Mutilate (v.) KK [ˋmjut!͵et] 重傷
1. To destroy beyond recognition
2. To render imperfect
3. To harm as to impair
Ex: She was mutilated in the accident.
Basin (n.)KK [ˋbesn] 盆地
1. A bowl for washing, often affixed to wall
2. An area of water that drains into a river
3. A rock formation scooped out by water erosion
Ex: The Amazon Basin is very large.
Intellectual (adj.) KK [͵ɪnt!ˋɛktʃʊəl] 智力的; 知性的
1. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.
2. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person.
3. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments.
4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy.
Ex: Chess is a highly intellectual game.
Conquest (n.) KK [ˋkɑŋkwɛst] 征服; 克服; 佔領
1. Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy
2. Overcoming of a weakness
3. A person whose affection has been won
Ex: The Romans extended their conquests to Britain.
Fusion (n.) KK [ˋfjuʒən] 融化; 融合
1. The act of melting or to liquify something by heating it
2. The merge, merging of similar or different elements into a union
3. (physics) A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy
Tripartite (adj.) KK [traɪˋpɑrtaɪt]分成三部分的; 三分的
1. In three parts
2. Done by three parties (as an agreement)
Ex: Two talks are to cooperate to perhaps negotiate, tripartite talk is mediate.
Converge (v.) KK [kənˋvɝdʒ]聚集; 集中
1. (intransitive) To approach each other; to get closer and closer.
2. (context, intransitive, mathematics) (of a sequence) to have a limit.
Ex: The two armies converged on the enemy capital for the last battle of the war.
Inadequacy (n.) KK [ɪnˋædəkwəsɪ] 不完全; 不適當
1. The state of being inadequate
2. A shortage of required material
3. A lack of competence or ability
Ex: An inadequacy often calls forth compensating forces.
Omnipotent (adj.), (proper noun) KK [ɑmˋnɪpətənt] 全能的; 神
1. Having unlimited power, force or authority.
2. God
Ex: Since God is conceived to be omnipotent, he is a perfect being.
Olive (n.) KK [ˋɑlɪv] 橄欖
1. An evergreen tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
2. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
Ex: We can extract oil from olive.
Administration (n.) KK [əd͵mɪnəˋstreʃən] 行政; 政府; 管理機構; 藥物用法
1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management.
2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
Ex: Who is in charge of the administration of your company?
Irrigate (v.) KK [ˋɪrə͵get] 灌溉
1. To supply farmland with water, by building ditches and pipes etc.
2. To clean a wound with a fluid
Ex: Water drafted from the well will be used to irrigate the field.
Surplus (n.), (adj.) KK [ˋsɝpləs] 過剩; 盈餘; 剩餘的
(n.)1. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached.
2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
(a.)3. Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words. (trans-top, being a surplus)
Ex: The kids were running around crazily, working off their surplus energy.
Splendid (adj.) KK [ˋsplɛndɪd] 有光彩的; 了不起的
1. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.
2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant.
3. Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a splendid victory or reputation.
Ex: He wrote a splendid polemic in my favour.
Hieroglyphic (n.), (adj.) KK [͵haɪərəˋglɪfɪk] 象形文字; 潦草難懂的文章; 象形文字的
1. (especially, in plural) a writing system of ancient Egypt and Maya civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph
2. (context, by extension) undecipherable handwriting
3. of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
4. difficult to decipher
Ex: Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script was finally deciphered.
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