Frank's 資訊科技潮流站

modest 謙虛 humble 謙虛(帶有卑微) Attention立正 At ease 稍息 Dismiss 解散 Institutionized 制式化 defamiliarization 用特殊的字詞表達簡單意思 prospective 前途無量 wrap up = make a conclusion Sent sb. packing. 開除某人，炒某人魷魚 head trauma 頭部受創 intensive course 密集訓練 child-abuse 虐待兒童 power-abuse 權利濫用 tell tale 說故事 drop over 串門子 stun gun 電擊槍 e-mail assualt 電子郵件攻擊 poetic license 滿足文章詩詞性而容許的錯誤(常見於名人的文章) tough grader 嚴格評分者 fellow citizen 親愛的同胞們 vested interest 既得利益(政客) desperate struggle 垂死掙扎 nothing in particular 就是如此 disgruntled-consumer 愛發牢騷的消費者 Political Correctness 政治正確性 Drink and Drive酒後開車 marry young 年輕就結婚 die on duty 死而後已 duty student 值日生 late-mayor 先市長 ban on proligiration 禁止核子試爆 in the late thirties 將近40歲 a sigh of relief 鬆了一口氣 exchange glances 使眼色 a squad of soldiers 一班之兵 admirable expression 值得崇拜的表達方式 negative material 負面教材 stereo type language 陳腔濫調 print journalism 平面媒體 domino theory 骨牌效應 sowing wild oats 談戀愛 insignificant life 不起眼的生活 take adventage of sb./sth. 利用 / 占(女性)便宜 Sb. is behind the bars 被關、坐牢 I made it to (someplace)! a body of men = a group of men The road not taken 不由之路 You reap what you sow. 一分耕耘一分收穫 S.O.P. = Standard Operation Process stay put = remain calm = remain cool. PhD = Doctor of Philosophy. Negative Impact <=> Positive Example boyfriend of fifteen of years of age = fifteen-year-old boyfriend He is after a mouse => He is chasing a mouse. He is courting a girl. Are you better off? 你過得更好了嗎？ What's your handicap? 你的極限在哪裡？ No one is indispensible 沒有人是不可或缺的 I owe it all to you. 我將這一切歸功於你 Eight years my senior 較我年長八歲 I want a refund "on" my watch. "feed" data into computer. act commited "by" sb. fly a plane / sail a boat / drive a car I like it "here" 我喜歡這裡 There is a lot of dry stuff = There is no meat in his conversation With the rain outside the garden, we have to take our umbrella. Does coke taste good hot? 可樂在熱的時候好喝嗎？ I have a mixed feeling 我的心情很複雜 You'll never know how much you matter to me. 你永遠不知道你對而言有多重要 There is more to beauty than meets the eye. A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. By one's heros, you shall know him. 從一人崇拜的對象，你就可以了解他的人。 Never in history have we seen so few do so much for so many. The means justifies the ends. 成王敗寇 History tells that people do not learn from the history. With you in charge, I am at ease. 你辦事，我放心 Too bad, youth is wasted by the young. 真糟，年輕都被年輕人糟蹋了 He has many students all over. 他桃李滿天下 I still have a long way to go. 我還有很多要學 There is no way on earth that you are not going to succeed. 世上沒有什麼事情你將不會成功的