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crabmeat
蟹肉
mayonnaise
蛋黃醬
cut glass
雕花玻璃
caviar
魚子醬
cafeteria
自助餐廳
french fries
薯條
cheeseburger
芝士漢堡
vanilla frappe
香草刨冰
expense account
報銷憑證
master of ceremonies
主持人
linen
亞麻
place card
席位名牌
à la mode
冰淇淋⋯⋯
lettuce
生菜
neckerchief
領巾
all-purpose
萬能的、多用的
première
首映
swivel chair
轉椅
When you graduate from college, you have to be apprenticed to some elites in the line of yours first.
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You ought to read French and German, and probably several other languages as well, Spanish and Italian–better still, Russian. Hundreds of girls flood into New York every June thinking they’ll be editors. You need to offer something more than the run-of-the-mill person. You better learn some languages.
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carotene
胡蘿蔔素
Don’t let the wicked city let you down.
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eggbeater
打蛋器
revolving door
旋轉門
chrysanthemum
菊花
chain smoker
手執一縷絲絲不斷的煙民
morale
精神面貌
a bite to eat
隨便吃點
simultaneous interpreter
同聲傳譯員
tuberculosis
肺結核
hypocrite
偽君子
tip a person
給小費,打賞
out of the blue
出其不意
Gray’s Anatomy
Book
parsley
西芹
What a man wants is a mate and what a woman wants is infinite security.
What a man is is an arrow into the future and what a woman is is the place the arrow shoots off from.
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convertible
敞篷車
soundproof
隔音
crotch
分岔之處
war correspondent
戰地記者
elope
私奔
chastity
貞操,童貞
Instead of the world being divided up into Catholics and Protestants or Republicans and Democrats or white men and black men or even men and women, I saw the world divided into people who had slept with somebody and people who hadn’t, and this seemed the only really significant difference between one person and another.
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make a point of
強調
keep clear of
不接觸
totalitarian
極權主義的
turnoff
岔道,岔路
oatmeal cookies
燕麥曲奇
thermo
保溫壺
push-ups
俯臥撐
reception room
接待室
sanatorium
療養院
malady
疾病
fetus
胎兒
hexagon
六邊形,六角形
disinfectant
消毒劑
thermometer
溫度計
All sickness is sickness of the will.
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asterisk
星號
stethoscope
聽診器
mannequin
人體模型
love seat
雙人沙發
powder room
化妝間
props
道具
ventriloquist
口技表演者
eyeshadow
眼影
mascara
睫毛膏
letter of acceptance
錄取函
pseudonym
化名,假名,筆名,藝名
stole
女用披肩
sheath
女用緊身衣
bathrobe
浴袍
folding chair
折疊椅
squeezer
榨汁機
tricycle
三輪車
laryngitis
咽喉炎
admissions office
招生辦
Scotch tape
透明膠帶
bedstead
床架
mattress
床墊
AMA
American Medical Association
peppermint
薄荷
the Big Dipper
北斗七星
cicada
蟬
lawnmower
鋤草機
oblong
長方形
replica
複製品
card table
牌桌
Sylvia Plath effect
西爾維亞·普拉斯效應
bureau
書桌
parchment
羊皮紙
floor lamp
落地燈
light bulb
燈泡
station wagon
旅行車
cut-price
打折的,廉價的
succumb
死亡
creative writing
創意寫作
cul-de-sack
死胡同
Band-Aid
創可貼
medicine cabinet
衛生間藥櫥
ticket booth
售票亭
chintz
印花棉布
cylinder
圓柱
halter
露背緊身衣
boarding house
寄宿公寓
dog paddle
狗刨
light fixtures
燈具
chandelier
吊燈
asylum
救助站,精神病院
abnormal psychology
變態心理學
The more hopeless you were, the further away they hid you.
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eardrums
耳鼓,耳膜
lifebuoy
救生圈
maternity ward
產房
No matter how much you knelt and prayed, you still had to eat three meals a day and have a job and live in the world.
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atheist
無神論者
liken
苔蘚
mackintosh
雨衣
azalea
杜鵑花
strongbox
保險箱
jewelry box
首飾盒
There are lots of blind people in the world.
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syphilis
梅毒
stiletto
細高跟鞋
radiator
暖氣片,散熱器
Wherever I sat–on the deck of a ship or at a street café in Paris or Bangkok–I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air.
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insulin
胰島素
jodhpurs
短馬褲
fraternity
兄弟會
deck chair
輕便折疊躺椅
tinfoil
包糖的錫紙
cocoon
繭,蛹
isosceles triangle
等腰三角形
stretchers
擔架
nervous system
神經系統
acne
青春痘
lecture notes
講義
dressing gown
晨衣
prescription pad
處方箋
engagement ring
訂婚戒指
psychiatrist
精神科醫生
veto
否決權,行使否決權
student café
學生咖啡館,校園咖啡館
hemorrhage
大出血
myopic
近視的
gauze
醫用紗布
“I thought you should know,” Doctor Quinn said. “Joan has been found.”
Doctor Quinn’s use of the passive slowed my blood.
被動語態常常用於傳達不幸消息。
labyrinth
迷宮
administration building
行政大樓
alumna
女校友
maître d’hôtel
餐廳領班
pragmatist
實用主義者
scrapbook
剪貼簿
It’s quite amazing how I’ve gone around for most of my life as in the rarefied atmosphere under a bell jar.
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academic freedom
學術自由
controversy
論戰、公開辯論
summa cum laude
成績全優地
miscarriage
流產
appendectomy
闌尾切除
living expenses
生活費用
pot boiler
劇透
Human experience is horrid and ungovernable.
All relationships are puppetlike and meaningless.
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sedatives
鎮靜劑
au pair
互裨
To the person in The Bell Jar, black and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is a bad dream.
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The bell jar experience
A
rite of passage
成人祭
schizophrenia
精神分裂
How to sort out your life, how to work out what you want.
If you are less than perfect, you could lose everything in a moment.
The themes of The Bell Jar
conservatism
保守主義
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
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Man is the only real enemy we have.
All men are enemies.
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dissentient
反對者
tyrannize
統治
enmity
仇視
elaborate
詳盡闡述
a complete system of thought
完整的思想體系
expound
詳細講解
tell tales
搬弄是非
maltreat
虐待
castrate
閹割
straw hat
草帽
dissertation
學位論文
academic conference
學術會議
job market
就業市場
convention room
會議室
placenta
胎盤
cesarean
剖腹產
summarize
概述,總結,摘要
Absorbing details
Summarizing chapters
Outlining arguments
Method
teaching duties
教職
adviser
顧問,導師
graduate school
研究生院
mug
馬克杯
garbage pail
垃圾桶
cutting board
砧板
sneakers
運動膠鞋
hanger
衣架
olive oil
橄欖油
pasta
義大利麵
basmati rice
corn oil
印度香米
玉米油
Muslim
穆斯林
plastic bags
塑料袋
canvas bag
帆布袋
yams
山藥
ginger root
薑
obstetrician
產科醫生
rosemary
迷迭香
marinate
醃
defrost
解凍
coriander
香菜
recipe
食譜
cauliflower
菜花,花椰菜
fennel
茴香
almond
杏仁
proofreader
校對
rocking chair
搖椅
cushion
椅墊
whisks
攪拌器
mortar and pestle
杵臼
garlic cloves
蒜瓣
cardamom
荳蔻
birthday candles
生日蠟燭
shrine
神龕
bedside table
床頭桌
guest room
客房
department store
百貨商場
rogan josh
咖喱羊肉(印度料理)
makeshift
臨時的,權宜的
guest list
客人名單
power failures
電力故障,停電
amoebic dysentery
變形蟲痢疾
Truth or dare?
鋌而走險、不說實話就出醜
address book
通訊錄
lecture hall
公共教室
recital
獨奏、獨唱、朗誦
grocery list
採購清單
corner store
街角便利店,社區便利店
detergent
清潔劑
the wicks of the candles
燭芯
windbreaker
防風夾克
sympathy card
唁卡
honeydew
白蘭瓜
Urdu
烏爾都語
Sanskrit
梵語
ice cream cone
甜筒
hotel bar
賓館酒吧
bartender
吧員
mannish
男子氣的
human brain
人腦
advanced computer
高級計算機
robot
機器人
junk mail
垃圾郵件
periodicals
期刊