Vocabulary: 第9章 最后一英里
from 贝佐斯传
- 费x1 | Chapter Rank #1404to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expensessurname Fei
- 蒙x9 | Chapter Rank #163(literary) sincere; honest; genuinedrizzle; mistto deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guessblind; dim-sightedsurname MengMongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Meng3 gu3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Meng2](knocked) unconscious; dazed; stunnedto cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat
- 奥林匹克x1 | Chapter Rank #1405Olympic
- 酒店x2 | Chapter Rank #780wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club
- 举行x1 | Chapter Rank #1406to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- 婚礼x2 | Chapter Rank #781wedding ceremony; wedding; CL:場|场[chang3]
- 司仪x1 | Chapter Rank #1407master of ceremonies (MC)
- 伴郎x2 | Chapter Rank #782best man; groomsman
- 严厉x2 | Chapter Rank #783severe; strict
- 家长式x2 | Chapter Rank #784
- 作风x2 | Chapter Rank #785style; style of work; way
- 任务x3 | Chapter Rank #521mission; assignment; task; duty; role; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- 转x3 | Chapter Rank #522to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actionssee 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
- 英国x2 | Chapter Rank #786United Kingdom (UK); Britain
- 网络x16 | Chapter Rank #85network (computing, telecommunications, transport etc)Internet
- 达拉斯x1 | Chapter Rank #1408Dallas
- 不可x2 | Chapter Rank #787cannot; should not; must not
- 存储x2 | Chapter Rank #788to store up; to stockpile; (computer) to save; to store; memory; storage
- 运输x6 | Chapter Rank #250to transport; to carry; transportation
- 家具x1 | Chapter Rank #1409furniture; CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]
- 平板显示器x1 | Chapter Rank #1410
- 等x9 | Chapter Rank #164to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 大件x1 | Chapter Rank #1411large; bulky; big-ticket item
- 笨重x1 | Chapter Rank #1412heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy; laborious; arduous
- 物品x1 | Chapter Rank #1413articles; goods
- 大力支持x1 | Chapter Rank #1414
- 提拔x2 | Chapter Rank #789to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
- 特拉华州x2 | Chapter Rank #790
- 纽卡斯尔x1 | Chapter Rank #1415Newcastle (place name)
- 市x2 | Chapter Rank #791market; city; municipality (administrative unit); (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
- 费城x1 | Chapter Rank #1416Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; abbr. for 費拉德爾菲亞|费拉德尔菲亚[Fei4 la1 de2 er3 fei1 ya4]
- 以南x1 | Chapter Rank #1417to the south of (suffix)
- 约x1 | Chapter Rank #1418to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); conciseto weigh in a balance or on a scale
- 分钟x2 | Chapter Rank #792minute
- 车程x1 | Chapter Rank #1419travel time; expected time for a car journey
- 同事x10 | Chapter Rank #148colleague; co-worker
- 方式x5 | Chapter Rank #314way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 很x21 | Chapter Rank #65very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 原始x1 | Chapter Rank #1420first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
- 认真x2 | Chapter Rank #793conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart
- 遵守x2 | Chapter Rank #794to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
- 指示x1 | Chapter Rank #1421to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 就x24 | Chapter Rank #55(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 发火x1 | Chapter Rank #1422to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate; to get angry
- 狙击手x2 | Chapter Rank #795sniper; marksman
- 绰号x2 | Chapter Rank #796nickname
- 因为x5 | Chapter Rank #315because; owing to; on account of
- 安静x1 | Chapter Rank #1423quiet; peaceful; calm
- 潜伏x1 | Chapter Rank #1424to hide; to cover up; to conceal
- 场边x1 | Chapter Rank #1425