Script (n.) KK [skrɪpt] 筆跡; 字體

1. A text that is written for a movie, play, broadcast, or speech

2. A set of letters used for writing a particular language

        Ex: I received a letter from her in her neat script

 

Millennium (n.) KK [mɪˋlɛnɪəm] 千年期

1.  A period of 1000 years

       Ex: The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.

 

Indigenous (adj.) KK [ɪnˋdɪdʒɪnəs] 土著的; 本地的

1. Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion, especially of plants and indigenous peoples.

2. Figuratively, innate

        Ex: The Navajos are among the indigenous people of North America.

 

Sculpture (n.) (v.) KK [ˋskʌlptʃɚ] 雕刻品; 雕刻

(n.)1. The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief

2. A work of art created by sculpting; such works as a group

(v.)1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.

2. To represent something in sculpture.

3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.

        Ex: In the ruins they found ancient stone sculptures.

 

Medieval (adj) KK [͵mɪdɪˋivəl] 中世紀的; 中古的

1.Of or relating to the Middle Ages, perhaps AD 650 to 1550.

        Ex: The tunnels were dug in medieval times as an escape route.

 

Obscure (adj.) (v.) KK [əbˋskjʊr] 暗的; 模糊的; 使混淆不清

(a) 1. Dark, faint or indistinct

(v.)1. To darken, make faint etc.

2. To hide, put out of sight etc.

       Ex: His difficult style obscures his meaning.

 

Pastoral (adj.) (n.) KK [ˋpæstərəl] 牧羊人的; 鄉村田園的; 田園詩; 田園景色

(a)Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life

(n.) A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; a bucolic.

        Ex: A priest's pastoral duties include helping the poor and sick.                 

 

Melancholy (adj.) (n.) KK [ˋmɛlən͵kɑlɪ]憂鬱; 悲傷的

(n.)1. (obsolete) Great sadness or depression; gloom.

2. (dated) black bile

(a.) Affected with great sadness or depression.

        Ex: Larry is in a very melancholy mood.

 

Exile (n.) (v.) KK [ˋɛksaɪl] 流放; 離鄉背井者

(n.)1. The state of being banished from one's home or country.

2. Someone who is banished from one's home or country.

(v.) To send into exile.

        Ex: He has been an exile for ten years.

 

Formative (adj.) KK [ˋfɔrmətɪv] 形成的; 造成的

1. Relating to the formation and subsequent growth of something

2. Capable of forming something

3. (biology) capable of producing new tissue

        Ex: The meanest plant cannot be raised without seed, by any formative residing in the soil.

 

Decipher (v.) KK [dɪˋsaɪfɚ]破解(密碼等); 解釋(古代文字等); 辨認(潦草的字跡等)

1. To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.

2. To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.

3. To find a solution to a problem.

        Ex: Can you decipher the writing on this envelope?

 

Encroach (v.) KK [ɪnˋkrotʃ] 侵入; 侵占

1. To gradually take away someone else's rights, or to take control of someone's time, work, etc

2. To gradually cover more and more of an area of land

        Ex: What the government is proposing encroaches on the rights of individuals.

 

Capricious (adj.) KK [kəˋprɪʃəs] 善變的; 無常的

1.   Impulsive, Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim; as, a capricious winterstorm, stringent rulers often act capriciously

        Ex: He was a cruel and capricious tyrant.

 

Fragmentation (n.) KK [͵frægmənˋteʃən] 分裂; 破碎

1. The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

2. The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.

        Ex: It was partly the fragmentation of the opposition which helped to get the Republicans re-elected.

 

Dialect (n.) KK [ˋdaɪəlɛkt] 方言

1.    A variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation.

        Ex: The poem is written in northern dialect.

 

Formidable (adj.) KK [ˋfɔrmɪdəb!] 強大的; 可怕的; 艱難的

1. Causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality; commanding respect

2. Difficult to defeat or overcome

        Ex: A formidable prospect lies ahead of him.

 

Amenity (n.) KK [əˋminətɪ] 舒適

1.   Something intended to make life more pleasant or comfortable for people.

        Ex: Straus established employee amenities such as restrooms, medical care, and a lunchroom.

 

Anarchy (n.) KK [ˋænɚkɪ]  無政府(狀態); 混亂

1. The state of a society being without authoritarians or a governing body.

2. Confusion in general; disorder.

        Ex: Civil war has led to anarchy.

 

Elite (n.) KK [eˋlit] 菁英; 中堅份子

1. (Uncountable) A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.

2. (Countable)someone who is among the best at certain task.

        Ex: He is the football team's elite.

 

Subordinate (adj.) (n.) (v.) KK [səˋbɔrdnɪt] 次要的; 隸屬的; 下級的; ...列為下級

(a.)1. Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.; submissive, Submissive to or controlled by authority.

(n.)2. One that is subordinate.

(v.) 3. To make subservient; To treat as of less value or importance.

        Ex: You need to assign this job to a subordinate.

 

Ferocity (n.) KK [fəˋrɑsətɪ] 兇猛; 殘暴

1.  The condition of being ferocious.

        Ex: The president came in for some ferocious criticism.

 

Cohesion (n.) KK [koˋhiʒən] 結合; 凝聚; 團結力; 附著

1. The state of sticking together, or (of people) being in close agreement and working well together

2. The growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant

        Ex: The team just seems to lack cohesion.

 

Condemn (v.) KK [kənˋdɛm] 責難; 宣告...有罪; 迫使...處於(不幸的狀態)

1. To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.

2. To mark (a building, for example) for destruction.

        Ex: The movie was condemned

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