Vocabulary - Z(z)

zip(n)拉鍊

Vocabulary - Y(y)

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• Yid: (有貶抑之意味的)猶太人。
• Yiddish: 意第緒語(流亡中歐、東歐的猶太人使用的語言)
• yacht: (n)遊艇。

〉〉a sailing yacht. (一艘航行的遊艇。)

• yield(n)收益；利潤

Vocabulary - X(x)

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• xenophobic:恐懼、仇視外國人或事的。

〉〉 After years of xenophobic isolation, the country now encourages tourism. (這個國家在恐外孤立多年後，如今鼓勵發展觀光事業。)

• xeno-:外國的、陌生的、異鄉的

• xanthin(n)葉黃素

Vocabulary - W(w)

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• wrestle:(v)指搏鬥、設法解決；(n)指摔角、鬥爭。

〉〉 We're wresting with the problem. (我們正絞盡腦汁處理此問題。)

• would-be:(a)想要成為的、原想要的、假冒的。

〉〉 a would-be suicide (未遂的自殺)

• work out: (v.phr.)解決，如預期進展，耗竭(資源、體力等)。

〉〉 The project works out well. (這項計畫進展順利。)

• wonder:(v)感到驚訝、訝異、好奇。 

〉〉 I wonder at you. (你怎麼搞的。)

• wind up with: (phr.)以擁有...做為結束。

〉〉 I don't want to wind up with all the kids for the weekend. (我不想跟所有這些小孩共度週末。)

• ward off: (v. phr.)阻擋、阻止。

〉〉 We built fires to ward off the cold. (我們生火驅寒意。)

• watch over someone or something:(慣用語)監看或照料某人或某事。

• what if: (ad)要是...如何；要是...會怎麼樣。

〉〉 What if John Fitzgerald Kennedy had not been 會(要是甘迺迪總統沒有被暗殺會怎麼樣？)

• when the dust settles:(慣用語)字面意義為塵埃落定；形容事情平靜下來。
• wield:(v)使用、掌握、控制。

〉〉 It is still the rich nations which wield the power. (現在掌握大權的仍是富國。)

• windfall:(n)預期之外突然出現的收入。

〉〉 The government plans to impose a windfall profit tax on oil companies. (政府打算對石油公司徵收暴利稅。)

• waddle:(v)(鴨、鵝等)搖搖擺擺地走。

〉〉 A fat duck waddled across the field. (一隻肥鵝搖搖擺擺地穿過田地。)

• waive:(v)放棄、推遲、擱置。

〉〉 Anna waived her right to become a police. (安那放棄了當警察的權利。)

• wedded to:(a)執著的、堅信的、支持的(對想法、理念等)。

〉〉 Josh is still wedded to the Democratic Party. (喬許還是很支持民主黨。)

• (walk with/have) a spring in your step: 指卻躍邁步。

〉〉 As he walked into the office that morning, there was a spring in this step. (那天早上，他以雀躍步伐走進辦公室。)

• weed out:(片語)清除、淘汰。

〉〉 We have to weed out the weaked player before tourment begins. (我們必須在巡迴賽之前淘汰最弱的球員。)

• warm up: (ph.)使暖和。

〉〉The house soon warms up with the heating on. (暖氣一開，屋子裡很快就暖合起來了。)

• ward off: (v)擊退、抵擋。

〉〉I have taken vitamin C in the hope of warding off cold. (我吃了維他命C，希望能預防感冒。)

• weigh(v)秤重；重達；仔細考慮
• whole(a)全部的，全體的，所有的；整個的，完整的，無缺的，無損的；健全的；【數】整(數)的；(自我)完全的；(n)全部，全體；整體，統一體；完全的自我
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Vocabulary - V(v)

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• vie:(v)競爭、爭奪。

〉〉 They are vying to win the championship for the fifth year in a row. (他們爭取連續第五年奪冠。)

• vandalize:(v)指肆意破壞公共財物，尤指文化藝術品。

〉〉 The bus shelter was vandalized by a gang of yoths. (那個公車候車亭被一幫青少年大肆破壞。)

• vandal:(n)指(古代東日耳曼部落)汪達爾人、文化藝術的破壞者、野蠻人；(a)指汪達爾人的、破壞文化藝術的。

〉〉 The damage to the sculpture is the work of vandals. (該雕塑品遭毀損是有心人士所為。)

• villain:(n)壞人、罪犯。

〉〉 Don't try to make me the villain. It's your own fault that you're having these problem. (不要讓我當壞人。這是你們自己的錯誤，是你們有這些問題。)

• venerable:(a)德高望重的。

〉〉 venerable family (德高望重的家族。)

• vulnerable:(a)脆弱易受傷。

〉〉 He was very vulnerable after his divorce. (他在離婚後變得非常脆弱。)

• volcano:(n)火山。

〉〉 The volcano last erupted 25 years ago. (這座火山上次噴發是在25年前。)

• vent: (v)發洩憤怒或強烈的負面情緒。

〉〉The football fans vent anger at their team's loss by booing the players. (這群足球迷對球員報以噓聲，藉以發洩對他們支持球隊輸球的怒氣。) 

• vie:(v)指競爭，後面常接for或with。

〉〉They vied with each other for first place. (他們彼此角逐第一名寶座。)

• validation(n)批准；確認
• visible(a)可見的；明顯的；顯而易見的

Vocabulary - U(u)

• upstage:(v)將注意力(從某人或事物上搶走)。

〉〉 I don't want the flower girl upstaging the bride. (我們不希望這名花童搶走新娘的風采。)

• until further notice:(慣用語)意指某種期況在另外有所宣布錢不會改變。

〉〉 The museum of art is closed to the public until further notice. (美術館關閉，何時開放將另行通知。)

• underneath:(a)指較低的、下面的；(ad)指在底下；(prep.)指在下頭、在領導或控制下；(n)指下部、底部。

〉〉 Underneath his anger is his fear. (隱藏在他憤怒底下的是他的恐懼。)

• used to (接原形動詞):(phr.)(現在不存在的)過去習慣。

〉〉 I uesd to drive to work, but now I take MRT. (以前我開車上班，現在改搭捷運。)

• uphold:(v)支持。

〉〉 We uphold the principle of racial equality. (我們支持種族平等原則。) 

• untapped:(a)未被利用的、未被開發的(資源、才能、人力等)。

〉〉 Woman are an untapped driver of economic growth. (女性是有待開發的經濟成長驅動力。)

• unveil: (v)揭露、揭幕。

〉〉 The company will unveil its newst product tomorrow. (公司明天將揭曉最新的產品。)

• ubiquitous:(a)到處都存在的。

〉〉 The company's advertisements are ubiquitous. (這家公司的廣告無所不在。)

• unfurl:(v)展開。

〉〉 They unfurled the sail. (他們將船帆展開。)

• unearth:(v)(從地下)挖出、挖掘、找到、發現。

〉〉 The unearthed an old document to solve the mystery of this murder case. (他們找到一份舊文件，以解開謀殺案的謎團。)

• unwary:(a)沒有防備心、沒有警覺可能有問題的。
• use up something/ use something up:(慣用語)用光，用罄。

〉〉 He gets a whole month of vacation but he uses it up before the year was half over. (他有一整個月的假期，卻在這一年還沒過完一半就用完了。)

• utter: (a)完全的、徹底的、十足的，如：utter nonsense, 完全胡說八道; utter drakness, 暗得伸手不見五指。(v) 發出(聲音)；說，講。

〉〉 Don't worry, I'll keep your secret. I won't utter a word. (別擔心，我會幫你保密。我一個字也不會說。)

• until(prep)直到...為止；(用於否定句)在...以前,直到...(才)；(conj)直到...為止；(用於否定句)在...以前,直到...(才) = till。until比較正式。
• up to date()最新的；可以表示到現在, 直到現在, 相當於時間副詞, 與簡單現在式或現在完成式連用。還可以表示現代的, 最新的, 作修飾語或主詞補語。
• utilize(v)利用

Vocabulary - T(t)

• tarnish:(v)晦暗，敗壞(聲譽)。

〉〉 His reputation has been tarnished by racist remarks. (這番種族歧視言論損及他的名聲。)

• take matters into one's own hands:(慣用語)(該解決問題不處理，因此)自己處理問題。

〉〉 We felt strongly that the trade pact could hurt our workers. We decided to take the matter into our own hands. (我們強烈認為該貿易協定可能傷害我們的勞工。我們決定自力救濟。)

• thanks to:(phr.)幸虧，因為。

〉〉 The baby is awake thanks to your shouting. (都怪你大叫，把寶寶吵醒了。)

• to one's surprise:令人驚訝的是。

〉〉 To my surprise, he failed to turn up. (令我驚訝的是，他沒有露面。)

• TPO(third-party ownership):指足球球隊與第三方(企業法人與自然人)之間的協議，以換取某足球選手未來轉隊產生之經濟權益的所有權持分。
• track:(v)追蹤...的進展。

〉〉 The study tracked the careers of 1226 doctors who trained at the University of Michigan Medical school. (該研究針對曾在密西根大學醫學院受訓的1226名醫生。)

• turn up: 出現、來到。

〉〉　My parents turned up unexpectedly. (我的父母出奇不意地現身。)

• turn up: (phr. v.)指音量調升、出現、找到。

〉〉 He didn't turn up at ten. (他十點時沒有出現。)

• top-notch:(a)第一流的。

〉〉 That restaurant's really top-notch. (那家餐廳甄棒。)

• take revenge: 報復、復仇。

〉〉 Man may destroy the balance of nature, but from time to time, nature takes a terrible revenge. (畫家試圖描繪日落的壯麗景象。)

• thumbs-up:(n)豎起大拇指，表示贊成或滿意。

〉〉 The new policy gets the thumbs-up from everyone. (這項新政策獲得每個人的支持。)

• take matters in your own hands:(慣用語)(由於負責人無法解決，所以)自己跳下來解決問題；自力救濟。

〉〉 The police haven't done anything about the shoplifting, so local shop owners have taken matters into their own hands. (警方對商店順手牽羊問題毫無作為，當地商店老闆只好自立救濟。)

• take up:(片語動詞)意思眾多，對於某事物產生興趣或醉心於某事物。
• throw out:(片語動詞)逐字、不予考慮。

〉〉 Amy was thrown out form the bar. (艾咪被趕出了酒吧。)

• tax break:指減稅。

〉〉 Tax break were created to help low-incoming family. (減稅的設計用來幫助低收入家庭。)

• thwart:(n)指橫樑；(v)指反對、阻礙、橫跨；(a)止橫放的、固執的；(ad)指橫向地。

〉〉 He tried to thwart my plan. (他設法破壞我的計畫。)

• tear into someone:(v)強批評某人。

〉〉 My boss tore into me just because he didn't agree with me. (我的主管只因和我意見不同就痛批我。)

• thoroughfare:(n)大街，幹道。

〉〉 Don't park your car on the busy thoroughfare. (不要將車停在繁忙的大街上。)

• trespassing:(v)擅自進入。

〉〉 The sign said "No Trespassing". (警告牌上說：「不得擅自進入」。)

• take advantage of someone or something:(慣用語)利用某人或某事；佔某人或某事的便宜、多加利用。

〉〉 Please take advantage of the consultant while he is here in the office. (請在顧問還在辦公室時多加利用尋求諮詢。)

• turn down:(片語)拒絕。

〉〉 He turned down the job because it involved too much travelling. (他拒絕這份工作，因為出差太頻繁。)

• tremendous:(n)巨大的，極好的。

〉〉　This performance was tremendous！(這場表演棒極了！)

• tranquilizer:(n)鎮定劑。

〉〉 Tranquilizer darts. (麻醉吹箭、麻醉鏢。)

• think through something/think something through: (慣用語)深思熟慮，特別是在做出重要決定前。

〉〉 Let me think this through and call you tomorrow morning. (讓我好好想想，明早回電話給你。)

• tend(to): 注意、關心。

〉〉 You'd better tend to you own affairs. (你還是管好自己的事吧。)

• take to:(vp)指喜歡、習慣於、開始從事。

〉〉 Did the children take to her? (孩子們喜歡上她嗎？)
〉〉 I have taken to having a shower every morning. (我已習慣在每個早晨沖澡。)

• take/get/draw inspiration from:(vp)指靈感或啟示或自。

〉〉 He took inspiration from the immense occen. (他從廣闊無邊的大海獲得啟示。)

• take effect:(慣用語)生效。

〉〉 The new laws took effect last year. (新法去年生效。)

• the height of:(phr.)...的高峰。

〉〉 August is the height of the tourist season. (8月是旅遊旺季。)

• turn to: (片語)求助於、求教於、查閱。

〉〉 One can always turn to music for comfort. (一個人總可以從音樂得到安慰。)

• take up: (ph)在此指吸收、溶解

〉〉Sponges takes up water. (海綿吸水。)

• trade barbs: (vp)以侮辱或攻擊性的話語互相批評。

〉〉Chendler and Ross trade barbs over who should be responsible for the failed project. (錢德勒與羅斯為了誰該為這項失敗的專案負責互相攻擊。)

• take something in (one's) stride: (idiom)形容面對逆境時抱持平常心，冷靜以對。

〉〉 There's a lot of presure at work but he seems to take it all in her stride. (儘管工作上有許多壓力，但他看似以平常心面對。)

• touch:(v)在此指觸發動、感動。

〉〉Her said story touched him. (她悲傷的故事處動他。)

• tap: (v)認命、選擇。 tap somebody as ~ (任命某人為...)。又指接通，也可指竊聽。

〉〉NSB tapped our home phones. (國安局竊聽我們家的電話。)

• take effect產生預期的或要求的結果；生效；實施；實行;起作用
• thwarted(a)橫放的；倔強的
• till(prep)直到...為止；(用於否定句)在...以前,直到...(才)；(conj)直到...為止；(用於否定句)在...以前,直到...(才) = until。until比較正式。
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Vocabulary - S(s)

• set:(v)安排。

〉〉 Everything was set according to schedule. (一切都按照時間表準備就緒。)

• speculate:(v)推測。

〉〉 We don't know what happend, we can only speculate. (我們不知道發生什麼事，我們只能推測。)

• slug it out:(v.phra)為某事爭論或競爭，直到分出勝負。

〉〉 The eight qualified teams will slug it out for world cup title. (這8支晉級球隊將力爭這屆世界盃冠軍。)

• swoop on:(慣用語)撲向，襲擊。
• stitch:(n)一針；(v)縫。

〉〉 A stitch in time saves nine. (諺語，即時一針省九針；及時行事，事半功倍。)

• steer clear of:(v.phr.)避開、躲開。

〉〉 Drivers are advised to steer clear of the I-10 highway from a aviod heavy traffic. (駕駛人被告知避開I-10公路，以免塞車。)

• score:(v)得分、贏得、打分數，或指做記號、批評。

〉〉 In American foot ball, a touch down scores 6 points. (在美式足球中，一次達陣得6分。)

• surge:(v)激增。
• 〉〉 Housing prices have surged in recent month. (房價在最近幾個月快速飆漲)
• skirt:(v)迴避(困難、尷尬問題)

〉〉 The president skirted controversial issue in his state of the union address. (總統在國情咨文中避談爭議議題。)

• shortlist:(n)從一群體中選擇出少數人以供(獎項、工作等)最後選拔用的候選人名單。
• stuff:(n)指材料、原料、資料、現金、填充物；(v)塞滿、填飽、吃的過多。

〉〉 I'm so stuffed. (我吃得很撐。)

• speculation:(n.)推測。

〉〉 He dismissed their theoried as mere speculation. (他駁斥他們的理論只是推測。)

• stint:(n)節省、吝嗇、限制、(從事某事的)一段時間。用法如：a two-year stint abroad (在外國待2年)
• spot:(n)指地點、斑點、污漬；(v)指點綴、玷汙、認出、偵查敵方目標；(a)指立即的、現場報導的。

〉〉 He failed to spot the error in time. (他未能及時發現該錯誤。)

• shed light on: (v.phr.)釐清，解釋。

〉〉 These maintenance records will shed light on the cause of the car accident. (這些保修記錄將釐清這起車禍的原因。)

• suspicious:(a)指可疑的、懷疑的。

〉〉 Many suspicious glances were darted at her. (許多懷疑目光投向她。)

• step down:(phr.)辭職、退休。

〉〉 Carter asks Kirby to step down as spokesman. (卡特要求柯比卸下發言人的職務。)

• spike:(n)激增。

〉〉 If price spikes continue, people will not able to afford the new houses they want. (如果價格繼續飆漲，人們可能買不起他們想要的新房子。)

• spur:(v)鞭策、鼓勵、激勵。

〉〉 THe prize spurred them to work harder. (獎金激勵他們更努力工作。)

• succeed:(v)成功。

〉〉 The compaign has succeeded in raising public awareness of the issue. (這項活動成功喚起大眾對此議題的關注。)

• stagger:(v)蹣跚、搖晃。

〉〉 After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help. (他被攻擊後，步履蹣跚地走到電話旁打電話求救。)

• strike on/upon: 突然想到、突然發現。

〉〉 He struck upon a new plan to attack. (他突然想到一個新的進攻方案。)

• stick to: 黏結、固著。

〉〉 The taste of the wine was still sticking to his palate. (酒味仍然留在他的嘴裡。)

• snap up: (phr.v.)搶購。

〉〉 When they see your work, they'll snap up! (當他們看到你的作品，他們會來搶購!)

• stride:(n)濶步、進步；(v)指邁大步、跨越。

〉〉 He strides across the room towards me. (他邁開大步從房間另一頭向我走來。)

• strike:(v)此處指偶然發現。

〉〉 I struck a good place for a holiday. (我找到一個度假的理想地方。)

• stumble(upon, across, on):(v)偶然遇到、碰巧找到。

〉〉 She stumble upon his true identity. (她偶然發現他的真實身分。)

• subsequent:(a)隨後的、後來的。

〉〉 Her work had a great influence on subsequent generations. (她的作品對後來的世代有重大影響力。)

• spell(doom, trouble...) for something: (phr.)顯示某事注定失敗、遭遇困難。

〉〉 The new tax policy spells disaster for our economy. (這項新稅制政策預言我國經濟將有災難。)

• stave off:(phr v)擊退、避開。

〉〉 Excisering can help you look younger, feel fitter, stave off illness. (運動能幫你看起來年輕、感覺身材緊實、趕跑病魔。)

• shovel: (v)生產、剷起，也有大量(或胡亂)投入之意。

〉〉 He shoveled food into his mouth. (他狼吞虎嚥。)

• slap:(v)(口語)課徵(稅，罰金等)。

〉〉 The defendant was slapped with $1000 fine. (被告被罰款1000美元。)

• shut down:(慣用語)關閉。
• subject to something: (慣用語)可能...

〉〉 The rules are subject to change without prior notification. (這些規定可能不會事先通知就逕自改變。)

• swindle:(v)詐取，騙取。

〉〉 He swindled elderly woman out of their savings. (他詐騙年長女性領取她們的存款。)

• sold out:(慣用語)賣光、售鑿。

〉〉 The tickets were sold out so we couldn't go to the ball game. (票已經賣完了，所以我們無法球場看比賽。)

• snap up something/snap something up: (慣用語)(意義字面)快抓，(a)搶購。

〉〉 As soon as the world series tickets went on sale, fans snapped them up. (大聯盟世界大賽門票一開賣，球迷就瘋狂搶購。)

• staunch:忠實可靠的、堅定的、堅固的。

〉〉 a staunch friend (忠誠的朋友)

• step in:(v)介入、插手斡旋、解決某事或情況，頂替。

〉〉 The military stepped in and took over the government. (軍方介入接管政府。)

• Singles' Day:光棍節，流行於中國年輕人間，以單身為傲而慶祝該日。
• stick in (something):(慣用語)塞住、卡住。
• sing off on:(慣用語)簽署文件顯示某人已完成某事或同意某事；正式核准或同意某事。

〉〉 The CEO personally signs off on every senior promotion. (執行長正式核准每一項高層升遷案。)

• set ablaze:縱火。

〉〉 An unidentified group has set ablaze a bus. (一個不明團體縱火焚燒一輛巴士。)

• smashing:(a)猛烈的；(俚語)棒透的。smash當動詞有打破之意。

〉〉 The party was smashing! (這場派對超讚！)

• strip:(v)剝奪、拆解、脫去。

〉〉 The prisoner was stripped naked. (囚犯被脫得一絲不掛。)

• stand down:(片語動詞)退讓、退出；法律用語指退出證人席；或指軍隊解除戒備狀態。
• steal the show:(慣用語)在活動或表演中獲得所有注意力與讚賞;大出風頭。

〉〉 She stole the show from the lead actors with just one song. (她光憑一首歌就睥睨主角群，搶盡鋒頭。)

• scornful:(a)嘲笑。

〉〉 They are openly scornful of the new plans.(他們公然嘲笑新的計畫。)

• stick to something:(慣用語)跟隨或毫不改變地繼續某事。

〉〉 You'd better stick to the main road, because the other roads are covered with mud. (你最好繼續走主要幹道，因為其他道路都滿是泥濘。)

• spell:(v)招致。

〉〉 The new regulation could spell disaster for small businesses. (新規定對小企業來說可能意謂著災難。)

• submit:(v)指順從、投降、忍受、提交。

〉〉 She never submits to his threat. (她從不屈服於他的威嚇。)

• spark:(v)點燃、激起、鼓舞；(n)火花、活力、跡象。

〉〉 They are plotting to spark rebellion. (他們正密謀發動反叛。)

• significant:(a)顯著的

〉〉 There has been a significant increase in the numberof women students in recent years. (近年來，女學生的人數有顯著增加。)

• spoof:(v)或(n)，哄騙、誆騙，嘲弄。

〉〉 The show was a spoof of the three presidental candidated. (這場戲是在諷刺這3名總統候選人。)

• shapely:(a)形狀美觀的、豐滿勻稱的，也有具條理之意。

〉〉 Shapely conception. (清楚的概念。)

• stumble on: 偶然遇到、碰巧找到。

〉〉 I stumbled on the interesting book at library yesterday. (昨天我在圖書館碰巧找到這本有趣的書。)

• sarcastic:(a)諷刺、挖苦。

〉〉 Are you being sarcastic? (你這是在挖苦嗎？)

• shy away from (someone/something): (動詞片語)閃避、避開、逃避。

〉〉 He didn't shy away from making decisions. (他沒有閃避做決策。)

• shellacking:(n)潰敗、慘敗。

〉〉 We took a shellacking in election. (我們在這場選舉吞了大敗仗。)

• stand in:(n)頂替。

〉〉 Paula stood in for Juna, while Jane was on holiday. (珍度假期間，寶拉幫忙代班。)

• scour:(v)刷洗，擦亮。

〉〉 He scoured the pan with steel wool. (他用鋼絲絨刷洗平底鍋。)

• smuggler:(n)走私犯;(v)為smaggle,指走私。

〉〉 The antique clock had been smuggled out of the country before the war. (這個骨董鐘在戰前已遭走私出國。)

• sensation:(n)轟動事件。

〉〉 The show was an overnight sensation. (這場秀一夕之間造成轟動。)

• sit-up:(n)仰臥起坐。

〉〉 How many sit-ups can you do in 1 minute? (你一分鐘可以做幾下仰臥起坐?)

• spew:(v)噴出、放出。

〉〉 Smoke and ashes spewed from the volcano. (煙和灰燼從火山口噴發出。)

• serving:(n)(食物)一份。

〉〉 The quantities given in the recipe should be enough for four servings. (食譜上寫的份量應該夠4人份。)

• such as: (片語)諸如、例如。

〉〉 There are few poets such as Keats and Shelly. (像濟慈與雪來的詩人現在很少了。) 

• streak:(n)一段時間內持續的成功或失敗。

〉〉 The casinos had better watch out since I'm obviously on a lucky streak! (賭場最好小心了，因為我現在顯然處於連贏的態勢！)

• slim: (a)渺茫的。

〉〉 The opposition candidate has a slim chance of success in the coming election. (反對黨候選人在即將到來的選舉中獲勝機會渺茫。)

• stem: (v)遏止、阻擋、制止。

〉〉 Stem the flow of illegal drugs. (遏止非法毒品的流通。)

• squander: (v)(n)指浪費、揮霍。

〉〉Don't squander your time. (別虛度光陰。)

• sedentary: (a)久坐的。

〉〉My doctor says I should start playing sport because my lifestyle is too sedentary. (我的醫師說，我應該開始做點運動，因為我的生活型態太缺乏運動了。)

• select:(a)特選的、選定的。

〉〉These activities should be available to all pupils，not just a select few. (這些活動應該讓所有小學生都參加，而不只是特定少數。)

• stop someone from doing something: (ph.)阻止某人做某事。
• so much so that...:(Phrase)達到這樣的程度以至於。

〉〉Shell is ill, so much so that she cannot walk alone. (她病得很重，以至於連走路都不能了。)

• snuff(somebody/something) out: (PV)扼殺、剷除某人或某事。

〉〉The country's hope for democracy have been snuffed out. (這國家對民主希望被扼殺了。)

• seek(n)尋找[seek+for]
• seem(vi)看來好像，似乎；似乎存在，好像發生；感到好像，覺得似乎；
• semaphore(n)(鐵路的)臂板信號；信號；旗語；(vt)用信號(或旗語)發出信息；(vi)發信號；打旗語；[信號]：連續運轉時需互相依賴的兩個平行處理程式所共用的一個存儲格，以顯示重要事件何時發生的方式，為兩程式提供基本的通訊形式。
• silkscreen(n)以絲幕上模型複製圖案之方法
• summary(a)概括的，扼要的；即時的；草率的；即決的，簡易的；(n)總結；摘要；一覽

Vocabulary - R(r)

• responder:(n)只回應者、應答者、響應者。

〉〉 First responder to that explosion just arrived on the scene. (處理該爆炸案的第一線應變人員剛抵達現場。)

• rout:(n)潰敗，或指烏合之眾；(v)打擊潰、打垮。

〉〉 The enemy war routed. (敵人被打敗了。)

• replenish:(v)再裝滿，補充。

〉〉 We have to import an extra 4 million tons of wheat to replenish our reserves. (我們必須額外進口400萬噸小麥，以補充我們的儲備糧食。)

• roughly:(ad.)大約、粗暴地。

〉〉 He threw the package roughly in the car. (他把行李粗魯地丟入車內。)

• respective:(a)各別的，各自的。
• regard:(v)把...認為；尊重、尊敬。

〉〉 He regards his teacher highly. (他很尊敬他的老師。)

• remour:(n)謠傳、傳說，亦可作動詞。此處為英式拼法，美式拼法作rumor。

〉〉 He is remoured to have been married in Australia. (據說她已經在澳洲結了婚。)

• rake:(v)迅速取得、探索。

〉〉 She raked in a fortune. 她撈進大筆錢財。

• resilience:(n)彈性、恢復力，(a)resilient，指有彈性的、彈回的。

〉〉 The local enconomy is resilient well. (當地經濟復原得很好。)

• result in:(phr.)導致、促成。

〉〉 Their dispute resulted in war. (他們的爭端引發戰爭。)

• row:(v)爭吵。

〉〉 They were rowing again. (他們又再次爭吵。)

• rife with: (慣用語)充滿的，充斥的。

〉〉The report is rife with grammar errors. (這篇報告充斥文法錯誤。)

• remaining:(a)剩下的，剩餘的。
• rebound:(v)回升、彈回。

〉〉 She rebounded quickly from the loss. (她迅速從失敗中反彈振作。)

• range from A to B: (片語動詞)指範圍從A至B。

〉〉 Prices range from $1 to $10. (價格從1美元至10美元都有。)

• recover:(v)指恢復、找回、重拾健康。

〉〉 She iis fully recovered from a severe mental illness. (她以從嚴重的心理疾病完全康復。)

• resident:(n)指居民、定居者、住院醫師；(a)指居住的、定居的、常駐的、內在固有的。

〉〉 He stayed there as resident designer for several years. (他以常駐設計師身分待在那裏好幾年。)

• raise hackles:激怒。

〉〉 It might raise diplomatic hackles. (那可能激怒外交界。)

• ramp up:(v)增加，增強，上升，加速。

〉〉 The United States has ramped up security at all government buildings after the terrorist attack. (美國在發生恐怖攻擊後，已加強所有政府機關的維安。)

• reproduce:(v)繁殖。

〉〉 Animals can reproduce their own kind. (動物能夠繁殖同類。)

• realise(realize):(v)了解， 知道。

〉〉 Do you realise (that) this is the third time you've forgotten? She said angrily. (「你知不知道這已經是你第三次忘記了？」)她生氣地說。

• resistant:(a)抗拒的，對...有抵抗能力的。

〉〉 a disease-resistant variety  of tomato (抗病害的蕃茄品種)

• rise about:(動詞片語)指不受影響、超越、克服。

〉〉 He tries to rise above circumstance. (他試圖不受環境至約。)

• relay:(n)接力、傳達；也可作動詞，指換班、傳送。

〉〉 The students work in relay to clean the classroom after earthquake. (學生在地震後接力清理教室。)

• rotation:(n)旋轉、交替、輪流。

〉〉 Rose and lily are planted in rotation. (玫瑰與百合輪流的方式栽種。)

• roam:(v)流浪、漫遊。

〉〉 The cats roam around freely in the friendly neighbornhood. (貓咪在友善的社區裡自在遊走。)

• reserve:(n)保護區、儲備；(v)作儲存、保留。

〉〉 Monica reserves her best china dishes for important occassions. (莫妮卡將她最好的磁器餐具留待重要的場合使用。)

• repeal:(v)廢除(法令)、撤銷、取消，也可作名詞。

〉〉 The society urges to repeal the year-end bonus of retired civil servants. (社會疾呼廢除退休公務員的年終慰問金。)

• rule out:(片語)排除在外。

〉〉 The governor has not rule out the possibility to run for presidency. (州長不排除競選總統的可能性。)

• revamp:(v)修補、改造、重整。

〉〉 The manager decided to vevamp the design of its best-selling product. (經理決定重整期最暢銷產品的設計。)

• reference:(n)指提及、涉及、參考、查閱、關聯。

〉〉 I made a reference to a directory before replying to you. (我回覆你前曾參考字典。) 

• reaction:(n)(化學)反映，作用。

〉〉 The reaction of hydrogen with oxygen make water. (氫和氧的作用產生水。)

• replace:(v)取代。
• restlessness:(n)坐立難安，焦躁。(a)restless。

〉〉 He's a restless type - he never stays in one country for long. (他是坐不住那型的 - 從來不會在一個國家待太久時間。)

• retake:(v)重考、重學、再取。

〉〉 The allies retook the city after severe fighting. (經過激戰後盟軍重奪該城。)

• refuse:(n)廢料、廢物。

〉〉 a pile of refuse. (一堆廢料。)

• rehabilitation:(n)修復、恢復。

〉〉 Thomas will need to do months of physical rehabilitation after a knee surgery. (湯瑪士在膝蓋手術後需要做數個月的身體復健。)

〉〉 (v)rehabiliate: The country is trying to rehabilitate its slum areas. (國家正試著重整貧民窟地區。)

• row: (v)指使成排、划船、爭吵、吵鬧；(n)指排、列、划船，口語上有吵架、口角或喧鬧之意。

〉〉 She had a row with her neighbor. (她與她的鄰居吵了一架。)

• ring (someone/something) up: (vp.)打電話給某人/某地；向某人收取或記錄某物款項，結帳。

〉〉Please ring it up for me. (請幫我結帳。)

• regarding(prep)關於；就...而論；
• roll out()轉出

Vocabulary - Q(q)

• 
  
• quadruplets:(n)4胞胎。

〉〉 The quadruplets are three sisters and one brother. (4胞胎為3女1男。)

• questionable:(a)不確定的；值得懷疑的。

〉〉 It is questionable whether this goal can be achieived. (能不能達到這個目標還有問題。)

• quickly(ad)快，迅速地；立即，馬上；
  
• quietly(ad)輕聲地，安靜地；平靜地，文靜地，樸素地；靜止地，寂靜地；在暗中，祕密地;不張揚地；
• quite[kwait](ad)完全，徹底；相當，頗；[美]很；[英](用作回答)的確如此
• quote(v)估價；引證；引文
• quotation(n)估價單；引證；引文

Vocabulary - P(p)

• pesky:(a)惱人的。

〉〉 I've been trying to get rid of this pesky guy for weeks. (我已試圖擺脫這個惱人的傢伙好幾週了。)

• pronounced:(a)顯著的、明顯的、決斷的。

〉〉 The taste of raw garlic is very pronounced. (生大蒜的味道非常明顯。)

• plot:(n)陰謀、秘密計畫；作(v)指密謀、策劃、測定(位置)。

〉〉 We are plotting to rob the bank. (我們正密謀搶銀行。)

• pay off:(phar.)得到好結果、成功、奏效。

〉〉 The effort pay off in the long run. (這種努力最終會得到好結果。)

• premature:(a)過早的，不成熟的。

〉〉 She was a bit too premature in giving up this job. (她似乎有點太早放棄這份工作。)

• prone:(a)有...傾向、易於...的，亦可指面向下、傾斜的。

〉〉 Amy was prone to emotional outbursts under stress. (愛咪在壓力下容易情緒爆發。)

• pole vault: 撐竿跳。
• precaution:(n)指預防，防備，警惕。

〉〉 We have to take precautions against fire. (我們須採取防火措施。)

• pay over the odds for:(v.phr.)為某物付出超過其真正所值的價錢。

〉〉 I won't pay over the odds for this car. (我不會為這輛車付出超過其應有價值的錢。)

• prohibitively:(ad)(費用)讓人望之卻步地。

〉〉 Property in the area tends to be prohibitively expensive. (這個地區的房價，越來越讓人望之卻步。)

• plunge:(a)使陷入。

〉〉 A series of bad management decisions are responsible for the company's plunge into debt. (一連串糟糕的經營決策，是造成這家公司陷入負債的原因。)

• pass sth down:(phr.)把...傳給後人，把...往下傳。

〉〉 He's engaged in family trade, passed down from generation to generation. (他是做家族事業，一代一代傳下來的。)

• pen:(v)撰寫。

〉〉 She penned a note of thanks to her hostness. (她寫了一封感謝函給女主人。)

• parade:(n) 遊行。

〉〉 After the team won the championship, the city had a parade for them. (在那支球隊贏得冠軍，這座城市為他們舉辦遊行。)

• prompt:(v.)促使、激起。

〉〉 Her curiosity prompted her to ask questions. (她的好奇心驅使她發問。)

• play on/upon (something): (phr.)以不正當手段使他人做某事，利用。

〉〉 Politicians often win votes by playing on people's emotions. (政客經常藉由玩弄民眾的感情贏得選票。)

• possession:(n)指擁有、佔有、所有物、財產、領地、鬼魂附體。

〉〉 Our enemy took possession of the land. (我們的敵人佔據了那塊土地。)

• pronounced:(a)顯著的、明顯的。

〉〉 I'm told I have a very pronounced English accent when I speak French. (有人告訴我，我說法文時英國口音非常明顯。)

• perception:(n)感覺、感知、洞察力。

〉〉 She has extraordinary power of perception for one so young. (她這麼年輕就有超凡的洞察力。)

• prevent from doing: (慣用語)避免做某事。

〉〉 How can I prevent myself from being tagging in Facebook photos? (我該怎麼做才能讓自己不被標註再臉書照片上?)

• pacify: (v)安撫，和解，平息。

〉〉　Government forces have pacified the riots. (政府軍弭平暴動。)

• pull together: (慣用語)通力合作，同心協力。
• pull off:(phr. v.)指脫下、拔掉、成功完成、贏得。

〉〉 She tried her best to pull of the competition. (她卯足全力贏得該場比賽。)

• plead guilty:(phr. v.)指招認、認罪。

〉〉 She pleaded guilty to the charge brought against her. (她承認所有加諸於她的指控罪名。)

• put up:(phr.)建造、搭建、建設。

〉〉 put up a fingerpost (豎立路標)。

• persecution:(n)迫害、困擾。

〉〉 He speaks up against America's persecution of suspected communists. (他為美國迫害疑似共產主義者發聲。)

• predictable:(a)可預期的、意料中的、老套的。

〉〉 The ending to the film was just so predictable. (這部電影的結局真老套。)

• plausible:(a)可信的；(n)plausibility, 可信的。

〉〉 In chapter 2 she goes on to test the plausibility of these assumptions. (這第二章裡，她繼續檢驗這些假說的可信度。)

• put forward:(慣用語)提出，推薦。

〉〉 She put several suggestions forward in the meeting. (她在會議上提出幾項建議。)

• probation:(n)緩刑。

〉〉 She was arrested while on probation. (她在緩刑期間遭到逮捕。)

• plummet:(v)直線下降。

〉〉 Temperature are expected to plummet this weekend. (這週末的氣溫預估會直線下降。)

• presto:突然的、立即的。

〉〉 I put my hand into the hat and presto！ Out comes a rabbit! (我將手放進帽子，瞬間跑出一隻兔子。)

• -phobic:恐懼...的、憎惡...的。

〉〉 Islamophobic (伊斯蘭恐懼症、反伊斯蘭的。)

• pop the question:(俚語)(v)求婚。

〉〉 Did he pop the question last night? (他昨晚求婚了嗎？)

• pull in somebody/something or pull somebody/something in:(慣用語)吸引大量人或事。

〉〉 The play has been pulling the crowd in since it opened. (這齣劇自開演起就吸引許多人觀賞。)

• prop up:(v)支撐，扶持，提振。

〉〉 Beijing unveiled dramatic steps to prop up its stock market. (中國政府公佈提振期股市的重大措施。)

• point at someone or something:(慣用語)指著某人或某物。

〉〉 The gun pointed directly at her. She was frightened. (她被槍指著，嚇壞了。)

• pull off:(成功或艱苦地)完成、做成、贏得。

〉〉 She pulled off a million-pound deal. (她好不容易做成一筆百萬英鎊的生意。)

• punctuate:(v)指加標點符號、不時打斷、加強、強調。

〉〉 The student started tp learn to punctuate correctly. (學生開始學習正確地使用標點符號。)

• piece together: 拼合、組合。

〉〉 She tried hard to piece together all the facts. (她努力將所有的事實拼湊起來。)

• proliferation:(n)激增。

〉〉 Small businesses have proliferation in the last ten years. (小企業在過去10年間大量湧現。)

• prone:(a)易於...的、有...傾向的。

〉〉 Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world. (日本是全世界最常發生地震的國家之一。)

• preferably:(ad)可能的話、更好的是。

〉〉 Water the plants twice a week, preferably in the morning. (一週幫這些植物澆2次水，最好早上澆。)

• plaster:(n)石膏，灰泥。

〉〉 plaster walls(石灰泥牆)

• prematurely:(ad)過早地，倉卒地。

〉〉 Their criticisms seem premature considering that the results aren't yet known. (結果尚未分曉，他們似乎過早批評了。)

• prevalence:(n)盛行率、普遍率

〉〉 The prevalence of smoking amongst teenagers. (抽菸在青少年族群風行的程度。)

• profanity:(n)褻瀆、不敬之語。

〉〉 I have never heard my father use a single profanity. (我從沒聽過我父親講髒話。)

• press a case:(vp)指不斷設法使他人接受要求。

〉〉 I would rather not press the case. (我傾向不再追究此事。)

• press-up:(n)伏地挺身。

〉〉 one-arm ppress-up. (單手伏地挺身。)

• pay off:(v.p.)指清償完畢、付完工資後解雇、取得成功、有利可圖。

〉〉 It paied off. (搞定了。)
〉〉 He needs to pay off all his debts. (他需要還清他所有的債務。)

• prevention:(n)預防。

〉〉 The organization is committed to AIDS prevention and education. (該組織致力於愛滋病防治與教育。)

• pageant: (n)指壯觀場面、花車遊行、盛宴慶典、露天歷史劇。

〉〉 Disneyland presents their spectacular festival pageant: The Mainstreet Electrical Parade. (迪士尼樂園定期地呈現它們的華麗喜慶盛宴：電子花車大遊行。)

• petition: (n/v)請求、請願。

〉〉 They collected 10,000 signatures on a petition to amend the referendum act. (他們在請願書蒐集了1萬個簽名以修正公投法。)

• poverty line: (n)貧窮線。

〉〉There are 32 million people live below the poverty line in Indonisia. (印尼有3200萬人生活在貧窮線之下。)

• pose:(v)造成、引起。

〉〉The protest movement poses a direct threat to their interests. (抗議運動對他們的利益構成直接威脅。)

• popularity: (n)受歡迎。

〉〉The increasing popularity of organic food. (有機食品越來越受歡迎。)

• pitch in: (ph.)共襄盛舉一同伸援協助。

〉〉We must all pitch in and do our part. (我門必須伸援幫忙，盡自己的一份力。)

• push (up) against someone or something: (ph.) 對某人或某物施加壓力。

〉〉The small cat pushed up against my foot, meowing for food. (那隻小貓挨著我的腳磨蹭，喵喵叫著乞食。)

• pull over: (VP)指拉過來、靠路邊停車、靠岸。

The cop ordered him to pull over. (那警察命令他路邊停車。)

• pick up on(something)：(VP)指注意到或留意到某事。

〉〉He didn't pick up on the hint. (他沒有注意到這個暗示。)

• percent(n)百分比[數字+percent]；(a)百分之...的
• phenomenon(n)現象；稀有的事，奇蹟；非凡的人，傑出的人才；
• pilot(n)(船舶的)領航員，舵手；(飛機等的)駕駛員，飛行員；嚮導，領導人；【美】(機車等的)排障器；【機】【電】導向器，指示燈；(廣播或電視的)試播節目；(a)引導的，導向的；(小規模)試驗性的，試點的；(vt)給(船等)領航[(+on/in/over)]；駕駛(飛機等)；帶領，引導，使順利通過；
• preferred(a)更好的；被喜好的；優先的
• previous(a)先的，前的，以前的；過早的，過急的；(ad)在前，在先，在以前；
• purpose(n)目的，意圖；用途，效用，效果；意志，決心；(討論中的)議題；(vt)[書]意圖;決意;打算；

Vocabulary - O(o)

• on behalf of somebody:(慣用語)代表某人。

〉〉　A team of lawyers sued the plant on behalf of families of victims who died of toxic chemicals the plant emitted. (一群律師代表死於工廠排放之有毒化學物質的受害者家屬，控告這家工廠。)

• offend:(v)冒犯、惹惱。

〉〉 I think she was a bit offended that she hadn't been invited to the party. (沒有邀請她參加聚會，我覺得她有點生氣。)

• on aggregate:(prep.)總體上、整個來說。aggragaate:(v)指使聚集、總計。

〉〉 This news website aggregates content from many other sites. (這個新聞網站集合了其他許多網站的內容。)

• offlict:(v)使苦惱、折磨。

〉〉 Unemployment offlicts 1.2 million workers in that country. (那個國家的120萬勞工深受失業之苦。)

• outlay:(a)花費、費用。

〉〉 outlays for education. (教育經費。)

• over-the-top:(a)超乎尋常的、過分極端的。

〉〉 The comedy sketch was so over-the-top that most of the audience was embarrassed. (這個喜劇小品的尺度太過火了，讓大部份觀眾感到尷尬。)

• on the loose: (慣用語)自由地、不受拘束地，在逃。

〉〉 There is an elephant on the loose from the circus. (一隻大象從馬戲團逃跑。)

• outlay: (n.,v.)開支、花費。

〉〉 The government has slashed military outlays. (政府銷減軍事開支。)

• on a lark:(phr.)一時興起或基於好玩去做某事。lark(俚語)開玩笑。

〉〉 On a lark we diverted our journey from Los Angeles to New York City. (我們一時興起把旅遊從洛杉磯改到紐約市。)

• opt:(v)選擇、做出選擇。

〉〉 He has opted to be on the side of the poor. (他決定站在貧民這一邊。)

• out of the blue:(慣用語)突然，出乎意料。也可做out of a clear (blue) sky。

〉〉 The invasion came out of a clear blue sky and caught everyone off guard. (入侵突如其來，所有人猝不及防。)

• outpace:(v)(速度、表現等)超越、勝過。

〉〉　Global oil supply will outpace demand in 20 years. (20年內全球石油供應量將超過需求量。)

• odds-on favorite: (慣用語)賭注中最受歡迎選擇；最大迎面的選擇。

〉〉 Her husband is the odds-on favorite for president of the board of trustees. (她老公是贏面最大的董事會主席人選。)

• optimal(=optimum):(a)最佳的、最適宜的。

〉〉 A mixture of selected funds is an optimum choice for future security and return on investment. (同時選擇數種基金是未來投資安全收益的最佳選擇。) 

• on the ground:在地上、當場。

〉〉 Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. (眼望星光，腳踏實地。)

• on the defensive:(慣用語)採取守勢，辯駁。

〉〉 The boy was on the defensive when questioned about shoplifting. (這男孩在被質疑是否於店內順手牽羊時否認。)

• of that nature: (形容詞片語)指這種性質的。

〉〉 Thing of that nature will not bother me. (那類事物不會困擾我。)

• overwhelm:(v)(感情方面)使充滿強烈情緒到難以接受。

〉〉 She was overwhelmed with grief when her husband died. (她丈夫過世時，她悲傷得無法自拔。)

• on one's own:(慣用語)(無人陪伴或協助)獨自，靠自己。

〉〉 You are on your own now. (你現在只能靠你自己了。)

• off the shelf:(a)立刻就可取得、不需另行訂購或設計生產的現貨，現成的。

〉〉 Most off the shelf software package can meet your need. (大多數的套裝軟體都能滿足你的需求。)

• outbreak:(n)(疾病)突然爆發。

〉〉 They are preparing for a outbreak of the virus. (我們正準備因應這種病毒爆發疫情。)

• on the go:(慣用語)持續活動；忙碌。
• outgoing:(a)即將離職的、友好的、直率的。

〉〉 She is outgoing. (她為人直率。)

• origin: (n)來源、來歷。

〉〉 The story has obscure origins. (這故事的起源不可考。)

• outgoing: (a)即將離去的、個性直率的。

〉〉The election winner will succeed outgoing president on June 15th. (選戰的贏家將在6月15日接替將離任的總統大位。)

• off limits: (形容詞片語)指禁止進入的。

〉〉What conversation topics are off limits in your culture? (在你們的文化中，什麼聊天話題是禁忌不應該談的？)

• or else: (口語，非正式用法)，作為一種威脅，有時帶有幽默感。

〉〉Do what I say or else！(照我的話做，否則有你好看！) 

• on suspicion:(ph.)涉嫌、有...嫌疑。

〉〉He was detained on suspicion as an accomplice in the robbery. (他因被懷疑是搶劫共犯而被羈押。)

• onto(prep)到...之上；向...之上；...熟悉，對...了解
• opinion(n)意見，見解，主張；評價；輿論；(未定的)判斷，鑑定；
• orientation(n)定位，定向；方針(或態度)的確定；方向，方位，傾向性；適應；熟悉；(對新生的)情況介紹；
• over(adv)結束；越過；從頭到尾

Vocabulary - N(n)

• notch:(n)等級，程度；(v)得分、獲得(勝利)

〉〉 a notch above others (高人一等)

• nap:(n)指小睡、絨毛；(v)指打瞌睡、疏忽、使起毛。

〉〉 I want to take a little nap. (我想小睡一下。)

• nationality:(n)國籍。

〉〉 What nationality are you? (你是哪個國家的人?)

• noticeable:(a)顯而易見的。

〉〉 There has been a noticeable improvement in Tim's cooking. (提姆做某有很大的進步。)

• nonchalantly:(ad)冷淡地、無動於衷地。(a)nonchalant

〉〉 His nonchalant manner infuriated me. (他無動於衷的態度激怒我。)

• nocturnal:(a)指夜間的、夜行性的。

〉〉 Stars in the sky are a mavelous nocturnal sight. (滿天星斗是美妙的夜間景觀。)

• naturally-occurring:  自然存在的。

〉〉 naturally-occurring uranium (天然鈾)

• negligence:(n)疏忽、粗心。

〉〉 Secret data show there were over 1000 medical negligence claims against the NHS in the past five years. (秘密資料顯示過去5年內對英國國民健保服務有超過1000起的醫療疏失索賠。)

• not take no for an answer: 堅持不懈、不罷休。

〉〉 I don't think that is going to be possible, but she doesn't take no for an answer. (我認為這不可能，但她仍不放棄。)

• native:(n)天性。

〉〉 He is by native inclined to be rather lazy. (他天生就懒。)

• nothing better than:(慣用語)沒有比...更好。nothing betterthan與另一個慣用語better than nothing使用的字彙相同，僅排列不同，但兩者意思完全不同。better than nothing,(慣用語)聊勝於無，總比沒有好。
• name after: (片語)以~命名。

〉〉 He was named after his father who died in the Vietnam War. (他以在越戰中死去的父親命名。)

• nothing say...like...:(Phrase)說到...就像...。

〉〉Nothing says love like home made chocolate chip cookies and a bottle of hot sauce. (說到愛情，就像巧克力薄片餅乾和一瓶辣椒醬。)

• narrow down: 變狹窄；減少；縮小
• neglect(v)忽視；(n)疏忽

Vocabulary - M(m)

• militant:(n)激進份子。

〉〉 a protest by angry militants. (一場由憤怒激進人士發動的抗爭。)

• miscarry:(v)指婦女流產、計畫失敗、信函或貨物未送達。

〉〉 I didn't receive the pacel. It must have miscarried. (我沒有收到包裏，它一定被送錯地方或寄丟了。)

• moonshine: (n)非法釀製的烈酒(蒸餾酒)；另有名詞「胡言亂語」之意。

〉〉 He is just talking moonshine. (他只是胡言亂語。)

• markup:(n)漲價、漲價額，利潤。

〉〉 markup of 50 dollars. (漲價50元)

• mock:(v)嘲笑。

〉〉 They were mocking him because he kept falling off his bike. (他們笑他老從腳踏車上摔下來。) 

• monotonous:(a)單調乏味的。用法如：unskilled monotonous work(不需要踏別技術的單調工作)，monotonous life(缺乏的人生)。
• make one's way: (phr. v.)指行走、排除萬難前進、在事業上取得進展。

〉〉　She is determined to make her way. (她下定決心要成功。)

• make off:(phr)匆忙離開、逃走。

〉〉The burglars made off before the police arrived. (搶匪在警方抵達前逃逸。)

• Mayday:(n)救難信號。
• mull:反覆思考、仔細考慮。

〉〉 It was something she had been mulling for a long time. (這是她反覆思考多時的事。)

• make/take a vow: 發誓、鄭重宣告。

〉〉 She made a vow never to lend money to anyone again. (她發誓絕不再借錢給別人。)

• make waves:(動詞片語)興風作浪、製造問題、惹麻煩、引起騷動。

〉〉 He was warned not to make waves. (他被告戒過不要興風作浪。)

• molecule:(n)(化學)分子

〉〉 a molecule of water (水分子)

• means:(n)工具。

〉〉 We need to find some other means of transportation. (我們得找其他交通工具。)

• make a monkey(out) of someone:(片語)作弄某人，讓人看來像個傻瓜。

〉〉 Are you trying to make a monkey out of me? (你想讓我看起來像個呆瓜嗎？)(文中為雙關語，若在賭場迷信手氣，豈不像個呆瓜？)

• menage-a-trois:(n)指三角關係、三角家庭，源自法文，指「三人家庭」。
• manage: (v)設法做到

〉〉 Can you manage dinner on Saturday? (星期六你能來吃晚餐嗎?)

• method(n)方法

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

Vocabulary - K(k)

• kick up a fuss:(片語)大聲抱怨。

〉〉 Our food was cold so my father kicked up a fuss and refused to pay the service charge. (我們的食物是冷的，所以我爸大聲抱怨，拒絕付小費。)

• keep to oneself:(片語動詞)不與人往來。

〉〉 Rachel always keeps to herself. (瑞秋總是獨來獨往。)

• knock down:(動詞片語)指擊倒、駁斥、拆卸、拍賣出、大幅降價。

〉〉 He tried to persuade her to knock down the price of the apartment. (他嘗試說服她降低公寓的價格。)

• keep track: 在此指持續紀錄，也有了解之意。

〉〉 From now on I am going to keep track of every cent I spread. (從現在起，我要了解我的每分錢用在哪裡。)

• keep(v)保留；保持；撫養；經營；遵守

Vocabulary - J(j)

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• juveniles:(n)幼苗，青少年。

〉〉 She works to keep juveniles away from drugs. (她致力於讓青少年遠離毒品。)

• just(adv)正好；僅僅；剛才

Vocabulary - I(i)

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• irritable:(a)易怒的。

〉〉 Be careful what you say - he's rather irritable today. (說話小心點，他今天脾氣頗大。)

• interfere:(v)妨礙，干擾。

〉〉 All of the noise was interfering with my concentration. (所有的噪音干擾我的集中力。)

• in debt:(phr.)負債。

〉〉 I am in debt to her for 500 dollars. (我欠她500元。)

• in the line of duty: (phr.)值勤時。

〉〉 Police officers have to do things they may not like in the line of duty. (警察執行公務時，必須去做他們或許不喜歡的事。)

• impale:(v)指以尖物刺穿、釘住作為懲罰、逼視、使陷入困境。

〉〉 She impale him on a dilemma. (她讓他進退維谷。)

• inhibit:(v)抑制。

〉〉 This drug inhibit the growth of tumours. (這種藥可以抑制腫瘤生長。)

• infringe:(v)侵犯、違反。

〉〉 My rights must not be infringed. (我的專利不得被侵犯。)

• intimacy:(n)親密、親暱的言行。

〉〉 It was obvious from their witty intimacies that they had been good friends for many years. (從他們風趣的親暱言行，可明顯看出他們已是多年好友。)

• immun: (a)免疫的。

〉〉 They are immun to criticism. (他們對批評免疫。)

• in the grip of: (phr.)受到...影響、控制。

〉〉 The country was in the grip of a continuing and depression. (這國家陷入持續且深層的衰退。)

• in hot pursuit of: (preposition phr.)  指緊緊追趕、熱切追求。

〉〉 The police are in hot pursuit of the suspect. (警方強力追緝該名嫌犯。)

• impair:(v)指損害、削弱、減少。

〉〉 Poor food will impair your health. (粗劣的食物會損害你的健康。)

• in good spirits: 情緒、心境佳，反之in poor(low) spirits則指情緒低落。
• immerse:(v)沉浸。

〉〉　She got some books out of the library and immersed herself in Jewish history and culture. (她從圖書館借了一些書，然後沉浸在猶太歷史和文化之中。)

• (sth be) in the air:(phr.)，(某是)即將發生，充滿(情緒、感受)，(傳言)流傳。

〉〉 You can sense change is in the air. (你能感覺到改變即將到來。)

• In front of: (慣用語)在...前面。

〉〉 A widower whose wife was killed in front of their toddler son when an 85-year-old driver confused the pedals of his car has made an impassioned plea for his family's story to be used as a cautionary tale against dangerous driving among the elderly. (1名鰥夫慷慨激昂地籲請眾人，將他的妻子在幼子面前被搞錯汽車踏板的85歲駕駛人撞死的家族故事，故為老年人駕駛危險性的警告教訓。)

• in the buff:(phr)赤身裸體。
• insidious:(a)(疾病等)不知不覺間造成傷害的；隱伏的。

〉〉 Most people with this insidious disease have no idea they are infected. (大多數人罹患這種難察覺的疾病，都不知道他們已被感染。) 

• intoxicated:(a)喝醉的；興奮或陶醉到有點無法清楚思考。

〉〉 Many politicians are intoxicated with power. (許多政治人物權力薰心。)

• in the wake of: 跟隨...，在...之後。

〉〉 hunger and disease in the wake of war (戰爭帶來的飢餓與疾病)

• indicate:(v)指出、表明、象徵。

〉〉 The map indicates where the treasure is buried. (地圖顯示寶藏埋藏所在地。)

• implausible:(a)難以致信的。

〉〉 The whole plot of film is ridiculously implausible. (這部電影的情節全都荒謬得讓人難以置信。)

• invisible:(a)無形的、看不見的。

〉〉 Tourism brings in 40% of the island's invisible earnings. (觀光業為了這座島嶼帶來40%無形的收益。)

• ingenious:巧妙的、足智多謀的。

〉〉 The chief were ingenious at finding reasons not to move. (這些首長善於尋找按兵不動的理由。)

• inflation:(n)通貨膨脹。

〉〉 The government has been unable to control inflation. (政府已無法控制通貨膨脹。)

• insular:(a)(思想、觀念)狹隘的，孤立的，有偏見的。

〉〉 The president is criticized for his insularity. (總統因心胸狹隘遭批評。)

• identical:(a)類似的。

〉〉 The two rooms were virtually identical. (這兩房間幾乎一模一樣。)

• installation:(n)裝置、設置，或指就任儀式。

〉〉 His installation as mayor will take place tomorrow. (他的市長就職典禮將在明天舉行。)

• in advance:(慣用語)預先。
• impose:(v)(官方)開徵、加於、強加。

〉〉 The proposal of the government to impose a tax of 1% real property was rejected by all the larger cities. (政府開徵1%房地產稅的提案遭所有大城市拒絕。)

• incompatible:(a)指不相容、不匹配的、不協調一致的、矛盾的、無法並存的。

〉〉 He behavior is incompatible with her role. (他的行為和他的身分不相稱。)

• in the middle of (something)：(慣用語)字面意義：在...中央(本文用法)；引申形容：忙著做某事。

〉〉 When he called, I was in the middle of feeding my cat. (他打電話來時我正在餵貓。)

• intriguing:(a)有趣的，富魅力的。

〉〉 She has a really  intriguing personality. (她的個性真的很有魅力。)

• in the event of:如果...發生，萬一。

〉〉 In the event of rain, the party will be held indoors. (如果下雨，派對將在室內舉行。)

• infusion:(n)注入、泡製。

〉〉 An infusion of 100,000 dollars into the company is required. (公司需要注入10萬美元的資金。)

• identical:(a)完全相同的。

〉〉 They wear identical coats. (他們穿一模一樣的外套。)

• invention:(n)發明。

〉〉 The light bulb was one of the most important invention of the 19th century. (燈泡是19世紀最重要的發明之一。)

• ingredient:(n)原料成分、要素。

〉〉 What are the ingredients of the cake? (這蛋糕是用哪些原料作成的？)

• injunction:(n)命令、指令。(法院的)強制令、禁止令。

〉〉 In case of urgency, the court may grant an injunction. (在緊急情況下，法院可能授予禁止令。)

• infraction:(n)違背；違法。

〉〉 Vehicular homicide is not a slight infraction but a serious felony. (車禍致人於死並非輕微的違法，而是嚴重的犯罪。)

• in the hopes of:(慣用語)形容期待某事。

〉〉 The suspect is cooperating with police in hopes of reducing his sentence. (嫌犯與警方合作盼能藉此減輕刑責。)

• incarceration:(n)監禁(不限於監獄)

〉〉 His conviction of a robbery led to his incarceration. (他因搶劫被定罪進而入獄。)

• in the cross-hairs: (a)身為攻擊、批評目標的。

〉〉 These gangster are in the cross-hairs of police and they will have no place to hide. (這群匪徒是警方打擊對象，無處可躲。)

• inspire: 激起、產出(感情，思想)。

〉〉The book was inspired by his travels in the Far East. (這本書是他在遠東旅行時發想的。)

• in labor: (prep)指勞動中，處於分娩狀態。

〉〉My wife is in labor. (我老婆正在生產。)

• intellectual property: (n)智慧財產。

〉〉Nowaday people are paying more attention to intellectal property rights. (現在人們日益注重智慧財產權。)

• identical(a)同一的，同樣的；完全相同的，完全相似的；(雙胞)一卵的，同卵的；同源的；
• impact(n)衝擊，撞擊，碰撞；衝擊力，撞擊力；影響；作用；影響；影響力；效果
• in fact事實上；實際上
• insect(n)昆蟲 相似字：bug(n)蟲；worm(n)菜蟲
• intelligent(a)有才智的；聰明的；明智的；有理性的；【電腦】智能的；能將數字信息轉換成硬拷貝的；了解的，熟悉的[(+of/about)]；

Vocabulary - H(h)

• harbinger:(n)預告，預見。

〉〉 The warm weather is harbinger of spring. (溫暖天氣預告春天即將到來。)

• hash browns:(n)薯餅。Hash Brown Potatoes的簡稱，1888年美食家Maria Parloa首次將Has Brown Potatoes納入食譜，20世紀初成為美國最受歡迎的早餐菜色之一。)
• hurly-burly:(n)喧囂。

〉〉 We left the hurly-byrly of city life and moved the contryside. (我們離開喧鬧的都市生活，搬到鄉下去。)

• home court advanage:(慣用語)主場優勢。
• hypothermia:(n)失溫。

〉〉 Hypothermia is defined as a core body temperature below 35C. (核心溫度低於攝氏35度就是失溫。)

• handout:(n)發送給他人的金錢、物品等。

〉〉 He lives on handouts from the government. (他靠政府發放救濟金過活。)

• heartwarming:(a)溫暖人心的、感人的。

〉〉 a heartwarming sight (感人的一幕)

• hyperinflation:(n)惡性、極度通貨膨脹。無法控制之通膨，一般認定為每個月通膨達50%以上。
• histrionics:(n)裝模作樣。

〉〉 I'd had enough of Lydia's histrionics. (我受夠了莉迪亞的裝模作樣。)

• homewrecker:(俚語)(n)通常指介入他人感情、婚姻的第三者。

〉〉 Joey denies that he is a homewrcker. (喬伊否認破壞人家家庭。)

• hazard:(n)指危險、危害、機會；(v)指冒險、使陷於危險、賭運氣。

〉〉 He helped others at the hazard of his life. (他冒著生命危險幫助別人。)

• herd:(n)獸群、人群；動詞指放牧、使成群。

〉〉 The goats are herded into the corral. (羊隻被成群趕進畜欄。)

• herald:(v)宣告、預示。

〉〉 Returning swallows herald spring. (歸來的燕子預告春天來臨。)

• hand down:(動詞片語)正式宣布判決；(遺產、習俗等)傳給後代。

〉〉 These legends have been hand down from generation to generation. (這些傳說被一代代傳下來。)

• hand down:(vp)指傳遞下來、正式宣佈。

〉〉 He wants to hand down his knowledge from generation to generation. (他想讓自己的知識代代相傳。)

• hand over:(慣用語)移交。

〉〉 She handed the car keys over to her friend. (他把車鑰匙交給她的朋友。)

• hole up:(v)(俚語)躲藏、暫時留宿、監禁。

〉〉 These bank robber had holed up in the mountains for months before they were arrested. (這批銀行強盜犯被捕前，曾藏匿在這處山區好幾個月。)

• hardwired:(a)天生的。

〉〉 A human being who is hardwired to be sociable. (社交是人類與生俱來的本性。)

• hand over: (ph)交出。

〉〉 We were ordered to hand over our passports. (有人命令我們交出護照。)

• hide: (n)獸皮、(v)把...藏起來。

〉〉Cattle hides. (牛皮。)

• honorary:(a)榮譽的。
• hit the nail on the head: (Idiom)一針見血，完全說中。hit the nerd on the head 將nail(釘子)換成nerd(書呆子)。

• hold(v)拿著；保存

Vocabulary - G(g)

• go down:(v.phra)為...所接受，被打敗。

〉〉 Our new products didn't go down well with consumers. (消費者對我們的新產品反應不佳。)

• give it some thought:(慣用語)考慮、花時間思考某事。

〉〉 After I have had time to give some thought to the matter, I will call you. (在我對此事詳加思考一陣子後，會打電話給你。)

• get round/around + 物:(v.phr.)避開問題或法規。get round + 人: 遊說他人以達成目的。get round to + 人或物: 設法處理某事。

〉〉 We have found ways to get round the tax rules. (我們找出規避這些稅務規定的方式。)

• go off:(phr.)爆炸、發生巨響。

〉〉 The alarm would go off at 7 o'clock. (鬧鐘7點江鈴聲大作。)

• get used to:(phr. v.)指習慣於。

〉〉 She never gets used to them. (她一直看不慣他們。)

• go viral:(phr.)指某人或物透過社群網站或影音短片在網路廣為流傳造成轟動。

〉〉 Footage of the candidate's off-color remarks went viral within minutes. (這位候選人低俗的評論影片，幾分鐘之內就在網路上瘋狂流傳開來。)

• give a leg up: (phr.)幫助某人，讓他更成功。

〉〉 These skills will give you a leg up in the job market. (這些技能會幫助你在就業市場裡成功找到工作。)

• give sb/sth the cold shoulder:(phr.)故意冷落、怠慢(人), 對某事表現出毫無興趣。

〉〉 Why are you giving me the cold shoulder? (你為什麼對我這麼冷淡？)

• grip:(n)緊抓、抓牢、控制、掌握。

〉〉 You'd better get a grip on yourself. (你最好控制自己的情緒。)

• grant:(v)指承認、同意、准許、授與；(n)指撥款、輔助金、授予物。

〉〉 'I grant you' means I accept something is true, even though my opnion about it does not change. (「我承認你」意指我接受某事屬實，雖然我對它的觀點並未改變。)

• gear:(n)設備、裝置。

〉〉 I managed to pack all my gears into my suitcase. (我試著把所有裝備塞進行李箱裡。)

• go viral:(慣用語)像病毒般蔓延、大流行、瘋傳。
• get in on something:(慣用語)參加；設法參加他人正在做有趣或有利可圖之事；共襄盛舉。

〉〉 She is trying to get in on the new club. (他設法加入那個新俱樂部。)

• get busted:被抓到、被逮到。

〉〉 He often cheats on the test. He will get busted sooner or later. (他考試時常作弊，遲早會被逮到。)

• gullible:(a)容易受騙的。

〉〉 Fraud ring usually cook up a story to deceive unwary, gullible people like you. (詐騙集團通常都編出伊套說詞，欺騙像你們這種沒警覺心又好騙的人。)

• gnaw:(v)咬斷、啃、或指侵蝕、折磨。

〉〉 Amy gnawed on her fingernail when she felt nervous. (艾美感到緊張時會咬指甲。)

• get/lay your hands on something:(慣用語)取得某物。

〉〉 I can never lay my hands on a pair of scissor in this office. (我在這個辦公室裡永遠找不到剪刀。)

• give credit to someone:(慣用語)對某人有信心，讚揚歸功某人。
• go to the ends of earth: (慣用語)竭盡所能/想盡辦法達成某事，通常後加to do something.

〉〉 Most parents in Taiwan would go to ends of the earth to make sure their children have access to higher education. (大多數台灣家長會想盡辦法讓子女接受高等教育。)

• gets one's way:(片語)隨心所欲、為所欲為。

〉〉 My little brother always gets his own way. (我的小弟總是為所欲為。)

• get (stand) in the way:(片語)妨礙、阻攔。

〉〉 You know I won't stand in your way if you want to apply for a job abroad. (如果你想應徵國外的工作，我是不會攔你。)

• go viral: (俚語)指網路內容因被人分享，如病毒迅速蔓延、迅速大流行與受歡迎。viral: (a)病毒的。
• go down(with): (動詞片語)以某種方式被接受、看待或記錄。

〉〉Our new products go down wells with customers. (客戶對我們的新產品反應不錯。)

• genre:(n)類型。

〉〉What genre does the book fall into - comedy or tragedy? (這本書屬於哪類？喜劇還是悲劇？) (fall into: 屬於)

• gaze(vi)(n)凝視；注視
• generic(a)屬的，類的；一般的，總稱的；非商標的；沒有商標名的(n)通稱；非專利藥；
• get over( )渡過，穿過；傳送；做完...，結束；走完；克服；克制；從…中恢復過來；把...忘懷；熬過；