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Why Chinese Bubble Tea Chains Are Brewing Billions

• chewy /ˈtʃuːi/（adj.）：有嚼勁的。用於描述食物口感例句：The mochi balls in the bubble tea are soft and chewy, which makes them popular among customers.（珍珠奶茶里的麻薯球軟糯有嚼勁，很受顧客喜歡。）• bubble up（短語）：冒泡；逐漸興起/發展例句：After the viral video, interest in this small bubble tea shop bubbled up quickly, with long lines forming every day.（那段爆火視頻發佈後，人們對這家小奶茶店的興趣迅速升溫，每天都排起長隊。）• IPO (Initial Public Offering) /ˌaɪ piː ˈəʊ/（n.）：首次公開募股。屬於金融領域術語例句：The local bubble tea brand announced its IPO plan last month, aiming to raise funds for expanding to overseas markets.（這家本土奶茶品牌上月宣佈了IPO計劃，計劃募資拓展海外市場。）• retail /ˈriːteɪl/（v.）：零售。常用搭配“retail for”，表示“零售價為”例句：This limited-edition fruit bubble tea retails for $8, which is a bit higher than the regular ones.（這款限定水果奶茶零售價為8美元，比普通款稍貴。）• subtract /səbˈtrækt/（v.）：減去；扣除。常用搭配“subtract...from...”例句：When calculating the store’s monthly profit, we need to subtract rent and utility fees from the total revenue.（計算門店月利潤時，要從總收入中扣除租金和水電費。）• ingredients /ɪnˈɡriːdiənts/（n.）：原料；配料（複數形式）。常用搭配“raw ingredients”（原材料）例句：The brand prides itself on using fresh, high-quality ingredients like imported tea leaves and organic milk.（該品牌以使用新鮮優質原料為榮，比如進口茶葉和有機牛奶。）• labor /ˈleɪbə(r)/（n.）：勞動力；人工（美式拼寫，英式為“labour”）例句：During peak hours, the bubble tea shop hires part-time workers to reduce the cost of full-time labor.（高峰時段，這家奶茶店會雇兼職員工，以降低全職人工成本。）• overheads /ˈəʊvəhedz/（n.）：運營費用（複數形式）。常用搭配“fixed overheads”（固定運營成本）例句：The shop’s fixed overheads, including rent and equipment maintenance, add up to $5,000 per month.（這家店的固定運營費用，包括租金和設備維護，每月總計5000美元。）• profit margin（短語）：利潤率。屬於商業術語例句：By optimizing the supply chain, the brand managed to increase its profit margin from 15% to 25%.（通過優化供應鏈，該品牌成功將利潤率從15%提升到了25%。）• transaction /trænˈzækʃn/（n.）：交易例句：The bubble tea shop handles hundreds of transactions every day, most of which are small payments under $10.（這家奶茶店每天處理數百筆交易，大多是10美元以下的小額支付。）• franchising /ˈfræntʃaɪzɪŋ/（n.）：特許經營；加盟模式例句：The brand expanded rapidly through franchising, with over 1,000 franchise stores opening in two years.（該品牌通過特許經營快速擴張，兩年內開設了1000多家加盟店。）• royalties /ˈrɔɪəltiz/（n.）：特許權使用費（複數形式）例句：Franchisees of this bubble tea brand need to pay 5% of their monthly sales as royalties to the headquarters.（這個奶茶品牌的加盟商需將月銷售額的5%作為特許權使用費交給總部。）• procurement /prəˈkjʊəmənt/（n.）：採購（正式用語）例句：The company’s efficient procurement system ensures that raw materials like tapioca pearls are delivered on time.（該公司高效的採購系統確保木薯珍珠等原料能按時送達。）• customize /ˈkʌstəmaɪz/（v.）：定制。常用搭配“customize...from...”例句：Customers can customize their bubble tea from sweetness (0% to 100%) to the type of toppings like grass jelly or pudding.（顧客可以定制奶茶，從甜度（0%到100%）到仙草、布丁等配料類型都可選擇。）• viral /ˈvaɪrəl/（adj.）：病毒式傳播的例句：The bubble tea brand’s funny mascot video went viral on TikTok, gaining over 10 million views in three days.（這個奶茶品牌的趣味吉祥物視頻在TikTok上病毒式傳播，三天內獲得了1000多萬次觀看。）

2025-10-18 中等

Fake it til you make it

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• dilemma：困境，名詞，指難以抉擇的處境。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 faced a dilemma—should she take the high-paying job far from home or stay near her family with a lower salary?（她面臨一個困境：是接受離家遠但薪水高的工作，還是留在家人身邊做薪水較低的工作？）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• turmoil：動亂、混亂，名詞，文中指個人生活中的紛亂狀態。<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;">例句：After losing her job and breaking up with her partner, her life was in turmoil for months.（失業又失戀後，她的生活陷入了數月的混亂。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• intuition：直覺，名詞，強調內在的直覺感知。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 intuition told her not to trust the stranger, even though he seemed friendly.（她的直覺告訴她不要相信那個陌生人，儘管他看起來很友善。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• anxiety：焦慮，名詞，描述情緒上的焦慮狀態。<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;">例句：Before every exam, she feels a wave of anxiety that makes it hard to sleep.（每次考試前，她都會感到一陣焦慮，讓她難以入睡。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• distinguish：區分、辨別，動詞，搭配介詞“between”使用，如“distinguish between anxiety and intuition”。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：It’s important to distinguish between healthy stress and harmful anxiety in daily life.（在日常生活中，區分健康的壓力和有害的焦慮很重要。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• manifest：顯現、表明，動詞，文中“anxiety tends to manifest as a physical discomfort”表示焦慮會以身體不適的形式顯現。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 excitement manifested as a big smile and constant hand-clapping.（他的興奮以燦爛的笑容和不停的鼓掌聲顯現出來。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• prioritize：優先考慮，動詞，“prioritize time for hobbies”表示優先為愛好看騰出時間。<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;">例句：With a busy work schedule, she learns to prioritize spending time with her children on weekends.（工作日程繁忙，她學會優先安排週末和孩子相處的時間。）<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;">• authentic：真實的、可信的，形容詞，強調真實性，如“be completely authentic to ourselves”。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 always stays authentic and never pretends to like things just to fit in with others.（她始終保持真實，從不會為了融入他人而假裝喜歡某些事物。）<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;">• loneliness：孤獨，名詞，描述孤獨的狀態。<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;">例句：Even in a crowded room, she felt a deep loneliness because no one really understood her.（即使在擁擠的房間里，她也感到深深的孤獨，因為沒人真正理解她。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• manifest (作動詞，表“顯現”外的另一意義)：體現、表明（在“manifest what you want”中表示設想、體現想要的事物）。<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：By setting clear goals and working hard, she managed to manifest her dream of becoming a writer.（通過設定明確目標並努力，她成功實現了成為作家的夢想。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• courage：勇氣，名詞，“build enough courage”表示建立足夠的勇氣。<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：It took her a lot of courage to stand up and speak out against the unfair rule.（她花了很大的勇氣才站出來反對這項不公平的規定。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• perception：知覺、看法，名詞，“perception of your lovability”表示對自身可愛度的看法。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 negative experiences as a child shaped his perception that he wasn’t good enough.（童年的負面經歷讓他形成了“自己不夠好”的看法。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• self-esteem：自尊，名詞，強調自我尊重的意識，“working on your self-esteem”表示致力於提升自尊。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：Praising herself for small achievements every day helped her improve her self-esteem.（每天為自己的小成就表揚自己，幫助她提升了自尊。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-10-18 困难

New AI scame are terrifying

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• phone scams：電話詐騙<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 elderly people receive phone scams where strangers pretend to be their children asking for money.（很多老年人會接到電話詐騙，陌生人冒充他們的子女索要錢財。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• artificial intelligence (AI)：人工智能<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：Artificial intelligence is now used in many fields, from healthcare to phone scams that clone people’s voices.（人工智能如今應用於多個領域，從醫療健康到能克隆人聲的電話詐騙。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• sophisticated：adj. 複雜巧妙的；先進的；老練的<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;">例句：The scammers used a sophisticated AI tool to copy the victim’s daughter’s voice, making the fraud hard to detect.（詐騙者使用複雜的人工智能工具複製受害者女兒的聲音，讓這場詐騙難以察覺。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• trick：v. 欺騙；哄騙<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 man tried to trick the old lady into giving him her bank account password over the phone.（這名男子試圖哄騙老太太在電話里告訴他銀行卡密碼。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• unsuspecting：adj. 毫無戒心的；不懷疑的<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;">例句：Unsuspecting shoppers often fall for fake discount calls that turn out to be phone scams.（毫無戒心的消費者常常會輕信偽裝成折扣通知的電話詐騙。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• frighten：v. 使驚嚇；使驚恐；frightening：adj. 令人恐懼的；可怕的<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;">例句：The loud noise from the phone frightened the child, and the story of the AI scam sounded even more frightening.（電話里的巨響嚇到了孩子，而人工智能詐騙的故事聽起來更令人恐懼。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• frantic call：因緊急情況而發出的焦急、瘋狂的電話或呼叫<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 received a frantic call that claimed her son was in an accident, but it turned out to be a phone scam.（她接到一通焦急的電話，聲稱她兒子出了事故，結果發現是電話詐騙。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• aggressive：adj. 好爭鬥的；挑釁的；侵略性的<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;">例句：When the victim hesitated to send money, the scammer became aggressive and shouted on the phone.（當受害者猶豫要不要轉錢時，詐騙者變得咄咄逼人，在電話里大喊大叫。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• distress：n. 危險；困難；危難；in distress：處於困境、危險或絕望需要幫助的狀態<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;">例句：The AI-cloned voice sounded like it was in distress, making the mother rush to send money without checking.（人工智能克隆的聲音聽起來處於困境中，讓這位母親沒覈實就急忙轉了錢。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• scammer：n. 騙子<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 arrested a scammer who used AI to carry out over 50 phone scams in three months.（警方逮捕了一名騙子，他在三個月內利用人工智能實施了50多起電話詐騙。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• unmistakably：adv. 明白地；確定無疑地<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 voice was unmistakably her husband’s, so she didn’t doubt the caller’s identity at first.（人工智能的聲音無疑和她丈夫的一樣，所以她一開始沒懷疑來電者的身份。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• fraud：n. 欺詐；欺騙行為<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;">例句：The bank has a system to detect fraud, which helped stop a phone scam involving $10,000.（銀行有檢測欺詐行為的系統，成功阻止了一起涉及1萬美元的電話詐騙。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• cyber security：網絡安全<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：Learning basic cyber security skills can help people avoid falling for phone scams and online fraud.（學習基本的網絡安全技能，能幫助人們避免陷入電話詐騙和網絡欺詐。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• fell for：被欺騙；上當<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 fell for the scammer’s lie that his account was frozen, giving away his personal information.（他輕信了詐騙者“賬戶被凍結”的謊言，洩露了個人信息。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-10-18 中等

Food and Mood

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• emotional eating：情緒化飲食，指因心情不佳而非飢餓而過量進食。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：After losing her job, she turned to emotional eating, often finishing a whole box of cookies when feeling sad.（失業後，她開始情緒化飲食，難過時常常吃掉一整盒餅乾。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• appetite /ˈæpɪtaɪt/：名詞，食慾，指想吃東西的慾望。<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;">例句：The hot weather has reduced her appetite—she only eats a small bowl of rice for lunch.（炎熱的天氣讓她食慾下降，午餐只吃一小碗米飯。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• grab and go：短語，指因時間緊而快速拿取東西（通常用於飲食方面）。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：Every morning, he picks a grab-and-go sandwich from the convenience store because he doesn’t have time to cook breakfast.（每天早上，他都會從便利店拿一份即拿即走的三明治，因為沒時間做早餐。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• bananas：俚語，形容人愚蠢或瘋狂。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：You’d be bananas to spend all your savings on that useless gadget!（把所有積蓄花在那個沒用的小玩意兒上，你簡直是瘋了！）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• roll your eyes：短語，指眼睛向上移動，用於表示惱火、無聊或不相信他人所言。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：When her brother kept talking about his boring video game, she rolled her eyes and walked away.（當弟弟一直聊他那無聊的電子遊戲時，她翻了個白眼就走開了。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• patronising /ˈpætrənaɪzɪŋ/：形容詞，形容某人說話或做事時，表現得好像對方很愚蠢或不重要。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 spoke in a patronising tone, explaining the simple rule as if she were a child.（他用居高臨下的語氣解釋簡單的規則，彷彿她是個小孩一樣。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• comfort food：安慰食物，一種因情緒而進食的食物，通常含高碳水化合物和糖。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：For many people, warm soup is their go-to comfort food when they feel lonely or stressed.（對很多人來說，感到孤獨或壓力大時，熱湯是他們首選的安慰食物。）<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;">• nutritional psychiatry /njuˈtrɪʃənl saɪˈkaɪətri/：營養精神病學，研究飲食與心理健康關係的學科。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：Nutritional psychiatry suggests that eating more fruits and vegetables may help reduce symptoms of anxiety.（營養精神病學指出，多吃水果和蔬菜可能有助於緩解焦慮症狀。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-10-18 中等

Ambitious but Lazy

<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;">• Ambitious <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：有雄心的，野心勃勃的 <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;">◦ 例句：Sarah is very ambitious; she dreams of becoming a doctor one day. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 用法解析：形容人有强烈的成功欲望，可用于描述个性或抱负。 <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;">• Overwhelmed <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：不堪重負的，不知所措的 <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;">◦ 例句：He felt overwhelmed with all the homework and projects due this week. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 用法解析：用于描述因压力或任务过多而感到压抑，常用搭配“feel overwhelmed with”。 <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;">• Procrastination <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：拖延，拖延症 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：Jake’s procrastination made him finish his assignment at the last minute. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 用法解析：名词，指拖延行为，对应动词“procrastinate”。 <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;">• Instinct <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：本能，直觉 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：When she heard a loud noise, her first instinct was to run. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 用法解析：强调与生俱来的反应，常用搭配“first instinct”。 <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;">• Accomplished <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：完成的，有成就的 <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;">◦ 例句：After months of hard work, he finally accomplished his goal of running a marathon. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 用法解析：动词“accomplish”的过去分词形式，也可作形容词表示“有造诣的”。 <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;">• Distractions <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：分心的事物，干扰 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：Social media is one of the biggest distractions when studying. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 用法解析：名词复数，指会分散注意力的人或事。 <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;">• Perspective <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：观点，视角 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：From his perspective, the problem wasn’t as serious as it seemed. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 用法解析：表示看待事物的角度，常用搭配“from one’s perspective”。 <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;">• Perfectionism <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：完美主义 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 perfectionism made her spend hours rewriting the same paragraph. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 用法解析：名词，指追求完美的倾向，易导致拖延。 <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;">• Cliffhanger <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：扣人心弦的结局（常指悬念剧情） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 movie ended with a cliffhanger, so now I can’t wait for the sequel! <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 用法解析：原指悬崖边的危险状态，引申为故事的悬念结局。 <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;">• Delegating <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：授权，委派（任务） <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 good leader knows the importance of delegating tasks to their team. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 用法解析：动词“delegate”的现在分词形式，指将任务分配给他人。 <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;">• Binge-watching <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：刷剧（连续观看多集影视作品） <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;">◦ 例句：She spent the entire weekend binge-watching her favorite TV series. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 用法解析：由“binge（狂热从事）”和“watching”构成的复合动词。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-10-18 困难

How the world learned to love fast food

<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;">• at the heart of <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：是……的核心，處於……的中心 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 知識點：用於強調某事物是另一事物最重要的部分或成因，例如 “At the heart of the fast food story is the American dream.”（快餐故事的核心是美國夢）。 <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;">• can-do attitude <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：積極的積極態度 <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;">◦ 知識點：形容一個人自信、有決心去解決問題並取得成果，例如 “In the 1950s, anyone with a can-do attitude could sell fast food.”（在20世紀50年代，任何有積極進取態度的人都可以銷售快餐）。 <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;">• The American Dream <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：美國夢 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 知識點：指在美國只要努力工作，每個人都有機會成功和幸福的信念，例如 “Fast food brands symbolised the American Dream for many.”（對許多人來說，快餐品牌象徵著美國夢）。 <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;">• long-standing <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：長期存在的，由來已久的 <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;">◦ 知識點：形容某事物存在了很長時間，例如 “Iceland has a long-standing burger culture.”（冰島有著由來已久的漢堡文化）。 <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;">• a take on (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：對（某事/物）的詮釋/變體 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 知識點：表示對某事物的一種變化或新的呈現方式，例如 “Iceland has its own take on a hamburger.”（冰島有自己獨特的漢堡詮釋）。 <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;">• the final nail in the coffin <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：給予已開始失敗的事物最後一擊，致命一擊 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">◦ 知識點：習語，用於描述導致某事物最終滅亡的事件，例如 “The global financial crisis was the final nail in the coffin for McDonald's in Iceland.”（全球金融危機給了冰島的麥當勞致命一擊）。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-10-18 困难

World fertility rates in unprecedented decline

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• fertility rate：生育率，名詞短語，用於描述某一地區的生育水平。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 fertility rate in this country has dropped to 1.2 children per woman, the lowest in history.（這個國家的生育率已降至每名女性1.2個孩子，為歷史最低。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• parenthood：父母身份，名詞，指為人父母的狀態。<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;">例句：For many people, parenthood brings both great joy and heavy responsibility.（對很多人來說，父母身份既帶來巨大的喜悅，也帶來沈重的責任。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• handout：政府補助，名詞，指政府發放的補助款項。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 local government launched a new handout to help low-income families cover childcare costs.（當地政府推出一項新補助，幫助低收入家庭支付育兒費用。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• shrink：收縮；減少，動詞，可描述人口、經濟等的縮減。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：Due to young people moving out, the small town’s population has shrunk by 20% in five years.（由於年輕人外流，這個小鎮的人口五年內減少了20%。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• soar：飆升，動詞，用於描述數量、價格等的大幅上升。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：After the policy was announced, the number of applications for the housing subsidy soared by 500%.（政策公佈後，住房補貼的申請數量飆升了500%。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• aging population：老齡化人口，名詞短語，指人口中老年人比例增加的現象。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：To deal with the aging population, the country has raised the retirement age by two years.（為應對人口老齡化，該國將退休年齡提高了兩年。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• unprecedented：前所未有的，形容詞，強調某事的獨特性和無前例性。<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;">例句：The team achieved an unprecedented success by winning 10 consecutive championships.（這支隊伍連續贏得10次冠軍，取得了前所未有的成功。）

2025-10-17 困难

Set Yourself Free

<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;">• ambition<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;">◦ 中文釋義：野心；抱負<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：名詞，文中探討其與心理健康的關係<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;">◦ 例句：Her ambition to start her own studio keeps her motivated, but she always makes time for rest.（她創辦自己工作室的抱負讓她充滿動力，但她總會留出休息時間。）<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;">• self-forgiveness<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;">◦ 中文釋義：自我原諒<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：合成名詞，用於描述原諒自己的行為或狀態<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;">◦ 例句：Self-forgiveness is key to letting go of past mistakes and moving forward.（自我原諒是放下過去錯誤、繼續前行的關鍵。）<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;">• guilt<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;">◦ 中文釋義：內疚；罪惡感<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：名詞，常用搭配 feel guilt（感到內疚）、guilt about sth（對某事感到內疚）<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;">◦ 例句：She felt guilt about forgetting her best friend’s birthday.（她因為忘記閨蜜的生日而感到內疚。）<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;">• remorse<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;">◦ 中文釋義：懊悔；悔恨<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：名詞，強調因過錯而產生的深刻後悔，常用搭配 feel remorse for sth<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;">◦ 例句：He felt deep remorse for lying to his parents about his exam results.（他因為在考試成績上對父母撒謊而深感懊悔。）<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;">• self-compassion<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;">◦ 中文釋義：自我憐憫；自我同情<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：合成名詞，指對自己的仁慈和理解<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;">◦ 例句：Instead of criticizing herself for failing, she practiced self-compassion and tried again.（她沒有因失敗而苛責自己，而是自我同情，重新嘗試。）<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;">• authenticity<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;">◦ 中文釋義：真實性；真誠<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：名詞，形容人或事物真實不虛假，常用搭配 the authenticity of sth（某事的真實性）<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;">◦ 例句：The audience loved the singer’s authenticity—she never pretended to be someone she wasn’t.（觀眾喜歡這位歌手的真誠，她從不會偽裝成別人。）<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;">• imperfection<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;">◦ 中文釋義：不完美；缺點<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：名詞，是 imperfect（不完美的）的名詞形式，常用搭配 human imperfections（人性的不完美）<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;">◦ 例句：We should learn to accept our own imperfections instead of chasing perfection.（我們應該學會接受自己的不完美，而非追求極致完美。）<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;">• venture into<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;">◦ 中文釋義：涉足；進入（新領域等）<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：短語動詞<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;">◦ 例句：After working in marketing for 5 years, she decided to venture into the field of education.（在市場營銷領域工作5年後，她決定涉足教育領域。）<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;">• be consumed by<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;">◦ 中文釋義：被……吞噬；充滿……（消極情緒）<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：被動結構<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;">◦ 例句：He was consumed by anxiety before his important job interview.（在重要的求職面試前，他被焦慮吞噬。）<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;">• perpetuate<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;">◦ 中文釋義：使持續；使長期存在<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：動詞，常用搭配 perpetuate a cycle（使循環持續）<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;">◦ 例句：Blaming others instead of solving problems will only perpetuate the conflict.（指責他人而非解決問題，只會讓矛盾持續下去。）<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;">• head-on<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;">◦ 中文釋義：正面地；直接地<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：副詞或形容詞<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;">◦ 例句：Instead of avoiding the issue, she chose to deal with it head-on.（她沒有回避問題，而是選擇正面應對。）<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;">• in disguise<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;">◦ 中文釋義：偽裝；隱藏<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：短語<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;">◦ 例句：That difficult project turned out to be a chance in disguise—it helped her gain valuable experience.（那個棘手的項目其實是隱藏的機會，它幫她獲得了寶貴的經驗。）<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;">• shuffle<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;">◦ 中文釋義：混亂；隨意擺動<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：名詞，短語 in the shuffle 表示“在混亂中；被忽視”<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;">◦ 例句：In the shuffle of moving to a new city, she lost touch with some old friends.（在搬到新城市的混亂中，她和一些老朋友失去了聯繫。）<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;">• work one's way up<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;">◦ 中文釋義：逐步進步；逐步升遷<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：短語動詞<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;">◦ 例句：He worked his way up from a delivery driver to the company’s operations manager.（他從送貨司機逐步晉升為公司的運營經理。）<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;">• extrinsic<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;">◦ 中文釋義：外在的；外在動機的<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：形容詞，與 intrinsic（內在的）相對，常用於描述動機類型，例：extrinsic goals（外在目標）<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;">◦ 例句：For him, a high salary is an extrinsic reason to take the job, not his true passion.（對他來說，高薪是接受這份工作的外在原因，而非他真正的熱情所在。）<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;">• intrinsic<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;">◦ 中文釋義：本質的；內在的<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：形容詞，與 extrinsic 相對，例：intrinsic motivators（內在動機）<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;">◦ 例句：The intrinsic joy of painting keeps her creating even when she doesn’t sell any works.（繪畫帶來的內在樂趣，讓她即使沒賣出作品也堅持創作。）<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;">• gratitude<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;">◦ 中文釋義：感恩；感激<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：名詞，常用搭配 practice gratitude（練習感恩）<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;">◦ 例句：She writes down three things she’s thankful for every night to practice gratitude.（她每晚寫下三件感恩的事，以此練習感恩。）<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;">• mindfulness<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;">◦ 中文釋義：正念；覺察<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：名詞，指一種心理狀態或減壓療法，例：Mindfulness and gratitude can help.（正念和感恩有助於心理健康）<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;">◦ 例句：Practicing mindfulness for 10 minutes each morning helps her stay calm during busy days.（每天早上進行10分鐘正念練習，幫助她在忙碌的日子里保持冷靜。）<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;">• monetize<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;">◦ 中文釋義：從……中獲利；將……貨幣化<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;">◦ 用法/知識點：動詞，例：Don’t try to monetize everything.（不要試圖把一切事物變現）<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;">◦ 例句：Some influencers try to monetize their social media following by promoting products.（一些網紅通過推廣產品，將自己的社交媒體粉絲變現。）<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;">

2025-10-17 困难

UK Mulls Crackdown on Influnencers' Harmful Impact on 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;">• influencer：網紅，名詞，指在社交媒體等平台有影響力的人。<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;">例句：This fashion influencer shares daily outfit ideas with her 2 million followers.（這位時尚網紅每天和200萬粉絲分享穿搭靈感。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• misogyny：厭女症，名詞，對女性的厭惡與歧視。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 speech was full of misogyny, which made many female listeners angry.（他的演講充滿厭女情緒，讓許多女性聽眾感到憤怒。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• deterioration：惡化，名詞，指情況變得更糟。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 deterioration of air quality forced the city to issue a health warning.（空氣質量的惡化迫使該市發佈了健康預警。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• incident：事件，名詞，尤指較小的、單一的事件。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：There was a small incident in the classroom—two students argued over a pencil.（教室里發生了一件小事，兩名學生為一支鉛筆爭執。）<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;">• toxic：有毒的；有害的，形容詞，可形容思想、行為等有害。<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：His toxic work habits, like procrastinating and blaming others, affected the whole team.（他拖延、推卸責任等有害的工作習慣，影響了整個團隊。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• masculinity：男子氣概，名詞，指男性特質與氣概。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：True masculinity isn’t about being tough—it’s about being kind and responsible.（真正的男子氣概不在於強硬，而在於善良和有擔當。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• starkly：明顯地；完全地，副詞，強調程度明顯。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 living conditions of the two communities contrast starkly—one is wealthy, the other is poor.（兩個社區的生活條件形成鮮明對比，一個富裕，一個貧困。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• snapshot：快照；簡要描述，名詞，指對某事物的快速、簡要呈現。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 report gives a snapshot of people’s spending habits this year.（這份報告簡要呈現了今年人們的消費習慣。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• bark：咆哮；厲聲說，動詞，形容說話聲音大且態度凶狠。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 teacher barked at the students to stop talking during the exam.（老師厲聲要求學生在考試時停止說話。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• derogatory：貶義的；貶低的，形容詞，用於描述具有貶低意味的語言等。<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;">例句：Using derogatory terms to describe others is a sign of bad manners.（用貶義詞形容他人是沒禮貌的表現。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• intimidate：恐嚇；威脅，動詞，使他人感到害怕而服從。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 bullies try to intimidate their classmates into giving them money.（一些霸凌者試圖恐嚇同學，讓他們給錢。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• poll：民意調查；投票，名詞，指對公眾意見的調查。<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：A recent poll shows that 60% of people want more public parks.（最近的一項民意調查顯示，60%的人希望有更多公園。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• verbal：口頭的；動詞的，形容詞，可指口頭的言語，如言語辱罵。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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：Verbal praise from parents can boost a child’s confidence greatly.（父母的口頭表揚能極大提升孩子的自信心。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• counterpart：對應的人或物，名詞，指在職位、性別等方面相對應的對象。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 CEO met with her counterpart from the American company to discuss cooperation.（這位CEO和美國公司的對應負責人會面，商討合作事宜。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• misogynistic：厭女的，形容詞，具有厭女傾向的。<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;">例句：His misogynistic comments on social media were widely criticized.（他在社交媒體上的厭女言論受到了廣泛批評。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• unfettered：不受約束的；自由的，形容詞，指沒有限制。<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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 artist enjoys unfettered creativity—no one tells her what to paint.（這位藝術家擁有不受約束的創造力，沒人干涉她該畫什麼。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">• incite：煽動；刺激，動詞，煽動他人做出某種行為，尤其是不好的行為。<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;">例句：The man was arrested for trying to incite violence at the protest.（這名男子因試圖在抗議活動中煽動暴力而被捕。）<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arimo, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">

2025-10-16 困难

Food and Mood

• emotional eating：情緒化飲食，指因心情不佳而非飢餓而過量進食。例句：After losing her job, she turned to emotional eating, often finishing a whole box of cookies when feeling sad.（失業後，她開始情緒化飲食，難過時常常吃掉一整盒餅乾。）  • appetite /ˈæpɪtaɪt/：名詞，食慾，指想吃東西的慾望。例句：The hot weather has reduced her appetite—she only eats a small bowl of rice for lunch.（炎熱的天氣讓她食慾下降，午餐只吃一小碗米飯。）  • grab and go：短語，指因時間緊而快速拿取東西（通常用於飲食方面）。例句：Every morning, he picks a grab-and-go sandwich from the convenience store because he doesn’t have time to cook breakfast.（每天早上，他都會從便利店拿一份即拿即走的三明治，因為沒時間做早餐。）  • bananas：俚語，形容人愚蠢或瘋狂。例句：You’d be bananas to spend all your savings on that useless gadget!（把所有積蓄花在那個沒用的小玩意兒上，你簡直是瘋了！）  • roll your eyes：短語，指眼睛向上移動，用於表示惱火、無聊或不相信他人所言。例句：When her brother kept talking about his boring video game, she rolled her eyes and walked away.（當弟弟一直聊他那無聊的電子遊戲時，她翻了個白眼就走開了。）  • patronising /ˈpætrənaɪzɪŋ/：形容詞，形容某人說話或做事時，表現得好像對方很愚蠢或不重要。例句：He spoke in a patronising tone, explaining the simple rule as if she were a child.（他用居高臨下的語氣解釋簡單的規則，彷彿她是個小孩一樣。） • comfort food：安慰食物，一種因情緒而進食的食物，通常含高碳水化合物和糖。例句：For many people, warm soup is their go-to comfort food when they feel lonely or stressed.（對很多人來說，感到孤獨或壓力大時，熱湯是他們首選的安慰食物。）  • nutritional psychiatry /njuˈtrɪʃənl saɪˈkaɪətri/：營養精神病學，研究飲食與心理健康關係的學科。例句：Nutritional psychiatry suggests that eating more fruits and vegetables may help reduce symptoms of anxiety.（營養精神病學指出，多吃水果和蔬菜可能有助於緩解焦慮症狀。）

2025-10-07 困难