Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before | Voc | 11.2024

Question 1

Brim

Answer 1

verb [ I ]
UK /brɪm/ US /brɪm/
-mm-

to become full of something, especially a liquid
注滿，裝滿（尤指液體）
Her eyes brimmed with tears when she heard that he was alive.
當她聽説他活著時，眼裡噙滿了淚水。
figurative His recent triumphs have left the tennis ace brimming (over) with (= full of) confidence and energy.
最近的幾次勝利使這位網球高手充滿信心和活力。

brim noun (TOP)
[ C ]
the very top edge of a container
（容器的）邊
She poured the cream until it reached the brim.
她將鮮奶油倒滿。
He filled the glass to the brim.
她把玻璃杯倒滿。
She passed him the mug, filled/full to the brim with hot black coffee.
她遞給他杯子，裡面裝滿熱騰騰的黑咖啡。

Question 2

quest

Answer 2

noun [ C ] literary
UK /kwest/ US /kwest/
C2
a long search for something that is difficult to find, or an attempt to achieve something difficult
探索；尋求；追求
Nothing will stop them in their quest for truth.
沒有甚麼可以阻止他們對真理的追求。
She went to India on a spiritual quest.
她為了追求宗教而去印度。
[ + to infinitive ] She does aerobics four times a week in her quest to achieve the perfect body.
為了鍛煉完美的身材，她一週做四次有氧健身操。

Question 3

Swerve

Answer 3

verb [ I ]
UK /swɜːv/ US /swɝːv/
to change direction, especially suddenly
突然改變方向，緊急轉彎
The bus driver swerved to avoid hitting a cyclist.
為了不撞上騎自行車的人，這輛公共汽車只好緊急轉彎。

If you do not swerve from a principle or certain actions, you continue to think or act as you did in the beginning.
改變，背離
She is one of those rare politicians whom one can trust not to swerve from policy and principle.
她是一位難得可以信賴的政治家，不會背離自己的政策和原則。

Question 4

Harness

Answer 4

V.
to control something, usually in order to use its power
控制；利用…的動力
There is a great deal of interest in harnessing wind and waves as new sources of power.
人們對開發利用風和波浪這些新能源非常感興趣。

Question 5

in harness with

Answer 5

idiom
working together to achieve something
與…合作

Question 6

formidable

Question 7

entwine

Question 8

notch

Question 9

humiliate

Question 10

humiliate

Question 11

stoke the fire

Question 12

all-consuming

Question 13

parasympathetic