Token
n.代幣；象征；記號
adj.作為對某事的保證的；象征性的；作為標志的
vt.預兆：預示或象征，預兆

The announcement was welcomed as a step in the right direction, but was widely seen as a token gesture...
該公告被認為是向正確方向邁進的一步，因而受到歡迎，但也被普遍看作是一種象征性的姿態。
Here is the fifth token towards our offer. You need six of these tokens.
這是第 5 張禮券，你需要 6 張才能享受我們的特價。
Some of the older telephones still only accept tokens.
一些較老式的電話機仍然只收代幣。
He kept sending gifts and assured her that they were merely small tokens of his appreciation…
他不斷送她禮物，并向她保證說這些只是為了略表謝意。

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Dissipate (pp. & pt.dissipated)
vt.驅散；使消散；浪費，揮霍；耗盡
vi.消散；放蕩，揮霍

The tension in the room had dissipated...
房間里的緊張氣氛消失了。
He is dissipating his time and energy on too many different things...
他在太多不同的事情上浪費時間和精力。
Her father had dissipated her inheritance.
她父親已經揮霍掉了她繼承的遺產。

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Suicide
n.自殺；自殺者；自殺行為
vt.自殺
adj.自殺的

She tried to commit suicide on several occasions.
她自殺過好幾次。
Quite a few have committed social suicide by writing their boring memoirs...
有一些人因為寫那些枯燥無味的回憶錄而毀了自己的社會形象。
According to the army, the teenager said he was on a 'suicide mission' for the movement.
軍方消息稱，這個少年說他正在為這次運動執行“自殺性任務”。

劇情百科

敏銳的觀察力，超強的記憶力，作為John的妻子，Sherlock只把這些認為是Mary天資過人。但后面發生的事情不得不讓他對Mary產生顧慮，對John安全的有所顧慮。好在最后Mary以精確的槍法得到了Sherlock認可，Mary是真愛John，與保全大局，無意傷害自己的。而這單案件，Sherlock接下了。

考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1.Where _____ sandy destroyed homes and businesses.
桑迪颶風摧毀了他們的家園和企業。
2.There was a Labour _____ when some left-wing MPs voted against the Chancellor's tax cuts...
工黨內部發生內訌，一些左翼國會議員對財政大臣提出的減稅政策投了反對票。

A:本期答案見下期
上期答案：

1.Unlike bony wings, number-crunching brains leave little trace in the fossil record.
和具有實體的翅膀不同，用來識數的大腦不會以化石的形式保存下來。
2.Men was accustomed to struggling for survial against the elements.
人門習慣于在與自然力作斗爭中求生存。