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compensate 補償
After the severe typhoon, many homes were lost, and insurance agents were sent to assess the damage to compensate the owners.
indispensable 不可或缺的
Smartphones have become an indispensable part of ours lives.
dispensary 藥局
After leaving the emergency room, Jason went directly to the dispensary.
poise 鎮定
The student delivered a speech with confidence and poise on the stage.
ponder 仔細考慮
The president sat pondering over the problem the whole right.
ingress 入口；進入
Ingress to the hall was difficult because it was crowded with people.
transgress 違背
Those who transgress the rules will be punished.
congress 國會
The USA Congress is a legislative body.
retrogress 退步
The quality of their research has retrogressed since the budget was cut.
aggression 攻擊(行為)
Television violence can encourage aggression in children.
currency 貨幣
The Japanese yen is one of the stronger currencies in the world.
curriculum 課程
Maths is an intrinsic part of the school curriculum.
cursor 游標
You can move the cursor either by using the mouse or by using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
current 通用的
This note is no longer current.
cursive 草寫的
initiate 創始
Who initiated the violence?
itinerary 旅程
I want to change my itinerary.
itinerant 巡迴的
In the past itinerant merchants sold harmful products.
transit 經過
Transit passengers have to go through transit formalities.
exit 出口
Come off the motorway at the Duxford exit.
igneous 火成的
iginitability 可燃性
ignescent 引火物
ignitable 可燃的
ignite 使燃燒
The fuel spontaneously ignites because of the high temperature and pressure.
ignition 點火
Turn on the ignition.
insist 堅持
She insisted on seeing her lawyer.
persist 堅持
The government is persisting with its ambitious public works programme.
desist 停止
The high winds are expected to desist tomorrow.
resist 抵抗
The party leader resisted demands for his resignation.
consist 組成
The House of Commons consisted of 658 members.
assist 幫助
The army arrived to assist in the search.
indivisible 不可分割的
A country's language is indivisible from its culture.
invisible 看不見的
The aircraft is designed to be invisible to radar.
envisage 面對
previse 預知
devise 設計
He's good at devising language games that you can play with students in class.
revise 校正
His publishers made him revise his manuscript three times.
advice 忠告
Steven gave me some good advice.
zoology 動物學
My major is zoology. What about you?
protozoan 原生動物
Amoebas, only made up of a single cell, eat algae, bacteria, plant cells, microscopic protozoan and metazoa.
extort 敲詐
He had been extorting money from the old lady for years.
torment 折磨
The animals are tormented mercilessly by flies and mosquitoes.
contort 扭曲
His face contorted with bitterness and rage.
torch 火把
The torch was lighted.
distort 扭曲
My original statement has been completely distorted by the media.
anticipate 預期
It is impossible to anticipate when it will happen.
capture 奪得
The Democratic Party captured 70 percent of the vote.
capacity 容量
The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.
captivate 迷住
With her beauty and charm, she captivated film audiences everywhere.
capable 有能力的
She's a very capable woman.
audible 可聽見的
She gave an audible sigh of relief.
audience 聽眾
She lectures to audiences all over the world
auditorium 聽眾席
No smoking in the auditorium.
audit 旁聽
As a senior citizen, he is allowed to audit university classes.
audio-visual 視聽器
invert 顛倒
In some languages, the word order in questions is inverted.
avert 防止
There must be immediate action if chaos is to be averted.
advertise 登廣告
We advertised our car in the local newspaper.
revert 倒退
Without endless watering, these fields will quickly revert to desert.
convert 轉換
They converted the garage into a theater.
optic 眼睛的
Optics is the branch of science concerned with vision, sight and light.
optometrist 驗光師
optical 光學的
optoelectronics 光電學
optician 配鏡師
Her youngest daughter is an optician.
fragile 易碎的
Be careful with that vase.It's very fragile.
fragmented 分裂的
China would have remained fragmented and dependent.
fragmentation 分裂
The fragmentation of health services is a major handicap to combat AIDS.
fragility 脆弱
The island - state's unalterable fragility is beyond dispute.
fragment 碎片
The road was covered with fragments of glass from the shattered window.
solarization 日曬
solarize 使曝曬
We hope to solarize our house within five years.
solaria 日晷
solar 太陽的
The problem is that solar energy costs too much.
insolation 中暑
parasol 陽傘
You need to carry a parasol when you go to the beach.
ode 頌詩
Ode to the West Wind is Percy Bysshe Shelley's famous poem.
comedy 喜劇
Most people prefer comedies to tragedies.
comedian 喜劇演員
Charlie Chaplin is a great silent film comedian.
melody 旋律
The Beatles, the best-selling music artists,are strong on melody and heartfelt romantic sentiments.
melodic 有旋律的
The singer's voice is deep and melodic.
atomic 原子的
There is another force at work in and around the atomic nucleus.
atomics 原子學
When we left Earth, most of the population had been wiped out by atomics..
atomize 使成微粒
This medication for athlete's foot is atomized so that it can be sprayed on from an aerosol can.
atomization 原子化
Adjusting and locking the nozzle regulates the degree of atomization.
atom 原子
He hasn't an atom of sense .
oracle 專家
Professor Ross is regarded as the oracle on eating disorders.
oral 口頭的
Only in borderline cases will pupils have an oral exam.
orator 演說者
Mark Twain was a skill orator in the 19th century.
adore 崇拜
Let us adore God for all his works.
oration 演說
The official wanted to deliver a funeral oration, but he was turned down.
distend (使)膨/踵脹
My stomach is distended with gas.
extend 延伸
At peak times, bumper-to-bumper traffic can extend for miles.
tender 提出
The Prime Minister tendered his resignation this morning.
contend 角逐
The two teams contending for the championship are evenly matched.
attend 參加
Over there thousand people attend the movie star's funeral.
fluency 流利
One of the requirements of the job is fluency in two or more African languages.
influence 影響
Helen's a good influence on him.
confluence 合流
They built the city at the confluence of two rivers.
fluctuate 波動
Vegetable prices fluctuate according to the season.
influx 流入
This steady influx counterbalanced by any comparable outgo.