Jul.4

  • 廣受贊譽be widely acclaimed
  • 贏得國際贊譽win international acclaim
  • 漁船a fishing vessel
  • 兇惡 / 兇殘的野獸 / 戰爭a savage beast/war
  • 激烈抨擊反對者savage an opponent
  • 朝他扔杯子fling a cup at him
  • 阻礙發展和進步block development and progress
  • 公寓大樓a block of flats
  • 團購block bookings (block: 一批)
  • 宜人的環境a hospitable environment
  • 好客的人a hospitable person
  • 培訓課a training session
  • 現在開庭Court is now in session.
  • Q&Aa question and answer session
  • 不過話說回來，你說的有點道理Nevertheless, there is an element of truth in what you say.
  • 照亮夜空illuminate the night sky
  • 闡釋規則illuminate a rule
  • 向後退stepped backward
  • 倒數五下count backward from 5
  • 落後的國家a backward country
  • 與之一致in accord with 或be accorded with
  • 讓我很心煩stress me out
  • 我覺得沒什麼好焦慮的I wouldn’t really stress out about it.
  • 新生兒a newborn infant
  • 主要成分是be composed largely of
  • 作曲作詩compose a song/poem
  • 用最人道的方法in the most humane manner
  • 被裁員be made redundant
  • 協助我做assist me in
  • 氣得臉通紅flush with fury
  • 衝（進）馬桶flush (it down) the toilet
  • 學習英式口音learn British accents
  • 典例a prime example
  • 主要目標a prime objective
  • 讓自己做好幽默起來的準備make sure to prime yourself to be playful
  • 節食go on a diet
  • 爭吵quarrel

Jul.5

  • 失敗是司空見慣的事Failure is the norm here
  • 相比符合常規，我們更容易注意到背離常規的事。In fact we are much more likely to notice departures from norms than conformity to them.
  • 社會準則social norms
  • 全靠運氣by sheer luck
  • 你有看到她腿有多長了嘛Have you seen the sheer length of her legs? 強調某物之大、之重

Jul.6

  • 一张脸赫然从黑暗中出现face loomed suddenly out of the darkness
  • 隨着 DDL 的臨近with the deadline looming
  • 令每個人憂心忡忡loomed large in everyone’s mind.
  • interpret sth. as解釋爲，理解爲
  • 這種氣體無色無味The gas is colorless. It has no odor or taste.
  • 禿斑a bald patch
  • 胡蘿蔔地a carrot patch
  • 發佈修補程序release a patch
  • involve sb. in使 sb 參與，把 sb 牽扯進
  • 動員人民mobilize people
  • 海洋生物marine life
  • 粗糙質感a rough texture
  • 奶油口感a creamy texture
  • 超出範圍beyond the scope of
  • 有我行動思考的機會、餘地there would be any scope for me to
  • 時薪at an hourly wage
  • 發動戰爭以反對wage a war against
  • 給我們造成壓力put a strain on us
  • 讓你們的關係很緊張cause quite a strain in your relationship
  • 一種a strain of
  • 拉傷肌肉strain a muscle
  • 在壓力作用下斷開broke under the strain
  • 文化遺產cultural heritage
  • 開幕詞opening remarks
  • 電鑽an electric drill
  • 消防演習a fire drill
  • 全球流行病a global epidemic
  • 毒品氾濫a drug epidemic
  • 演奏歌曲perform a song
  • 執行任務perform a task
  • 施魔法perform magic
  • 表現得好performed very well

Jul.7

  • 生活貧困lived in poverty
  • 能源缺乏energy poverty
  • 總收入gross income
  • 抿嘴脣press your lips
  • 地方報刊the local press
  • 印刷機the printing press
  • 督促他做pressed him to do
  • 凝結成冰condense into ice
  • 壓縮精簡（策略、文章、時間）condense … into …
  • 存現金make a cash deposit / deposit money
  • 礦藏，沉積物mineral deposits
  • 不要悲觀失望（abandon: 沉湎於） Do not abandon yourself to despair
  • 肆意妄爲（abandon: 放縱） with reckless abandon
  • 獨立自主的個體autonomous individuals

Jul.8

  • 固有的一部分an intrinsic part
  • 和善的人a benign person
  • 宜人的天氣benign weather
  • 良性的腫瘤a benign tumour
  • 在酷熱之中with the intense heat
  • 激烈競爭intense competition
  • 熱切的神情an intense look
  • 精髓 / 本質the essence of
  • 本質上in essence
  • 用慢鏡頭in slow motion
  • 性情上 / 氣質上by temperament
  • 在空中旋轉whirl in the wind

Jul.9

  • 把車拖走tow the car away
  • 方向盤a steering wheel
  • 駕駛船steer a boat
  • 引導話題steer a conversation
  • 優惠券coupon
  • 衝入視線charge into view
  • 碎成碎片shatter into pieces
  • 溫柔的吻a tender kiss
  • 嫩肉tender lamb
  • 柔弱的植物a tender plant

Jul.10

  • 終止會談suspend peace talks
  • 吊銷駕照suspend the licenses
  • 略微增長edge up
  • 保持優勢maintain an edge
  • 在邊緣at/on the edge of
  • 最後迫不得已的辦法as a last resort
  • 訴諸武力resort to force
  • 改變看法alter my opinion = change
  • 股市泡沫a stock market bubble
  • 真正的 jacketa genuine leather jacket
  • 真正的威脅a genuine threat
  • 我能真誠地讚美別人I am capable of a genuine compliment
  • 真誠可信賴的人a genuine person
  • 出色的學生an outstanding student
  • 突出的特徵an outstanding feature
  • 未償還的債務an outstanding debt

Jul.11

  • 愛是永恆的文學主題Love is a perpetual theme of literature
  • 永動機a perpetual motion machine
  • 停止無休止的懷疑put an end to your perpetual suspicion
  • 購物車a shopping cart
  • 發現不符之處find a discrepancy between … and
  • 即使是保守估計也有Even conservative estimates run into
  • 衝向make a dash for
  • 極速寫出dash off
  • 簡單易懂的a straightforward way
  • 架子鼓a drum kit
  • 健身服gym kits
  • 跳槽job hopping
  • 違反協議violate an agreement
  • hold back阻擋，妨礙，抑制感情

Jul.12

  • 電腦終端a computer terminal
  • 樹樁a tree stump
  • 學歷academic credential
  • 象徵好運signify good luck
  • 塞滿錢be stuffed with money
  • 意圖做mean to do
  • 表示贊同signify your agreement
  • 自相矛盾contradict myself
  • 各位教員，各位同學members of the faculty, students
  • 有助於be conducive to

Jul.16

  • 略帶喫驚in mild surprise
  • 一病不起be confined to his sick bed
  • 傑出的人驅使我們進步Extraordinary men propel us forward
  • 有助於be conducive to
  • 在中間in the midst of
    in the middle of 正處於某個時間點、位置的中央，或正在進行某項活動，較爲中性、口語、直接，如 in the middle of the road / the night / cooking。
    in the midst of 強調被某種情況、事件或氛圍所環繞、包圍，較爲正式、書面語、帶有文學或戲劇色彩，如 in the midst of a crisis / chaos / sorrow。
  • 在危險中an imminent threat/danger
  • 扼殺創造力stifle our creativity
  • 捂住一個哈欠stifle a yawn
  • 因爲on account of
  • 轉告他relay a message to him
  • 客觀的目標objective
  • allege (宣称, 指控) assert (主张, 断言)
  • 以他獨有的方式in his own peculiar way
  • 受益reap the benefits
  • 找出問題locate the problem
  • 旺季peak season
  • 肥沃的fertile vs 徒勞的futile
  • 毒藥poison vs 監獄prison
  • 現在糾正還爲時不晚it’s not too late to rectify it
  • 十天過去了ten days elapsed before
  • 設法做到contrive to
  • 策劃逃跑contriving an escape
  • 在開始時from the outset
  • 使糾纏在一起tangle up
  • 吵架tangle with
  • 拉繩子heave on the rope
  • 沮喪的消息grim news
  • 嚴肅的事實the grim reality
  • 自取其辱make a fool of yourself
  • 想象沒有你的生活conceive of a life without you
  • 失望地發現be dismayed to discover
  • 網絡紅人an internet sensation
  • 人生被毀了His whole life was spoiled
  • 掃興spoil the fun
  • 緊緊抓住，抱緊，粘住cling to
  • 在有限時間in a finite amount of time
  • 正當理由a legitimate reason
  • 合法生意legitimate business
  • 負有責任be accountable to sb for sth