| 七月份熱門新聞字彙 Headline News Vocabulary | |||||||
| 標題 | Vocabulary | vocabulary in context | 摘要 | 動 | Types | ||
| G8高峰會 （惡化） |
deteriorate | This meeting is happening against a backdrop of rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises which the G8 leaders must not turn their back on. ---Relations between the superpowers(超強大國) have deteriorated sharply in recent weeks. | go | G8高峰會召開時﹐人道危機（如以黎戰爭、蘇丹政變、非洲飢荒等）快速惡化，而G8高峰會領導人對此絕對不能袖手旁觀。
backdrop：背景 humanitarian：人道主義的 turn one's back on：對某人不理不睬 summit ： 高峰會 |
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| 日提案懲處北韓發展核武 （否決） |
veto(vt/n) ---ve·toed, ve·to·ing, ve·toes | China's ambassador to the UN, Wang Guangya, confirmed on Thursday he had been instructed to veto Japan's resolution at the Security Council.---The plan was vetoed by the government. | go | 中國駐聯合國大使王光亞週四確認他被指示要否決日本在安全會議上的決議。 | Politics | ||
| 後備軍人 |
reservist | 100,000 reservists will be drafted in to help with the operation.--- An Australian army reservist was arrested in Houston, Texas for alleged links to the al-Qaeda terrorist organisation(蓋達組織) . | go | 十萬名後備軍人將被徵召去協助此（驅逐非法移民的）行動。 = reserve force= military reservist draft (v); conscription(n)：徵兵(令) |
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| 以黎戰爭美國不息武 （先決條件） |
precondition(n/v) | Both leaders were offered the chance to call for the fighting to end without precondition... --- First, security is an absolute precondition for peace. | go | 雙方領袖有這個機會來要求一場不需先決條件就能收場的戰爭。 call for：需要;要求 Hezbollah ：真主黨(Party of God) |
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| 以黎戰爭的受害者 （基礎建設） |
infrastructure | Annan said he spoke with the Israeli prime minister several times about the need to spare civilians and infrastructure. ---South Africa has world-class infrastructure, including a modern transport system, low-cost and widely available electricity, and sophisticated telecommunications facilities.--Infrastructure for network computing. | go | 安南說他曾和以色列總理談過放過平民和基礎建設的必要性。 civilian：平民，百姓 |
War | ||
| 盜領屍體者編織謊言 （捏造） |
concoct | But the tuberculosis story was concocted after they were
caught to earn public sympathy. -- They concocted a story about why they went home late. --concoct a drink |
go | 但當他們被抓之後才發現這個結核病的故事是被捏造來贏得大眾的同情心。 concoct：1)捏造，製造; 2)調製---to concoct a meal from leftovers(從剩菜中調配餐點) earn sb's sympathy： 搏取某人同情心 |
Law | ||
| 侵略 （毀謗） |
vilify(v); vilification(n); vilifier(n) | Ethiopia repeatedly denies its incursions into Somalia, perhaps fearing international vilification. ---An Aboriginal girl who kicked a woman and called her a “white slut” did not engage in racial vilification because the slur was common street language. | go | 衣索比亞不斷的否認入侵索馬利亞，也許是怕引起國際間的毀謗。 incursion ： 侵略，入侵(n) ---同義字 invasion, intrusion |
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| 連續殺手 | serial killer | Bradford insisted he was
innocent of the crimes that brought him to death row. He also denied he was a
serial killer. ---A woman who hid for four years in her boyfriend's house and was thought to have been murdered by a notorious serial killer appeared in court yesterday charged with prompting a false police investigation. . |
go | 布列福堅稱自己和使他被判死刑的罪行是無關的。他也否認自己是連續殺人犯。 death row/ death house：死囚行刑前的監房 suspect：嫌疑犯 juror：陪審員 |
Society | ||
| 解散派系 （關鍵） |
crux(n) | He claimed that policy
flip-flops and power struggles, but not DPP's factions, are the crux of the problems---I know you
were trying to get to the crux
of the matter, (事情的核心)but I just don't feel you served your point well. |
go | 政策大轉變和權力鬥爭是問題的關鍵。 flip-flop：突然的轉變(政策、信仰、態度) to do away with/ dissolve factions：解散派系 |
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| 政府顯要啟用高鐵 （顯貴要人） |
dignitary（n）可數 | MOTC minister Kuo Yao-chi and Chairwoman of the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp Nita Ing were among the dignitaries that were invited to join the ride. ---Cuban leader Fidel Castro said he will be able to receive foreign dignitaries in private during a summit. | go | 交通部長郭姚琪和台灣高鐵董事長殷琪是這次被邀請搭乘的顯貴要人之一。 MOTC/ Ministry of Transportation And Communications ：交通部 bullet train：子彈列車 (high-speed train高鐵列車） |
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| 教派鬥爭 （教派的） |
sectarian | Democrats complained that since Bush's invasion into Iraq, "there has been virtually no diplomatic effort to resolve sectarian differences or promote regional security" ...--- The Pope urged a stop to the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland. | go | 看上去沒有外交手段能解決教派的差異 sect：教派 withdrawal/pullout of American troops from Iraq：美軍從伊拉克的撤軍 |
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| 反傾銷 | dumping(n); dump(v) | The Ministry of Finance has sent the report to the MOEA(經濟部Ministry of Economic Affairs), which will determine within 40 days whether the dumping has disrupted the local industry. ---The government is set to impose anti-dumping duties. |
go | 財政部已將報告交給經濟部，他們將在四十天決定(大陸毛巾的)傾銷是否擾亂本土產業。 levy/ impose/ collect duties/taxes：徵稅 tax evasion：逃漏稅 margin：差數（margin of dumping 傾銷差率--傾銷國商品和進口國商品之差） |
Finance | ||
| 伊拉克戰事 （步兵） |
infantry [(the)單複數同型] | Most of the paratroopers are infantry, but some are trained in military intelligence, engineering and police duties. --- Our infantry was/were fighting bravely. | go | 大部份的傘兵是步兵，不過有些受過軍事情報、工程和警務訓練。 paratrooper：傘兵 parachute; parachutist：降落傘;跳傘員 marine：水兵，海軍陸戰隊 |
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| 胡錦濤慰問罹難家屬 | condolences(n); condole(v) | President Hu Jintao offered his condolences to the victim's family. ---We would like to send our condolences to both of you for the sudden death of your beloved mother . | go | 總理胡錦濤向被害者家屬致上他的慰問 condole with sb. on sth：向某人就某事表示慰問 ; express, offer, send one's condolences letter of condolence ：慰問信 |
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| 王建民完封魔鬼魚 | shutout | Wang dominated on the mound,
taking a no-hitter into the fifth inning on the way to a first career shutout...--- (shut sb out) She had shut out two of her first four Wimbledon (溫布頓) opponents by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores. |
go | 王建民佔領投手丘，在第五局前並沒讓對方擊出安打，一路走向生涯第一場完封。(不使敵隊、對手得分的行動) inning：(棒球賽)局 no-hitter：無安打比賽 (two-hitter shutout 敵隊只有兩個安打，沒得分） pitcher's plate (mound)：投手丘 sinker：伸卡球（往下沈的球） |
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| 蜜蜂數目下降 （掠食者、掠奪者） |
predator(n) | Don't forget that a lot of bees got killed by predators and hitting car windscreens.---The predators sometimes can be used for controlling insect pests in a potato field. | go | 別忘了很多蜜蜂都是死於掠食者和撞到車窗。 predatory insect：肉食性昆蟲 |
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| 李泰安被控殺害陳氏紅琛 （鎮靜劑） |
sedative (n/adj) | Investigators said that Chen had
first been injected with Etumine, a strong sedative mainly administered to
patients with mental illnesses --- Sedative and hypnotic drugs are central nervous system depressants. (中樞神經系統鎮靜劑) --The patient must be sedated before the operation. |
go | 一種主要開給精神疾病患者的強力鎮靜劑 sedative：1) 鎮靜劑
；2)使安靜的;使鎮靜的 hypnotic ：1)安眠藥 2) 催眠的 depressant：鎮靜劑 Etumine：意妥明 |
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| 黑色素瘤 | melanoma | About 8,000 of these are cases
of malignant melanoma - the
most deadly form of skin cancer - which is the fastest growing cancer in the
UK. ---Melanoma is
the most common cause of death from skin cancer. |
go | 大約八千個案中是惡性的黑色素瘤，一種最致命的皮膚癌，目前成為英國成長最快的癌症。 high-factor sunscreen：高系數防曬油 suntan lotion：防曬油 |
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