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[Vocabulary] celebrity, freeloader, headquarter, was founded, mandatory, stale, suffix, enforce, deal, deal with, expansion, ultimate, shape, mighty, greet, arithmatic, concatenate, surf, swoop, arouse,significance, significantly, gaze, decline, overcome, expose, inform, attactive, favored, workaround, inventory, rudimentary, veteran, excessive, tackle, reveal, neat, facet, digression, bypass, persistent

celebrity --> celebrities

名人, 明星

a famous person.

freeloader

(負面語氣)白吃白喝的人

a person who takes advantage of others' generosity without giving anything in return.

They look like a bunch of freeloaders trying to take advantage of the whole situation.

headquarter --> headquarterd

v. 總部設在

based in

provide (an organization) with headquaters at a specified location

UNESCO is headquarterd in Paris.

was founded

公司成立

mandatory

adj.

required by law or rules; compulsory.

wearing helmets was made mandatory for cyclists.

more:

Although helpful, the -t flag is not mandatory.

stale

adj

(of food) no longer fresh abd pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry.

stale bread.

suffix

n. 後綴

a morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative, e,g. -ation, -fy, -ing, -itis

enforce

v. 強制執行

compel observance of or compliance with (a law, rule, or obligation)

execute, implement, carry out

more:

One key advantage of CSS grids is that they enforce real separation of layout and markup.

deal

v. 參加特定商品的商業交易

take part in commercial trading of a particular commodity.

董事們被禁止買賣自己公司股票

directors were prohibited from dealing in the company's shares.

deal with

經手, handle

販售, sell, trade in

處理, process, handle, treat

expansion

n. 擴張

the action of becoming larger or more extensive

the rapid expansion of suburban Washington.

ultimate

adj. 最終的, 最後的

being or happening at the end of a process.

their ultimate aim was to force his resignation.

shape

n. 形狀

the external form or appearance characteristic of someone or something; the outline of an area area or figure.

She like the shape of his nose.

more:

An area is a rectangular shape that can span an arbitray number of cells.

mighty

adj. (特別是size上的)威武的

possessing great and impressive power or strength, especially on account of size

three mighty industrial countries

adv.

greet

v. 迎接, 打招呼

give a polite word or sign of welcome or recognition to (someone) on meeting.

in the village street, many people stopped to greet me and welcome my brother and his wife.

arithmetic

n. 算術 (四則運算)

the branch of mathematics dealing with the properties and manipulation of numbers.

the laws of arithmetic

concatenate

v. 串聯

link (things) together in a chain or series.

some words may be concatenated, such that certain sounds are ommitted.

surf

v. 沖浪

stand or lie on a surfboard and ride on a wave toward the shore.

learning to surf

swoop

v. (很快的速度從空中)落下

(especially of a bird) move rapidly downward through the air.

the barn owl swoop down on a mouse in total darkness.

barn owl --> 穀倉貓頭鷹

arouse

v. 引起, 激發(感覺, 情感, 回應)

evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response)

something about the man aroused the guard's suspicions.

significance

n. 重要性

the quality of being worthy of attention; importance

adolescent education was felt to be a social issue of some significance.

more:

What is the significance of that?

意義

the meaning to be found in words pr events.

the significance of what was happening was clearer to me than to her.

significantly

adv. 顯著地

in a sufficiently great or important way as to be worthy of attention.

energy bills have increased significantly this year.

more:

Whenever possible, Docker will re-use the intermediate images, accelerating docker build significantly.

in a way that has a particular meaning.

Significnatly, he has refused to give a straight answer to this question.

gaze

v. 凝視 注視

look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, suprise, or thought.

he could only gaze at her in astonishment.

n.

a steady intent look.

ohe tunned, following her gaze.

decline

v. 下降, 衰退

(typically of something regarded as good) becomes smaller, fewer, or less; decrease

the birth rate continued to decline.

overcome

v. 克服

succeed in dealing wiht (a problem or difficullty)

she worked hard to overcome her paralyzing shyness.

expose

v. (使某些東西看得見), 曝露

make (somethig) visible, typically by uncovering it.

at low tide the sands are exposed

inform

v. 通知, 告知

give (someone) facts or information; tell

he wrote to her, informing her of the situation

attactive

adj. 吸引人的

(of a thing) pleasing or appealing to the senses.

an attractive home

favored

adj, 偏好的, 建議的, 偏愛的

preferred or recommended.

she was his favored candidate.

workaround

n. (程式或是系統的)解決方法

a method for overcoming a problem or limitation in a program or system.

more:

if your system doesn't have support for dirperm1, the issue describe a workaround.

inventory

n. 庫存清單

a complete list of litems such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building.

About 6 per cent of the slaves listed as sick in inventories of sugar properties suffered from cansaco or exhaustion.

rudimentary

adj. 起碼的, 基本的

involving or limited to basic principles

he received a rudimentary education.

veteran(s)

n. (在某個領域的)沙場老將 a person who has had long experience in a particular field.

The new players have provide tough competition to the veterans in the field.

excessive

adj, 過度的

more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate.

he was drinking excessive amounts of brandy.

tackle

v, 對付, 應對(問題或是困難的任務)

make determined efforts to deal with (a problem or difficult task)

police have launched an initiative to tackle risging crime.

digression

i 念 ai

n. 題外話, 插話

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing.

let's return to the main topic after brief digression.

more:

let's take a brief digression into volumns, as they are important and useful in Docker.

bypass

v. 繞行

go past or around

bypass the farm and continue the road.

more:

Volumnes are specially designated directories within one or more container that bypass the layered Union File System to provide persistent or share data for Docker.

persist

v. 堅持繼續持續

continue firmly or obstinately in an opinion or a course of action in spite of diffculty, opposition, or failure.

the minority of drivers who persist in drinking.

more:

Volumnes persist until no containers use them.

persistent

adj. 持續的

continuing to exist or endure over a prolonged period

persistent rain will affect many areas.

reveal

v. 揭示, 揭露

make (previously unknow or secret information) known to others.

Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie's whereabouts.

neat

adj 整齊的, 乾淨例絡的

(of a place or thing) arranged in an orderly, tidy way.

the books had been stacked up in neat piles.

facet

n. (特別是指寶石的切割)面

one side of something many-sided, especially of a cut gem.

the many voices of the metropolis only come together like facets of a many-sided prism in the fourth projection, which stands separate from the other three.

more:

In addition to this capability, Docker has a facet we haven't yet seen.

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