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注:詞匯的中英文釋義,例句均選自牛津高階.
Buddy: a friend 朋友;同伴
an old college buddy of mine 我的一位老校友
Acquaintance: a person that you know but who is not a close friend 認識的人；泛泛之交；熟人
Claire has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. 克萊爾交游很廣。
He's just a business acquaintance. 他只是業務上認識的人。
Disagreement: a situation where people disagree about sth and often argue 意見不一；分歧；爭論
Disagreement arose about exactly how to plan the show. 在如何擬定具體演出計劃的問題上出現了分歧。
disagreement on the method to be used 在要采用的方法上的爭論
There is considerable disagreement over the safety of the treatment. 這種療法是否安全爭論很大。
It was a source of disagreement between the two states. 這就是兩國紛爭的一個原因。
There is disagreement among archaeologists as to the age of the sculpture. 考古學家在這尊雕塑的年代問題上意見不一。
They have had several disagreements with their neighbours. 他們與鄰居發生過好幾次爭吵。
Amaze: to surprise sb very much 使驚奇；使驚愕；使驚詫
Just the size of the place amazed her. 僅僅地方之大就使她十分驚奇。
It never ceases to amaze me what some people will do for money. 有些人為了錢什么都會干得出來，這一直使我驚愕不已。
What amazes me is how long she managed to hide it from us. 使我驚詫的是，她竟然能把這件事瞞了我們這么久。
It amazed her that he could be so calm at such a time. 在這個時候他還能如此冷靜，真讓她感到驚訝。
Outgoing: liking to meet other people, enjoying their company and being friendly towards them 愛交際的；友好的；外向的
an outgoing personality 外向的性格
Argument: a conversation or discussion in which two or more people disagree, often angrily 爭論；爭吵；爭辯；辯論
We had an argument with the waiter about the bill. 我們和服務員就賬單發生了爭吵。
She got into an argument with the teacher. 她和老師爭論了起來。
Confidant: a person that you trust and who you talk to about private or secret things （可吐露秘密的）知己，密友
a close/trusted confidant of the President 總統的密友╱親信
Temper: if sb has a temper, they become angry very easily 脾氣；易怒的性情
a violent/short/quick temper 烈性╱急性╱火性脾氣
He must learn to control his temper. 他得學會捺住性子。
She broke the plates in a fit of temper. 她一氣之下把盤子摔碎了。
After an hour of waiting, tempers began to fray(= people began to get angry). 等了一個小時后，大伙兒開始冒火了。
Stand: used especially in negative sentences and questions to emphasize that you do not like sb/sth （尤用于否定句和疑問句，強調不喜歡）容忍，忍受
I can't stand his brother. 他弟弟讓我受不了。
I can't stand the sight of blood. 一看見血我就難受。
I can't stand it when you do that. 你那么做，我受不了。
She couldn't stand being kept waiting. 叫她等著，她會受不了。
I can't stand people interrupting all the time. 我不能容忍老有人打岔。
How do you stand him being here all the time? 他老在這兒，你怎么受得了呢？
