冠翰英文

struggle  v. [I]掙扎；奮鬥

struggle  n. [C] 掙扎；奮鬥

struggling  adj. 掙扎的；奮鬥的

□ armed struggle 武力激戰

□ power struggle 權力鬥爭

□ class struggle 階級鬥爭

□ close struggle 勢均力敵的鬥爭

□ hand-to-hand struggle 格鬥；肉搏

□ struggle between good and evil 善惡鬥爭

□ struggle for existence/life/survival 生存競爭

□ struggle with disease 與疾病搏鬥

• The man is s          to bring up a family alone.

• The s________ between the two teams in the final was intense.

• It's the story of a s          artist who finally becomes rich and famous.

• Some politicians are more interested in the power s        s than in doing something

good for the public.

 

force  v. [T]用力移動；逼迫

force  n. [U, C]力量；武裝部隊

□ air force 空軍

□ armed forces (陸、海、空)三軍

□ ground forces 地面部隊

□ special forces 特種部隊

□ police force 警力

□ labor force (企業或國家的)勞動力

□ natural forces/the forces of nature 大自然的力量(地震、水災、旱災等)

□ the forces of good/evil 善/惡的力量

□ by force 靠武力

□ put a law into force 實施法律

 

□ come into force (法律等)生效

• They f      d him to give them the secret code.

• The armed f       of a country include the army, navy, and air force.

• The ground f       were destroyed by the enemy.

• Her son was taken away            .

• The new traffic regulations will come into        on January 1 next year.

 

progress  n. [U] 進展；進步

progress  v. [I] 進展；進步

progressive  adj. 有進展的；進步的

□ be in progress 正在進行中

□ make good/some/slow/little/no progress

大有進步(展)/有些進步/進步很慢/沒什麼進步/沒有進步

• He made no          in his studies despite his mother's persistent encouragement.

• My English has          ed a lot.

• His condition is showing a p             improvement.

• A grand reception is     p         .

 

remaining  adj. 留下的；剩下的

remain  v. [I] 剩下；遺留；保持

remains  n. [pi.] 剩餘物；遺址；廢墟

□ remain to be seen 尚有待觀察

□ the remains of dinner 晚餐的剩菜

□ the remains of ancient Greece 古希臘的遺址

• We are out of time; let's call it a day and discuss the r           issues tomorrow.

• The feast was over. There were only r            of the meal on the table.

• This room remains cool all summer.

• I asked him to sit down, but he remained standing.

• Several problems remain to be solved.

 

swollen  adj. 腫脹的

swell v. [I] swell-swelled-swollen 增長；變大

• Thirty years after the war, the country's population has s         to twice its size.

• The factory workers have to work overtime due to the s          numbers of orders.

 

shriveled  adj. 萎縮的；縮皺的

shrivel  v. 萎縮變小

□ a shriveled face 又乾又皺的臉

□ shrivel up 枯萎

• Not having been watered for a week, the flowers in the garden had s              .

• The hot sun s       ed    the leaves.

□expect  that + cl.          ( sb.) to VR

 

expect  v. [T] 期待；預料

expectation  n. [C, U] 預期；期待

□ expect too much of... 對某人期望太高

□ be expecting (a baby/child) 懷孕

□ beyond (one's) expectations 超乎(某人) 預期

□ below (one's) expectations 不如(某人) 預期

□ fall short of one's expectations 未臻某人理想

□ live up to one's expectations 達到某人期望

• We        ed       you would succeed.

• He       ed      finish the work by March 2.

• I don't think I can finish the job in time. You          ed too much of me.

• I heard Mrs.'Lin is e          again.

• Her tremendous success was beyond her own e            .

• Your performance is far below e           .

• We stayed in the hotel recommended by the travel agency, but it fell short of our

e             .

 

enlarge  v. [I, T] 放大

enlargement  n. [C, U] 放大之物(照片)；放大

• The government plans to e         the garden.

• There is not enough space for e            of the building.

• I have some             of the wedding photos. Do you want to see them?

 

support  v. [T] 支持；支撐

support  n. [U, C] 支持；支撐

supporter  n. [C] 支持者

supportive  adj. 支持的

supporting  adj. 支撐的；輔助的；搭配的

self-supporting  adj. 自食其力的(指人)；獨資經營的(指公司)

□ stand without support 孤立無援

□ moral support 道義上的支持

□ financial support 財務支援(金援)

□ technical support 技術支援(電腦方面)

□ life-support system (醫療)維生系統

□ supporting part/role 配角

□ supporting actor/actress 男/女配角

• We fully s      the proposal to shut down any factory that pollutes the drinking water.

• My idea received the full s        of my classmates.

• The candidate greeted his s         s before he gave his speech.

• Thank you for being so s            when I was feeling depressed.

• Some of my classmates are self-s           .

• She won an Oscar for Best S          Actress.

 

contract  v. [I] 收縮

contraction  n. [U] 收縮；[C] 縮寫

contract  n. [C] 契約

□ break a contract 毀約

□ sign a contract 簽約

□ renew a contract 重新簽約

• Your muscles c          when you are nervous.

• "I'll" is a c            of "I will."

• Make sure you read every line carefully before you sign a c         .

 

require  v. [T] 需要

required  adj. 必修的

requirement  n. [C] 需要之物；必需品；要件

□ required course/subject 必修課目/科目

□ admission/entrance requirements 入學條件

□ registration requirement 註冊條件

□ graduation requirements 畢業條件

□ the first requirement 首要條件

□ minimum requirement 最低需求

□ below requirements 未達到需求

□ beyond requirements 超過需求

□ meet/fulfill/satisfy a requirement  符合/滿足/要求

• Those soldiers are r          immediately to return to their unit.

• You must pass all the r         subjects to graduate.

• You have to meet all the entrance r            in order to get into that school.

• A college degree is a minimum r           for this job.

 

tiny  adj. 極小的 (= very small)

small 小的(常+實質名詞)  à big/large

big 大的(常+實質名詞) (較不正式)

large 大的(常+實質名詞) (較正式) (不指人)

huge (尺寸)巨大的，(數量)龐大的 àtiny

great 大的(+抽象/實質名詞)

 

freedom  n. [U] 自由

free  adj. 自由的；免費的

free  v. [T] 釋放

□ freedom of speech 言論自由

□ academic freedom 學術自由

□ economic freedom 經濟自由

□ press freedom 新聞自由

□ political freedom 政治自由

□ religious freedom 宗教自由

□ free fall 自由落體

□ free lunch 白吃的午餐 (【喻】免費得到的好處)

□ free will 自由意志；自己的意願

□ free from/of ... 免於…

• Many people agree that marriage means giving up one's personal f        .

• In a democratic country, people enjoy            of speech.

• There's no such thing as a free lunch.

• I did it     my own free will.

• The bottled water in the room is free of charge.

 

exactly  adv. 正是；就是；(表贊同)沒錯

□ not exactly (= not really) 不盡然；不完全正確

• A: "I think I've been wasting my time asking Sara to help me."

• B: "Exactly."

• Sam is not exactly my boyfriend; we've just gone out a few times.

• A: "Dad, is Mom mad at me?"  

B: "