Vocabulary: 雪球效应-（1952）-The Snowball Effect
from 100：科幻之书 I 窃星
- 未来x4 | Chapter Rank #185future; tomorrow; CL:個|个[ge4]; approaching; coming; pending
- 造成x5 | Chapter Rank #149to bring about; to create; to cause
- 多x12 | Chapter Rank #54many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 大x5 | Chapter Rank #150see 大夫[dai4 fu5]big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 通过x8 | Chapter Rank #87to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- 展现x1 | Chapter Rank #715to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
- 不够x2 | Chapter Rank #355not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- 严密x1 | Chapter Rank #716tight; strict; closely controlled; rigorous and thorough
- 且x2 | Chapter Rank #356and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- 极度x1 | Chapter Rank #717extremely
- 失败x1 | Chapter Rank #718to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- 实验x3 | Chapter Rank #242experiment; test; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]; experimental; to experiment
- 还x18 | Chapter Rank #36surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 拷问x1 | Chapter Rank #719to question via torture
- 未x1 | Chapter Rank #720not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- 考虑x1 | Chapter Rank #721to think over; to consider; consideration
- 知识x1 | Chapter Rank #722knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]; intellectual
- 水平x2 | Chapter Rank #357horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
- 情况x2 | Chapter Rank #358circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 下x3 | Chapter Rank #243down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 其x8 | Chapter Rank #88his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 进行x4 | Chapter Rank #186(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- 道德观x1 | Chapter Rank #723one's perspective on morality
- 暴露x1 | Chapter Rank #724to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pu4 lu4]
- 前x8 | Chapter Rank #89front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 作为x5 | Chapter Rank #151one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- 大学x3 | Chapter Rank #244the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianismuniversity; college; CL:所[suo3]
- 讲师x1 | Chapter Rank #725instructor; lecturer
- 工作x4 | Chapter Rank #187to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- 经历x1 | Chapter Rank #726to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4])
- 好x11 | Chapter Rank #61to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone togood; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 吧x7 | Chapter Rank #99(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.(onom.) smack!bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
- 我x139 | Chapter Rank #3I; me; my
- 说道x5 | Chapter Rank #152to discuss; reason (behind sth)to state; to say (the quoted words)
- 什么x19 | Chapter Rank #33what?; something; anything
- 威x2 | Chapter Rank #359power; might; prestige
- 尔顿x2 | Chapter Rank #360
- 卡x24 | Chapter Rank #20to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassetteto block; to be stuck; to be wedged; customs station; a clip; a fastener; a checkpost; Taiwan pr. [ka3]
- 斯维尔x23 | Chapter Rank #23
- 社会学系x2 | Chapter Rank #361
- 系主任x1 | Chapter Rank #727head of a (university) department; department chair
- 那个x5 | Chapter Rank #153that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- 时候x6 | Chapter Rank #116time; length of time; moment; period
- 他x65 | Chapter Rank #5(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 狂躁x1 | Chapter Rank #728rash; impetuous; irritable
- 到x18 | Chapter Rank #37to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 咬x1 | Chapter Rank #729to bite; to nip
- 指甲x1 | Chapter Rank #730fingernail
- 身后x2 | Chapter Rank #362the time after one's death; a place behind sb; (fig.) one's social background
- 办公室x5 | Chapter Rank #154office; business premises