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2023-07

*foothold / standpoint - 立足點 *Esoteric - 深奧的 *invariably - 總是 (Whenever I have a big presentation, I invariably forget something important.) *succumbing - 屈服 (She knew she shouldn't check her phone, but couldn't help succumbing to the urge.) *rigor - 嚴格 *far-fetched - 牽強 (Her explanation for being late sounded a bit far-fetched .) *precarious - 不穩定的 *infliction - 造成 *burial - 葬禮 *truism - 不言而喻 *tumultuous - 喧鬧的 *conscientious - 盡職的 *pariah - 賤民 *hallmark - 標誌 *axioms - 公理 *expedite - 加快 *imminent - 迫在眉睫 *cumbersome - 麻煩的 *insidious - 陰險的 *devour - 吞食 *dwelled - 棲息 *institutionally - 制度上 *unceremoniously - 毫不客氣的 *introspection - 內省 *faux - 假的 *kerfuffle - 混亂的 *prophesy - 預言者 *insulate - 隔離 detractors - 批判者 bifurcation - 分岔 Stoics - 斯多葛學派 inertia - 慣性 Disproportionate - 不成比例的 artifact - 人工製品 infiltrate - 滲透 (臥底) Good Usages Have a chip on one's shoulder: 因感到自己的過去(或背景、外貌等)使別人產生偏見而懷恨(或不滿、對抗) He's got a chip on his shoulder about not having been to university. Carpet bomb ...

2023-06

*interminable - 沒完沒了的 *exerting - 使出/用力 *speculation - 投機 *convex - 凸的 *ethos - 風氣 heuristics - 啟發式 mediterranean - 地中海 martyrs - 烈士 inflammatory - 發炎的 difficult customer - 奧客 Eroded - 侵蝕 resonance - 共振 intervene - 干預 fathom - 捉摸/預測 omertà - 黑手黨的義氣/默契 tradcon - A person of traditionalist conservative politics. Good Usages Take matters in the merits - 就事論事 Live from paycheck to paycheck - 月光族 Kick rocks - 叫人滾 Holy grail - something that you want very much but that is very hard to get or achieve. (Finding a cure for cancer is the holy grail of medical researchers.)