Vocab 3 ielts

Question 1

calendar

Answer 1

日曆

Question 2

seminar

Answer 2

大學講義課

Question 3

rhetoric

Answer 3

修辭手法

Question 4

entrepreneur

Answer 4

someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity
企業家

Question 5

demographics

Answer 5

the number and characteristics of people who live in a particular area or form a particular group, especially in relation to their age, how much money they have and what they spend it onfore

人口分佈統計（按種族/收入/年齡）

Question 6

widespread

Answer 6

adj. existing or happening in many places and/or among many people

廣泛散播的

Question 7

obsession

Answer 7

something or someone that you think about all the time

沉迷

Question 8

assumption

Answer 8

something that you accept as true without question or proof

假設

Question 9

detrimental

Answer 9

harmful

Question 10

innovation

Answer 10

a new idea or method

Question 11

conventionally

Answer 11

in a way that is based on what is traditionally done or believed.
約定俗定/習慣性

Question 12

bottleneck

Answer 12

a place where a road becomes narrow, or a place where there is often a lot of traffic, causing the traffic to slow down or stop.

瓶頸路段

Question 13

embrace

Answer 13

Accept

Question 14

bandwagon

Answer 14

an activity, group, movement, etc. that has become successful or fashionable and so attracts many new people

jump on the bandwagon 跟風

Question 15

utility

Answer 15

1. a service that is used by the public, such as an electricity or gas supply or a train service
2. usefulness

Question 16

venerate

Answer 16

respect

Question 17

ingenious

Answer 17

clever

Question 18

architecture

Answer 18

建築學

Question 19

squander

Answer 19

waste

Question 20

sweeping

Answer 20

affecting many things or people

Question 21

ventilation

Answer 21

空氣流通

Question 22

relentlessly

Answer 22

restlessly

Question 23

contemporary

Answer 23

1. 當代的

2. 同年代的

Question 24

lament

Answer 24

feel sad

Question 25

clamour

Answer 25

call for/demand 爭取

Question 26

lethal*

Answer 26

致命

Question 27

cholera

Answer 27

霍亂

Question 28

prosperous

Answer 28

successful, usually by earning a lot of money

Question 29

advocate

Answer 29

爭取