【真題】Losing a job is hurting: you don’t skip down to the job central with a song in your heart, delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generous state.
失去工作令人手上:你不會心里美滋滋地到就業中心去,為慷慨的國家將要讓你的收入翻番而喜不自勝。
integrity
n.正直,誠實;完整,完全
【例】We should preserve the nation’s territorial integrity firstly.我們必須首先保持國家領土完整。
【構詞】integr(完整)+-ity(性質,狀態)→完整
【真題】Yet these creatures are members of the biotic community and ,if its stability depends on its integrity, they are entitled to continuance.
然而,這些生物是生物群落的成員,倘若生物群落的完整性決定其穩定性,那么它們才有權利繼續生存下去。
handicap
v.妨礙,使不利 n.缺陷,殘疾;障礙,不利條件
【例】Poor eyesight may not be an insuperable handicap to a student.視力不好對學生來說或許不是一個無法克服的障礙。
【同義替換】defect, flaw, drawback; obstacle, barrier
【派生】handicapped a.殘疾的,有生理缺陷的
【真題】A history of long and effortless success can be a dreadful handicap, but, if properly handled, it may become a driving force.