英語單詞學習(3)

31. fascist 法西斯主義者

• fascist groups
• a fascist dictator/regime
• fascist instruments of state power

32. ubiquitous: seeming to be in all places 到處存在的; 普遍存在的

• ubiquitous messaging
• under pressure from the ubiquitous spread of English

33. camp (opinion) : a group of people who share an opinion, especially a political one 觀點

• two extreme camps of opinions
• the opposing camp
• the pro-abortion camp
• two distinct camps

34. no matter how samll, somehow deserve whatever happens to them

35. circumscribe 在…周圍畫線, 限製

• be circumscribed to

36. live up to something: fulfill someone’s expectations; achieve a standard of a predetermined level (i.e. criterion set by one’s own expectations or another person’s example) 達到期望值， 達到預期的理想位置

• live up to expectation
• live up to promise
• live up to one’s own high stantards
• live up to one’s commitment
• lived up to his/her parents’ ideals
• The concert was brilliant – it lived up to all our expectations.

37. the populace : the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place 平民, 人口, 大眾

38. opt 選擇

• opt out: to choose not to be part of an activity or to stop being involved in it

39. essential 必要的, 本質的, 重要的

• be essential to
• Water is essential for/to living things.
• His support will be essential if the project is to succeed.

40. quid pro quo: one thing in exchange for another, something in return for something else;

“something for something” 賠償; 報複