5.? ancestor,? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? descendant
forefather,? ? ? ? ? ? offspring（單復數(shù)同行）
forebear? ? 祖先? ? ? ? ? ? posterity? ? ? 后代
the? conflict? ? between? parents? and? their
posterity.
enviroment? and? these? works? of? art? are
preserved? for? posterity.
6.? rot? 腐爛
Too? much? candy? will? rot? your? teeth? /? make? your? teeth? rot.
rot? away? 爛光
rotten? adj. 腐爛的
one? rotten? apple? spoils? the? whole? barrel.
decay? 腐爛琉用，衰退，衰落
Each? civilization? is? born,? it? culminates(巔峰),
and it? decays.?
7.? beast? n. 野獸
birds? and? beasts? /fur? and? feather? 飛禽走獸
metonymy? 借代
A? bald(代指禿子)? slipped? out? of? the? house.
several? skirts(代指女孩)? of? his? class
The? crown(代指王權(quán))? should? not? yield? to? the? cross(代指神權(quán)).
8.? census? n. 對數(shù)量的統(tǒng)計策幼，普查
the? fifth? national? census
road? traffic? census
investigation? (事件邑时，案件)
The? case? is? under? investigation.
The? investigation? into(的)? the? cause? of? the? air? crash? is? continuing.
inquest? (死因)
an? inquest? into? (的)? the? death? of? the? actor.
inquiry? /? enquiry? (各種各樣的調(diào)查都可)
on? the? spot / official / sampling? inquiry
樣本調(diào)查
