JaneJaneLand

1. Pedagogy(n.) 教育學;教學法/教育;教學
Definition: the study of the methods and activities of teaching
Eg: As an applied discipline, it is a branch of pedagogy.

2. Forthcoming(a.) 即將到來的/現有的,隨時可得的
Definition: happening soon
Eg: We have just received the information about the forthcoming conference.

3. Cooperative(a.) 合作的;樂意合作的/合作社的;合作商店的
Definition: willing to help or do what people ask
Eg: I've asked them not to play their music so loudly, but they're not being very cooperative.

4. Prescription(n.) 命令,指示;規定,法規/處方,藥方/慣例;傳統
Definition: a piece of paper on which a doctor writes the details of the medicine or drugs that someone needs
Eg: These drugs are only available on prescription (= with a prescription from a doctor).

5. Temporality(n.) 暫時性
Definition: the worldly possessions of a church
Eg: Temporality cannot be identified with ordinary clock time.

6. Stubbornly(ad.) 倔強地;頑強地;頑固地
Definition: describes someone who is determined to do what they want and refuses to do anything else
Eg: She stubbornly refused to cooperate.

7. Omnivorous(a.) 無所不吃的/什麼都讀的;隨手亂拿的
Definition: naturally able to eat both plants and meat
Eg: She has always been an omnivorous reader.

8. Revelatory(a.) 洩露的/啟示的
Definition: (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly
Eg: This paper is revelatory of future study on price dispersion.

9. Dislocation(n.) 脫臼;轉位;位置錯亂/【地】斷層/混亂
Definition: a negative effect on how something works
Eg: Snow has caused serious dislocation of/to train services.

10. Mutation(n.) 變化;浮沈盛衰;變質/變種,突變
Definition: the way in which genes change and produce permanent differences
Eg: It is well known that radiation can cause mutation.

11. Credible(a.) 可信的;可靠的
Definition: able to be believed or trusted
Eg: The story of what had happened to her was barely (= almost not) credible.

12. Documentary(n.) 記錄影片; (電視等的)記錄節目
(a.) 文件的;依據文件的/ (電影、電視等)記錄的;記實的
Definition: a film or television or radio program that gives facts and information about a subject / in the form of documents
Eg: They showed a documentary on animal communication.

13. Endeavor(v.) 努力,力圖[+to-v]
Definition: to try to do something
Eg: He endeavored to streamline the plant organization.

14. Contemporaneity(n.) 同一時期
Definition: the quality of belonging to the same period of time
Eg: The cases attempted to approximate the range, depth, and contemporaneity of vicarious experience.

15. Proletarian(n.) 無產者;勞工
Definition: a member of the proletariat
Eg: He is the father of proletarian literature.

16. Provincial(a.) 省的/外省的,外地的/鄉氣的,粗野的;地方性的;偏狹的
Definition: relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or an empire
Eg: City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.

17. Melancholy(a.) 憂鬱的,鬱悶的/令人沮喪的;可悲的
Definition: sad
Eg: A mood of melancholy descended on us.

18. Legacy(n.) 遺產;遺贈/留給後人的東西
Definition: money or property that you receive from someone after they die
Eg: An elderly cousin had left her a small legacy.

19. Striking(a.) 敲擊的,打擊的/惹人注目的;顯著的,突出的
Definition: very unusual or easily noticed, and therefore attracting a lot of attention
Eg: There are striking similarities between the two cases.

20. Postmodernism(n.)後現代主義
Definition: a style of art, writing, music, theatre, and especially architecture popular in the West in the 1980s and 90s, that includes features from several different periods in the past or from the present and past
Eg: Though postmodernism stage it will surely effect future philosophy far profoundly.

21. Panoramic(a.) 全景的;活動畫景的
Definition: a view of a wide area / a view, description, or study of events or activities
Eg: From the hotel roof you can enjoy a panorama of the whole city.

22. Margin(n.) 邊沿,邊緣/極限,限度/利潤;賺頭
Definition: the profit made on a product or service
Eg: Our increased profits are due to improved margins and successful cost control.

23. Shattering(a.)令人震驚的;令人不安的/令人極度疲勞的/巨大的,毀滅性的
Definition: making you feel extremely tired
Eg: It was a shattering schedule - seven meetings in two days.

24. Deity(n.) 神;女神/神性;神的地位(或身分)/(大寫)上帝[the S]
Definition: a god or goddess
Eg: Ares and Aphrodite were the ancient Greek deities of war and love.

25. Materialism(n.)唯物論; 唯物主義/實利主義
Definition: the belief that having money and possessions is the most important thing in life
Eg: So have we become a self-centered society, preoccupied with materialism?