全民英檢初級至高級單字 &托福單字
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Day 289 Sep. 27
tack.le [}t$kDl] v. 1. 解決；應付；處理(問題) to deal with a difficult problem
I’m too tired to tackle my homework now.
I tackled the problem of lowering the company’s costs.
What do you think is the best way to tackle the problem of bullying on the playground?
Governments have failed to tackle the question of homelessness.
2. (美式足球) 擒抱；攔截(in US football) to knock a ball carrier down
A guard tackled the ball carrier.
He was tackled by two players from the other team.
n. 1. (運動或活動的) 用具equipment used in a sport 70
We take fishing tackle on camping trips.
2. (美式足球) 擒抱；攔截
He made 52 successful tackles this year. // He made the tackle.
3. 截鋒 (美式足球的前線球員之一)
gloss [glCs] n. 1. (表面的) 光澤；光亮
paper with a high gloss on one side
The gel gives your hair a gloss.
You can have the photos with either a gloss or a matte finish.
2. 增光物
lip gloss 唇彩
3. (虛假的) 光輝的外表；虛飾
His ambition was covered by a thin gloss of good manners.
Beneath the gloss of success was a tragic private life.
成功的外表下面是悲慘的私生活
This scandal took the gloss off the occasion.
4. 註釋
A chemistry textbook is full of glosses.
v. 註釋；註解
Many unfamiliar terms are glossed in the book’s introduction.
ö gloss over : 避免談論；輕描淡寫；掩蓋
She glossed over the accident.
The report glossed over the company’s recent profit losses.
glossy ['glCsi] adj. 平滑而有光澤的；光滑的 smooth and shiny
I washed and polished my car and now it is glossy.
She had long glossy black hair.
I saw a picture of the hotel in a glossy magazine. (= printed on shiny paper )
n. 亮光紙照片a photograph with a shiny surface
an 8 × 10 glossy = an 8-inch by 10-inch glossy
metaphor [}mGtDfCr] n. 隱喻；比喻 98指
“All that glitters is not gold” is a metaphor for saying that things are not always
what they appear to be.
“A river of tears” is a metaphor.
Writers often use war as a metaphor for business activity and competition.
metaphorical [`mGtD}fCr0kDl] adj.
metaphorical language
metaphorically adv.
speaking metaphorically
rap.port [r$}pCr] n. 融洽；和諧關係
Our teacher has a good rapport with her students.
The doctor had an excellent rapport with his patients.
sanc.ti.mo.ni.ous [`s$HktD}moniDs] adj. 偽善的；假裝聖潔的；自認為道德高尚的
；道貌岸然的 self-righteous
a sanctimonious speech /politician
In a sanctimonious voice, you said I should go to church as often as you.
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