全民英檢初級至高級單字 &托福單字
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Day 307 Oct. 15
taxing [}t$ks0H] adj. 繁重的；累人的；費勁的difficult; burdensome; demanding
He finds walking up stairs taxing on his strength.
a taxing job // This shouldn’t be too taxing for you.
osmosis [Az'mos0s] n. 1. 滲透 (作用)
Water passes into the roots of a plant by osmosis.
2. 耳濡目染；潛移默化
I picked up the language mainly by osmosis.
He seems to learn foreign languages by /through osmosis.
dissent [d0}sGnt] n. 異議；不同意見 ( assent 同意；贊同)
The people rose in dissent over food shortages.
political dissent // religious dissent
v. 1. (法官) 持異議
One member of the Supreme Court dissented from the majority opinion.
2. 不同意
Only two ministers dissented from the official view.
Students dissented against the government.
dissenter [d0}sGntQ] n. 持異議者；持不同意見者
The Party does not tolerate dissenters in its ranks.
dissenting adj.
She wrote a dissenting opinion. // dissenting groups /views /voices
assent [D}sGnt] v. 同意；贊成 to agree to; approve (dissent)
She refused to assent to the new rules.
The father assented to his daughter’s marriage.
Nobody would assent to the terms they proposed.
n. 同意；贊成 affirmative response; permission
The director has given her assent to the proposals.
A contract requires the assent of both parties.
He nodded (his) assent.
nemesis [}nGmDsDs] n. ( pl. nemeses) 難以戰勝的對手；難以對付的事情
The tennis champion’s nemesis was a 18-year-old newcomer from Arizona.
Chemistry was my nemesis in college.
rehearsal [r0}h"sDl] n. 排演；排練；彩排 101學
The actors had many rehearsals before the play opened.
Rehearsals for the play will take place after school.
We only had six days of rehearsal.
rehearse [r0}h"s] v. 排演；排練
She rehearsed the songs in the new show.
The band rehearses once a week.
All the actors are busy rehearsing their parts.
We were given only two weeks to rehearse.
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