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英文兒童文學 每日單字 Week14
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Vocabularies
1accompany [əˋkʌmpənɪ]
Definition
to go somewhere with someone, especially in order to look after them, to play a musical instrument while someone sings a song or plays the main tune
Sentence
Lightning usually accompanies thunder.

2camp [kæmp]
Definition
a place where people stay in temporary shelters, such as tents, usually for a short time, a place where people are kept for a particular reason, when they do not want to be there, to set up a tent or shelter and stay there for a short time
Sentence
The travellers set up a camp near the river.

3careless [ˋkɛrlɪs]
Definition
not paying enough attention to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes, damage things etc
Sentence
She's careless about her clothes.

4combine [kəmˋbaɪn]
Definition
a group of people or organizations who work together for a particular purpose, having two very different feelings at the same time,
Sentence
The two old schools are to combine to form one big new school.

5destination [͵dɛstəˋneʃən]
Definition
the place that someone or something is going to
Sentence
We reached our destination, tired and hungry.




Vocabularies
1switch [swɪtʃ]
Definition
to change from one thing to another, usually suddenly,the part on a light, radio, machine etc that starts or stops the flow of electricity when you press it up or down; a complete, and usually sudden, change from one thing to another
Sentence
I am on duty tomorrow. I'll have to switch with someone to go to your party.

2ambitious [æmˋbɪʃəs]
Definition
determined to be successful, rich, powerful etc; having a strong desire for success or achievement; requiring full use of your abilities or resources
Sentence
He then attempted something more ambitious, a novel of 200, 000 words.

3ingredient [ɪnˋgridɪənt]
Definition
one of the types of food you use to make a particular dish;a quality you need to achieve something; a component of a mixture or compound
Sentence
What are the ingredients of the cake?

4colleague [kɑˋlig]
Definition
someone you work with, used especially by professional people or managers; a person who is member of your class or profession
Sentence
He is my colleague in the factory.

5punctual [ˋpʌŋktʃʊəl]
Definition
arriving, happening etc at exactly the time that has been arranged; acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed
Sentence
He is always very punctual.



Vocabularies
1freighter [ˋfretɚ]
Definition
a ship or aircraft that carries goods
Sentence
Do you think we should charter a freighter?

2prefer [prɪˋfɝ]
Definition
to like someone or something more than someone or something else, select as an alternative; choose instead; like better; value more highly
Sentence
I prefer the quiet countryside to the noisy cities.

3situation [͵sɪtʃʊˋeʃən]
Definition
a combination of all the things that are happening and all the conditions that exist at a particular time in a particular place; a word meaning the kind of area where a building is situated, used especially by people who sell or advertise buildings
Sentence
The economic situation is now different.

4thaw [θɔ]
Definition
a period of warm weather during which snow and ice melt;the process of heating to change something from a solid to a liquid
Sentence
The sun soon thawed the ice on the river.

5tourist [ˋtʊrɪst]
Definition
someone who is travelling or visiting a place for pleasure
Sentence
she showed a party of tourists round the museum.





Vocabularies
1travel [ˋtræv!]
Definition
to go from one place to another, or to several places, especially to distant places; a movement through space that changes the location of something
Sentence
We had ten day's travel by train.

2underground [ˋʌndɚ͵graʊnd]
Definition
a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; under the level of the ground; an electric underground railway
Sentence
An underground passage leads to the building across the street.

3vacation [veˋkeʃən]
Definition
a holiday, or time spent not working; one of the periods of time when universities are closed; to go somewhere for a holiday
Sentence
School is closed for the summer and children are on vacation.

4access [ˋæksɛs]
Definition
the way by which you can enter a building or reach a place; to find information, especially on a computer; the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something
Sentence
Only a few people have access to the full facts of the case.

5brainstorm [ˋbren͵stɔrm]
Definition
to suddenly be unable to think clearly or sensibly; a sudden clever idea; the act of meeting with a group of people in order to try to develop ideas and think of ways of solving problems
Sentence
The marketing team brainstormed for hours in designing the marketing campaign for the new product.




Vocabularies
1coal [kol]
Definition
a black mineral which is dug from the earth and burnt to produce heat; a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
Sentence.
The ship called at Boston to coal.

2conservation [͵kɑnsɚˋveʃən]
Definition
the protection of natural things such as animals, plants, forests etc, to prevent them being spoiled, or destroyed; the act of preventing something from being lost or wasted;the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources
Sentence
our country should pay attention to the conservation of forests.

3disposable [dɪˋspozəb!]
Definition
intended to be used once or for a short time and then thrown away,available to be used
Sentence
The brochure is disposable after the meeting.

4subscription [səbˋskrɪpʃən]
Definition
a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time; an amount of money you pay regularly to be a member of an organization or to help its work
Sentence
He made a large sum of subscription to the animal protection society.

5trial [ˋtraɪəl]
Definition
a legal process in which a court of law examines a case to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime;a process of testing to find out whether something works effectively and is safe; to thoroughly test something to see if it works correctly or is effective
Sentence
The trials show that smoking will do harm to people.
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