友情提示：看不懂音變的同學請聽203-206期

contact touch-tac-teg
A connection between two conductors that permits a flow of current.
A coming together or touching, as of objects or surfaces
To bring or put in contact
To get in touch with; communicate with
n. 接觸，聯系
vt. 使接觸
vi. 聯系，接觸

例句：
He tried in vain to get into contact with the local branch.
他試圖與當地分部取得聯絡,但沒有成功。
I will contact him by telephone.
我將打電話和他聯系。

integrity
Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
The state of being unimpaired; soundness.
The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
n.
1. 誠實, 正直, 廉正
2. 完全, 完整, 完善

例句：
The old Roman walls may still be seen but not in their integrity.
古羅馬城墻尚可見, 但已殘缺不全。

tangible
Discernible by the touch; palpable: a tangible roughness of the skin. Possible to touch. Possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete: tangible evidence.
Possible to understand or realize: the tangible benefits of the plan.
Law. That can be valued monetarily: tangible property.
Something palpable or concrete.
adj. 有形的；切實的；可觸摸的
n. 有形資產

例句：
The government brought few tangible benefits to the poor.
政府沒有給窮人帶來多少實際好處。
There is no tangible proof.
沒有確鑿的證據。

integer
A member of the set of positive whole numbers {1, 2, 3,... }, negative whole numbers {-1, -2, -3,... }, and zero {0}.
A complete unit or entity.
n.
1. 【數】整數
2. 完整的東西, 整體

integral
Essential or necessary for completeness; constituent: The kitchen is an integral part of a house.
Possessing everything essential; entire.
Mathematics. Expressed or expressible as or in terms of integers. Expressed as or involving integrals.
A complete unit; a whole.
Mathematics. A number computed by a limiting process in which the domain of a function, often an interval or planar region, is divided into arbitrarily small units, the value of the function at a point in each unit is multiplied by the linear or areal measurement of that unit, and all such products are summed. A definite integral. An indefinite integral.
adj.
1. 構成整體所必需的, 組成的, 主要的, 必備的
2. 完整的, 整體的; 綜合的
3. 【數】整的; 積分的; 累積的

例句：
The arms and legs are integral parts of a human body.
臂和腿是人體不可缺少的部分。

tangent
Making contact at a single point or along a line; touching but not intersecting.
Irrelevant.
A line, curve, or surface meeting another line, curve, or surface at a common point and sharing a common tangent line or tangent plane at that point.
Abbr. tan Mathematics. The trigonometric function of an acute angle in a right triangle that is the ratio of the length of the side opposite the angle to the length of the side adjacent to the angle.
A sudden digression or change of course: went off on a tangent during the courtroom argument.
Music. An upright pin in a keyboard instrument, especially in a clavichord, that rises to sound a string when a key is depressed and stops the string at a preset length to set the pitch.
n.
1. 切線, 正切
2. 正切尺
3. 離題的行為; 與目的無關的路線或方向
4. (鐵路, 道路)直線區間
adj.
1. 接觸的
2. 【數】相切的, 切線的
3. 不相關的；離題的, 脫離原來途徑的

短語:
go (或 fly) off at (或 on) a tangent (說話時)突然離題，扯到題外；突然背離原來的思路；突然改變行徑

例句：
One moment the professor is working hard on a problem in physics, the next he’s gone off at a tangent and he’s talking about bees.
前一分鐘教授還在努力解答一道物理題，下一分鐘他就突然開始講起蜜蜂來。