Vocabulary - L(l)

• look forward to something:(慣用語)歡喜期待。

〉〉　I'm really looking forward to seeing you in Taipei next week. (我很期待下週在台北與你相見。)

• laugh off:(慣用語)以笑掩蓋或對...一笑智之。

〉〉 She laughed off the incident. (她對這件事一笑置之。)

• liken someone or something to someone or something:(慣用語)把某人或某事比做某人或某事。

〉〉 The actress has been likened to a young Elizabeth Taylor. (這位女星一值被比做是年輕版的玉婆伊麗莎白、泰勒。)

• lookout:(n)守望員、監視者，(口)該關心的事。

〉〉 if they want to throw their money away, that is their lookout. (如果他們想亂花錢，那是他們自己的事。)

• longevity:(n)長壽、壽命。

〉〉 Her family is known for its longevity. (她的家族以長壽知名。)

• let loose: (phr. v.)只釋出、放任。

〉〉 She let loose a long sigh. (她發出一道長聲嘆息。)

• land in: (慣用語)落入某種境地，特別是不好的境地，像是陷入一團亂、入獄或惹上麻煩。

〉〉 You're going to land in jail if you don't mend your ways. (你若不修正你的做法，就等著吃牢飯。)

• lead by example:(phr.)以身做則。

〉〉 God leaders must lead by example. (好的領導人必須以身作則。)

• light-hearted:(a)輕鬆愉快的。

〉〉 I found her in a light-hearted mood. (我覺得她的心情不錯。)

• laundry: (n)指洗衣店、洗衣房、洗好或待洗的衣服、洗燙。

〉〉　She sorted the laundry. (她把髒衣分類。)

• lovestruck(或寫為love-struck):(a)熱戀的，被愛沖昏頭的。

〉〉 You act like lovestruck teenager. (你的行為就像被愛沖昏的年輕小夥子。)

• languish:(v)變的無生氣，衰弱。

〉〉 We all languished in the tropocal climate. (受熱帶氣候影響，我們都變得疲倦無力。)

• lapdog:(n)寵物狗。

〉〉 His coworkers regarded him as the boss's lapdog. (他的工作夥伴視他為老闆的寵物狗。)

• look to:(片語動詞)指面對朝向、看過去、留神照料、依靠指望、展望思考。

〉〉 You should look to the future. (你應該往前看。)

• later on:之後、以後、後來

〉〉 I will call again later on. (我以後再打電話來。)

• latch on to (sb/sth):(v)抓住，理解，糾解(尤指當對方沒興趣時)。

〉〉 Rachel latched on to a rich guy at the party. (瑞秋在派對上緊纏著一個有錢的傢伙。)

• land in trouble:(vp)指陷入困境。

〉〉 His carelessness has landed him in trouble. (他的粗心大意已讓他陷入麻煩。)

• loaded:(俚語)(a)非常有錢。

〉〉 Look at Josh's Ferrari! He must be loaded. (看看喬許的法拉利！ 他一定很有錢。)

• Lucullan:(a)富裕的、奢華的。

〉〉 We enjoyed Lucullan food and wines that night. (我們那天晚上享受了奢華美食和美酒。)

• look forward to:(慣用語)期待，後接名詞或動名詞(V+ing)。

〉〉 We are looking forward to your visit next month. (我們期待你下個月來訪。)

• loose change: 零錢。

〉〉 TSA callected $531,000 in loose change last year. (美國運輸安全局去年蒐集到53萬1000美元的零錢。)

• LED: Light Emitting Diode的縮寫，發光二極體。

〉〉 Most digital watches use LED display. (大多數的電子表使用發光二極體顯示螢幕。)

• lead:(v)指引導、指導、領先、通往、導致、過生活。

〉〉 She leads a happt life with her husband. (她和她的先生過著快樂的生活。)

• lease: (v)出租;(n)指租約、租賃物。

〉〉 They took out a two-year lease on the house. (他們解除房子為期兩年的租約。)

• literally:(ad)按照字面地；實在地。
• lottery:(n)彩卷、摸彩、碰運氣的事。

〉〉 Finding a job there is a lottery. (要在那兒找到工作全得碰運氣。)

• landscape: (n)風景畫。

〉〉 J.M.W Turner is one of Britain's best-known landscape Painters. (透納是英國最著名的風景畫畫家之一。)

• liberation: (v)解放、釋放。

〉〉People celebration the liberation from colonial slavery. (人民歡慶從殖民奴役中解放。)

• look forward to something: (idiom)期待。

〉〉 I'm liiking forward to my trip to Hokkaido next year. (我期待明年的北海道之旅。)

• listen for: (vp.)留心請聽，以聽見某特定聲音。

〉〉Listen for the footsteps that are getting closer. (注意聽那逐漸接近的腳步聲音。)

• leave (something/nothing) to chance: (VP)，(不)靠運氣解決某事，聽天由命。

〉〉Sam always makes plan for everything. He doesn't leave anything to chance. (山姆向來位每件事情做好計畫。他對任何事情都不心存僥倖。)

• loosely(adv)鬆散地
• loosen(v)放鬆