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instalment
n.分期付款，分期交付； （分期連載的）部分
Many white-collar workers buy houses in instalments.
許多白領人士用分期付款的方式買房子。
intuition
n.直覺
Most women believe they have the sixth sense, and they like to depend on their intuition to judge.
大多數女人相信自己有第六感， 她們喜歡憑直覺對事情做出判斷。
linear
a.線的，直線的，線狀的； 長度的；線性的
The pupil made great efforts to work out the linear equation.
那個小學生費了九牛二虎之力去解這個一次方程式。
miniature
n.縮小的模型，縮影；微型畫，微型人物像 a.小型的，微小的
Some video games are actually miniature of real life.
一些電玩游戲其實是真實世界的縮影。
obedient
a.服從的，順從的
Do all parents like obedient and well-behaved children
所有父母都喜歡順從和循規蹈矩的孩子嗎？
paradox
n.似乎矛盾而（可能）正確的說法； 自相矛盾的人（或事物）
Your answer to the question is full of paradox.
你對這個問題的回答矛盾百出。
"More haste, less speed" is a paradox.
"欲速則不達"是個似非而是的雋語。
persistent
a.堅持不懈的，執意的；持續的
The persistent suitor made persistent efforts and succeeded eventually.
這個百折不撓的求婚者經過執著的努力，終于如愿以償。
prestige
n.威信，威望
The old universities of Oxford and Cambridge still have a lot of prestige.
歷史悠久的牛津大學和劍橋大學仍然享有很高的聲望。
prolong
vt.延長，拉長，拖延
The Congress agreed to prolong the MFN (most-favored-nation) treatment to Vietnam by one year.
美國國會決定將對于越南的最惠國待遇再延長一年。
refrain
vi.（from）抑制，克制，戒除n. （詩歌的）疊句，副歌
She refrained herself from scolding her child until the guests left.
在客人走之前，她強忍住不責罵孩子。
revision
n.修訂，修改，修正；修訂本，修訂版；溫習，復習
To keep pace with times, the law is in need of frequent revision.
為了跟上時代的發展，法律需要不斷地修訂。
skeptical
a.表示懷疑的
Many Americans took skeptical attitude toward the rationality of American war on Iraq.
許多美國人對美國攻打伊拉克的合理性持懷疑態度。
subscribe
vi.（to）訂閱，訂購（書等）；贊成vt. 捐助
What newspapers have you subscribed for?
你訂閱了哪些報紙？
How much did you subscribe to the Hope Project?
你為希望工程捐助了多少錢？
temperament
n.氣質，性格
The poet is highly nervous and volatile in temperament.
詩人生性神經過敏，喜怒無常。
transaction
n.交易，業務
All transactions, from banking to shopping, can be performed electronically.
所有的交易活動，從跑銀行到買東西，都可通過電腦來完成。
veto
vt. /n.否決
The President exercised his veto against the Congressional bill.
總統對國會的法案行使了否決權。
vulgar
a.粗野的，下流的；庸俗的，粗俗的
The houses and cars of the newly rich are huge but vulgar.
那位暴發戶的房子和車子都碩大無比，卻也俗不可耐。
Putting food into one's mouth with a knife is considered a vulgar act in England.
按英國規矩，用餐刀將食物送入口中算是失儀。
