Vocabulary: 贝佐斯传
- firm; steady; staunch; resolute
- inventor
- everything; every; all
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- at least; (to say the) least
- seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect
- to rise; to fly upward
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
- the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- covered all over
- controversy; dispute; to dispute
- billionaire; multimillionaire
- finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- to impel; to carry forward; to push on; to advance; to drive forward
- world
- direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for
- wonderful; marvelous; brilliant
- future; tomorrow; CL:個|个[ge4]; approaching; coming; pending
- to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
- to prop up; to support; strut; brace
- itself; oneself; one's own
- fair competition
- freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- 精神 jīng shen: 精神 jing1 shen5: vigor; vitality; spirited; good-looking精神 jīng shén: 精神 jing1 shen2: spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to hinge on; to be decided by; to depend on
- 你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- how?; what?; why?
- 看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- nowadays; now
- almost; nearly; practically
- 无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
- express delivery
- commodity; goods; merchandise; CL:件[jian4]
- (computing) data center
- to drive; to propel; drive (vehicle wheel); drive mechanism (tape or disk); device driver (computing software)
- the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
- network
- to transmit; transmission
- television program
- movie; film; CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],場|场[chang3]
- every family (idiom)
- speaker
- to sell well; bestselling; chart-topping