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Lesson 21
第21課
administer
vt.掌管，料理…的事務；施行，實施；給予，派給，投（藥）
In many Japanese homes, as in many Chinese ones, money is administered by the wife.
和許多中國家庭一樣，日本的很多家庭也是由妻子掌握財政大權的。
In the United States the Supreme Court is the very institution that administers law.
在美國，最高法院是司法機構。
ascend
vi.漸漸上升，升高 vt. 攀登，登上
The rocket ascended into the sky until it disappeared altogether.
火箭高高地飛向天空直至完全消失。
Wu Zetian ascended the throne and became the only empress in China.
武則天登上了皇帝的寶座，成為中國歷史上唯一的女皇。
circulation
n.（體液的）循環，（水、空氣等的）流通；流傳，傳播，發行；（貨幣等的）流通；發行量
The Internet, it seems, has increased the free circulation of ideas.
互聯網的出現似乎加速了思想的自由交流。
The People's Bank of China has put the twenty-yuan note into circulation.
中國人民銀行發行了20元紙幣流通于市面。
compensate
v.彌補，補償，抵消
Nothing can compensate the young mother for the loss of her dear child.
年輕的媽媽失去了自己心愛的孩子是任何東西也彌補不了的。
Nothing can compensate for the loss of time.
虛度光陰是無法補償的（光陰一去不復返）。
conscientious
a.認真的，勤勤懇懇的
Be conscientious and make a good job of publishing.
要認真做好出版工作。
culminate
vi.（in）（以…）告終
Years of waiting culminated in a tearful family reunion.
多年的等待最終以親人的含淚團聚而告終。
dissipate
vi.消散，消失 vt. 使消散，使消失；浪費，揮霍
The wind finally dissipated the smoke.
風最終驅散了煙霧。
In a few years Francis dissipated his large fortune inherited from his grandfather.
弗朗西斯在幾年里就把他從祖父那里繼承的一大筆財產揮霍光了。
embark
vi.上船（或飛機，汽車等）；（on， upon）著手，開始工作
We embarked at Liverpool for New York.
我們在利物浦上船前往紐約。
We embarked at Southampton, and disembarked in New York a week later.
我們在南安普敦上船，一星期后到達紐約下船。
The railways are about to embark on a major programme of modernization.
鐵路部門將要開始一項大型的現代化規劃。
exemplify
vt.是（或作為）…的典型（或榜樣）；例示，舉例證明
The recent oil price rises exemplify the difficulties which the motor industry is now facing.
最近的石油漲價是汽車工業正面臨困難的一個例子。
feeble
a.虛弱的，衰弱的，無力的；無效的，無益的
I felt feeble when I was ill.
我生病的時候感到很虛弱。
Grandmother has been getting feeble lately.
近來祖母愈加衰弱了。
grief
n.悲傷，悲痛； 悲傷的事，悲痛的緣由
Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs.
友誼增進歡樂，分擔憂愁。
hurl
vt.猛投，力擲；大聲叫罵
The naughty boy hurled a stone at my window and I hurled curses at him.
那個頑皮的小男孩向我的窗戶扔石子，我狠狠地對他大聲叫罵。
incidentally
ad.順便說及地，順便提一句
I must go now. Incidentally, if you want that book I'll bring it next time.
我現在該走了。順便提一句，如果你要那本書，我下次帶來。
Incidentally, your proposal will be open to discussion at the meeting.
順便提一句，你的建議將在會議上進行討論。
inspiration
n.靈感；鼓舞人心的人（或事物）
Poets and artists often draw their inspiration from nature.
詩人與藝術家往往由自然得到靈感。
