Vocabulary

生字解釋

詞類變化及片語

造句

reunite (v)

重聚

reunion (n) 重聚

1. Holiday can be a very happy time reuniting with family. 

2. We have set up a Facebook group for our college reunions.

wax (v)

逐漸變大成滿月

wax (n) 打蠟

Waxing means the moon appears to be growing.

If you follow the instruction, you will give your car a nice clean wax job.

wane (v)

逐漸變小成月缺

wane (n) 轉弱

1. Waning means it appears to be shrinking.

2. The headline news is “As oil prices wane, stock buying surges.”

idolize (v)

偶像化

idol (n) 偶像

idolatry (n) 偶像崇拜

1. The young people in Taiwan idolize the K-pop celebrities. 

2. My idol is May Day.

3. Kim Soo Hyun, who plays alien in soap opera Love from Star, is the god of my idolatry.

originate (v)

起先

origin (n) 來源

original (adj) 最初的

1. The Ebola virus infection is believed to originate from either monkeys or fruit bats.

2. According to the world health organization, the origin of the Ebola virus is from Congo in 1976.

3. They finally decided to stick with their original plan.

overthrow (v)

推翻

overthrow (n) 推翻

The recent movie “Les Miséables” is about the poor to overthrow the monarchy and injustice.

The moon festival is about the overthrow Mongol rule by sending the message in the moon cake.

revolution (n)

革新,改革

revolve (v)迴轉

revolt(v)反抗

1. The Green revolution led to the great impact of food production.

2. The earth revolves around the sun

3. Let us get together to revolt again the invisible tyrant.

commercialization

商業化

Commercialize 商品化

commercial 商業化的

Commerce 商業

1. The commercialization of Christmas led to lose the significance of religious holiday.

2. They provide us with the tips how to successfully commercialize the new product.

3. Celebrities endorsement is one of the commercial advertisement techniques.

4. E-commerce refers to the transaction business on the internet.