Interpretation Learning – Nov 2016

NO	ENGLISH	CHINESE
1	Take it for granted	习以为常，不以为然
2	Render (Give) - He had a chance to render some service to his country.	给予 - 他有了一个为国服务的机会。
3	Droopy (Droopy Eye)	下垂的，无精打采的；
4	Primitive	原始
5	Low-frill	低廉
6	Hindsight - With hindsight, we'd all do things differently.	事后 -有了事后的认识，我们都会以不同的方式行事。
7	Briskly - Eve walked briskly down the corridor to her son's room.	轻快地； 活泼地； 伶俐地； 迅速地 -伊芙步履轻快地穿过走廊来到儿子的房间。
8	Severance package - A severance package is pay and benefits employees receive when they leave employment at a company	辞退补偿金, 解雇补偿费，遣散费
9	Extricate	解脱
10	Pick yourself up off the floor - to make improvements to your life after a bad period
11	Penance	（赎罪的）苦行，苦修
12	Derail - The present wave of political killings is the work of people trying to derail peace talks.	脱轨 -当前的这一系列政治谋杀乃是那些想阻挠和平谈判的人所为。
13	Gung Ho	狂热, 热衷
14	Hassle	麻烦
15	Luster	光泽
16	Funk - If someone is in a funk, they are frightened, especially because they are in a situation they cannot control.	恐慌，惊恐
17	Meddle	干涉，插手
18	Disproportion - the disproportion between the extra responsibilities and the small salary increase	不均衡，不成比例； -额外的责任与小幅增加的薪金之间的不相称
19	Washout	失败，惨败
20	Relentless	不懈的； 坚韧的，不屈不挠的；
21	Phenomenal - The product has been a phenomenal success.	显著的； 异常的 - 这一产品获得了极大的成功。
22	With all due respect - With all due respect, you're wrong.	无意冒犯 -恕我直言，您错了。
23	Contraceptive	避孕
24	Audacious - He described the plan as ambitious and audacious.	大胆的； 鲁莽的； 大胆创新的； -他把这项计划说成是雄心勃勃,敢于冒险.
25	Epic - Columbus's epic voyage of discovery.	壮丽的;宏大的 - 哥伦布伟大的发现之旅
26	Whirlwind	旋风； 猛烈的势力； 混乱；
27	Trivia - We spent the whole evening discussing domestic trivia.	琐事，不足道的细枝末节； -我们整个晚上谈论家庭琐事。
28	Expatriate - The writer, an expatriate living in Singapore, has studied and worked in the US.	移居国外的 -作者曾在美国读书和工作, 目前旅居新加坡.
29	Conduit	[电]导管； 水道，沟渠；
30	Propensity - He showed a propensity for violence.	倾向 -他表现出暴力倾向
31	Hit/touch a (raw) nerve - to upset someone by talking about a particular subject
32	Ditch - I decided to ditch the sofa bed.	摆脱;抛弃;丢弃 -我决定把沙发床扔了。
33	Ruffle someone's feathers - to irritate or annoy someone
34	Hunch - I have a hunch that he didn't really want to go.	预感，直觉 -我有这么一种感觉,他并不真正想去.