篤學(xué)獎(jiǎng)-Day4-A13436-甘比精讀

Vocabulary

1. Alone adv.

If you say thatone person or thing alone is responsible for part of an amount, you areemphasizing the size of that part and the size of the total amount.

[emphasis]

E.g The BBC aloneis sending 300 technicians, directors and commentators.

Megastars like Jack Nicholson, who made £50million from Batman alone, are unlikely to be affected.

2.Klarna,瑞典支付創(chuàng)企赛糟。

瑞典支付創(chuàng)企Klarna宣布,他們已經(jīng)從Wonga手中購(gòu)入德國(guó)同行Billpay。Klarna致力于和在線零售商合作,提供多種支付方式钓株。Billpay的原母公司W(wǎng)onga曾在2014年檐盟,因無(wú)法評(píng)估借款人的還款能力而搞的自己聲名狼藉。

Klarna的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人兼CEOSebastian Siemiatkowski命辖。Klarna由Sebastian Siemiatkowski、Victor Jacobsson以及Niklas

Adalberth三人于2005年共同創(chuàng)立分蓖。

3.mortgage

Amortgageis a loan of money which you get from abank or building society in order to buy a house.

4. account holder

the person whosename is on a bank account

銀行用戶

5. predetermined(預(yù)先設(shè)定好的)

If you say thatsomething ispredetermined,you mean that itsform or nature was decided by previous events or by people rather than bychance.

e.g The Prince'sdestiny was predetermined from the moment of his birth.

The capsules(膠囊) can be

made to release the pesticides(殺蟲(chóng)劑)at a predetermined time.

Synonyms:prearranged, set, agreed, set up

6. nudge

1)verb

If younudgesomeone, you push them gently, usually withyour elbow, in order to draw their attention to something.

e.g I nudged Stanand pointed again.

Synonyms: push,touch, dig, jog

Nudge isalso a noun.

Sheslipped her arm under his and gave him a nudge.

2)verb

If you nudgesomeone or something into a place or position, you gently push them there.

e.g Edna Swinsonnudgedhimintothesitting room.

The civil servant nudged him forward.

Nudgeis also a noun.

McKinnon

gave the wheel another slight nudge.

3)verb

If you nudgesomeone into doing something, you gentlypersuadethem to do it.

e.g Bit by bit Bobhad nudged Fritz into selling his controlling interest.

Foreigners must use their power to nudgethe country towards greater tolerance.

British tour companies are nudging clientsto travel further afield.

Synonyms: prompt,influence, urge, persuade

Nudge isalso a noun.

I had afeeling that the challenge appealed to him. All he needed was a nudge.

4)verb(上一個(gè)專題Amazon’s

empire有出現(xiàn)過(guò)尔艇,描述沃爾瑪?shù)呢?cái)政收入有講到這個(gè)詞)

If someone orsomething is nudging a particular amount, level, or state, they have almostreached it.

...a little-knownstage plays writer and actress who was nudging 40 and going nowhere.

The temperaturewhen we were there was nudging80°F.

7. To date

It means up untilthe present time

Synonyms: up tonow, yet, so far, until now

e.g 'Dottie' is byfar his best novel to date.

She is without question the craziest personI've met to date.

To date we have spent eight thousand poundsbetween us.

8. dire嚴(yán)重的

9. unscathed毫發(fā)無(wú)損的,未受到傷害的

If you areunscathed after a dangerous experience, you have not been injured or harmed byit.

10. mount

If you mount acampaign or event, you organize it and make it take place.

Synonyms: launch,stage, prepare, deliver

11. conspicuously

If someone orsomething is conspicuous, people can see or notice them very easily.

12. incumbent在職者

1)An incumbent is someone who holds an official post ata particular time.

補(bǔ)充:2)adj

If it isincumbent uponyoutodo something, it is your duty or responsibility to do it.

[formal]

It isincumbent uponall of ustomake an extra effort.

Synonyms: obligatory, required, necessary, essential

13. resilient

1)adjective

Something that isresilientis strong andnot

easily damaged by being hit, stretched, or squeezed.

e.g Cotton is moreresistant to being squashed and polyester is more resilient.

...an armchair of some resilient plasticmaterial.

resilienceuncountable noun

Do yourmuscles have the strength and resilience that they should have?

Synonyms: suppleness, give, spring, flexibility

Synonyms: strength, toughness, adaptability, hardiness

2)adjective

People and thingsthat areresilientare able to recovereasily and quickly from unpleasant or damaging events.

e.gGeorge Fraser was clearly a good soldier,calm and resilient.

When theU.S.stock market collapsed inOctober 1987, the Japanese stock market was the most resilient.

resilienceuncountable noun

...theresilience of human beings to fight after they've been attacked.

Synonyms:suppleness, give, spring, flexibility ? More Synonyms of resilient

Synonyms:strength, toughness, adaptability, hardiness

14.cumbersome

A cumbersomesystem or process is very complicated and inefficient.

Synonyms:inefficient, unwieldy, badly organized

15. landscape

countable noun

A landscape is allthe features that are important in a particular situation.

e.gJune's events completely altered the politicallandscape.

...a landscape of unparalleled ignorance.

16. kick-start

To kick-start aprocess that has stopped working or progressing is to take a course of actionthat will quickly start it going again.

Synonyms:stimulate, encourage, prompt, spur

補(bǔ)充:verb

If you kick-starta motorcycle, you press the lever that starts it with your foot.

e.g He lifted thebike off its stand and kick-started it.

17.explicit

Something that isexplicit is expressed or shown clearly and openly, without any attempt to hideanything.

Explicitlyadverb

The play was thefirst commercially successful work dealing explicitly with homosexuality.

Their intention isnot to become involved in explicitly political activities.

explicitnessuncountable noun

When the book waspublished, the energy and explicitness caught the popular imagination.

補(bǔ)充:If you areexplicit aboutsomething, you speak about it very openly and clearly.

He was explicitabout his intention to overhaul the party's internal voting system.

explicitly adverb

She has beentalking very explicitly about AIDS to these groups.

18. authenticate

If youauthenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examiningit.

19.handy

Something that ishandy is useful.

20.PwC普華永道

pwc(普華永道會(huì)計(jì)事務(wù)所)普華永道國(guó)際會(huì)計(jì)事務(wù)所么鹤,成立于英國(guó)倫敦终娃。全球頂級(jí)會(huì)計(jì)公司,位居四大會(huì)計(jì)師事務(wù)所之首蒸甜。是由原六大會(huì)計(jì)事務(wù)所中規(guī)模最小但聲望最高的Price Waterhouse(普華)與Coopers & Lybrand(永道)成功合并組成的棠耕。于1998年1月1日公司更名為PricewaterhouseCoopers。

21.legitimate合法的

Something that islegitimate is acceptable according to the law.

Synonyms: lawful,real, true, legal ? More Synonyms of legitimate

Legitimacyuncountable noun

The oppositionparties do not recognize the political legitimacy of his government.

Legitimatelyadverb

The government hasbeen legitimately elected by the people.

2)If you say thatsomething such as a feeling or claim islegitimate,you think that it is reasonable and justified.

22. robust

1)?adjective

Someone orsomething that is robust is very strong or healthy.

More women thanmen go to the doctor. Perhaps men are more robust or worry less?

We've always specializedin making very robust, simply designed machinery.

robustlyadverb

He became robustlyhealthy.

robustnessuncountable noun

...the robustnessof diesel engines.

2)?adjective

Robust views oropinions are strongly held and forcefully expressed.

A British ForeignOffice minister has made a robust defence of the agreement.

He has the keeneye and robust approach needed.

robustlyadverb

In the decisionswe have to make aboutEurope, we have todefend our position very robustly indeed.

robustnessuncountable noun

...a prominentindustrialist renowned for the robustness of his right-wing views.

23.water down

If something suchas a proposal, speech, or statement is watered down, it is made much weaker andless forceful, or less likely to make people angry.

24. bare someone’steeth

If you baresomething, you uncover it and show it.

這里應(yīng)該是說(shuō)迅皇,監(jiān)管者早就躍躍欲試了

25.invoice

countablenoun

An invoice is adocument that lists goods that have been supplied or services that have beendone, and says how much money you owe for them.

e.gWe will then send you an invoice for thetotal course fees.

His £700 invoice was settled immediately incash.

Synonyms: account,charge, bill, statement

26.Exploit

1)?verb

If you say thatsomeone is exploiting you, you think that they are treating you unfairly byusing your work or ideas and giving you very little in return.

e.g Critics claimhe exploited black musicians for personal gain.

...the plight of the exploited sugar caneworkers.

Exploitationuncountable noun

Extra paymentsshould be made to protect the interests of the staff and prevent exploitation.

Synonyms: misuse,abuse, manipulation, imposition ? More Synonyms of exploit

2) verb

If you say thatsomeone is exploiting a situation, you disapprove of them because they areusing it to gain an advantage for themselves, rather than trying to help otherpeople or do what is right.

The government andits opponents compete to exploit the troubles to their advantage.

Synonyms: make thebest use of, use, make use of, and utilize exploitationsingular noun

...theexploitation of the famine by local politicians.

Synonyms:misuse, abuse, manipulation, imposition ? More Synonyms of exploit

Synonyms:capitalization, utilization, using to good advantage, trading upon ? MoreSynonyms of exploit

3)?verb

If you exploitsomething, you use it well, and achieve something or gain an advantage from it.

You'll need a goodaerial to exploit the radio's performance.

Caryis hoping to exploit new opportunities inEurope.

So you feel thatyour skills have never been fully appreciated or exploited?

4)?verb

To exploitresources or raw materials means to develop them and use them for industry orcommercial activities.

I think we'rebeing very short sighted in not exploiting our own coal.

exploitationuncountable noun

...the plannedexploitation of its potential oil and natural gas reserves.

Synonyms: misuse,abuse, manipulation, imposition ? More Synonyms of exploit

5)?countable noun

If you refer tosomeone's exploits, you mean the brave, interesting, or amusing things thatthey have done.

His wartimeexploits were later made into a film.

Synonyms: feat,act, achievement, enterprise

27. shake up(phrasal verb)

If someone shakesup something such as an organization, an institution, or a profession, theymake major changes to it.

28.Rock bottom最低點(diǎn)

29.Retail banking

banking forindividual customers

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