vocabulary journal

1. assemble  /s'ɛmbəl/

(vt.)

集合;裝配(vi.)集合Over 10，000 people were assembled at the airport to honor the President’s visit.

2. literature /l'ɪtɚətʃɚ/

U文學，文學作品;文獻

He majors in British literature

3.partial /p'ɑrʃəl/

(a.)偏袒的，不公平的;部分的，不完全的

The film was only a partial success.

4.genuine /dʒ'ɛnjəwən/

(a.)真正的，名副其實的;真誠的，坦率的

The ring is genuine silver.

5.confrontation /k，ɑnfrənt'eʃən/

對審，面對面，面對，對質

There was a noisy confrontation between the police and the demonstrators.

6.divine /dɪv'ɑɪn/

(a.)神的，神聖的，非凡的牧師

To err is human， to forgive divine.

7.inadequate /ɪn'ædəkwət/

(a.)不充分的，不適當的

Her income is inadequate to pay for it.

8.margin /m'ɑrdʒən/

頁邊的空白，邊緣，界限，餘裕，差數，差額，保証金(vt.)加邊於

They came to the margin of the wood.

9.prominent /pr'ɑmənənt/

(a.)卓越的，顯著的，突出的，突起的，凸出的

The pagoda is the most prominent feature of the village.

10.shortcut /ʃ'ɔrtk，ʌt/

捷徑，最短路線

There’s no shortcut to learning.

11.hush /h'ʌʃ/

肅靜，安靜，沈默(vt.)(使)肅靜，(使)安靜，(使)緘默

They all hushed when the Queen came in.

12.intrude /ɪntr'ud/

(v.)闖進，入侵，侵犯，侵佔，佔用，打擾

It would be insensitive to intrude upon his privacy.

13.courtesy /k'ɚtəsi/

禮貌，殷勤，好意

He wrote back to her out of courtesy.

14.bold /b'old/

粗體( 列印 ); 鮮明( 螢幕 )

He made a bold speech.

15.sound /s'ɑʊnd/

聲音，語音，噪音，吵鬧，語調，聽力範圍，探條，海峽(a.)健全的，可靠的，合理的

She is sound in both body and mind.

16.vacant /v'ekənt/

(a.)空的，空白的，空靈的，空閑的，茫然的，空缺的

A vacant apartment in Taipei City is very difficult to find.

17.rear /r'ɪr/

後面，背後，後方(a.)後面的，背面的，後方的(vt.)養育，培養，飼養，舉起，樹立

To the rear of the house is a piece of woodland.

18.allowance /əl'ɑʊəns

允許，考慮;津貼;餘地，體諒;限額，限量，折扣

The child has a weekly allowance of one thousand dollars.

19.dismiss /dɪsm'ɪs/

(vt.)解散;消除，不考慮，免…的職，解雇，開除;遣散

The teacher dismissed the class on time.

20.handicap /h'ændik，æp/ 障礙，困難(vt.)加障礙於，妨礙

Losing their best player was a handicap to the team.

21.choke /tʃ'ok/

(vt.)

窒息，阻塞，噎，抑制(vi.)窒息，阻塞，噎窒息，噎，阻氣門

The child was almost chocked by the heavy smoke.

22.ingredient /ɪngr'idiənt/ 

成分，因素

Whs.at are the ingredients of the cookie?

23. peasant /p'ɛzənt/

農夫，鄉下人

Most of the produce sold in the market is grown by peasant farmers.

24.text /t'ɛkst/

U正文，本文;C原文;C主題文句

The text of every chapter is followed by questions.

25.possess /pəz'ɛs/

(vt.)持有，佔有，使擁有，克制，支配，迷住

The country possesses rich minerak deposit