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Lesson 47
第47課
reward
n.報答
As a reward for his bravery, the soldier was given a gold medal.
為報答他的勇敢，這個士兵被授予一面金匾。
ornament
n.裝飾
To get down to it, you have to cut away what is not true, what is inflated, beside the point, excess, ornament.
更直接點，你們要去掉不真實的，除了這點還有膨脹的，過量的和裝飾的。
pledge
v.發誓
They pledged themselves never to tell the secrets.
他們發誓絕不泄密。
spare
v.饒恕，寬恕
We will not pity nor spare, nor have mercy to the enemy.
對敵人我們不會同情，不會寬恕，也不會發慈悲。
violence
n.暴力
The policeman had to use violence to arrest the murderer.
警察不得不使用暴力來逮捕兇手。
swell
v.膨脹
But stars like our sun swell into bloated red giants when the nuclear fuel in their cores is depleted.
但是，像太陽這樣的恒星，核心的核燃料耗盡時，就會發生膨脹，成為脹大的紅巨星。
saucy
adj.無禮的
The girl was saucy to her mother.
那女孩對她的母親沒有禮貌。
output
n.產量
We should phase the input and output of the machine.
我們應該使機器的輸入功率和輸出功率的相位同步。
instinct
n.才能
He has an instinct for always doing and saying the right thing.
他有說話做事永不出錯的本領。
herd
n.獸群
Like Plato, he saw the public as a great beast or a bewildered herd, floundering in the ‘chaos of local opinions’.
跟柏拉圖一樣，他認為大眾是野獸或者是迷路的羊群，在“局部意見的混亂”里苦苦掙扎。
act
置于詞根前表示“行動，做”
activate
使…活動，起動(act+ivate 使…活動，起動）
enact
實施，頒布(en+act 實施，頒布）
interact
相互作用(inter+act 相互作用）
