3rd week

English/Words 2009. 4. 3. 10:49
Day 15 Monday

breakthrough( n, C ) - an important development or achievement
큰 발전, 약진, 난관의 돌파(구), 타개(책)
ex ) The company looks posied to make a significant ~ in China.
poised ( a ) - If a part of your body is poised, it is completely still but ready to move at any moment. ex ) He studied the keyboard carefully, one finger poised.
If sbd is poised to do sth, they are ready to take action at any moment.

Begining to ask questions about life is a sign ~~ 인생에 대해 질문하기 시작하는 것은 사인이다.

as it has always been. 그것이 항상 있었 던 것 처럼....


Day 16 Thuesday

possess ( v ) - If you ~ sth, you have it or own it. / If sbd or sth ~es a particular quality, ability, or
feature,  they have it.
unfathomable ( a ) = inexplicable - If you describe sth as ~, you mean that it cannot be understood or explained, usually because it is very strange or complicated. 알수 없는, 깊이를 해아릴수 없는, 이해 할 수 없는. inexplicable - if sth is ~, you can't explain why it happens or why it is ture.
설명 할 수 없는, 납득이 가지 않는, 불가해한. ex ) an ~ phenomenon. 불가해한 현상

Day 17 Wednesday




Day 18 Thrusday

well-being( n, U ) -
Sbd's ~ is their health and happiness 복지( =welfare ), 행복, 건강.
a welfare state 복지 국가, welfare work 복지 사업, welfare facilities 복지 시설, welfare system 복지 제도, welfare policy 복지 정책. / a relief case 구호 대상자, a welfare case 복지 대상자.
relief ( n, U ) - If you feel a sense of ~, you feel happy because sth unpleasant has not happended or is no longer happening. / ~ is money, food, or clothing that is provided for people who are very poor, or who have been affected by war or a natural disaster.

eradicate ( v  ) - To ~ sth means to get rid of it completely. 뿌리째 뽑다, 근절하다, 박멸하다. = eliminate 제거하다, 없애다. [생리]~을 배출[배설]하다. [수학]소거하다.
          ex ) ~ waste matter from the system. 노폐물을 몸에서 배설하다.
                the system / one's system : 신체, 전신. the system : 세계, 우주


Day 19 Friday

immaculately ( adv ) - If you describe something as immaculate, you mean that it is extremely clean, tidy, or neat. 티끝 하나 없이
           ex ) Her front room was kept immaculate( a ).

Day 20 Saturday

Day 21 Sunday

compel ( v ) -
If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.

orderly ( a ) - If something is done in an orderly fashion or manner, it is done in a well-organized and controlled way. 질서 정연한, 순서 바른, 정돈된
           ex ) Despite the violence that preceded the elections, reports say that polling was orderly and peaceful.

worthwhile ( a ) - If something is worthwhile, it is enjoyable or useful, and worth the time, money, or effort that is spent on it.

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