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personnel n. 1. （集合名詞）全體人員（職員）；2. 人事（部門）
The new director of the TV station is likely to make major changes in personnel.

For more information about the job, please contact the personnel manager.
specific a. 1. 特有的，特定的；2. 具體的，明確的
The money is intended to be used for specific purposes.
They seem to have no specific plans/proposals/ideas for dealing with the problem.


They havent fixed a specific date for their wedding yet but it will be this summer.
scale n. 1. 刻度；2. 規模；3. 比例（尺）；4. [pl] 天平，磅秤
I want a thermometer that is marked with both the Centigrade and the Fahrenheit scales.
assemble v. 1. 集合；2. 裝配
When the fire alarm rang we assembled outside the emergency exit.


Martha has assembled a fascinating collection of dolls houses.
expose… to… 將…暴露于…之下；使…面臨（遭受、接觸）…
It is feared that people living near the power station may have been exposed to radiation.
When she went to college, Kate was exposed to a lot of new ideas.


in that 在于，原因是
Men are different from other animals in that the former can create and use tools while the latter cannot.

This research is important in that it confirms the existence of a relationship between aggression and the use of alcohol.
in between 在中間；每間隔；在…期間
I have breakfast at 7.30 and lunch at 1 oclock and sometimes a snack in between.
My roommates disagreed and I was caught in between.
in question 正被談論的
I stayed at home on the night in question.
難句分析
1. Robots, becoming increasingly prevalent in factories and industrial plants throughout the developed world, are programmed and engineered to perform industrial tasks without human intervention.
2. Most of today’s robots are employed in the automotive industry, where they are programmed to take over such jobs as welding.