Vocabulary: 第2章 一个无聊到没人注意的名字
from 贝佐斯传
- 负责x5 | Chapter Rank #167to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
- 运营x2 | Chapter Rank #430to be in operation; to do business; (of train, bus etc) to be in service; operation; service
- 首页x1 | Chapter Rank #757home page (of a website); title page; front page; first page; fig. beginning; cover letter
- 推荐x1 | Chapter Rank #758to recommend
- 副总裁x3 | Chapter Rank #295vice-chairman (of an organization); vice president (of a company); deputy governor (of a bank)
- 吉x3 | Chapter Rank #296lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)short name for Jilin 吉林[Ji2 lin2]; surname Ji
- 娜x3 | Chapter Rank #297(phonetic na); used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[An1 na4] or Diana 黛安娜[Dai4 an1 na4]elegant; graceful
- 普x16 | Chapter Rank #42general; popular; everywhere; universal
- 埃x13 | Chapter Rank #55abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Ai1 ji2] or Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亞|埃塞俄比亚[Ai1 sai4 e2 bi3 ya4]dust; dirt; angstrom; phonetic ai or e
- 里尼x13 | Chapter Rank #56
- 拉x3 | Chapter Rank #298to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slashto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowelsused in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]
- 进来x1 | Chapter Rank #759to come in
- 布莱恩x1 | Chapter Rank #760Brian (name)
- 瓦x1 | Chapter Rank #761roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
- 伦x1 | Chapter Rank #762human relationship; order; coherence
- 达x3 | Chapter Rank #299to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminentsurname Da
- 妻子x2 | Chapter Rank #431wifewife and children
- 她x4 | Chapter Rank #216she
- 正x3 | Chapter Rank #300first month of the lunar yearstraight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
- 希望x4 | Chapter Rank #217to hope; a hope; a wish
- 从x15 | Chapter Rank #46surname Congfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 退休x2 | Chapter Rank #432to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
- 翻新x1 | Chapter Rank #763to revamp; a face-lift; to retread (a tire); to refurbish (old clothes); newly emerging
- 装修x1 | Chapter Rank #764to decorate; interior decoration; to fit up; to renovate
- 西雅图x11 | Chapter Rank #67Seattle, city in Washington State
- 家x2 | Chapter Rank #433used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 家庭x1 | Chapter Rank #765family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4]
- 财务x3 | Chapter Rank #301financial affairs; finance
- 压力x3 | Chapter Rank #302pressure
- 需要x5 | Chapter Rank #168to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 重返x1 | Chapter Rank #766to return to
- 工作岗位x1 | Chapter Rank #767
- 但x18 | Chapter Rank #39but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 提议x1 | Chapter Rank #768to propose; to suggest; proposal; suggestion
- 说服x1 | Chapter Rank #769to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
- 我x15 | Chapter Rank #47I; me; my
- 问x1 | Chapter Rank #770to ask; to inquire
- 为什么x1 | Chapter Rank #771why?; for what reason?
- 一点x2 | Chapter Rank #434a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- 尽管x3 | Chapter Rank #303despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
- 很多x5 | Chapter Rank #169
- 共同点x1 | Chapter Rank #772common ground
- 不同x3 | Chapter Rank #304different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- 角度x1 | Chapter Rank #773angle; (fig.) point of view
- 看待x1 | Chapter Rank #774to look upon; to regard
- 事情x2 | Chapter Rank #435affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 以x5 | Chapter Rank #170to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- 方式x9 | Chapter Rank #90way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 解决问题x1 | Chapter Rank #775
- 喜欢x9 | Chapter Rank #91to like; to be fond of