Vocabulary Enrichment 4

Question 1

票房

Answer 1

piàofáng

• box office

Question 2

好奇

Answer 2

hàoqí
• inquisitive 
• curious 
• inquisitiveness 
• curiosity

Question 3

怪异

Answer 3

guàiyì
• monstrous
• strange
• strange phenomenon

Question 4

新鲜

Answer 4

xīnxiān
• fresh (experience, food etc)
• freshness 
• novel 
• uncommon

Question 5

见怪不怪

Answer 5

jiànguàibùguài
• to keep one’s calm in the face of the unexpected
• not to wonder at strange sights

Question 6

一成不变

Answer 6

yīchéngbùbiàn
• nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
• stuck in a rut

Question 7

雅俗共赏

Answer 7

yǎsúgòngshǎng

• can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom)

Question 8

卖点

Answer 8

màidiǎn

• selling point

Question 9

焦点

Answer 9

jiāodiǎn
• focus
• focal point

Question 10

交点

Answer 10

jiāodiǎn
• meeting point
• point of intersection

Question 11

要点

Answer 11

yàodiǎn
• main point
• essential

Question 12

打败

Answer 12

dǎbài
• to defeat 
• to overpower 
• to beat 
• to be defeated

Question 13

占领

Answer 13

zhànlǐng
• to occupy (a territory)
• to hold

Question 14

吞噬

Answer 14

tūnshì
• to swallow
• to engulf
• to gobble up

Question 15

统治

Answer 15

tǒngzhì
• to rule (a country)
• to govern 
• rule 
• regime

Question 16

看穿

Answer 16

kànchuān

• see through (a person, scheme, trick etc)

Question 17

证明

Answer 17

zhèngmíng
• proof 
• certificate 
• identification 
• testimonial 
M: gè [个]
• to prove 
• to testify 
• to confirm the truth of

Question 18

识破

Answer 18

shípò
• to penetrate
• to see through

Question 19

死尸

Answer 19

sǐshī
• a corpse
• a dead body

Question 20

狰狞

Answer 20

zhēngníng
• malevolent
• fierce
• sinister

Question 21

扭曲

Answer 21

niǔqū
• to twist
• to warp
• to distort

Question 22

可憎

Answer 22

kězēng

• disgusting

Question 23

骇人

Answer 23

hàirén
• terrifying
• shocking
• dreadful

Question 24

功效

Answer 24

gōngxiào

• efficacy

Question 25

效力

Answer 25

xiàolì • effectiveness • positive effect • to serve (in some capacity)

Question 26

功能

Answer 26

gōngnéng • function • capability

Question 27

倒悬

Answer 27

dàoxuán • lit. to hang upside down • fig. in dire straits

Question 28

惊悚

Answer 28

jīngsǒng • horror (movie) • thriller

Question 29

望尘莫及

Answer 29

wàngchénmòjí • lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) • to be far inferior

Question 30

一览无遗

Answer 30

yīlǎnwúyí | • be plainly visible

Question 31

不遗余力

Answer 31

bùyíyúlì | • to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost

Question 32

淋漓尽致

Answer 32

línlíjìnzhì • lit. extreme saturation (idiom); incisive and vivid • thoroughly (unrestrained) • the ultimate in...

Question 33

结构

Answer 33

``` jiégòu • structure • composition • makeup • architecture ```

Question 34

特效

Answer 34

tèxiào • special effect • specially good effect • especially efficacious

Question 35

高超

Answer 35

gāochāo • excellent • superlative

Question 36

优秀

Answer 36

yōuxiù • outstanding • excellent

Question 37

独特

Answer 37

dútè • unique • distinct • having special characteristics

Question 38

颠覆

Answer 38

``` diānfù • to topple (i.e. knock over) • to capsize • fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion) • to undermine • to subvert ```

Question 39

紧密

Answer 39

jǐnmì | • inseparably close

Question 40

紧缩

Answer 40

``` jǐnsuō • to reduce • to tighten • to cut back (budget etc) • recession ```