slack
a. not tight or firm; loose 不緊的;松弛的
flank
v. be located at the side (of); attack the side (of) 位于側面;攻擊側面
man(o)euver
n. a planned movement of troops or warships; a skillful move or clever trick 部隊等的調遣;巧計;策略
flanking maneuve
n. 側攻策略
zen
n. a japanese form of Buddhism, emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition 禪;禪宗
archer
n. a person who shoots with a bow and arrows 弓箭手
bow
n. 弓
imply
vt. express indirectly; suggest 暗示;意味著
sideways
a. to or from a side 旁邊的;向側面的
affirm
vt. declare to be true; say firmly 斷言;肯定
period
int.(美口)(常用于敘述事實或看法后表示強調)就是這話;就是這么回事
cease
vt. put an end to; stop 終止;停止
Phrases and EXpressions
take in
receive; absorb 接受;接納;吸收
in effect
in reality 實際上
take over
take control in place of sth. else 取而代之;取得主導地位
be hung up on/about
be thinking or worrying too much about 因…而煩心;因…而心神不寧
wind up
(infml.) bring or come to an end; end in a specified state or circumstance (口)(使)結束;以…告終
end up
wind up; come out 結束;結果是
pull on
draw (one end of sth. long) continuously and with force 用力拉(某長形物之一端)
Proper Names
Caroline Seebohm
卡羅琳·西博姆
Edward Jenner
愛德華·詹納(1749 — 1823,英國醫生,發現牛痘對天花有免疫力,1796年試驗牛痘接種成功)
Edward de Bono
愛德華·德·博諾(1933 —,美國哲學家)
Aristotelian
(古希臘哲學家和科學家)亞里士多德(式)的
Sherlock Holmes
歇洛克·福爾摩斯(英國作家 A. Conan Doyle 所著系列偵探小說中的虛構主人公,一位推理能力極強的私家大偵探)
Watson
華生(福爾摩斯的助手)
A.A.Bridger
A·A·布里杰