Interpretation Learning – Jan 2017 (2)

No	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.	<贬>教条主义，独断论

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 Jí/
8	Persecution	逼迫 /Bī Pò/
9	Sowing	撒/Sā/种
10	Temporary	暂/Zàn/时
11	Encounter	遭/Zāo/遇
12	Bear fruit/Produce Crop	结/Jiē/实