Lesson 5: 舊小說的社會價值

Question 1

苦刑

Answer 1

( ㄎㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ )

(N) torture

Question 2

理解

Answer 2

( ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ )

(Vst) to understand (emphasises understanding based on reason more than 瞭解)

Question 3

感受

Answer 3

( ㄍㄢˇ ㄕㄡˋ )

(N) feeling

Question 4

強迫

Answer 4

( ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄆㄛˋ )

(V) to force

Question 5

不可理喻

Answer 5

( ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˋ )

(Vs) to be impervious to reason (idiom); unreasonable

Question 6

優(优) 劣

Answer 6

( ㄧㄡ ㄌㄧㄝˋ )

(N) quality (lit. goodness/badness)

Question 7

起源

Answer 7

( ㄑㄧˇ ㄩㄢˊ )

(N) origin

Question 8

獎(奖) 善 懲(惩) 惡

Answer 8

( ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄜˋ )

(IE) reward good deeds and punish bad deeds

Question 9

淺 顯(显)

Answer 9

( ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˇ )

(Vs) plain (obvious and easy to understand)

Question 10

包 羅(罗) 萬 象

Answer 10

( ㄅㄠ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ )

(Id) all-encompassing

Question 11

表揚

Answer 11

( ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄤˊ )

(V) to praise

Question 12

充滿

Answer 12

( ㄔㄨㄥ ㄇㄢˇ )

(Vst) to be full of

Question 13

因果報應

Answer 13

( ㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄠˋ ㄧㄥˋ )

(N) karma (idiom), retribution

Question 14

勸(劝)

Answer 14

( ㄑㄩㄢˋ )

(V) to encourage

Question 15

效果

Answer 15

( ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ )

(N) effect

Question 16

少之又少

Answer 16

( ㄕㄠˇ ㄓ ㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄠˇ )

(Vs) very few, very little (idiom)

Question 17

呆板

Answer 17

( ㄉㄞ ㄅㄢˇ ) / ( ㄞˊ ㄅㄢˇ )

(Vs) stiff, inflexible, dull and mechanical

Question 18

獨到之處

Answer 18

( ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓ ㄔㄨˋ )

(N) something unique to offer (idiom)

Question 19

順序

Answer 19

( ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄒㄩˋ )

(N) order, sequence

Question 20

平鋪直敘

Answer 20

( ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄨ ㄓˊ ㄒㄩˋ )

(Id) to speak or write in an overly straightforward, dull, flat and boring style

Question 21

沒頭沒腦

Answer 21

( ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄋㄠˇ )

(Id) without rhyme or reason

Question 22

突兀

Answer 22

( ㄊㄨ ㄨˋ )

(Vs₁) sudden or abrupt

(Vs₂) lofty or towering

Question 23

挖空心思

Answer 23

( ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ˙ )

(Id) to wreck one’s brain

Question 24

愧色

Answer 24

( ㄎㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ )

(N) an ashamed look

Question 25

模稜兩可

Answer 25

( ㄇㄛˊ ㄌㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄎㄜˇ ) (Vs) equivocal, ambiguous, ambivalent

Question 26

對比 ## Footnote ( measure word: 個 )

Answer 26

( ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˇ ) (Vi) to contrast (N) contrast

Question 27

強烈

Answer 27

( ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ) (Vs₁) (violently) strong (Vs₂) intense

Question 28

獨 創(创) 新 意

Answer 28

( ㄉㄨˊ ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧˋ ) | (Vi) to create something new (idiom)

Question 29

衡量

Answer 29

( ㄏㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ) (V) to weigh (various factors), to examine, to consider

Question 30

抄襲

Answer 30

( ㄔㄠ ㄒㄧˊ ) (V) to plagiarise

Question 31

嫌疑

Answer 31

( ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ ) (N) suspicion (often used as 有...的嫌疑 = to be suspected of [being]...)

Question 32

熟悉

Answer 32

( ㄕㄨˊ ㄒㄧ ) (Vst) familiar

Question 33

共鳴

Answer 33

( ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ) (N₁) sympathetic response to sth (N₂) resonance

Question 34

見解

Answer 34

( ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ) (N) opinion

Question 35

不謀而合

Answer 35

( ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄡˊ ㄦˊ ㄏㄜˊ ) (Vi) to agree without prior consultation / to happen to hold the same view

Question 36

得意

Answer 36

( ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ) (Vs) to be proud of oneself; to be pleased with oneself; to be complacent

Question 37

伸張 ## Footnote e.g. 正義得到伸張

Answer 37

( ㄕㄣ ㄓㄤ ) (V₁) to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue) (V₂) to promote

Question 38

指導

Answer 38

( ㄓˇ ㄉㄠˇ ) (V) to give guidance about​, to guide, to direct

Question 39

清廉主義

Answer 39

( ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ ) (N) anti-corruptionism

Question 40

安定

Answer 40

( ㄢ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ) (Vpt) to stabilise

Question 41

微不足道

Answer 41

( ㄨㄟ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ ) (Id) negligible, insignificant

Question 42

備(备) 而 不 用

Answer 42

( ㄅㄟˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ ) (Id) have something ready just in case; keep something for possible future use

Question 43

約束

Answer 43

( ㄩㄝ ㄕㄨˋ ) (V) to restrain, to restrict, to discipline (neither in the sense of control nor punishment)

Question 44

崇高

Answer 44

( ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄠ ) (Vs) majestic, sublime, lofty (of a noble or elevated nature)

Question 45

真 憑 實(实) 據(据)

Answer 45

( ㄓㄣ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕˊ ㄐㄩˋ ) (Id) reliable evidence; conclusive proof; definitive evidence

Question 46

憑(凭)

Answer 46

( ㄆㄧㄥˊ ) (V) based on

Question 47

壓(压) 迫

Answer 47

( ㄧㄚ ㄆㄛˋ ) (V) to oppress; (N) oppression

Question 48

造反

Answer 48

( ㄗㄠˋ ㄈㄢˇ ) (Vi) to rise up in rebellion

Question 49

沒落

Answer 49

( ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ) (Vp) to decline

Question 50

收藏

Answer 50

( ㄕㄡ ㄘㄤˊ ) (V) to hold (as a collection referring to holdings of museums, libraries, collector, etc.)

Question 51

取代

Answer 51

( ㄑㄩˇ ㄉㄞˋ ) (Vpt) to replace

Question 52

確實

Answer 52

( ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄕˊ ) (Adv) indeed

Question 53

探討

Answer 53

( ㄊㄢˋ ㄊㄠˇ ) (V) to explore (and discuss a research topic, issue)