雅思閱讀分類詞匯

　　homogeneous 同質的 homo + gene +ous^ homosexual, heterosexual

　　mainstream 主流 主流的

　　dialect 方言

　　discrepancy 差異

　　misconception 誤解 = misunderstanding

　　barrier 障礙~ bar, = barricade

　　discrimination 區(qū)別，歧視racial/sexual discrimination discriminate

　　hierarchy 等級制度heir + arch + y

　　insularity 島國性質 British industry has often been criticized for its linguistic insularity.

　　microcosm 小天地 micro + cosm

　　nostalgia = homesickness

　　patriot 愛國者 patriotic, patriotism

　　compatriot 同胞 同胞的com + patriot

　　vernacular 本地的，本國的 本地話，本國話the vernacular languages of India

　　Hispanic An American whose first language was Spanish

　　immigration 移入~ immigrant, immigratev.s. emigration

　　antipodes Any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earthfrom North America to the Antipodes

　　permeate 滲透，彌漫Smoke permeated the house.

　　entrepreneur 企業(yè)家 entrepreneurship

　　practitioner 開業(yè)者，從業(yè)者praction + er

　　celebrity a famous person= luminary, VIP

　　proxy 代理人

　　anecdote 軼事

　　notoriety 惡名

　　counterpart 對應人，對等物Whos George Bushs counterpart in China?^ counterculture, counterbalance

　　peer 同等的人 凝視，窺視

　　subordinate 下級 下級的 superior

　　tactics 戰(zhàn)術，技巧v.s. strategy marketing strategy v.s. selling tactics

　　nuance a subtle difference in meaning

　　benchmarking 類比分析

　　punctual 準時的，守時的

　　absenteeism 曠工absent absentee absenteeism

　　flextime 彈性工作時間flex + time

　　harass 騷擾 Mary said that Gary had sexually harassed her.

　　redundancy 冗余，冗員network redundancy

　　downsize 裁員

　　ballot 投票

　　impartial 不偏不倚的

　　lobby 大堂 游說

　　shortlist a list of applicants who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen

　　equilibrium 平衡，均衡

　　questionnaire 調查表，問卷

　　quantitative 定量的

　　contingency 偶然性，偶然事件

　　incur 招致incur debts/hatred/dangerv.s. occur, concur, recur

　　ethical 倫理的，符合倫理的~ ethics, unethical

　　dubious 疑惑的，可疑的 People were dubious about the result.

　　manifestation 顯示，證明

　　subtitle 字幕，副標題 ^ subsidiary, submarine, subway , suburb

　　dubbing 配音錄制

　　vogue 時尚 ^ chic

　　bizarre 奇異的v.s. weird

　　mediocre 平庸的

　　dietitian 飲食學家

　　connoisseur 行家，鑒賞家^ entre, a la carte

　　雅思閱讀分類詞匯

　　homogeneous 同質的 homo + gene +ous^ homosexual, heterosexual

　　mainstream 主流 主流的

　　dialect 方言

　　discrepancy 差異

　　misconception 誤解 = misunderstanding

　　barrier 障礙~ bar, = barricade

　　discrimination 區(qū)別，歧視racial/sexual discrimination discriminate

　　hierarchy 等級制度heir + arch + y

　　insularity 島國性質 British industry has often been criticized for its linguistic insularity.

　　microcosm 小天地 micro + cosm

　　nostalgia = homesickness

　　patriot 愛國者 patriotic, patriotism

　　compatriot 同胞 同胞的com + patriot

　　vernacular 本地的，本國的 本地話，本國話the vernacular languages of India

　　Hispanic An American whose first language was Spanish

　　immigration 移入~ immigrant, immigratev.s. emigration

　　antipodes Any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earthfrom North America to the Antipodes

　　permeate 滲透，彌漫Smoke permeated the house.

　　entrepreneur 企業(yè)家 entrepreneurship

　　practitioner 開業(yè)者，從業(yè)者praction + er

　　celebrity a famous person= luminary, VIP

　　proxy 代理人

　　anecdote 軼事

　　notoriety 惡名

　　counterpart 對應人，對等物Whos George Bushs counterpart in China?^ counterculture, counterbalance

　　peer 同等的人 凝視，窺視

　　subordinate 下級 下級的 superior

　　tactics 戰(zhàn)術，技巧v.s. strategy marketing strategy v.s. selling tactics

　　nuance a subtle difference in meaning

　　benchmarking 類比分析

　　punctual 準時的，守時的

　　absenteeism 曠工absent absentee absenteeism

　　flextime 彈性工作時間flex + time

　　harass 騷擾 Mary said that Gary had sexually harassed her.

　　redundancy 冗余，冗員network redundancy

　　downsize 裁員

　　ballot 投票

　　impartial 不偏不倚的

　　lobby 大堂 游說

　　shortlist a list of applicants who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen

　　equilibrium 平衡，均衡

　　questionnaire 調查表，問卷

　　quantitative 定量的

　　contingency 偶然性，偶然事件

　　incur 招致incur debts/hatred/dangerv.s. occur, concur, recur

　　ethical 倫理的，符合倫理的~ ethics, unethical

　　dubious 疑惑的，可疑的 People were dubious about the result.

　　manifestation 顯示，證明

　　subtitle 字幕，副標題 ^ subsidiary, submarine, subway , suburb

　　dubbing 配音錄制

　　vogue 時尚 ^ chic

　　bizarre 奇異的v.s. weird

　　mediocre 平庸的

　　dietitian 飲食學家

　　connoisseur 行家，鑒賞家^ entre, a la carte