德德的英文筆記

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pill/medication/drug

pill: a type of pill for women which is taken every day in order to prevent them from becoming pregnant

medication: a medicine, or a set of medicines or drugs used to improve a particular condition or illness

drug: any natural or artificially made chemical which is used as a medicine

variable

adjective

likely to change often

British weather is perhaps at its most variable in the spring.

Duanwu festival

The Dragon Boat Festival, also often known as the Tuen Ng or Duanwu Festival, is a traditional holiday originating in China, occurring near the summer solstice. It is also known as Zhongxiao Festival, commemorating fealty and filial piety. The festival now occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar, which is the source of the festival's alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival. The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, so the date of the festival varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar. In 2014, it fell on June 2; in 2015, on June 20; and in 2016, it occurred on June 9.

The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats. The festival is a statutory holiday in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Pinyin

Pinyin, or Hanyu Pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China, Singapore and Taiwan. It is often used to teach Standard Chinese, which is normally written using Chinese characters. The system includes four diacritics denoting tones. Pinyin without tone marks is used to spell Chinese names and words in languages written with the Latin alphabet, and also in certain computer input methods to enter Chinese characters.

The Hanyu Pinyin system was developed in the 1950s based on earlier forms of romanization of Chinese. It was published by the Chinese government in 1958 and revised several times. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) adopted pinyin as an international standard in 1982. The system was adopted as the official standard in Taiwan in 2009, where it is used for romanization alone (in part to make areas more English-friendly) rather than for educational and computer-input purposes.

The word Hànyǔ (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語) means the spoken language of the Han people. Pīnyīn (Chinese: 拼音) literally means "spelled sounds".

每日單字

1.channel

noun

a television station

She switched/turned to another channel to watch the football.

2.distorted

adjective

changed from the usual, original, natural or intended form

This report gives a somewhat distorted impression of what actually happened.

3.distracted

adjective

nervous, worried or confused because you are worried about something

Gill seems rather distracted at the moment - I think she's worried about her exams.

4.drawback

adjective

nervous, worried or confused because you are worried about something

Gill seems rather distracted at the moment - I think she's worried about her exams.

5.exception

noun

someone or something that is not included in a rule, group or list or that does not behave in the expected way

Her books are always entertaining and this one is no exception.

6.impair

verb

to spoil something or make it weaker so that it is less effective

A recurring knee injury may have impaired his chances of winning the tournament.

7.readily

adverb

quickly, immediately, willingly or without any problem

He readily agreed to help.

8.recollection

noun

a memory of something

I have many pleasant recollections of the time we spent together.

9.rural

adjective

in, of or like the countryside

The area is still very rural and undeveloped.

10.simultaneously

adjective

happening or being done at exactly the same time

There were several simultaneous explosions in different cities.

11.switch

noun

a small device, usually pushed up or down with your finger, that controls and turns on or off an electric current

Can you flip the switch?

12.audibly

adjective

able to be heard

She gave an audible sigh of relief.

13.consistently

adjective

always behaving or happening in a similar, especially positive, way

There has been a consistent improvement in her attitude.

14.drawback

noun

a disadvantage or the negative part of a situation

One of the drawbacks of living with someone is having to share a bathroom.

15.inefficiency

adjective

not organized, skilled or able to work satisfactorily

Existing methods of production are expensive and inefficient.

16.term

noun

the fixed period of time which something lasts for

He received a prison term for drunk driving.

17.basis

noun

the most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something is developed

Their proposals have no proven scientific basis.

18.operate

verb

to (cause to) work, be in action or have an effect

How do you operate the remote control unit?

19.perception

noun

a belief or opinion, often held by many people and based on how things seem

We have to change the public's perception that money is being wasted.

20.range

noun

a set of similar things

There is a wide/whole range of opinions on this issue.

21.rotate

verb

If a job rotates or if a group of people rotate their jobs, the jobs are done at different times by different people.

22.risk

noun

the possibility of something bad happening

In this business, the risks and the rewards are high.

23.cite

verb

to mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened

She cited three reasons why people get into debt.

24.pattern

noun

a particular way in which something is done, organized or happens

The pattern of family life has been changing over recent years.

25.myth

noun

an ancient story or set of stories, especially explaining in a literary way the early history of a group of people or about natural events and facts

Most societies have their own creation myths.