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 - 地毯式炸彈 (形容大範圍布局)