Best&Ryan 0911 (copy)

amendment

(n.) A chang or changes made to the words of a text

修正案

ample

(adj.) More than enough

充足的

amuse

(v.) to entertain someone, especially by humorous speech or action or by making them laugh or smile

analysis

(n.) the act of studying or examining something in detail, in order to discover or understand more about it, or your opinion and judgment after doing this

分析

ancestor

(n.) a person related to you who lived a long time ago

祖先；先驅者；前身

ancestry

(n.) your ancestors who lived a long time ago, or the origin of your family

血統

anonymous

(adj.) made or done by someone whose name is not known or not made public

anticipate

(v.) to imagine or expect that something will happen

antique

(n.) something made in an earlier period that is collected and considered to have value because it is beautiful, rare, old, or of high quality

古董

anxiety

(n.) an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in the future

apparatus

(n.) a set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a particular purpose

設備；儀器

apparel

(n.) clothes of a particular type when they are being sold in a shop

服裝

scandal

(n.) (an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval

醜聞

appeal

(v.) a request to the public for money, information, or help; a request made to a court of law or to someone in authority to change a previous decision

懇求；申訴；迎合

appliance

(n.) a device, machine, or piece of equipment, especially an electrical one that is used in the house, such as a cooker or washing machine

applicant

(n.) a person who formally requests something, especially a job, or to study at a college or university

申請人

application

(n.) an official request for something, usually in writing

appoint

(v.) to choose someone officially for a job or responsibility; to arrange a date or time when a meeting or other event will happen

任命；安排(日期、)時間)

appointment

(n.) a formal arrangement to meet or visit someone at a particular time and place; the act of officially choosing someone for a job, or the job itself

appropriate

(adj.) suitable or right for a particular situation or occasion;

適當的

(v.) to keep an amount of money to use for a particular purpose

撥款；挪用

approval

(n.) the feeling of having a positive opinion of someone or something; official permission

贊成；批准

disapprove

(v.) to feel that something or someone is bad, wrong, etc.

approximately

(adv.) close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time

大約

be apt to

傾向於...；易於…

architect

(n.) a person whose job is to design new buildings and make certain that they are built correctly

建築師

architecture

(n.) the art and practice of designing and making buildings; the style in which buildings are made

arise (from)

(v.) to start to happen or exist; to get out of bed

起因於；發生；起床

articulate

(adj.) able to express thoughts and feelings easily and clearly, or showing this quality;

(v.) to express in word

清楚地表達

aspire

(v.) to have a strong wish or hope to do or have something

assembly

(n.) 集會

assembly line

生產線

assert

(v.) to behave in a way that expresses your confidence, importance, or power and earns you respect from others

堅稱；主張

assess

(v.) to judge or decide the amount, value, quality, or importance of something

評估

asset

(n.) something valuable belonging to a person or organization that can be used for the payment of debts

資產

assimilate

(v.) to become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part of a group, country, society, etc.;

to understand and remember new information and make it part of your basic knowledge so that you can use it as your own;

to absorb food or a substance into the tissue of a living organism

assure somebody of something

向某人保證某事

attitude

(n.) a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused by this

attorney

(n.) a lawyer

attribute A to B

將A歸因於B

audit

(v.) to make an official examination of the accounts of a business and produce a report;

to go to a class or educational course for pleasure or interest, without being tested or receiving a grade at the end

審計、稽核；旁聽

auditorium

a large public building where meetings, concerts, etc. are held;

the part of a theatre, or similar building, where the people who are watching and listening sit

劇院、禮堂、演講廳；觀眾席

authentic

(adj.) If something is authentic, it is real, true, or what people say it is

真的、真跡的、正宗的

aviation

(n.) the activity of flying aircraft, or of designing, producing, and keeping them in good condition

航空(術)、航空製造業

be aware of

察覺到…

awful

(adj.) extremely bad or unpleasant;

very great

ballot

(n.) a system or occasion of secret voting

選票

ban somebody from something

禁止某人某事

impose a ban on

對…實施禁令

lift the ban on

解除…的禁令

bankruptcy

(n.) a situation in which a business or a person becomes bankrupt

banquet

(n.) a large formal meal for many people, often followed by speeches in honour of someone

barely

(adv).) by the smallest amount

僅僅、幾乎沒有

barren

(adj.) unable to produce plants, fruit or children

貧脊的；不孕的

be coming along

順利進行

be on the smae page

意見一致

bear

(v.) to accept, tolerate, or endure something, especially something unpleasant;

to give birth to young

忍受；生小孩

beforehand

(adv.) earlier (than a particular time)

on behalf of someone

作為某人的代表

besides

(adv.) in addition to; also

bias

(n.) the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment

偏見、偏袒

bid

(v.) to offer a particular amount of money for something that is for sale and compete against other people to buy it, especially at a public sale of goods or property

競標；投標

bill

(n.) a formal statement of a planned new law that is discussed before being voted on

法案；帳單

biography

(n.) the life story of a person written by someone else

blend

(v.) to mix or combine things together, or to mix or combine with something else, to make one substance;

(n.) a mixture of different things or styles

boast

(v.) something you are proud of and like to tell people about

自豪；自誇

bold

(adj.) not frightened of danger;

not shy, especially in a way that shows no respect

大膽的；魯莽的

bound

(adj.) certain or extremely likely to happen;

having a moral or legal duty to do something

註定的；（法律或道德上）有義務的

be bound for

開往/駛往某地

bounce

(v.) to (cause a cheque to) not be paid or accepted by a bank because there is no money in the account;

to (cause to) move up or away after hitting a surface

(支票)跳票；彈起

be in breach of

違反…

breach

(v.) (n.) to break a law, promise, agreement, or relationship

brief

(v.) to give someone detailed instructions or information

brim

(v.) to become full of something, especially a liquid;

(n.) the very top edge of a container

注滿；邊緣

brochure

(n.) a type of small magazine that contains pictures and information on a product or a company

小冊子

browse through

瀏覽

bug

(v.) to place or hide a listening device inside something;

to annoy or worry someone

bulk

(n.) something or someone that is very large

bulky

(adj.) A bulky object takes up a lot of space, or is difficult to move or carry

龐大的；笨重的

bump into someone

巧遇某人

bump

(v.) to hit something

assume the burden of

負起...的重擔

burden

(n.) a heavy load that you carry

bureaucracy

(n.) a system for controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number of officials employed to follow rules carefully

繁文縟節；官僚體制

burst

(v.) to break open or apart suddenly, or to make something do this

爆破；突然(發生/出現)

bury

to cover something or someone completely with a large quantity of something

cab

(n.) a taxi

campaign

(n.) a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim

cancellation

(n.) the act of deciding that an organized event will not happen or of stopping an order for something

candidate

(n.) a person who is competing to get a job or elected position

capacity

(n.) the total amount that can be contained or produced

capital

(n.) a city that is the centre of government of a country or smaller political area;

a letter of the alphabet in the form and larger size that is used at the beginning of sentences and names;

money and possessions, especially a large amount of money used for producing more wealth or for starting a new business

首都；大寫；資金

capitalize

(v.) to write a letter of the alphabet as a capital, or to write the first letter of a word as a capital

用大寫字母書寫

captialize on

利用(capitalize)

cash in on

利用(cash)

cast

(n.) the actors in a film, play, or show;

(v.) to throw something;

卡司；投擲

casualty

(n.) a person or thing that suffers as a result of something else happening

受害者；傷亡人數

category

(n.) (in a system for dividing things according to appearance, quality, etc.) a type, or a group of things having some features that are the same

cater to

迎合

cellular

(adj.) connected with the cells of a plant or animal;

made of small parts

細胞的；由小單位(部分)組成的；細胞狀的、蜂窩狀的

censure

(v.) strong criticism or disapproval