Tina Tang的部落格

Script (n.) [skrɪpt]

definition :

1. A text that is written for a movie, play, broadcast, or speech

2. A set of letters used for writing a particular language

Ex:

I received a letter from her in her neat script. 

Millennium (n.)  [mɪˋlɛnɪəm]

definition :

A period of 1000 years

Ex: 

The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.

Indigenous (adj.) [ɪnˋdɪdʒɪnəs] 

definition :

1. Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion, especially of plants and indigenous peoples.

2. Figuratively, innate

Ex:

The Navajos are among the indigenous people of North America.

Sculpture (n.) (v.) [ˋskʌlptʃɚ] 

definition :

(n.)1. The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief

      2. A work of art created by sculpting; such works as a group

(v.)1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.

      2. To represent something in sculpture.

      3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.

Ex:

In the ruins they found ancient stone sculptures.

Medieval (adj) [͵mɪdɪˋivəl] 

definition :

Of or relating to the Middle Ages, perhaps AD 650 to 1550.

Ex: 

The tunnels were dug in medieval times as an escape route.

Obscure (adj.) (v.) [əbˋskjʊr]

definition :

(a) 1. Dark, faint or indistinct

(v.)1. To darken, make faint etc.

      2. To hide, put out of sight etc.

Ex:

 His difficult style obscures his meaning.

Pastoral (adj.) (n.) [ˋpæstərəl] 

definition :

(a)Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life

(n.) A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; a bucolic.

Ex: 

A priest's pastoral duties include helping the poor and sick.                 

Melancholy (adj.) (n.) [ˋmɛlən͵kɑlɪ]

definition :

(n.)1. (obsolete) Great sadness or depression; gloom.

      2. (dated) black bile

(a.) Affected with great sadness or depression.

 Ex:

 Larry is in a very melancholy mood.

Exile (n.) (v.) [ˋɛksaɪl] 

definition :

(n.)1. The state of being banished from one's home or country.

      2. Someone who is banished from one's home or country.

(v.) To send into exile.

Ex: 

He has been an exile for ten years.

Formative (adj.) KK [ˋfɔrmətɪv] 形成的; 造成的

definition :

1. Relating to the formation and subsequent growth of something

2. Capable of forming something

3. (biology) capable of producing new tissue

Ex: 

The meanest plant cannot be raised without seed, by any formative residing in the soil.

Decipher (v.) [dɪˋsaɪfɚ]

definition :

1. To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.

2. To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.

3. To find a solution to a problem.

Ex:

Can you decipher the writing on this envelope?

Encroach (v.) [ɪnˋkrotʃ] 

definition :

1. To gradually take away someone else's rights, or to take control of someone's time, work, etc.

2. To gradually cover more and more of an area of land

Ex:

What the government is proposing encroaches on the rights of individuals.

Capricious (adj.) [kəˋprɪʃəs] 

definition :

Impulsive, Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim; as, a capricious winter storm, stringent rulers often act capriciously

Ex:

He was a cruel and capricious tyrant.

Fragmentation (n.) KK [͵frægmənˋteʃən] 分裂; 破碎

definition :

1. The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

2. The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter.

Ex:

It was partly the fragmentation of the opposition which helped to get the Republicans re-elected.

Dialect (n.)  [ˋdaɪəlɛkt] 

definition :

1.    A variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation.

Ex:

The poem is written in northern dialect.

Formidable (adj.) [ˋfɔrmɪdəb!] 

definition :

1. Causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality; commanding respect

2. Difficult to defeat or overcome

Ex:

A formidable prospect lies ahead of him.

Amenity (n.) [əˋminətɪ] 

definition :

Something intended to make life more pleasant or comfortable for people.

Ex:

Straus established employee amenities such as restrooms, medical care, and a lunchroom.

Anarchy (n.) [ˋænɚkɪ]  

definition :

1. The state of a society being without authoritarians or a governing body.

2. Confusion in general; disorder.

Ex:

Civil war has led to anarchy.

Elite (n.) [eˋlit]

definition :

1. (Uncountable) A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.

2. (Countable)someone who is among the best at certain task.

Ex:

He is the football team's elite.

Subordinate (adj.) (n.) (v.) [səˋbɔrdnɪt] 

definition :

(a.)Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.; submissive, Submissive to or controlled by authority.

(n.)One that is subordinate.

(v.)To make subservient; To treat as of less value or importance.

Ex:

You need to assign this job to a subordinate.

Ferocity (n.) [fəˋrɑsətɪ] 

definition :

1.  The condition of being ferocious.

Ex:

The president came in for some ferocious criticism.

Cohesion (n.) [koˋhiʒən]

definition :

1. The state of sticking together, or (of people) being in close agreement and working well together

2. The growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant

Ex:

The team just seems to lack cohesion.

Condemn (v.)  [kənˋdɛm] 

definition :

1. To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.

2. To mark (a building, for example) for destruction.

Ex:

The movie was condemned