something
ex) Maybe we’re on the cusp of some great cracking. Instead of just paying lip service to community while living for autonomy, I get the sense a lot of people are actually about to make the break and immerse themselves in demanding local community movements.
She immersed herself in her work.
Clare and Phil were immersed in conversation in the corner.
apotheosis noun
BrE /əˌpɒθiˈəʊsɪs/ ; NAmE /əˌpɑːθiˈoʊsɪs/ usually singular(formal)
1) the highest or most perfect development of something
ex) It wouldn’t surprise me if the big change in the coming decades were this: an end to the apotheosis of freedom; more people making the modern equivalent of the Native American leap.
(배의) 선체
hull noun
BrE /hʌl/ ; NAmE /hʌl/
the main, bottom part of a ship, that goes in the water
ex) They’d been struck by a sperm whale, which had ripped a catastrophic hole in the ship’s hull.
a wooden/steel hull
They climbed onto the upturned hull and waited to be rescued.
놀, 너울
swell noun
BrE /swel/ ; NAmE /swel/
1) [countable, usually singular] the movement of the sea when it rises and falls without the waves breaking
ex) As their ship began to sink beneath the swells, the men huddled together in three small whaleboats.
The boat was caught in a heavy (= strong) swell.
향유고래
sperm whale noun
a large whale that is hunted for its oil and fat
ex) They’d been struck by a sperm whale, which had ripped a catastrophic hole in the ship’s hull.
포경선 (현재: 구조선)
A whaleboat or whaler is a type of open boat that is relatively narrow and pointed at both ends, enabling it to move either forwards or backwards equally well. It was originally developed for whaling, and later became popular for work along beaches, since it does not need to be turned around for beaching or refloating. The term “whaleboat” may be used informally of larger whalers, or of a boat used for whale watching.
ex) As their ship began to sink beneath the swells, the men huddled together in three small whaleboats.
~은 우연이 아니다
it is no accident
used for saying that something was planned, perhaps for dishonest reasons
ex) And I think it’s no accident that we think this way.
It is no accident that every letter we send is delayed.
in and of itself
considering it alone
ex) So maybe that’s why we think of fear, sometimes, as a danger in and of itself.
The idea in and of itself is not bad, but the side issues introduce many difficulties. Her action, in and of itself, caused us no problem.
이 사람들은 우리가 지구상에서 육지로부터 가장 멀리 떨어져 갈 수 있는 곳에 있었다.
These men were just about as far from land as it was possible to be anywhere on Earth.
due adverb
BrE /djuː/ ; NAmE /duː/
due north/south/east/west exactly; in a straight line
ex) Now the last option was the longest, and the most difficult: to sail 1,500 miles due south in hopes of reaching a certain band of winds that could eventually push them toward the coast of South America.
to sail due east
The village lies five miles due north of York.
make something of somebody | make something of something
to understand the meaning or character of somebody/something
ex) Depending on how you try to make of your fear, you can either dismiss some of your overblown scenarios and embrace a logical path there is or succumb to the powerful force brought on by groundless fear.
What do you make of it all?
I can’t make anything of this note.
I don’t know what to make of (= think of) the new manager.
가장 무섭지만 가장 일어날 것 같지 않은 그런 이야기를 무시할 수 있을 때 당신의 삶과 당신의 미래가 보다 나은 쪽으로 점차 바뀌어갈 것입니다.
When you are able to brush aside the scariest but least likely story, your life and your future will gradually change for the better.
nightmarish adjective
BrE /ˈnaɪtmeərɪʃ/ ; NAmE /ˈnaɪtmerɪʃ/
very frightening and unpleasant; very difficult to deal with
ex) Still, the fear of the new job turning into a nightmarish repeat of same old routines is stopping you from saying yes.
nightmarish living conditions
thicket noun
BrE /ˈθɪkɪt/ ; NAmE /ˈθɪkɪt/
2) a large number of things that are not easy to understand or separate
ex) That would make it easier for you to see through the thicket of facts or illusions about what might happen to you.
He spent the morning trying to work his way through a thicket of statistics.
contentious adjective
BrE /kənˈtenʃəs/ ; NAmE /kənˈtenʃəs/ (formal)
1) likely to cause disagreement between people
ex) And I’m aware that this is a contentious statement, but the reality is that so much is at stake in our countries if we let fossil fuels stay at the center of our development.
a contentious issue/topic/subject
Both views are highly contentious.
Try to avoid any contentious wording.
The government’s treatment of refugees remains a highly contentious issue.
전폭적인 지지를 얻다
win the hearts and minds
ex) And yet, a surprising idea won the hearts and minds: we would reboot the country, and that Second Republic would have no army.
outlier noun
/ˈaʊtˌlaɪ(r)/ [COUNTABLE]
1) MATHS a result that is very different from the other results in a set
2) a person who lives a long way from where they work
3) a person who is very unusual or successful and not like others in the same group
ex) But according to the Social Progress Index, we are an absolute outlier when it comes to turning GDP into social progress.
그래서 개발도상국으로서, 애초부터 사람들에게 해를 끼치는 화석 연료 없이 발전을 이루도록 하는 것이 우리에게 가장 득이 되는 것입니다.
So as a developing country, it is in our best interest to build development without fossil fuels that harm people in the first place.
모든 문장이 문법적으로 잘 구성되었다고 하더라도, 분명한 메세지를 전달하지 않는다면 그 글은 별 의미가 없는 것입니다.
Even if every single sentence is correctly built, that piece means little if it doesn’t deliver a clear message.
~에서도 똑같이 적용됩니다.
~에서도 다르지 않습니다.
The same thing is true of learning science.
That is also the case for learning science.
The same goes for learning science.
~이 ~를 있게끔 하는 것입니다.
But what’s more important is to see how those rules work with one another to make the nature what it is.
That is what made me who I am.
상황이 좋아보이지 않는다.
Things are not looking up.
Things are not looking good.
그나마 다행인 것은 중국이 이러한 사실을 알고 있고 온실 가스 배출량를 줄이기 위해 노력하고 있다는 것입니다.
The good news is China knows this and is trying to reduce the emissions levels (양).
excrement noun
BrE /ˈekskrɪmənt/ ; NAmE /ˈekskrɪmənt/ uncountable
solid waste matter that is passed from the body through the bowels
synonym faeces
ex) Or I can use scientific workds lie “excrement” and “feces.”
the pollution of drinking water by untreated human excrement
There was excrement smeared up the wall.
자갈
gravel noun
BrE /ˈɡrævl/ ; NAmE /ˈɡrævl/ [uncountable]
small stones, often used to make the surface of paths and roads
ex) The poo at the very bottom of all those layers of gravel – not touching anyone – is providing solid food for those marsh plants.
a gravel path
A gravel drive led up to the house.
a gravel pit (= a place where gravel is taken from the ground)
Put a layer of fine gravel into the bottom of the plant pot for drainage.
We parked on the gravel at the side of the road.
습지대
marshland noun
BrE /ˈmɑːʃlænd/ ; NAmE /ˈmɑːrʃlænd/ [uncountable, countable]
an area of soft wet land
ex) The poo at the very bottom of all those layers of gravel – not touching anyone – is providing solid food for those marsh plants.
low-lying areas that used to be marshland
Fertile marshlands stretched for ten miles to the south.
bummer noun
BrE /ˈbʌmə(r)/ ; NAmE /ˈbʌmər/
a bummer
singular
a disappointing or unpleasant situation
ex) The other bummer going on here with our status quo is that half of all of your poop and pee is going to fertilize farmland.
It’s a real bummer that she can’t come.
소각하다
incinerate verb
BrE /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt/ ; NAmE /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt/
[often passive] incinerate something (formal) to burn something until it is completely destroyed
ex) The other half is being incinerated or land-filled.
Most of the waste is incinerated.
응가
Doody is defined as a slang term for feces. An example of doody is the name a toddler may assign to bowel movements.
ex) And that’s a bummer to me, because there are amazing nutrients in your daily doody.
잡식 동물
- 육식 동물
** 초식 동물
*** 식충 동물
omnivore noun
BrE /ˈɒmnɪvɔː(r)/ ; NAmE /ˈɑːmnɪvɔːr/
an animal or a person that eats all types of food, especially both plants and meat
ex) It’s comparable to pig manure; we’re omnivores, they’re omnivores.
- carnivore noun
BrE /ˈkɑːnɪvɔː(r)/ ; NAmE /ˈkɑːrnɪvɔːr/
any animal that eats meat
** herbivore noun
BrE /ˈhɜːbɪvɔː(r)/ ; NAmE /ˈɜːrbɪvɔːr/ , /ˈhɜːrbɪvɔːr/
any animal that eats only plants
*** insectivore noun
BrE /ɪnˈsektɪvɔː(r)/ ; NAmE /ɪnˈsektɪvɔːr/
any animal that eats insects
lo and behold
(humorous) used for calling attention to a surprising or annoying thing
ex) As soon as we went out, lo and behold, it began to rain.
shit verb
BrE /ʃɪt/ ; NAmE /ʃɪt/ (taboo, slang)
shat BrE /ʃæt/ ; NAmE /ʃæt/ and, in British English, shitted BrE /ˈʃɪtɪd/ ; NAmE /ˈʃɪtɪd/ are also used for the past tense and past participle.
1) [intransitive, transitive] shit (something) to empty solid waste matter from the bowels
ex) And then once the building has thoroughly used everything – aka, shat in it – it’s treated to highest standard right on-site by plants and bacteria, and then infiltrated into the groundwater right below.
infiltrate verb
BrE /ˈɪnfɪltreɪt/ ; NAmE /ˈɪnfɪltreɪt/
1) [transitive, intransitive] to enter or make somebody enter a place or an organization secretly, especially in order to get information that can be used against it
ex) The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies.
Rebel forces were infiltrated into the country.
The CIA agents successfully infiltrated into the terrorist organizations.
2) [intransitive, transitive] infiltrate (into) something (specialist) (especially of liquids or gases) to pass slowly into something
ex) And then once the building has thoroughly used everything – aka, shat in it – it’s treated to highest standard right on-site by plants and bacteria, and then infiltrated into the groundwater right below.
Only a small amount of the rainwater actually infiltrates into the soil.
요양원이 원래 뭐하는 곳인가? 모름지기 환자들에게 양질의 의료 서비스를 제공하기 위해 최선을 다해야 하는 것 아닌가?
What are nursing homes for? Aren’t they supposed to do their best to provide quality care for the old people there?
