Vocabulary: 第9章 最后一英里
from 贝佐斯传
- 事故x6 | Chapter Rank #275accident; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3],次[ci4]
- 马x1 | Chapter Rank #2351horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chesssurname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- 格x2 | Chapter Rank #1085used in 格登[ge1 deng1]; used in 格格[ge1 ge1]square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit); (bound form) standard; norm; specification; (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone; (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern; (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case; (literary) to correct; to rectify; (literary) to arrive at; to reach; (literary) to obstruct; to hinder; (literary) to investigate exhaustively; classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit
- 瑞x2 | Chapter Rank #1086lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- 预防x1 | Chapter Rank #2352to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against; precautionary; prophylactic
- 肇事x1 | Chapter Rank #2353to cause an accident; to be responsible for an incident; to provoke a disturbance
- 逃逸x1 | Chapter Rank #2354to escape; to run away; to abscond
- 驾驶执照x1 | Chapter Rank #2355driver's license
- 虽然x3 | Chapter Rank #642although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 指控x1 | Chapter Rank #2356accusation; a (criminal) charge; to accuse
- 过失杀人x1 | Chapter Rank #2357see 過失致死罪|过失致死罪[guo4 shi1 zhi4 si3 zui4]
- 无罪释放x1 | Chapter Rank #2358
- 辩方x1 | Chapter Rank #2359(law) the defense
- 意见x1 | Chapter Rank #2360idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]
- 意外x1 | Chapter Rank #2361unexpected; accident; mishap; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 家族x2 | Chapter Rank #1087family; clan
- 提起x1 | Chapter Rank #2362to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise; to initiate (legal proceedings)
- 民事诉讼x1 | Chapter Rank #2363common plea; civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case)
- 施加x1 | Chapter Rank #2364to exert (effort or pressure)
- 准时x1 | Chapter Rank #2365on time; punctual; on schedule
- 几天x1 | Chapter Rank #2366several days
- 路线x4 | Chapter Rank #451itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road); CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 覆盖x1 | Chapter Rank #2367to cover
- 困难x1 | Chapter Rank #2368difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
- 第一x1 | Chapter Rank #2369first; most important; primary; foremost
- 要务x1 | Chapter Rank #2370key task; important affair
- 按时x1 | Chapter Rank #2371on time; before deadline; on schedule
- 揭露x1 | Chapter Rank #2372to expose; to unmask; to ferret out; to disclose; disclosure
- 悲剧x1 | Chapter Rank #2373tragedy; CL:齣|出[chu1]
- 显示x2 | Chapter Rank #1088to show; to illustrate; to display; to demonstrate
- 卷入x1 | Chapter Rank #2374to be drawn into; to be involved in
- 起x2 | Chapter Rank #1089to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 有人x1 | Chapter Rank #2375someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- 黛x1 | Chapter Rank #2376umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
- 西x1 | Chapter Rank #2377the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanishwest
- 海耶斯x1 | Chapter Rank #2378
- 库里x3 | Chapter Rank #643
- 法律x3 | Chapter Rank #644law; CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4]
- 秘书x1 | Chapter Rank #2379secretary
- 停车场x1 | Chapter Rank #2380parking lot; car park
- 警方x1 | Chapter Rank #2381police
- 看见x1 | Chapter Rank #2382to see; to catch sight of
- 以为x1 | Chapter Rank #2383to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 撞x1 | Chapter Rank #2384to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident
- 减速带x1 | Chapter Rank #2385speed bump
- 儿子x1 | Chapter Rank #2386son
- 寄出x1 | Chapter Rank #2387to mail; to send by post
- 鲁莽x1 | Chapter Rank #2388hot-headed; impulsive; reckless
- 自上而下x1 | Chapter Rank #2389(idiom) from top to bottom; top-down
- 传导x1 | Chapter Rank #2390to conduct (heat, electricity etc)