Fatlouis             new word of April 05

1.     I appreciate your great hospitality.  

蒙你盛情款待,我十分感激。

2.     They must be in love.  兩人相愛。

3.     He must be the criminal’s accomplice . 他一定是同謀。

4.     For health reasons, he must live abroad.

為了健康,他必須到外國居住。

5.     She lives by herself . 她是獨居。

6.     You must do it by yourself. 你必須親自去做。

7.     Still water runs deep. 

思想深沈者,往往閑靜少言; 伎倆無多者,卻多誇誇其談。

8.     Empty vessels make the most noise.

 空的容器,敲起來最響,指無料之人才呱呱嘈。       

E.g. As empty vessels make the most noise, so Peter is

the one who talks most .         

9.I insisted that nothing be concealed from you.

我堅持對你豪無隱瞞。

10. Mr Lee was granted sponsorship so that he could spend freely.

他得到贊助,可以任意消費。     

11. He talks too much but does too little. 他講得太多,做得太少

12. Mr Wong is strict, few students dare to offend him.

黃老師十分嚴厲,很少學生敢觸犯他。

13. I am sorry. Please pardon me. 我錯了,請原諒我。

14. I beg your pardon. Please speak one more time. 請你再說一次

15. Elysium天堂、樂土

16. sycophant諂媚者、討好者

17. to trigger the auction of a piece of land. 勾地(拍賣)

18. My boss would jump on me for the slightest mistake.                   

我犯了些微錯誤,老闆都會痛罵我。

19. The shop is close. 店鋪關門,明天會再營業。

20. The shop is closed down. 店鋪結束,不再營業。

21. Isn’t it good enough already ? What more can expect?                       

不是已經夠好了?還要求什麼?

22. Tom’s English is excellent. 他英文極佳。

23. coronation加冕典禮

24. a verbal protest of a sort. 口頭抗議

25. openly violated one country’s sovereignity.

公然侵犯某國的全權

26. marijuana吸煙式大麻

27,cannabis服食式大麻

28,hemp大麻植物

29,in possession of Mary Ann擁有大麻

30,Is he on pot? 他是否嗜食大麻?

31,Is he on grass? 他是否嗜食大麻?

32,aircraft飛機(deer一樣沒有S)

(airplane不包括直升機, aircraft包括直升機)

33,heated argument激烈爭論 34,mortal fray拼死的衝突

35,disdain輕蔑

36,privilege特權 37,infeasible不可行 38,inefficient無效率的

39,injustice不公正

40,infallibility絕無錯誤 41,illogical不合邏輯

42,irresponsible不負責任

43,unessential / inessential不重要的

44,inescapable / unescapable不可避免

45,incongruence不和諧

46,ingratitude忘恩負義

47,He would have been entitled to compensation他會獲得賠償

48,I thought he would go.

我早些時認為他會去,現在才知道他將不會去

49,I thought he would have gone.

我認為他當時已經去了,說話者未能確定

50,To night you’ll see my good self appearing on television.                 

今晚,你會看到我本人上電視,帶謔意。

51,His better self struggled with his worse self, and

at length prevailed over it.    

善惡在他心裡交戰,最後善勝惡敗

52,good self人性善良的一面 53,worse self軟弱的一面

54,the problem of poverty貧窮的問題

55,the problem of illiteracy文盲問題

56,admitted the mistake承認錯誤

57,two coffees兩客咖啡

58,Please bear with me請容忍我

59,He is sort of a football fan. 他可以說是個足球迷

60,a government subsidized school. 政府資助學校

61,a student counseling unit學生輔導組

62,self-financing自籌資金

63self-governed自治政府 64,to save the environment環保

 65,chancellor校監

66,vice-chancellor(美式用法:president) 校長 67,vanity虛榮

68,luxurious house豪華房子

69,jilt遺棄男人的女子,玩弄異性的人

70,Vanity Fair虛榮世界

71,mercenary(adj 唯利是視)(名詞解僱兵)