FATLOUIS NEW WORDS  08-2005

1,apace迅速地 :My company developed apace.

2,acclaim稱讚  :The actor won much acclaim.

3,a fake膺品:Your fake is worthless.

4,world stage世界舞台:Mr Bush controls the world stage.

5,anchor拋錨  The ship anchored at London.

The ship was anchored to a buoy.

The ship anchored off London.

The ship anchored in a harbour.

6,to  begin at the beginning 從頭開始

7,In the beginning 天地初開

8,at the beginning of=in the beginning

9,prodigy非凡人物    10,child prodigy=infant prodigy  神童 

John is an infant prodigy.He entered university at 14.

11, 偽君子:  hypocrite=fake people= a gentleman of a sort

                             =a gentleman of a kind

12,of a sort=of a kind幾乎不算是(貶義用)

 a good girl of a kind所謂好女孩

13,Mr Wong was cuckolded. 黃先生戴綠帽 

14 ,to wear the horns(of a cuckold) 戴綠帽 

15, 背夫偷漢   put horns on one’s husband=to cheat on one’s husband

=to be unfaithful on one’s husband 

16,The flat to be pulled down is not very old.   

(to be用在將來式 )

17,He does not only play,but also hurts you. 不單，而且

18,breathtaking使人興奮   19,bum=butt屁股   20,smother窒息 

21,recount詳述

22,factual真實  23, copy that絕對明白

24,sit on the hands袖手旁觀 :He does nothing but sits on the hands.

25,Let the cat out if the bag. 洩漏祕密

26,Close to the boiling point.  情緒極怒，接近失控

27,The walls have ears. 隔牆有耳

28, 昨夜：last night(不能說yesterday night)

29, 昨天早晨：yesterday morning 

 30, 明天下午 :tomorrow afternoon

31, 明天上午 :tomorrow morning(不能說next morning)

32,felt slighted感覺受怠慢   

33,hence因此

Mr Lee felt slight,and hence dismissed himself.

Mr Lee felt slight.Hence his abrupt dismission.

他感覺受怠慢， 因此匆匆辭職 。

33,He got up late,and hence missed the us.

34,Don’t you dare?=Just you dare! 你敢?

If you tell lie,your teacher will punish you.Don’t you dare?

35,call me names  起花名

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36,I dare you to tell the teacher on Peter. 我諒你不會告發彼得

37,as a result of由於

He failed in the exam as a result of his laziness.

38,see fit認為適當     39,represent代表/描述/說明

40,violence暴力

Sometimes violence does lead to good things. 暴力也許會有好結果

41,blackmail勒索 (古代強盜行為：black mail獻牛  white mail獻銀)

42,tantamount相當於

Silence is tantamount to consent

43,without prejudice 不損害固有權益

44,economic depressed  經濟不景

45,fully rested充份休息   46,crippling rain=torrential rain滂沱大雨

47,share (noun) 股份   48,stake賭注  49,shareholder股東

50,stakeholder 利益和公司相關者 

51,some few/some little不少

Mary spent some few hours getting dressed.

52,the Clutural Revolution文化大革命

53,That’ s a lovely weather for ducks. 雨天

54,a counterfeit signature 假冒簽名  

55,demure 矜持:She smiled demurely

55,cap it all在一連串成就或不愉快事情上加上最後一筆

He lost his wallet,dismissed by boss,and capped it all by

the death in an accident.

他失了錢包，被炒掉，更甚至死於交通意外。

56,a born sporter天生的運動員   57,a pipsqueak 微不足道的人 

58,anything but絕不  

His cleverness was anything but small. 他十分聰明

59,annoyed不高興 

:Your parents will be annoyed when they know your bad result.

60,scholarship獎學金   61,enable使甚麼能夠發生

A scholarship enabled Peter to study abroad.

Ascholarship enabled Peter’s entrance to university.

61,stationary(adj) 靜止的   62, stationary(noun) 文具

63,exhausted耗盡  My pocket money is almost exhausted.

64,consequent upon/on/to …引起的

The huge flood consequent on the storm has damaged many fields.

65,on account由於  I was late on account of the traffic jam.

66,an A-class war criminal甲級戰犯

67,The next top American model=America’s next top model

68,people matter以人為重 

 69,money matters金錢事務 /金錢很重要

70 as if 假如   71,go past 穿過   72,I know of him. 我認識他

73,I don’t know much about him. 我不十分認識他

74,gabbage垃圾   75,set a date訂一個日子  76,to achieve實現

77,suppress freedom of speech in Hong Kong拑制香港言論自由

78,coward懦夫   79,ain’t=am not(ain’t是無教養的人才說的)

79,creep up on悄悄走到到…身後:

Peter saw the cat creeping up on the mouse.

80,blunder因大意或愚蠢而犯的過失

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81,swallow the bait上釣  82,grumble令人不滿的事物

83,all sections of our community社會各界

84,previous husband/former husband前夫

85,otherwise在其他方面/否則

She suffered a small cut on her thigh,but otherwise she was all right.

86,unprincipled無操守  87,plane crash飛機失事

88,He survived his wife. 他妻子先去世 

89,a curmudgeon一位刻薄或脾氣暴躁的人

90,a fond look情深款款地望   91,fond parents溺愛子女的父母

92,blind to one’s faults對某人的過失視而不見

93,dash one’s fond hope 點醒某人的癡心妄想

94,implication弦外之音   95,fond memory美好的回憶

96,He is kind of angry with me.= He is sort of angry with me.

他有點生我氣

97,discretion決定  98,arrogant傲慢   99,imperative必須

100,The dish sounds delicious菜色看來美味

101,statesman政治家   102,politician政壇人物 

 103, 帳單tab=bill

104,run up big bills積欠鉅帳 

 105,clean out 洗劫 The gang cleaned the shop out.

106 a parvenu暴發戶  107despicable狂妄 

108,ostracism放逐 ostracise(verb)

109,stick a label 貼上標籤 

 110,Each man makes his own shipwreck. 咎由自取

111,Every man has his price. 人人都可以收買 

112,everyone=everybody(everybody多用於口頭)

113,What a thrilling sight! 真壯觀！(在高山上或者萬里長城上)

114,The market is bustling with people. 街市熙來攘往

115,cynical怨   116, a sophisticate(noun)矯揉造作的人

117, sophisticate(verb) 竄改   118, in a festive atmosphere熱鬧

119,naivete天真爛漫    120,jester說笑話者  

121,Better a witty fool than a foolish wit

寧作聰明的傻瓜，不作傻乎乎的聰明人

122,deem認為 

My parents deemed it wise to keep my bad friend at arm’s length.

我的父母認為我應遠離壞朋友。

123,chicken out膽小退縮  

 124,chickenshit(noun) 瑣碎的工作/謊言

125,chickenshit(adj)膽小的

126,position and salary will be commensurate with experience

職位與薪金和經驗掛�u

127,incompetence無能  128,favouritism/favoritism徇私

129,forced to resign被迫辭職    130,among具體事物之間

131,amid抽象事物之間(amid charges of incompetence)

132,feel humbled感到謙卑   133,get cold feet膽怯

134,to be humiliated受到屈辱 

135,a three-time gold medal winner三度贏取金牌的人

136,She has a big mouth. 她口沒遮攔  

137,a conscientious servant盡責的僕人

138,to be given/ungiven to something有/沒有…的習慣

Sally is much given to arriving late. 她有經常遲到的習慣

Peter is ungiven to loafing on the job. 彼得是個盡責的人

139,a property owner 樓宇業主  140,a threat恐嚇 

141,a scumbag/a rubber Johnny/a rubber/a sheath/condom  避孕套