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１２／２４單字筆記

2010-12-17T19:59:14+09:00

1. roadblock noun [countable] /ˈroʊdˌblɑk/

原句: To be a roadblock to an enjoyable vacation.

意思: a part of a road, street, or highway where police or soldiers stop traffic, especially to make checks

例句: Police set up roadblocks in an attempt to capture Dutroux.

１２／２３單字筆記

2010-12-17T19:58:16+09:00

1. retro adjective /ˈretroʊ/

原句: The retro aspect is definitely powerful.

意思: deliberately intended to be like clothes, music, etc. from the recent past

字源: French rétro, short for rétrospectif retrospective

例句: It is about the retro fashions that seek to capture the lost glamour of Hollywood in the 1930s.

１２／２２單字筆記

2010-12-17T19:57:10+09:00

1. outsource verb

原句: But Knudstorp did more than just cut jobs and outsource manufacturing to far-flung places.

意思: to procure (as some goods or services needed by a business or organization) under contract with an outside supplier

例句: The company outsources many of its jobs to less developed countries.

１２／２１單字筆記

2010-12-17T19:30:28+09:00

1. lucrative adjective /ˈlukrətɪv/

原句: It's any number of the lucrative tie-ins.

意思: bringing a lot of money

字源: Middle English lucratif, from Middle French, from Latin lucrativus, from lucratus, past participle of lucrari to gain, from lucrum

例句: The business has proved to be highly lucrative.

１２／２０單字筆記

2010-12-17T19:29:39+09:00

1. approve verb /əˈpruv/

原句: Once it's approved, the grid team puts it in the work queue.

意思:
a. to have a positive feeling toward someone or something that you consider to be good or suitable
b. to give official agreement or permission to something

字源: Middle English, from Anglo-French apruer, approver, from Latin approbare, from ad- + probare to prove

例句:
a. You’re leaving college! Do your parents approve?
b. This year’s budget package has been formally approved by the legislature.

１２／１７課堂筆記

2010-12-17T14:47:29+09:00

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１２／１７單字筆記

2010-12-11T15:12:02+09:00

1. disperse verb /dɪˈspɜrs/

原句: A full-time staff of seven--dispersed across the country.

意思: to spread, or to make things spread, in different directions over a wide area

例句: Birds disperse a large proportion of the seeds.
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１２／１６單字筆記

2010-12-11T15:07:24+09:00

1. epitomize verb /ɪˈpɪtəˌmaɪz/

原句: Epitomize thousands of years of tradition.

意思: to be the best possible example of a particular type of person or thing

例句: Singapore’s Changi airport epitomizes the state’s efficiency.

１２／１５單字筆記

2010-12-11T15:03:31+09:00

1. jittery adjective /ˈdʒɪtəri/

原句: It can make you jittery and contribute to insomnia.

意思: feeling nervous and upset, and sometimes being unable to keep still because of this

例句: I always get jittery when I have to give a speech.
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１２／１４單字筆記

2010-12-11T14:46:23+09:00

1. cognitive adjective /ˈkɑɡnətɪv/

原句: Recent research suggests caffeine could help protect against cognitive decline.

意思: in psychology, a cognitive science or process is one that is connected with recognizing and understanding things

例句: Homo sapiens' survival is founded in their filling an evolutionary niche referred to as the cognitive niche.
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