Weekly - Part 2 Flashcards
(40 cards)
venture
معامله‌ی قماری، داد و ستد مخاطره‌آمیز، کار الله بختی
*His bankruptcy was the result of several reckless business ventures.
*There are many joint ventures between American and Japanese companies.
*a real-estate venture
-joint venture
• Some analysts also said that a joint venture with Canon is possible.
• The decision point is particularly important for joint ventures projects.
offender
متجاوز، متخلف، خلافکار، تخطی کننده
*first-time offenders
*sex offenders
*young offenders
*Community punishment is used for less serious offenders.
devastate
خراب کردن، با خاک یکسان کردن، ویران کردن
گیج و سراسیمه کردن، خورد کردن
*Rob was devastated by the news of her death.
*The city centre was devastated by the bomb.
*I was so devastated I was crying constantly.
interference
دخالت، مداخله، فضولی،
*I resent his interference in my work.
* Industrial relations should be free from state interference.
*She seems to regard any advice or help from me as interference.
*The government’s interference in the strike has been widely criticized.
suspicious
شک برانگیز، موجب سوظن، بدگمان کننده،
شکاک، ظنین، بدگمان، دارای سوظن
-suspicious of
*Some of his colleagues at work became suspicious of his behaviour.
-suspicious about
* They were suspicious about my past.
*His reluctance to answer my questions made me suspicious.
*She gave him a suspicious glance.
* You’ve got a very suspicious mind!
*They found a suspicious package under the seat.
*a suspicious death
* He was behaving in a highly suspicious manner.
* a suspicious-looking character
compensation
تاوان، خسارت، غرامت
جبران، پرداخت (در مقابل کار)، پاداش، مزد، اجرت
-compensation for
*compensation for injuries at work
-compensation from
*She received compensation from the government for the damage caused to her property.
-in compensation
*The jury awarded Tyler $1.7 million in compensation.
-as compensation
*The workers were given 30 days’ pay as compensation.
* People who are wrongly arrested may be paid compensation.
-demand/seek/claim compensation
*The parents are seeking compensation for birth defects caused by the drug.
-award/grant compensation
*The court awarded Jamieson £30,000 compensation.
*One of the few compensations of losing my job was seeing more of my family.
*She received £40,000 in compensation for a lost eye.
*You should claim/seek compensation.
*a compensation claim
skew
کج رفتن، یک‌وری رفتن، پیچ خوردن
تحریف کردن، از شکل انداختن، کج و معوج کردن
-to cause something to be not straight or exact; to twist or distort
*All the people we questioned lived in the same area, which had the effect of skewing the figures.
*These last-minute changes have skewed the company’s results.
*These assumptions about Communism skewed American foreign policy for decades.
Defeat
شکست دادن؛ مغلوب کردن
* Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo.
*They defeated the Italian team and reached the final.
شکست؛ باخت
مغلوب؛ شکست خورده
-defeat in
*The socialist party suffered a crushing defeat in the elections.
*She was a woman who hated to admit defeat.
-defeat of
*The defeat of the army was followed by the establishment of constitutional government.
awkward
خودم: بد قلق- بدجور
-difficult to use, do, or deal with
*It’s an awkward corner, so take it slowly.
*Some of the questions were rather awkward.
*It was an awkward ascent, but we reached the top eventually.
*[ + to infinitive ] My car’s quite awkward to drive.
*He’s an awkward customer (= a difficult person to deal with).
-causing problems, worry, or embarrassment
*an awkward position/situation
*There followed an awkward silence while we all tried to think of something to say.
*They’d chosen an awkward time to call as I’d just got into the bath.
The police asked some awkward questions about where the money had come from.
ناجور
بدساخت
خجول و کمرو
spark
جرقه
نشانه، علامت
تحریک کردن، انگیختن، موجب شدن ،درخشیدن
*Sparks were flying out of the bonfire and blowing everywhere.
*The scrape of metal on metal sent up a shower of sparks.
*That small incident was the spark that set off the street riots.
content
راضی، قانع
قانع بودن، راضی بودن به
*He seems fairly content with (his) life.
*[ + to infinitive ] They’re content to socialize with a very small circle of people.
خوشحال، مسرور
*You’re quite easily contented, aren’t you?
*My explanation seemed to content him.
*We’ll be content with a respectable result in tomorrow’s match.
محتویات، درونه، مضمون، مفاد،
*The content of the media course includes scripting, editing, and camera work.
*the table of (= list of) contents
*It’s a very stylish and beautiful film, but it lacks content.
reluctance
بی‌میلی، اکراه،
*I accepted his resignation with great reluctance.
*[ + to infinitive ] Her reluctance to talk to the press was quite understandable.
*Wells finally agreed, but with reluctance.
*a reluctance to share information
glance
نظر اجمالی،نگاه کوتاه ،بسرعت نگاه کردن،
-glance at/up/down etc
*The man glanced nervously at his watch.
*Wyatt glanced around the restaurant.
*Emily glanced over her shoulder.
*She glanced around/round the room to see who was there.
*He glanced up from his book as I passed.
*Could you glance over/through this letter and see if it’s alright?
-to read something very quickly
-glance at/through etc
*Can you glance through these figures for me?
taxonomy
علم رده‌بندی، آرایه شناسی، علم طبقه بندی
scrutinize
(با دقت) نگریستن، وارسی کردن، پشت و روی چیزی را امتحان کردن، موشکافی کردن، (دقیقا) معاینه کردن
*He scrutinized the document.
* She scrutinized his face.
*He scrutinized the men’s faces carefully/closely, trying to work out who was lying.
*All new products are scrutinized by the laboratory.
*The data raises questions about how closely Wall Street banks scrutinized the loans.
*For example, unlike the United States, mergers should be very closely scrutinized.
• There were predictable objections from departments which did not want to have their own policy advice scrutinized by outside experts.
• The coach’s assistants stood along the field and scrutinized every move we made.
tremble
لرزیدن، فراشیدن، لرزش داشتن، رعشه داشتن
*His lip started to tremble and then he started to cry.
-tremble with anger/fear etc
* Greene was on his feet now, his body trembling with rage.
*I was trembling with fear, panicking that I had not made the right decision.
*At her side Michael trembled uncontrollably. He was so distraught he could not speak.
*I could see them coming for me. I was already trembling in anticipation when they grabbed me.
*Her bottom lip trembled, and tears welled up in her eyes.
*His voice started to tremble, and I thought he was going to cry.
*The whole house trembled as the train went by.
دلواپس بودن، نگران بودن
*I tremble to think what will happen when she finds out.
treat
رفتار کردن،
*My parents treated us all the same when we were kids.
*He treated his wife very badly.
*It’s wrong to treat animals as if they had no feelings.
*I treat remarks like that with the contempt that they deserve.
-treat somebody like/as something
* She treats me like one of the family.
*Penny doesn’t think her co-workers treat her as an equal.
*He treated his automobiles almost as tenderly as he did his wife.
-badly treated/well treated
* The prisoners were well treated by their guards.
مذاکره کردن، معامله کردن
*Please treat this information as completely confidential.
* She treats everything I say as a joke.
تیمار کردن، پرستاری کردن، درمان کردن، مداوا کردن
*It was difficult to treat patients because of a shortage of medicine.
*He is being treated for a rare skin disease.
*Western medicine tends to treat the symptoms and not the cause.
Favicon
an icon (= a small symbol) associated with a website, that usually appears in the line near the top of a page on an internet browser where the address for that website is also displayed, or next to the site name in a list of bookmarks
affiliate
شعبه، (شخص یا شرکت) وابسته، عضو،
به عنوان شعبه پذیرفتن
وابسته کردن یا شدن، همبسته کردن
-Affiliate is usually passive in this meaning, when used as a transitive verb.
-be affiliated with somebody/something
*The hospital is affiliated with the local university.
*The Society is not affiliated with any political party.
-be affiliated to somebody/something
*The group is not affiliated to any political party.
*the church’s right to affiliate to Rome
recur
بازگشتن، رجعت کردن، تکرار شدن، دوباره روی دادن،
*This theme recurs several times throughout the book.
*a recurring illness/problem/nightmare, etc.
*There is a danger that the disease may recur.
* Love is a recurring theme in the book.
exempt
معاف، مستثنی، بخشوده
معاف کردن، مستثنی کردن، بخشودن
*The interest on the money is exempt from tax.
*Some students are exempt from certain exams.
*Infant mortality was extremely high and the upper classes were not exempt.
*Research might be considered exempt from regulation.
*This income is totally exempt from taxation.
*The interest is exempt from income tax.
* Children are exempt from the charges.
contempt
تحقیر، خوارسازی
-with contempt
*She looked at him with contempt.
*I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves.
-beneath contempt
*His treatment of his children is beneath contempt (= so bad that it is not even worth feeling contempt for).
*That sort of behaviour is simply beneath contempt (=does not deserve respect or attention).
- in contempt
*Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by ordinary people. - contempt for somebody/something
*They had shown a contempt for the values she thought important.
*The contempt he felt for his fellow students was obvious.
-utter/deep contempt
* The report shows utter contempt for women’s judgement.
-open/undisguised contempt
*She looked at him with undisguised contempt.
*The public is treated with contempt by broadcasters.
*How could she have loved a man who so clearly held her in contempt?
retain
نگهداشتن، از دست ندادن
*She has lost her battle to retain control of the company.
*He managed to retain his dignity throughout the performance.
*She succeeded in retaining her lead in the second half of the race.
*I have a good memory and am able to retain (= remember) facts easily.
به یاد آوردن، به یاد داشتن
* I find it very difficult to retain facts.
infant
نوزاد، شیرخوار
*a newborn infant
*An infant’s skin is very sensitive.
