Vocabulary: 第六章 查塔姆楼与甘索普：新的平衡（1924—1930年）
from 阿诺德·汤因比传
- 学x4 | Chapter Rank #732to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- 父母x5 | Chapter Rank #570father and mother; parents
- 劝说x1 | Chapter Rank #2702to persuade; persuasion; to advise
- 温彻斯特x2 | Chapter Rank #1464
- 公学x3 | Chapter Rank #977elite fee-charging independent school in England or Wales (e.g. Eton College)
- 奖学金x2 | Chapter Rank #1465scholarship; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 考试x2 | Chapter Rank #1466to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]
- 秋x1 | Chapter Rank #2703autumn; fall; harvest timesurname Qiuused in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- 录取x1 | Chapter Rank #2704to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student); to hire (a job candidate)
- 自费生x1 | Chapter Rank #2705
- 承认x2 | Chapter Rank #1467to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge
- 虎父无犬x1 | Chapter Rank #2706
- 子x1 | Chapter Rank #2707son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- 非理性x3 | Chapter Rank #978
- 愿望x3 | Chapter Rank #979desire; wish
- 折磨x2 | Chapter Rank #1468to torment; to torture
- 母校x1 | Chapter Rank #2708alma mater
- 就读x1 | Chapter Rank #2709to go to school
- 快乐x3 | Chapter Rank #980happy; joyful
- 入学x1 | Chapter Rank #2710to enter a school or college; to go to school for the first time as a child
- 可比x1 | Chapter Rank #2711comparable
- 好多x2 | Chapter Rank #1469many; quite a lot; much better
- 期望x2 | Chapter Rank #1470to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope
- 重负x1 | Chapter Rank #2712heavy load; heavy burden (also fig. of tax)
- 青春期x1 | Chapter Rank #2713puberty; adolescence
- 发奋x1 | Chapter Rank #2714to make an effort; to push for sth; to work hard
- 郁郁寡欢x1 | Chapter Rank #2715(idiom) depressed; cheerless
- 自闭x1 | Chapter Rank #2716
- 截然x1 | Chapter Rank #2717sharply; distinctly; radically
- 麻烦x3 | Chapter Rank #981trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
- 老师x1 | Chapter Rank #2718teacher
- 震惊x1 | Chapter Rank #2719to shock; to astonish
- 脏话x1 | Chapter Rank #2720profanity; obscene language; speaking rudely
- 宠儿x1 | Chapter Rank #2721pet; favorite; darling
- 留在x5 | Chapter Rank #571
- 惹x1 | Chapter Rank #2722to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
- 乖戾x1 | Chapter Rank #2723perverse (behavior); disagreeable (character)
- 行为x2 | Chapter Rank #1471action; conduct; behavior; activity
- 偏袒x1 | Chapter Rank #2724to bare one shoulder; (fig.) to side with; to discriminate in favor of
- 家中x1 | Chapter Rank #2725
- 加x2 | Chapter Rank #1472Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jiato add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")
- 掩饰x3 | Chapter Rank #982to cover up; to conceal; to mask; to gloss over
- 甩手掌柜x1 | Chapter Rank #2726lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper; fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself
- 造成x2 | Chapter Rank #1473to bring about; to create; to cause
- 火暴x1 | Chapter Rank #2727
- 脾气x1 | Chapter Rank #2728character; temperament; disposition; bad temper; CL:股[gu3]
- 外祖母x3 | Chapter Rank #983mother's mother; maternal grandmother
- 身边x5 | Chapter Rank #572at one's side; on hand
- 颐指气使x1 | Chapter Rank #2729lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture; arrogant and bossy
- 逆来顺受x1 | Chapter Rank #2730to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it; to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc