Vocabulary: 贝佐斯传
- to attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous
- iceberg; ice-covered mountain; (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long; CL:座[zuo4]
- foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; classifier for kicks
- disciple
- subtitle (of a book etc); subheading
- backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background
- miniature version of sth; microcosm; epitome; (Tw) to microfilm
- tough and durable; tenacious
- (idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end
- to focus (light, electron beam etc); to focus attention
- 答 dā: 答 da1: bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc答 dá: 答 da2: to answer; to reply; to respond
- to punish severely
- day-to-day; daily; everyday
- attention
- attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking; mentality
- gold medal; CL:枚[mei2]
- to dazzle; dazzling
- at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
- to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive)
- pager; beeper
- to alternate; to take turns
- to work a shift; on duty
- to be on call; to be on standby
- 调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite
- as it turns out; by lucky coincidence; (of number, time, size etc) just right
- to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement)
- lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc
- sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
- melody
- to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)
- traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
- to wash; to rinse; to clean; (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
- special duty; assigned full time to a task
- slave
- humble
- value system; personal or cultural values