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deploy [d0}plC0] v. 1. 部署
The general deployed his forces along the battlefront.
The troops were deployed for battle.
At least 5,000 missiles were deployed along the border.
2. (設備) 正常運作
The boat’s sails were fully deployed.
The driver’s airbag had failed to deploy. 駕駛人的安全氣囊未能打開
deployment n. 部署
~ the deployment of extra forces in the gulf
vi.cin.i.ty [vD}s0nDti] n. 附近；近處 the local area, places nearby 92學
Our house is located in this vicinity; it’s three blocks away, in fact.
She lives in Boston, or somewhere in that /the vicinity.
[ = somewhere near there ]
a university in the vicinity of Boston
The bomb damaged 300 buildings in the vicinity.
molest [mD}lGst] v. (尤指對兒童) 性騷擾；猥褻；調戲 abuse
He molested children and was sent to jail for 20 years.
He was sent to jail for molesting children.
molester [mD}lGstQ] n.
a child molester // putting child molesters in jail
instantaneous [`0nstDn'teniDs] adj. 立即的；立刻的；瞬間的happening immediately
With email, communication is almost instantaneous.
We got an almost instantaneous response from the company.
Their deaths were instantaneous.
instantaneously adv.
They died instantaneously.
stra.te.gic [strD}tidI0k] adj. 1. 戰略上的；策略上的
She was responsible for the firm’s strategic planning.
a strategic political move
The castle stood at a strategic position on the harbor.
The company made a strategic decision to move its headquarters to a less
expensive place.
2. (武器) 戰略性的 (指用於攻擊敵國)
strategic arms / weapons / bombing, etc. ( = weapons or attacks that are
designed to reach an enemy area from your own area and destroy the enemy’s
ability to fight)
strategically adv.
His chair was strategically placed so that he could see the door.
strategist [}str$tDdI0st] n. 戰略家；策士
military / political / campaign strategists
strat.e.gy [}str$tDdIi] n. 1. 戰略
The general was famous for his superior strategy.
military strategy // defense strategies
2. 策略；謀略；計策
the government’s economic strategy
successful language-learning strategies
to develop a strategy for dealing with unemployment
His strategy helped him to win the election.
Our company’s strategy is to make good products while keeping prices lower than
the competition.
The countries hope to devise a common strategy to provide aid.
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