全民英檢初級至高級單字 &托福單字
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Day 314 Oct. 22
plague [pleg] n. 1. 瘟疫；疫病a disease that spreads rapidly and causes much
sickness and death
Thousands of people died during the plague.
Thousands of people died in a plague called “The Black Death.”
2. 引起災難、痛苦的事；災禍 something that causes terrible
trouble or suffering
Floods have been a plague in this region for years.
The plagues of the modern world are poverty and war.
v. 折磨；使痛苦 to trouble; cause to suffer 102指
A cough plagued her all winter.
Her vacation was plagued by telephone calls from her boss.
The east coast has been plagued by blizzards this month.
loophole ['lup`hol] n. (法律) 漏洞
Congress plans to close this loophole in the law so that all businesses will have
to pay the tax.
a legal /tax loophole 法律/稅收漏洞 // to close existing loopholes
rig [r0g] v. 1. 操縱 (競選等)；對-----做手腳；作弊 to cheat
A politician rigged the election by having votes of dead people counted for him so
he would win.
He said the election was rigged.
Officials denied that the competition had been rigged.
They rigged the election by letting some people vote more than once.
2. 給(船) 裝帆 (索具等)
A captain rigged his ship with new sails.
3. rig up : 倉促拼湊；草草做成
We rigged up a shelter using a big piece of plastic we found.
n. 1. (油田的) 海上鑽台；鑽塔
a drilling rig // an oil rig
2. 大型卡車
That truck driver bought a new rig.
rigging ['r0g0H] n. 1. 操縱；做手腳
The vote will be held again after widespread accusations of ballot-rigging.
vote rigging
2. 帆具；索具
The sailboat has new rigging.
stringent [}str0ndIDnt] adj. 1. (法律、規章等) 嚴格的；嚴厲的without much
freedom of flexibility; severe; strict
stringent requirements /rules /training
stringent air quality regulations
2. 銀根緊的；緊縮的；短缺的
The company is losing money and must have a stringent financial plan to survive.
the government’s stringent economic policies
stringently adv.
The rules are stringently enforced.
fraud [frCd] n. 1. 欺騙；欺詐 an act of trickery, lying or cheating
A committee was formed to fight fraud in the workplace.
The police arrested him for tax fraud.
2. 騙子
He wasn’t a real doctor — he was a fraud.
gen.o.cide [}dIGnD`sa0d] n. 種族滅絕；滅絕種族的大屠殺
Genocide still takes place in many parts of the world.
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