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initial (adj.) - beginning adj. 開始的，最初的，字首的
如：The government underwrotethe initial costs of the operation.
政府為該項活動提供了開辦時所需的費用。
The new aircraft has performed very well in its initial trials.
這種新式飛機在最初幾次試飛中表現性能良好。
publicity (n.) - advertising n. 公眾的注意，宣傳，宣揚
如：Reply to Publicity Department, FREEPOST, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
回信免費郵寄至牛津牛津大學出版社宣傳部。
The new publicity manager is really on the ball.
新的宣傳部主任確實很內行。
to invest (v.) - to pay money into something order to make more money v. 投資，投入
如：The crimes committed there invested the place with an air of mystery and gloom.
在那里發生罪案後，該地籠罩上一種陰森詭秘的氣氛。
I'm thinking of investing in a new car.
我打算花一筆錢買輛新汽車。
to accumulate (v.) - to gradually increase in number vt. 積聚，累加，堆積
如：Dust and dirt soon accumulate if a house is not clean regularly.
房屋不經常打掃，塵土很快就越積越多。
However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate.
然而，當證據日趨增多時，該動物園的專家們感到有必要進行調查。
in the meantime (n.) - until something happens 與此同時，在此期間
如：The next programme starts in five minutes: in the meantime, here's some music.
下一節目五分鐘後開始，現在先播放些音樂。
I like skiing and in the meantime, I know it is very dangerous.
我喜歡滑雪，同時也知道這非常危險。
