Part 3

Question 1

bar

Answer 1

If you bar someone’s way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place, by blocking their path.
Harry moved to bar his way…
He stepped in front of her, barring her way.
The National Security Bureau says the number of people barred entry to Taiwan for suspected involvement in international terrorism has increased over the past year.

Question 2

ringleader

Answer 2

The ringleaders in a quarrel, disturbance, or illegal activity are the people who started it and who cause most of the trouble.
The soldiers were well informed about the ringleaders of the protest.
French authorities say the ringleader of the Paris terror attacks was among those killed in a police raid on Wednesday.

Question 3

raid

Answer 3

a sudden short attack
the ringleader of the Paris terror attacks was among those killed in a police raid on Wednesday.
Russia sharply increased bombing raids earlier this week after confirmation that the Russian plane crash in Egypt that killed all 224 people on board was brought down by a bomb.

Question 4

riddle with

Answer 4

If someone riddles something with bullets or bullet holes, they fire a lot of bullets into it.
Unknown attackers riddled two homes with gunfire…
His body was found riddled with bullets and shrapnel in the apartment.

Question 5

conceal

Answer 5

hold back; keep from being perceived by others;

it is unclear whether the Belgian national concealed himself among the thousands of migrants arriving in Greece

Question 6

on the cusp

Answer 6

If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
the world is on the cusp of a “post-antibiotic era”— following the discovery of bacteria resistant to the drugs used when all other treatments have failed.

Question 7

shrug off

Answer 7

If you shrug something off, you ignore it or treat it as if it is not really important or serious.
They identified bacteria able to shrug off antibiotics in humans and livestock

Question 8

infection

Answer 8

An infection is a disease caused by germs or bacteria.
the resistance could spread around the world and raise the possibility of untreatable infections - and plunge medicine back nearly a century.

Question 9

plunge

Answer 9

If an amount or rate plunges, it decreases quickly and suddenly.
His weight began to plunge…
Its net profits plunged 73% last year.
the resistance could spread around the world and raise the possibility of untreatable infections - and plunge medicine back nearly a century.

Question 10

badger

[ ˈbædʒɚ ]

Answer 10

If you badger someone, you repeatedly tell them to do something or repeatedly ask them questions.
She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something…
They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back…

Question 11

catcall

Answer 11

Catcalls are loud noises that people make to show that they disapprove of something they are watching or listening to.
The crowd responded with boos and catcalls.

Question 12

malleable

[ ˈmæliəbəl ]

Answer 12

A substance that is malleable is soft and can easily be made into different shapes.
Silver is the most malleable of all metals.

Question 13

thumbnail

Answer 13

adj)

A thumbnail sketch or account is a very short description of an event, idea, or plan which gives only the main details.

Question 14

bard

Answer 14

poet

Question 15

havoc

[‘hævək]

Answer 15

Havoc is great disorder, and confusion.

Rioters caused havoc in the centre of the town.

Question 16

pundit

Answer 16

A pundit is a person who knows a lot about a subject and is often asked to give information or opinions about it to the public.
…a well known political pundit.

Question 17

upheaval

Answer 17

An upheaval is a big change which causes a lot of trouble, confusion, and worry.
Wherever there is political upheaval, invariably there are refugees…

Question 18

give credence to

Answer 18

If something lends or gives credence to a theory or story, it makes it easier to believe.
If you give credence to a theory or story, you believe it.
You’re surely not giving any credence to this story of Hythe’s?
你肯定不会相信海斯的说法吧？

Question 19

crackdown

Answer 19

A crackdown is strong official action that is taken to punish people who break laws.
..anti-government unrest that ended with the violent army crackdown.

Question 20

high-profile

Answer 20

A high-profile person or a high-profile event attracts a lot of attention or publicity.
…the high-profile reception being given to Mr Arafat.

Question 21

pedophile

[‘pi:dəʊfaɪl]

Answer 21

an adult who is sexually attracted to children

No one would hire a pedophile, and in any case he did not deserve anyone’s trust.

Question 22

algorithm

[ˈælɡəˌrɪðəm]

Answer 22

An algorithm is a series of mathematical steps, especially in a computer program, which will give you the answer to a particular kind of problem or question.
A commonly used microcomputer algorithm for multiplication.

Question 23

put in

Answer 23

If you put in an amount of time or effort doing something, you spend that time or effort doing it.
The team’s just put in a research proposal for that controversial local government initiative related to library closures.
They’ve put in time and effort to keep the strike going…

Question 24

make a pitch for

Answer 24

If someone makes a pitch for something, they try to persuade people to do or buy it.
The President speaks in New York today, making another pitch for his economic program…
We’ve made a pitch for a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods and hope to do some analytical comparisons with previous stats collected over the last decade.

Question 25

a green light

Answer 25

If someone in authority gives you a green light, they give you permission to do something.
The food industry was given a green light to extend the use of these chemicals…
Other countries are eagerly awaiting an American green light to lift the sanctions altogether.
I’ll be in back in touch when we get the green light.

Question 26

to shed light on/ to throw light on/ to cast light on

Answer 26

To shed light on ,throw light on, or cast light on something means to make it easier to understand, because more information is known about it.
A new approach offers an answer, and may shed light on an even bigger question.
You might be able to help us throw light on current and emerging trends.

Question 27

in the affirmative

Answer 27

If you reply to a question in the affirmative, you say ‘yes’ or make a gesture that means ‘yes’.
“But am I, as a professor who teaches such students, giving them the education they have come here to get? For me, that question is getting harder and harder to answer in the affirmative.”
He asked me if I was ready. I answered in the affirmative.

Question 28

scrumptious

[ˈskrʌmpʃəs]

Answer 28

If you describe food as scrumptious, you mean that it tastes extremely good.
…a scrumptious apple pie.

Question 29

doggone it

[ˈdɔ:gɔ:n]

Answer 29

(表示失望、愤怒、失意等的感叹讯)
Doggone it, leave me be!
唉，別管我了!

Question 30

concerted

Answer 30

1) A concerted action is done by several people or groups working together.
Martin Parry, author of the report, says it’s time for concerted action by world leaders.

2) If you make a concerted effort to do something, you try very hard to do it.
He made a concerted effort to win me away from my steady, sweet but boring boyfriend.

Question 31

skyrocket

Answer 31

If prices or amounts skyrocket, they suddenly increase by a very large amount.
Production has dropped while prices and unemployment have skyrocketed
How to turn off the new iphone feature that will send your bill skyrocketing?

Question 32

hoax

Answer 32

A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not.

Question 33

addendum

[əˈdɛndəm]

Answer 33

An addendum is an additional section at the end of a book or document.
This is addendum to the book.

Question 34

convocation

Answer 34

A convocation is a meeting or ceremony attended by a large number of people.
…a convocation of the American Youth Congress.

Question 35

salient

Answer 35

The salient points or facts of a situation are the most important ones.
I was intrigued by a study by Kinzler, which showed that language was more salient than race in establishing social categories.

Question 36

ascertain

[ˌæsərˈteɪn]

Answer 36

If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
Surveys and individual interviews will be conducted in order to ascertain how much time people spend at their local libraries

Question 37

differential

[ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃəl]

Answer 37

A differential is a difference between things, especially rates of pay.
During the Second World War, industrial wage differentials in Britain widened.
Are there any trend differentials in library usage between people from different generations?

Question 38

analytical

[ˌænəˈlɪtɪkl]

Answer 38

An analytical way of doing something involves the use of logical reasoning.
I have an analytical approach to every survey.

Question 39

sporadic

[ spəˈrædɪk, spɔ- ]

Answer 39

Sporadic occurrences of something happen at irregular intervals.
The police in Burundi say four people were killed in overnight violence in the capital – as sporadic gunfire and loud explosions continue to be heard across the city.
The distant thunder from the coast continued sporadically…

Question 40

fugitive

[ ˈfjudʒɪtɪv ]

Answer 40

A fugitive is someone who is running away or hiding, usually in order to avoid being caught by the police.
Police in Beligum say 16 people have been arrested in anti-terror raids –but the main fugitive wanted in connection to the recent Paris attacks remains at large.

Question 41

pylon

[ ˈpaɪˌlɑn ]

Answer 41

Pylons are very tall metal structures which hold electric cables high above the ground so that electricity can be transmitted over long distances.
Three-quarters of Crimea’s population remain without power after four electricity pylons were blown up.

Question 42

blow up

Answer 42

If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
Their boat blew up as they slept.
Three-quarters of Crimea’s population remain without power after four electricity pylons were blown up.

Question 43

annex

[ əˈneks ]

Answer 43

If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
Crimea was annexed by Russia last year, but the Ukrainian authorities have continued to supply power to the area.
Hitler was determined to annex Austria to Germany.

Question 44

wrest

Answer 44

If you wrest something from someone else, you take it from them, especially when this is difficult or illegal.
For the past year he has been trying to wrest control from the central government…
Argentina’s centre-right opposition has wrested the presidency from the centre-left Peronists.
He wrested the suitcase from the chauffeur..

Question 45

coalition

Answer 45

A coalition is a government consisting of people from two or more political parties.
the Russian airstrikes are more effective than those of the U-S-led coalition Russia has sharply raised the intensity of it airstrikes in Syria in recent days

Question 46

capricious

[ kəˈprɪʃəs ]

Answer 46

Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
Something that is capricious often changes unexpectedly.
Both sides were troubled throughout by a capricious wind.
..a theatre with notoriously capricious acoustics.

Question 47

yardstick

Answer 47

If you use someone or something as a yardstick, you use them as a standard for comparison when you are judging other people or things.
human being is the yardstick of all things on earth

First establishment of the subject position of human being-explanation of Protagoras’s well-known saying “human being is the yardstick of all things on earth”

Question 48

be on hand

Answer 48

present and easily available…

Amazon device experts will be on hand to answer questions and to show the products in action.

Question 49

gargantuan

[ gɑ:ˈgæntʃuən ]

Answer 49

If you say that something is gargantuan, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
Large American technology companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are ridiculously profitable and, indeed, infamous for the lengths to which they go to avoid paying corporate income tax on their gargantuan profits.

Question 50

margin

Answer 50

利潤

The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.

Question 51

lucrative

Answer 51

A lucrative activity, job, or business deal is very profitable.
Thousands of ex-army officers have found lucrative jobs in private security firms.

Question 52

sit around

Answer 52

If you sit around or sit about, you spend time doing nothing useful or interesting.
Eve isn’t the type to sit around doing nothing…
AWS revenue was never going to sit around in the corporate treasury or be paid out as dividends.

Question 53

divindend

[ ˈdɪvɪˌdɛnd ]

Answer 53

股息、紅利
A dividend is the part of a company’s profits which is paid to people who have shares in the company.
AWS revenue was never going to sit around in the corporate treasury or be paid out as dividends.
The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.

Question 54

treasury

Answer 54

金庫
a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely

Question 55

venture

Answer 55

A venture is a project or activity which is new, exciting, and difficult because it involves the risk of failure.
a particular venture simply proves more lucrative than expected.

Question 56

get a foot in the door

Answer 56

to ​enter a ​business or ​organization at a ​low ​level, but with a ​chance of being more ​successful in the ​future:
Making ​contacts can ​help you get a foot in the ​door when it comes to getting a ​job.
Since Amazon’s already basically crushed the national bookstore chains, nobody can really stop the company from getting a foot in the door of this niche.

Question 57

lade

laden with

Answer 57

If someone or something is laden with a lot of heavy things, they are holding or carrying them.
If you describe a person or thing as laden with something, particularly something bad, you mean that they have a lot of it.
Many of their heavy industries are laden with debt.
The bigger, less irony-laden thing that Amazon is working on right now is same-day delivery for Amazon Prime members.

Question 58

a fleet of

Answer 58

A fleet of vehicles is a group of them, especially when they all belong to a particular organization or business, or when they are all going somewhere together.
Amazon’s long-term aspirations in this field appear to involve fleets of driverless trucks and even flying delivery drones.

Question 59

epidermal

epidermoid

Answer 59

表皮状的

Question 60

appease

[əˈpiz]

Answer 60

If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
The offer has not appeased separatists.

Question 61

abominable

[əˈbɑ:mɪnəbl]

Answer 61

Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad.

The President described the killings as an abominable crime…

Question 62

susceptible

[səˈsɛptəbəl]

Answer 62

If you are susceptible to something or someone, you are very likely to be influenced by them.
Young people are the most susceptible to advertisements…

Question 63

gully

[ ˈɡʌli ]

Answer 63

A gully is a long narrow valley with steep sides.

The bodies of the three climbers were located at the bottom of a steep gully.

Question 64

locality

Answer 64

A locality is a small area of a country or city.

Following the discovery of the explosives the president cancelled his visit to the locality…

Question 65

proximal

[ ˈprɑ:ksɪməl ]

Answer 65

situated nearest to point of attachment or origin
the proximal end of a bone
The proximal demonstration of this voter discontent is found in the Tea Party movement.

Question 66

discontent

[ ˌdɪskənˈtɛnt ]

Answer 66

Discontent is the feeling that you have when you are not satisfied with your situation.
There are reports of widespread discontent in the capital.

Question 67

plough into

[ plaʊ ]

Answer 67

If something, for example a car, ploughs into something else, it goes out of control and crashes violently into it.
A young girl and her little brother were seriously hurt when a car ploughed into them on a crossing.
The driver and several passengers were standing at the rear of the bus when the truck ploughed into the vehicle.

Question 68

prefabricated

Answer 68

Prefabricated buildings are built with parts which have been made in a factory so that they can be easily carried and put together.
…high-quality, Scandinavian prefabricated wooden homes.
The foreign ministry says the Ma administration has donated prefabricated houses, LED lamps and medical supplies worth nearly 10-million U-S dollars in recent years.

Question 69

ballot

[ ˈbælət ]

Answer 69

A ballot is a secret vote in which people select a candidate in an election, or express their opinion about something.

Question 70

stem

Answer 70

If you stem something, you stop it spreading, increasing, or continuing.
European Council President Donald Tusk has called for a summit with Turkey this Sunday to re-energize relations and stem migration flow.

Question 71

impede

Answer 71

If you impede someone or something, you make their movement, development, or progress difficult.
The U-S is imposing sanctions against those it alleges are impeding democracy in Burundi.

Question 72

strip down

[ strɪp daʊn ]

Answer 72

get undressed

About six men stripped down during the demonstration.

Question 73

demonstration

Answer 73

A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.

Question 74

flee

Answer 74

If you flee from something or someone, or flee a person or thing, you escape from them.
…refugees who have fled from wars, famine and persecution…
Hundreds of migrants have been protesting after Macedonia limited passage to only those fleeing conflict.

Question 75

call a halt to something/

order a halt to something

Answer 75

If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately.
The Russian government had called a halt to the construction of a new project in the Rostov region.
Ukraine’s government has ordered a halt to all delivery of goods to Crimea

Question 76

wipe out

Answer 76

To wipe out something such as a place or a group of people or animals means to destroy them completely.
The man is a fanatic who is determined to wipe out any opposition to the way he conducts himself.
The move comes after the weekend bombing of electricity pylons by unknown attackers wiped out power supplies to Crimea.

Question 77

envoy

Answer 77

An envoy is someone who is sent as a representative from one government or political group to another.
Bangladesh officials say a “strongly worded protest note” was handed to Pakistan’s envoy on Monday saying the criticism was unacceptable.

Question 78

flawed

Answer 78

Something that is flawed has a mark, fault, or mistake in it.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry has described the men’s trials as being flawed and that it was “deeply disturbed” by their executions on Sunday.

Question 79

put down

Answer 79

When an animal is put down, it is killed because it is dangerous or very ill.
The condition of Nola deteriorated after surgery and she was put down Sunday.
They think that any legislation that involved putting down dogs was wrong.

Question 80

pull into

Answer 80

When a vehicle or driver pulls into a place, the vehicle moves into the place and stops there.
He pulled into the driveway in front of her garage..
She pulled the car into a tight parking space on a side street.
Passengers say the driver had pulled into the shoulder minutes before the accident to check on faulty electrics inside the tour bus after several people complained of flickering lights and smoke.

Question 81

across from

Answer 81

The shoe store is across from the bank.

We are located at 4601 26th Ave. NE in University Village, next to Banana Republic and across from JOEY Kitchen.

Question 82

engross

Answer 82

engage or engross wholly;
He seemed completely engrossed in his book.
I’d go into bookshops and engross myself in diet books - and cookbooks.

Question 83

condominium

[ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm]

Answer 83

A condominium is an apartment building in which each apartment is owned by the person who lives there.
This is the fourth year Chuck and I will be spending our vacation there. We’re even thinking about investing in a condominium so we can ski there more often.

Question 84

sound

Answer 84

Sound advice, reasoning, or evidence is reliable and sensible.
That might be a sound investment.

Question 85

ephemeral

[ɪˈfemərəl]

Answer 85

If you describe something as ephemeral, you mean that it lasts only for a very short time.
Traditionally, the poet presents a pair of contrasting images in his haiku, one suggestive of time and place, the other a colorful, but ephemeral, observation.
These paintings are in some ways a reminder that earthly pleasures are ephemeral.

Question 86

bolster

Answer 86

If someone tries to bolster their position in a situation, they try to strengthen it.
Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.
Tokyo plans to deploy 500 troops to Ishigaki Island in an effort to bolster the country’s defense of its southwestern islands

Question 87

deploy

Answer 87

To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used.
The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.
Tokyo plans to deploy 500 troops to Ishigaki Island in an effort to bolster the country’s defense of its southwestern islands

Question 88

bloc

Answer 88

A bloc is a group of countries which have similar political aims and interests and that act together over some issues.
…the world’s largest trading bloc.

Question 89

ballistics

Answer 89

the trajectory of an object in free flight
Ballistics is the study of the movement of objects that are shot or thrown through the air, such as bullets fired from a gun.
The weapons are undergoing ballistics tests to see whether they were used in the shootings.
Dutch prosecutors announced Tuesday that experts in ballistics, weapons systems and explosives will be among the investigators conducting “an in-depth study of the available evidence.

Question 90

conducive

[ kənˈdu:sɪv ]

Answer 90

If one thing is conducive to another thing, it makes the other thing likely to happen.
Make your bedroom as conducive to sleep as possible…
According to Ban, while the political situation South Korea and North Korea had not been conducive for a visit, he has held talks with Pyongyang’s foreign minister - and they discussed his role in promoting peace and reconciliation on the peninsula.

Question 91

reiterate

Answer 91

If you reiterate something, you say it again, usually in order to emphasize it.
He reiterated his opposition to the creation of a central bank…
Ma will travel to the island on a military C-130 transport aircraft to highlight R-O-C sovereignty over the island and to reiterate his South China Sea peace initiative.

Question 92

harangue

[ həˈræŋ ]

Answer 92

V) If someone harangues you, they try to persuade you to accept their opinions or ideas in a forceful way.
Writers find themselves in charge of other writers and haranguing them over deadlines.

N)A harangue is a long, forceful speech that someone makes to try and persuade other people to accept their opinions.

Question 93

reminisce

[ ˌrɛməˈnɪs ]

Answer 93

If you reminisce about something from your past, you write or talk about it, often with pleasure.
I saw happy professors become bitter deans, constantly reminiscing about the old days doing cutting-edge research and teaching the classes they loved.

Question 94

means

Answer 94

You can refer to the money that someone has as their means .
..a person of means…
He did not have the means to compensate her.
Research from 2010 found that people with high incomes reported consuming more alcohol than people of more modest means.

Question 95

tort

Answer 95

民事侵权行为

A tort is something that you do or fail to do which harms someone else and for which you can be sued for damages.

Question 96

malpractice

Answer 96

玩忽职守, 渎职, 不法行为
If you accuse someone of malpractice, you are accusing them of breaking the law or the rules of their profession in order to gain some advantage for themselves.
There were only one or two serious allegations of malpractice.
She sued her doctor for malpractice.
They found that lawyers in high-income fields like corporate law, tort and malpractice were unhappier and less satisfied than their lower-paid counterparts in service roles such as public prosecutor or legal defender.

Question 97

renunciation

Answer 97

The renunciation of a belief or a way of behaving is the public declaration that you reject it and have decided to stop having that belief or behaving in that way.
The renunciation of work and work in devotion are both good for liberation. But, of the two, work in devotional service is better than renunciation of work.
…the renunciation of all earthly pleasures…

Question 98

renounce

Answer 98

If you renounce a belief or a way of behaving, you decide and declare publicly that you no longer have that belief or will no longer behave in that way.
In other words, even better than renouncing your exalted position is converting it into a source of personal liberation by devoting it to the good of others.

Question 99

exalted

Answer 99

Someone or something that is at an exalted level is at a very high level, especially with regard to rank or importance.
In other words, even better than renouncing your exalted position is converting it into a source of personal liberation by devoting it to the good of others.

Question 100

intrinsic

Answer 100

If something has intrinsic value or intrinsic interest, it is valuable or interesting because of its basic nature or character, and not because of its connection with other things.
When I am serving, on the other hand, the work is always intrinsically valuable because of its intention. Adopting a service mind-set guarantees some measure of success.

Question 101

parable

Answer 101

A parable is a short story, which is told in order to make a moral or religious point, like those in the Bible.
This point is illustrated in the parable of a traveler who happened upon stonemasons.

Question 102

mason

Answer 102

A mason is a person who is skilled at making things or building things with stone. In American English, masons are people who work with stone or bricks.

Question 103

happen upon

Answer 103

come upon, as if by accident; meet with;
I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here.
She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day.

Question 104

inflect

Answer 104

To inflect is to speak in a way that reflects — and changes with — your mood. After hearing tragic news, you’ll inflect what you say with the sadness you feel.
Managers and executives directly inflect their employees’ happiness and career success.
The changing pitch of your voice inflects your words with meaning, and another way to inflect is to change the form of a word for grammatical reasons, including tense, number, or gender. When you inflect verbs, it’s also called conjugation. For example, when you change the verb “to be” from “I am” to “we are,” you inflect it. The Latin root of inflect is inflectere, “to bend,” and also “to change.”

Question 105

kvetch

[ kvetʃ ]

Answer 105

a constant complainer
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;
So cheer up, kvetchers. Relief is as close as the kindness you show to others. Build your cathedral. And for God’s sake, stop drinking so much.

Question 106

bhagavad gita

Answer 106

薄伽梵歌

Question 107

plummet

Answer 107

If an amount, rate, or price plummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount.
Weather and cold air mass to send mercury plummeting overnight