Sunday, January 29, 2017

Interpretation Learning – Jan 2017 (2)

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English
Chinese
1
Acronym
首字母缩略词
2
Pacify
安抚/ fǔ/
3
Empty Nester
- a parent whose children have grown up and left home.
空巢老人(因子女长大后离家感到寂寞而改变住宅要求的父母)
4
Dogma
- a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
教义,教条
5
Dogmatism
- the tendency to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true, without consideration of evidence or the opinions of others.
<>教条主义,独断论

Monday, January 2, 2017

Interpretation Learning – Jan 2017

NO
ENGLISH
CHINESE
1
Boggle
- (of a person or a person's mind) be astonished or overwhelmed when trying to imagine something.
"the mind boggles at the spectacle"
惊奇
2
Season of life
生命的季节
3
Awning
布做的凉篷; 遮篷; 雨篷;
4
Distraction
干扰
5
Friselle (bread)

6
Danish (bread)
丹麦面包
7
Thorn
荆棘 /Jīng /
8
Persecution
逼迫 /Bī /
9
Sowing
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10
Temporary
/Zàn/
11
Encounter
/Zāo/
12
Bear fruit/Produce Crop
/Jiē/