好久沒有寫這一類的文,今天一口氣把補充教材看完,記下一些我自己不太熟悉的單字片語,也許有人會笑我高中老師這也不會喔,對啊,我也要常常學習查字典背單字的。

1. cut corners 偷工減料;敷衍了事
Don’t try to cut corners in my class. If you do, you will fail.上我的課別打混。要是這樣,你就會被當掉。

2. would not be caught dead 不會被發現
Lucy would not be caught dead in a dress like that.露西絕對不會被看到穿那樣的洋裝。

3. precipitation 降雨量n.

4. compound 使惡化v.
The company’s problems are compounded by the lack of direction.

5. skyrocket 暴漲v.
Vegetable prices skyrocket whenever typhoons hit the island.

6. perishables 容易腐敗的東西

7.baffle 使困惑 v.
Jenny was completly baffled by Tom’s strange behavior this morning.

8. tug at sb.’s heart/heartstrings 觸動某人的心弦
The sight of the starving child crying tugged at my heart.

9. dementia 癡呆症 n.

10. catalyst 催化劑 n. 

11. toupee n. 男用假髮

12. autoimmune adj. 自身免疫的

13. minoxidil 米諾地爾生髮水

14. a bad hair day 一天都不順利的一天
Stop giving me a pain. I already had a bad hair day.

15. a fact of life 無法改變的殘酷現實
Going bald is just a fact of life.

16. pull/tear your hair out 抓狂
Don’t pull your hair out worrying about the election.

17. armistice n. 休戰

18. fallen adj. 死去的

19. a moment of silence 默哀

20. lapel n. 翻領

21. vigil n. 守夜

22. at half mast 升半旗

23. inaugurate v. 為...舉行開幕儀式
The largest shopping mall in southern Taiwan was inaugurated last week.

24. observe v. 遵行;慶祝
We observed the special occasion by having a barbecue party.

25. commemorate v. 紀念
This holiday commemorates the work our ancestors did.

26. groundbreaking adj. 開創性的
Telephones were one of the most groundbreaking inventions ever.

27. well-off adj. 富裕的

28. affluent adj. 富裕的

29. sidekick n. 夥伴;搭檔

30. flick n. 電影
chick flick 女性電影

31. take hold 開始產生作用
As soon as the asthma medicine took hold, I could breathe more easily.

32. bypass v. 繞過;置...而不顧
Frank bypassed his manager and complained to the boss.

33. imbibe v. 喝

有讀這一期雜誌的人大概會發現我的單字怎麼亂跳,因為我是從中間倒回去看然後又接著後半部看下去,內容也直接逐字打例句和中文解說。
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