1.opt 選擇
Many workers opted to leave their jobs rather than take a pay cut.
許多工人寧肯下崗也不接受減薪 。
2.pessimistic 悲觀的
Not everyone is so pessimistic about the future.
并非每個人都對未來如此悲觀 。
3.cushion 緩解
They said Western aid was needed to cushion the blows of vital reform.
他們說需要西方國家的援助以緩解重大變革的沖擊 。
4.dissipate 浪費
He needs someone who can keep him from dissipating his time and energy on too many different things.
他需要有人來阻止他浪費時間和精力做太多不同的事情 。