[英文 單字集] 熱血人瑞、冥王星刪不刪、新創公司新落腳

Top 3 words this week

1. 完全正確: right on the button
Ex: He hit the issue right on the button. This is a sociological issue.

2. 四處可見: dot the horizon
Ex: 7-11 dots the horizon in Taiwan.

3. 充滿幹勁的、充滿衝勁的: scrappy
Ex: Some Irish 20-somethings will want to work for a scrappy startup.

4. 九大行星口訣: My very educated mother just served us 9 pizza, and suddenly pizza was gone!
解謎: My (Mercury) very (Venus) educated (Earth) mother (Mars) just (Jupiter) served (Saturn) us (Uranus) 9 (Neptune) pizza (Pluto),
and suddenly pizza was gone!


下面是這周的單字集，點選標題可以看原文報導
藍色單字是我喜歡或覺得常用的單字，
標在中文表示可以直接翻譯和中文做連結

標在英文表示從英文記會比較好


For 99th birthday, he wanted canoe ride on Milwaukee River

1. nonagenarian: 九十多歲的人  ； centenarian 一百多歲的人、人瑞

Ex: For his 99th birthday, this nonagenarian wanted a canoe ride on the Milwaukee River.

2. zest: 熱情、活力； (調味用的)水果皮，常為橘子皮、檸檬皮

Ex: Franz prefers to guard (保密) his full identity but not his age or zest for life.

3. river's shore: 河邊

4. set about: 著手進行、開始做 = got the ball rolling = prepare and start to do sth

Ex: He set about making it happen.

5. fondness for: 喜愛

Ex: I have fondness for canoeing.

6. row: 划(船)

Ex: Milwaukee Rowing Club

7. dawn (v.): 破曉、開始

8. brisk: 清新的 = cold and fresh

9. tail wind:: 順風

Ex: The day dawned cool and clear with a brisk north breeze to provide a tail wind.

10. excursion: 遠足、短程旅行

11. sprout: 抽(芽)、突然茁壯擴大 = grow or exist suddenly

12. flotilla:  大型船隊

Ex: Our one-canoe excursion sprouted into a flotilla.

13. leverage: 借貸、借用

Ex: He is a master of the collaborative process and leveraging the power of "we." (借用「我們」的力量)

14. negotiate: 設法做到、解決(難題)

Ex: Franz carefully negotiated the critical first stage of the voyage

15. paddle: 用槳划船

Ex: Soon we were paddling and drifting downriver.

16. timeless: 不受時間影響的、不隨時間改變的

Ex: Some things have changed and others are relatively timeless.

17. avid: 渴望的、熱衷的

Ex: He was an avid cyclist.

18. outlive: 活得比較久

Ex: He has outlived his wife, his son, and his daughter.

19. canyon: 峽谷

Ex: The river entered the downtown canyons of office towers. (高樓大廈間)

20. longtime (adj.): 長久以來、多年的

Ex: It was his longtime office

21. dumbbell: 啞鈴

(Reading articles and example sentences are from The Ride of a Lifetime, Advanced magazine, Jan. 19-20, 2015)

Pluto planet controversy rages on among scientists   (full article not available)

1. rage on: 激烈的進行 = continue

Ex: The Pluto planet controversy rages on among scientists.

2. frigid: 冰冷的 = extremely cold = freezing

3. outskirts: 郊區、偏遠的地區

4. downgrade: 降級

Ex: Pluto, a distant world on the frigid outskirts of the solar system, was downgraded.

5. scores of: 許多 = a whole bunch of =lots of

6. impose: 施加、強制執行

Ex: Scores of Pluto fans booed the decision and terminology (名稱)- dwarf planet- imposed by IAU.

7. wane: 減弱、衰退 = fade away =fade out

Ex: Controversy has yet to wane.

8. maelstrom: 騷動、騷亂

9. mount: 上升、增加、越演越烈

10. rendezvous: 會面 = meeting

Ex: The maelstrom mounts as Earthlings prepare for a rendezvous

11. flyby: (飛行船)接近天體

Ex: An American data-gathering spacecraft will make a historic Pluto flyby.

13. demote: 降級、降職

14. far-flung: 遙遠的

15. orb: 球體

Ex: The New Horizon space probe was launched the year the far-flung orb was demoted.

16. touchy: 棘手的、敏感的

Ex: Pluto is a touchy subject. (敏感的議題)

17. undergird: 支持、佐證 = support

Ex: Powerful scientific evidence undergirded Pluto's downgrade from planet to dwarf.

18. full-fledged: 成熟的、發展完全的

19. celestial: 外太空的

20. the cosmos: 宇宙

Ex: Pluto is highly dependent on a larger, full-fledged celestial body (天體), a guardian planet in the cosmos

21. shroud: 遮蔽、隱藏 = cover

22. semantics: 語意學 = meaning in language

Ex: Just as mystery has shrouded Pluto, semantics have affected, too.

23. chair (v.): 主持 = head

Ex: He chairs the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department

24. scoff: 嘲笑、嗤之以鼻

25. proponent: 提倡者、宣導者、贊成者 = people who support

26. prejudiced: 有偏見的

Ex: He scoffs at Pluto proponents who say scientists are prejudiced just because it is small.

27. Mercury: 水星

28. Venus: 金星

29. Mars: 火星

30. Jupiter: 木星

31. Saturn: 土星

32. Uranus: 天王星

33. Neptune: 海王星

34. oppose: 反對

35. status: 地位、身分

Ex: Scientists oppose Pluto's return to full planetary status.

36. astronomical: 天文學的

37. union:協會、工會

38. make the cut: 合格 = meet a required standard/criteria =qualify

Ex: The astronomical union has three key criteria for a celestial body to make the cut.

39. make the grade: 達到標準 =qualify

Ex: Pluto had trouble making the grade.

40. potent: 強而有力的

Ex: A planet must be massive enough to have its own potent gravitational pull.

41. stipulation: 規定、明確要求

Ex: He thinks Pluto is a planet despite the union's stipulations.

42. principal: 最重要的、最主要的

Ex: the spacecraft's principal investigator

43. astrophysicist: 天文物理學家

44. go on a record: 公開表示、公開發表意見

Ex: He has gone on record saying Pluto should be returned to its former status.

45. settle: 解決、達成共識

Ex: The issues need to be settled logically.

46. age divide: 時代隔閡、年齡差距、代溝

Ex: Walter thinks emotion about Pluto falls unavoidably along (落於) an age divide.

47. criterion (sing.) / criteria (pl.):標準

Ex: three key criteria/ the third criterion

48. right on the button: 正確

Ex: He hit the issue right on the button. This is a sociological issue.

49. faint: 微弱、不清晰的(光)

Ex: Sunlight is 1000 times fainter than on earth.

50. en route: 在路上、在途中 = on one's way

51. ashes: 灰燼、骨灰

Ex: A portion of his ashes was placed aboard the New Horizon probe and are en route to the world once called Planet X (Pluto).

52. stoke: 煽動、激起(不滿)

Ex: Pluto's ban from the solar system still stokes powerful emotions in legions of(一大批人) fans.

   by  davidwboswell 

(Reading articles and example sentences are from Pluto: Our 'Favorite Dwarf Planet', Advanced magazine, Jan. 21-22, 2015)

Silicon Valley tech startups find a second home in Ireland

1. trail = 隨著、跟著 = follow

Ex: Trailing the trans-Atlantic moves of Apple, Google, and Facebook, fledgling (剛起步的 = new-baby) Silicon Valley tech startups are opening offices in Ireland.

2. draw: 吸引力、吸引人的地方

3. predecessor: 前輩、先前從事同樣事情的人或組織

Ex: Low corporate tax isn't the primary draw for startups, unlike their predecessors.

4. launch pad: 跳板、墊腳石

Ex: Startups hope Dublin will become their launch pad to global success.

5. dot: 分布、散落； dot the horizon: 四處可見

Ex: Twitter and Facebook signs dot the horizon. 7-11 dots the horizon in Taiwan.

6. palatable: 美味的、可口的

Ex: palatable food

7. tenant: 租戶、房客

8. roster: 名單；名冊 = manifest

Ex: The city's tech tenant roster makes Dublin feel comfortable to Silicon Valley transplants.

9. unveil: 揭幕、揭曉、首次公開

Ex: The company unveiled plans for an office in the Irish capital within a year

10. occurrence: (常常發生的)事件 happen again and again

Ex: Not a new occurrence (非新鮮事)

11. presence: 據點

Ex: establish a European presence

12. behemoth: 巨頭、大型企業 = giant creature

13. canal: 運河

Ex: Tech behemoths have helped transform Dublin's old industrial canal docks.

14. coin: (以新名稱)稱作 = name, call

Ex: The global tech industry coined (稱呼、稱作)the area "Silicon Docks."

15. groom: 培訓；培養 =prepare

Ex: Tech behemoths have groomed the next generation of tech talent.

16. on top sth: 除此之外

Ex: On top of the familiar language and food, lots of companies move here, so startups feel comfortable to follow.

17. underscore= underline = emphasize = point out 強調

Ex: They underscored the growing ties between Ireland and Silicon Valley.

18. tension: 緊張關係、緊張氣氛

Ex: The relationship has not been without tension.

19. call out= criticize 批評、譴責

Ex: Brown called out Apple for storing cash in Ireland to avoid paying US taxes.

20. tax breaks: 減稅

Ex: For most startups heading to Ireland, tax breaks will have to wait.

21. scrappy: 充滿幹勁的、充滿衝勁的 = aggressive and competitive

Ex: Some Irish 20-somethings will want to work for a scrappy startup.

(Reading articles and example sentences are from Making a Move, Advanced magazine, Jan. 23-24, 2015)