Unit 2

Question 1

antics

Answer 1

滑稽動作 ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

Question 2

avowed

Answer 2

公開宣布 declared openly and without shame, acknowledged

Question 3

banter

Answer 3

嘲笑 to exchange playful remarks, tease; talk that is playful and teasing

Question 4

bountiful

Answer 4

豐富 giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly

Question 5

congested

Answer 5

擁擠 overcrowd, filled or occupied to excess

Question 6

detriment

Answer 6

損害 harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage

Question 7

durable

Answer 7

耐用 sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years

Question 8

enterprising

Answer 8

進取 energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination

Question 9

frugal

Answer 9

節儉 economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor meager

Question 10

gingerly

Answer 10

小心翼翼 with extreme care or caution

Question 11

glut

Answer 11

供過於求 to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of over stuffing; an oversupply

Question 12

incognito

Answer 12

匿名 in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; the state of being disguised; a person in disguise

Question 13

invalidate

Answer 13

廢止 to make valueless, take away all force of effect

Question 14

legendary

Answer 14

傳說中的 described in well-known stories; existing in old stories rather than in real life

Question 15

maim

Answer 15

殘廢 to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate

Question 16

minimize

Answer 16

最小化 to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before

Question 17

oblique

Answer 17

斜 slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct

Question 18

veer

Answer 18

轉向 to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve

Question 19

venerate

Answer 19

敬 to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

Question 20

wanton

Answer 20

放肆 reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals