2023-08
*comprises - 包含 *disastrous - 災情慘重 *adversarial - 有對抗性的 *debase - 貶低 *pulverized - 粉碎的 *epitome - 縮影 *proverb - 諺語 *retroactive - 可追溯性 *monastery - 修道院 *distilled - 蒸餾的 *plateaued - 趨於穩定 (My weight loss progress has plateaued after the initial drop.) *pet peeves - 怪癖 *scoffed - 嘲笑 *Economic Moat - 經濟護城河 *complacent - 自滿 *conducive - 有利於 *squabble - 拌嘴 *serendipitous - 偶然 *chasm - 鴻溝 *thrust - 推力 *elusive - 難以捉摸 Deciphering - 破譯 conscientious - 盡責的 provocatively - 挑釁的 exhilarating - 令人振奮的 delinquency - 違法行為 pragmatic - 務實 Good Usages Tire-kicker - 毛很多但不買單的客人 (That tire-kicker has come here every day for the last month, don't waste any time on him.) Shoot the arrow and draw the target of where it lands - 先射箭後畫靶