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UK Mulls Crackdown on Influencers' Harmful Impact on Students

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Influencer (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A person with a large social media following who can shape the opinions or behaviors of their audience, especially young people like students <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：網紅；影響者（社交媒體上擁有大量粉絲，能影響受眾——尤其是學生等年輕群體——觀點或行為的人） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：lifestyle influencer（生活方式網紅）、influencer content（網紅內容） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Some influencers promote unhealthy habits that have a bad effect on students.（部分網紅宣傳不良習慣，對學生產生負面影響。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Crack down on (phrasal verb) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：To take strict action to stop or control an illegal or unwanted activity (here, harmful influencer behavior) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：取締；嚴厲打擊（採取嚴格措施制止或管控非法或不良行為，如網紅的有害行為） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：crack down on harmful content（嚴打有害內容）、crack down on rule-breaking influencers（嚴厲處罰違規網紅） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The UK government plans to crack down on influencers who target students with misleading information.（英國政府計劃嚴厲打擊向學生傳播誤導性信息的網紅。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Harmful (adj.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Causing damage or injury to someone’s health, well-being, or development <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：有害的（對健康、福祉或發展造成損害的） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：harmful content（有害內容）、harmful influence（不良影響） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Experts warned that excessive exposure to certain influencer content is harmful to students’ mental health.（專家警告，過度接觸某些網紅內容對學生心理健康有害。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Misinformation (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：False or inaccurate information that is spread, especially through social media <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：虛假信息；錯誤信息（特指通過社交媒體傳播的虛假或不準確內容） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The new policy aims to reduce the spread of misinformation from influencers to students.（新政策旨在減少網紅向學生傳播的虛假信息。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Code of conduct (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A set of rules that outline how people should behave in a particular group or profession (e.g., for influencers) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：行為守則；行為規範（規定特定群體或行業成員應如何行為的規則，如網紅的行為準則） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：influencer code of conduct（網紅行為守則）、follow the code of conduct（遵守行為守則） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The UK will launch a new influencer code of conduct to protect students from negative impacts.（英國將推出新的網紅行為守則，保護學生免受不良影響。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Target (v./n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：(v.) To direct something (like content or products) at a particular group; (n.) A group that something is directed at <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：(v.) 以…為目標；針對；(n.) 目標群體（指將內容或產品指向特定群體，此處特指網紅針對學生） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Some influencers intentionally target students with products that are not suitable for them.（部分網紅故意以學生為目標，推銷不適合他們的產品。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Penalty (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A punishment given to someone who breaks a rule or law (e.g., rule-breaking influencers) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：處罰；懲罰（對違反規則或法律者的懲處，如對違規網紅的處罰） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：face penalties（面臨處罰）、heavy penalties（嚴厲處罰） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Influencers who violate the new code of conduct will face heavy penalties, such as fines.（違反新行為守則的網紅將面臨嚴厲處罰，如罰款。）

2025-12-07 中等

Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa Slams Into Jamaica

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Hurricane (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A large, intense tropical storm with sustained winds over 74 mph (119 km/h), heavy rain, and storm surges, forming over warm ocean waters <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：颶風（指在溫暖海域形成、持續風速超74英里/小時（119公里/小時）的強烈熱帶風暴，伴隨暴雨與風暴潮） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：Hurricane Melissa（颶風“梅麗莎”）、category 5 hurricane（五級颶風） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Hurricane Melissa, labeled the "global storm king," has strengthened as it approaches Jamaica.（被譽為“全球風王”的颶風“梅麗莎”在逼近牙買加時風力持續增強。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Landfall (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The point or moment when a hurricane, typhoon, or other ocean-based storm reaches and touches land <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：登陸（指颶風、颱風等海洋風暴抵達並接觸陸地的地點或時刻） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：make landfall（登陸）、landfall location（登陸地點） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The meteorological agency confirmed that Hurricane Melissa made landfall in northern Jamaica at 9 a.m.（氣象局確認，颶風“梅麗莎”於上午9點在牙買加北部登陸。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Storm surge (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A temporary rise in sea level caused by a hurricane’s strong winds, which can flood coastal areas <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：風暴潮（指由颶風強風引發的暫時性海平面上升，可能導致沿海地區洪水泛濫） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Authorities warned that a 4-meter storm surge could submerge low-lying coastal towns in Jamaica.（當局警告，4米高的風暴潮可能淹沒牙買加地勢低洼的沿海城鎮。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Evacuate (v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：To move people from a dangerous area (such as a hurricane-threatened region) to a safer place <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：疏散；轉移（指將人們從危險區域如颶風威脅區轉移到安全地點） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：evacuate residents（疏散居民）、mandatory evacuation（強制疏散） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The Jamaican government ordered residents in coastal areas to evacuate before Melissa’s landfall.（牙買加政府命令沿海地區居民在“梅麗莎”登陸前疏散。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Damage (n./v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：(n.) Physical harm to something; (v.) To cause physical harm to something <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：(n.) 損壞；損失；(v.) 損害；毀壞（指對物體造成的實質性傷害或行為） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：property damage（財產損失）、damage to buildings（建築物損壞） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The hurricane’s strong winds caused severe damage to homes and infrastructure in Jamaica.（颶風強風對牙買加的房屋和基礎設施造成了嚴重損壞。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Meteorologist (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A scientist who studies the atmosphere, weather, and climate, especially to predict weather conditions <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：氣象學家（指研究大氣、天氣與氣候，尤其負責預報天氣的科學家） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Meteorologists have been tracking Hurricane Melissa’s path closely for a week.（氣象學家已連續一周密切跟蹤颶風“梅麗莎”的路徑。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Casualty (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A person who is injured, killed, or missing as a result of a disaster (like a hurricane) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：傷亡人員；遇難者（指因颶風等災難受傷、遇難或失蹤的人） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：casualty figures（傷亡人數）、report casualties（通報傷亡情況） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Local hospitals are on standby to treat potential casualties from the hurricane.（當地醫院已進入待命狀態，以救治颶風可能造成的傷亡人員。）

2025-12-07 困难

Car ploughs into fnas at Liverpool parade

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Collision (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：An accident where two or more things (e.g., a car and a crowd) hit each other with force <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：碰撞；車禍（指物體間強力相撞的事故，如汽車與人群碰撞） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：car collision（汽車碰撞事故）、collision with fans（與球迷相撞） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The car collision with football fans outside the stadium caused multiple injuries.（體育場外汽車與足球球迷的碰撞事故造成多人受傷。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Casualty (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A person who is injured or killed in an accident, disaster, or violent event <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：傷亡人員（指事故、災難或暴力事件中的受傷者或遇難者） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：casualty numbers（傷亡人數）、treat casualties（救治傷員） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Emergency services rushed to the scene to help the casualties from the car attack.（急救人員迅速趕往現場，救助汽車襲擊事件中的傷亡人員。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Stadium (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A large sports ground with seats for spectators, usually used for football, rugby, etc. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：體育場；運動場（指帶有觀眾席的大型運動場地，常用於足球、橄欖球等比賽） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：football stadium（足球體育場）、outside the stadium（體育場外） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Thousands of fans gathered outside the stadium to cheer for their team before the match.（比賽前，數千名球迷聚集在體育場外為球隊助威。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Emergency services (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Organizations like the police, fire department, and ambulance service that respond to accidents or crises <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：應急服務部門（指警察、消防隊、救護車等負責處置事故或危機的機構） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：call emergency services（呼叫應急服務）、emergency services arrive（應急服務到達） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Witnesses immediately called emergency services after seeing the car hit the crowd.（目擊者看到汽車撞向人群後，立即呼叫了應急服務。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Witness (n./v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：(n.) A person who sees an event (like an accident) happen; (v.) To see an event happen <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：(n.) 目擊者；(v.) 目擊（指看到事件發生的人或行為） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：eye witness（目擊證人）、witness an accident（目擊事故） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The police interviewed several witnesses to find out details of the car collision.（警方詢問了多名目擊者，以瞭解汽車碰撞事故的細節。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Evacuate (v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：To move people away from a dangerous place to a safer one <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：疏散；轉移（指將人們從危險地點轉移到安全處） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：evacuate the area（疏散該區域）、evacuate injured fans（轉移受傷球迷） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Police officers worked to evacuate the crowd near the stadium after the accident.（事故發生後，警察努力疏散體育場附近的人群。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Investigation (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The process of examining a crime, accident, or problem to find out the facts <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：調查；調查工作（指為查明事實對犯罪、事故或問題進行的審查） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：police investigation（警方調查）、launch an investigation（啟動調查） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The police launched an investigation into the car crash to determine its cause.（警方對這起汽車撞擊事件啟動調查，以確定事故原因。）

2025-12-07 困难

Chinese paraglider survives accidental 8000m flight

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Paraglider (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A person who flies using a paraglider (a light, foldable wing) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：滑翔傘運動員；滑翔傘（從事滑翔傘運動的人或其裝備） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：Chinese paraglider（中國滑翔傘運動員）、experienced paraglider（資深滑翔傘運動員） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The paraglider survived a high-alt altitude accident.（這位滑翔滑翔�員在高空事故中生還。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Altitude (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The height above sea level or the ground <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：海拔；高度（海拔或地面以上的高度） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：high altitude（高空）、altitude of 28,000 ft（28,000英尺高度） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：At such a high altitude, the temperature drops to minus 40°C.（在如此高的海拔，氣溫降至零下40攝氏度。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Miraculous Survival (Miraculous survival) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Surviving a very dangerous situation in a way that seems impossible <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：奇蹟生還（在極險境中以看似不可能可能的方式存活） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：miraculous survival（奇蹟生還）、miraculous escape（奇蹝脵） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：His survival from the 8,000-meter fall was truly miraculous.（他從8000米高空墜落卻奇蹟生還，實在不可思議。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Thermal gust (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A sudden, strong upward air current caused by heat <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：熱氣流（由熱量引發的突然強勁上升氣流） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：freak thermal gust（異常熱氣流）、thermal gust propulsion（熱氣流推動） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：A freak thermal gust blasted the paraglider to an extreme altitude.（一陣異常熱氣流將滑翔傘運動員衝至極高海拔。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Frost (n./v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：(n.) A thin layer of ice formed on surfaces in cold weather; (v.) To cover with frost <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：(n.) 霜；冰霜；(v.) 結霜 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：coating of frost（一層霜）、frost clinging to eyebrows（霜凝結在眉毛上） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Ice and frost covered his gear after the high-altitude flight.（高空飛行後，他的裝備佈滿冰霜。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Disorientation (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The state of being confused about where you are or which direction you should go <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：迷失方向；暈頭轉向（對位置或方向感到困惑的狀態） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：spatial disorientation（空間迷失方向）、disorientation in clouds（在雲中迷失方向） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The worst thing in high-altitude flight is disorientation.（高空飛行中最糟糕的是迷失方向。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Suck (v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：To pull something or someone in with great force <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：吸入；吸進（以強大力量將某物或某人吸入） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：sucked into the sky（被吸入空中）、suck up air（吸入空氣） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：He was sucked into the sky by a sudden thermal gust.（他被一陣突然的熱氣流吸入空中。）

2025-12-07 中等

Scientist's warning of an imperiled ocean

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Marine ecosystem (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A community of living organisms (like fish, coral, and plankton) and non-living things (water, salt, sunlight) that interact in the ocean or sea <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：海洋生態系統（海洋中生物體與非生物體相互作用的群落，如魚類、珊瑚、浮游生物與海水、鹽分、陽光等） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：protect the marine ecosystem（保護海洋生態系統）、damage to the marine ecosystem（海洋生態系統損害） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Pollution from plastic waste is one of the biggest threats to the global marine ecosystem.（塑料廢物污染是全球海洋生態系統面臨的最大威脅之一。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Conservation (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The protection and careful management of natural resources (like oceans, forests) to prevent damage or waste <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：保護；資源保育（對海洋、森林等自然資源的保護與謹慎管理，防止損毀或浪費） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：marine conservation（海洋保護）、conservation efforts（保護行動） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Governments and NGOs are working together on marine conservation projects to save endangered sea species.（各國政府與非政府組織正攜手開展海洋保護項目，拯救瀕危海洋物種。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Urgent (adj.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Needing immediate attention or action (used to emphasize the time-sensitive need for marine protection) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：緊迫的；急需處理的（強調海洋保護的時間緊迫性） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：urgent issue（緊迫問題）、urgent action（緊急行動） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The decline of coral reefs has become an urgent problem that requires global cooperation.（珊瑚礁的衰退已成為需要全球合作解決的緊迫問題。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Pollutant (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A substance that contaminates the environment (like plastic, oil, or chemicals in the ocean) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：污染物（污染環境的物質，如海洋中的塑料、石油或化學品） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：ocean pollutants（海洋污染物）、reduce pollutant levels（降低污染物濃度） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Industrial waste often releases harmful pollutants into rivers that flow into the ocean.（工業廢物常向河流中排放有害污染物，而這些河流最終流入海洋。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Endangered (adj.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：At risk of becoming extinct (used to describe marine species threatened by ecosystem damage) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：瀕危的；面臨滅絕風險的（用於描述受生態系統損害威脅的海洋物種） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：endangered species（瀕危物種）、protect endangered marine life（保護瀕危海洋生物） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Sea turtles are an endangered species because their habitats are destroyed by coastal development.（海龜因棲息地被海岸開發破壞，已成為瀕危物種。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Sustainability (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The ability to use natural resources (like fish, ocean energy) in a way that meets present needs without harming future generations <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：可持續性；永續發展（以不損害後代利益的方式使用自然資源，如漁業、海洋能源） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：marine sustainability（海洋可持續性）、achieve sustainability（實現可持續發展） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Sustainable fishing practices are key to ensuring the sustainability of the marine ecosystem.（可持續捕撈方式是確保海洋生態系統可持續性的關鍵。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Degradation (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The process of something becoming worse in quality or condition (here, the decline of the marine ecosystem) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：退化；惡化（事物質量或狀態變差的過程，此處指海洋生態系統的衰退） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：ecosystem degradation（生態系統退化）、prevent degradation（防止退化） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Overfishing and pollution have led to the degradation of coastal marine ecosystems in many regions.（過度捕撈與污染導致許多地區沿海海洋生態系統退化。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-12-07 困难

Can you copyright artwork made using AI?

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Copyright (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The legal right that gives the creator of a work (like writing, art, or AI-generated content) control over how it is used or copied <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：版權；著作權（賦予作品創作者控制其使用或復製的合法權利，包括AI生成內容） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：copyright law（版權法）、own the copyright（擁有版權） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The main debate about AI art is who should own the copyright to the final work.（關於AI藝術的核心爭論是，誰應擁有最終作品的版權。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Co-author (n./v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：(n.) A person who creates a work together with another person; (v.) To create a work together <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：(n.) 共同作者；(v.) 共同創作（播客中特指AI是否具備“共同作者”的法律地位） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 語境：核心爭議點——AI是否能與人類一同被視為作品的“共同創作者” <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Legislators are still debating whether AI can be considered a co-author of works it helps generate.（立法者仍在爭論，AI是否能被視為其協助生成作品的共同作者。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Legal framework (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A set of laws, rules, and principles that guide how a particular issue (like AI copyright) is handled <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：法律框架（指指導特定問題如AI版權處理的一套法律、規則和原則） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Many countries are updating their legal frameworks to address copyright issues of AI-generated content.（許多國家正在更新法律框架，以應對AI生成內容的版權問題。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Generate (v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：To produce or create something (like text, images, or music) using a tool or system (here, AI) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：生成；創造（指通過工具或系統如AI製作文本、圖像或音樂等內容） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：AI-generated content（AI生成內容）、generate a design（生成設計圖） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The AI can generate a full article in minutes if given a clear topic.（若給出明確主題，這款AI可在幾分鐘內生成一篇完整文章。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Ownership (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The right to possess, use, and control something (here, the right to control AI-generated works) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：所有權；歸屬權（指擁有、使用和控制某物的權利，此處特指對AI生成作品的控制權） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Ownership of AI-generated art remains unclear because current laws focus on human creators.（AI生成藝術的所有權仍不明確，因為現有法律主要針對人類創作者。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Legislation (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Laws made by a government, especially those that address new issues (like AI copyright) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：立法；法律（指政府制定的法律，尤其針對AI版權等新問題的法律） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：New legislation may be needed to clarify copyright rules for AI-generated works.（可能需要新立法來明確AI生成作品的版權規則。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Human input (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The ideas, instructions, or edits that a human provides to guide AI in creating a work <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：人類輸入（指人類提供的想法、指令或修改，用於指導AI生成作品） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 語境：判斷人類是否擁有AI作品版權的關鍵——需證明存在足夠的“人類輸入” <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Courts often look at the amount of human input to decide copyright ownership of AI works.（法院常通過判斷人類輸入的多少，來確定AI作品的版權歸屬。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-12-07 中等

What's missing in the immigration debate

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Immigrant (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A person who moves to a new country to live there permanently, often to work or build a better life <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：移民（指永久遷居新國家的人，常為工作或改善生活） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：legal immigrant（合法移民）、skilled immigrant（技術移民） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Many skilled immigrants contribute to the U.S. tech industry with their expertise.（許多技術移民憑藉專業知識為美國科技行業做出貢獻。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Economic impact (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The effect that a group (like immigrants) has on a country’s economy, including jobs, taxes, and growth <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：經濟影響（指某群體對國家經濟的作用，含就業、稅收、增長等） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 語境：播客核心主題，強調移民對經濟的實際作用常被辯論忽略 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Experts study the economic impact of immigrants to show their role in boosting local businesses.（專家研究移民的經濟影響，以證明他們在推動當地企業發展中的作用。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Undocumented (adj.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Describing a person who lives or works in a country without official legal permission <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：無合法身份的；非法居留的（特指未獲官方許可居住或工作的移民） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：undocumented immigrant（非法移民）、undocumented workers（非法勞工） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Undocumented immigrants often take jobs in industries with labor shortages, such as construction.（非法移民常從事建築等勞動力短缺行業的工作。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Entrepreneurship (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The activity of starting and running a business, especially to make a profit <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：創業；創業精神（移民對經濟的重要貢獻之一，指創辦企業） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Immigrant entrepreneurship has created millions of jobs in the U.S. over the past decade.（過去十年，移民創業在美國創造了數百萬個就業崗位。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Public services (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Services provided by the government for the benefit of all people, such as education, healthcare, and transportation <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：公共服務（指政府提供的普惠性服務，如教育、醫療、交通） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 辯論熱點：移民是否“過度使用公共服務”，播客指出其納稅也支撐服務運行 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Immigrants both use and contribute to funding public services through taxes.（移民既使用公共服務，也通過納稅為其提供資金支持。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Demographic (adj./n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：(adj.) Relating to the structure of a population (e.g., age, race); (n.) A group of people with similar characteristics <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：(adj.) 人口結構的；(n.) 特定人群（移民可緩解美國“人口老齡化”的人口結構問題） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Immigrants help address the U.S. demographic challenge of an aging workforce.（移民有助於解決美國勞動力老齡化的人口結構挑戰。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Overshadow (v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：To make something less important or noticeable by being more significant or noticeable <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：使顯得不重要；蓋過（指移民的經濟貢獻常被辯論中的其他話題蓋過） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：In U.S. immigration debates, security concerns often overshadow the economic benefits of immigrants.（在美國移民辯論中，安全問題常蓋過移民的經濟益處。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-12-07 中等

Your Clutter Is Costing More Than You Think

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Hoarding - 囤積（行為）：名詞，強調「過度儲存且不捨丟棄」的行為，區分於普通「storage（儲存）」。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Hidden costs - 隱藏成本：固定搭配，指未直接體現在價格上的額外支出（如儲存費、維護費等）。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Bargain - 特價商品；討價還價：名詞用法為「廉價好物」（a real bargain），動詞用法為「討價還價」（bargain with sb.）。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Accumulate - 累積，積聚：動詞，強調「逐漸堆積」的過程（accumulate wealth/items），屬正式用語。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Clutter - 雜物；雜亂：名詞指「堆積的雜物」（clear the clutter），動詞指「使雜亂」（clutter up the room）。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Disposal - 處置，處理：名詞，常見固定搭配「waste disposal（廢物處置）」「disposal of old items（舊物處理）」。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Impulse purchase - 衝動消費：固定短語，指未經規劃的臨時購買行為（impulse 為形容詞「衝動的」）。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8. Diminish - 減少；貶低：動詞，強調「逐漸減弱或降低價值」（diminish the value of...），比 reduce 更正式。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9. Storage space - 儲存空間：名詞短語，日常常用，對應「living space（居住空間）」。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10. Squander - 浪費（時間/金錢/資源）：動詞，帶貶義，強調「無謂浪費」（squander money on useless things）。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11. Asset - 資產：名詞，商務常用語，與「liability（負債）」相對，此處指「有價值的物品」。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12. Liability - 負債；負擔：名詞，此處延伸為「無價值且耗費精力的物品」（a liability rather than an asset）。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13. Inventory - 存貨；清點存貨：名詞，商務/管理用語，指「個人或企業擁有的物品清單」（take inventory 清點）。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">14. Trade-off - 權衡取捨：名詞，固定搭配「a trade-off between A and B（A與B之間的權衡）」。 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">15. Prioritize - 優先處理：動詞，後接名詞（prioritize needs over wants 優先需求而非慾望）。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-12-07 困难

Cheap Items Leave Couples Divided in the War Over Household Clutter

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">重點單詞、用法及知識點（中英對照） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Clutter (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Unwanted, disorganized items that accumulate in a space (especially at home) and create mess <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：雜物；雜亂堆積的物品（特指家庭中堆積的無用雜物） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：household clutter（家庭雜物）、clear away clutter（清理雜物） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Cheap toys and gadgets often end up as clutter in the basement.（廉價玩具和小物件最後常變成地下室的雜物。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Impulse buy (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A purchase made suddenly without careful planning, usually because the item is cheap or seems appealing at the moment <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：衝動消費品；臨時起意買的東西 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 語境：對應“廉價物品”的核心購買場景，是家庭雜物堆積的主要原因 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Her habit of impulse buys—like $5 mugs or discount socks—fills the closet with clutter.（她愛衝動消費的習慣，比如買5美元的馬克杯或折扣襪子，讓衣櫥塞滿了雜物。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Dispute (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A disagreement or argument between people (here, couples) over a specific issue (e.g., clutter) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：爭執；分歧（此處特指夫妻間因雜物等問題引發的爭吵） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：couple dispute（夫妻分歧）、dispute over clutter（因雜物引發的爭執） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The couple’s biggest dispute is whether to keep or throw away cheap clutter.（這對夫妻最大的分歧是該保留還是丟棄廉價雜物。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Hoard (v./n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：(v.) To collect and keep large amounts of something (often unnecessary items)；(n.) A large collection of stored items <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：(v.) 囤積；(n.) 囤積的物品（側重“無謂積累大量物品”） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：He tends to hoard cheap kitchen tools, even though he only uses a few of them.（他總愛囤積廉價廚房用具，儘管只用得上其中幾件。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Compromise (n./v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：(n.) An agreement where both sides give up something to settle a disagreement；(v.) To reach such an agreement <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：(n.) 妥協；讓步；(v.) 妥協解決（夫妻解決雜物分歧的關鍵方式） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The couple made a compromise: they’d keep useful cheap items and donate the rest.（這對夫妻達成妥協：留下實用的廉價物品，其餘的捐出去。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Discard (v.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：To throw away or get rid of something that is no longer needed or wanted <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：丟棄；拋棄（比“throw away”更正式，常用於“處理雜物”場景） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：They decided to discard any cheap clutter that hadn’t been used in over a year.（他們決定丟棄所有一年以上沒用過的廉價雜物。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Sentimental value (n.) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The personal importance or emotional attachment someone has to an item (even if it’s cheap or useless) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：情感價值；紀念意義（解釋為何有人不願丟棄廉價雜物的核心原因） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：She refuses to throw away the cheap necklace because it has sentimental value—it was a gift from her mom.（她不願丟掉那條廉價項鍊，因為它有情感價值——那是媽媽送的禮物。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-11-30 中等

Your Packed Lunch Could Cost More Than You Think

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">重點單詞、用法及知識點（中英對照） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Brown-bag (verb) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：To bring one's own lunch (usually in a brown paper bag) to work or school instead of buying food <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：自帶午餐（尤指用牛皮紙袋裝帶，相對於外買） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：brown-bag lunch（自帶午餐）、brown-bag to work（帶午餐上班） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Many employees start to brown-bag to save money on food costs.（為節省餐費，許多員工開始自帶午餐上班。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Disposable income <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The money a person has left after paying taxes and necessary living expenses, which can be spent or saved <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：可支配收入（扣除稅款和必要生活開支後的剩餘資金） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 語境：與「自帶午餐省錢」直接相關，影響個體消費選擇 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Rising living costs have reduced people’s disposable income for eating out.（生活成本上漲降低了人們用於外食的可支配收入。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Economic impact <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The effect that a particular activity (like brown-bagging) has on the economy, such as on local restaurants or sales <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：經濟影響（某項活動對經濟的作用，如對當地餐廳或銷售的影響） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：The trend of brown-bagging has a negative economic impact on nearby cafes.（自帶午餐的趨勢對附近咖啡館產生了負面經濟影響。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Cut back on <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：To reduce the amount of money spent on something or the frequency of an activity <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：削減；減少（開支或活動頻率） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 搭配：cut back on eating out（減少外食）、cut back on expenses（削減開支） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：She had to cut back on buying coffee after work to save for rent.（為存房租，她不得不減少下班後買咖啡的次數。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Local businesses <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：Small companies or shops that operate in a specific area, such as neighborhood cafes or delis <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：當地企業（特定區域內經營的小公司或商店，如社區咖啡館、熟食店） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：A drop in office workers’ lunch spending hurts local businesses like sandwich shops.（辦公族午餐消費減少，對三明治店等當地企業造成打擊。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Trade-off <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：A balance between two things that cannot both be had or achieved; giving up one thing to get another <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：權衡；取捨（無法同時擁有兩件事物時的平衡，為獲取其一放棄另一） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 語境：對應「省錢（自帶午餐）與傷經濟（影響當地企業）」的核心矛盾 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Brown-bagging is a trade-off between personal savings and supporting local restaurants.（自帶午餐是個人省錢與支持當地餐廳之間的權衡。） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Consumer spending <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 英文釋義：The money spent by people on goods and services, which is a key part of the economy <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 中文釋義：消費支出（人們用於商品和服務的開支，是經濟的核心部分） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 例句：Reduced consumer spending on lunch can slow down local economic growth.（午餐消費支出減少可能導致當地經濟增長放緩。）

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