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aging a. 逐漸衰老的 (現在分詞作形容詞用) & n. 衰老, 老化 |
aged a. 年邁的; 老舊的
例:My aging pet dog can hardly walk.
(我那隻逐漸衰老的愛犬幾乎走不動了。)
Can you stop the process of aging?
(你能阻止衰老嗎？)
The aged building is on the verge of collapsing.
(那棟老舊的建築物快倒塌了。)
＊on the verge of.... 在……的邊緣
verge n. 邊緣 |
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millionaire n. 百萬富翁 |
billionaire n. 億萬富翁
例:A millionaire is not considered to be very rich these days.
(百萬富翁在現在不被認為很有錢了。) |
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fit the bill 完全符合情形、目的或要求 |
fit vt. 符合 & vi. 合適, 適宜 & a. 健康的
stay fit 保持健康
例:The interviewee fits the bill.
(那個應徵者符合條件。)
The plug won't fit into this socket.
(那個插頭和這個插座不合。)
Jeff jogs every day to stay fit.
(傑夫每天慢跑保持健康。) |
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advertisement n. 廣告 (通常簡寫為ad) |
put an advertisement/ad 刊登廣告
place
例:Nancy put an ad in the newspaper looking for an apartment to rent.
(南西在報紙上刊登廣告，想要租一間公寓。) |
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look after... 照料/照顧…… |
take after... 長得像……
例:Mr. Williams looks after his dog as if it were his son.
(威廉斯先生照料他的狗兒就好像牠是他兒子一樣。)
Alan takes after his father and they are both lawyers.
(艾倫長得像他父親，而且他們兩個都是律師。) |
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fortune n. 財產, 財富 |
make a fortune 發財
例:There's a fortune to be made in this kind of business.
(做這種生意可以賺錢。) |
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pour in 大量湧入, 蜂湧而至 |
pour vi. 蜂擁
例:Money began to pour in after he started his own business.
(自從他自創事業後，金錢便開始滾滾而來。) |
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show up 出現 |
= turn up
= appear vi.
例:The singer didn't show up at his own concert.
(那名歌手沒有在自己的演唱會中出現。) |
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If you think that's funny, so does Walter. 如果你認為這件事很好笑, 華特也是這樣想。 |
| = If you think that's funny, Walter also thinks that's funny. |
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get away 暫時離開工作以放鬆身心 |
例:After the project, I need to get away for a while.
(完成這項工作後，我需要拋開一切去輕鬆一陣子。) |
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for a while 一會兒, 一陣 |
例:I guess I'm going to stay here for a while.
(我想我會在這裡待上一陣子。) |
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round-the-world a. 環遊世界的 |
例:The big prize is a round-the-world airline ticket.
(大獎是一張環遊世界的機票。) |
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