Vocabulary: 贝佐斯传
- to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop
- to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music)
- tempest; wave (of popular sentiment etc); craze or fad
- to weaken; to diminish
- tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone
- to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
- west side; west face
- square
- central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)
- Hull (name); Kingston upon Hull
- staff officer; to give advice
- to go along; to follow
- numerous and close together; densely packed; thickly dotted
- to flare up; to break out
- to browse; to look over (books)
- to lift up
- unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform); CL:個|个[ge4]
- horizontal scroll; banner; streamer
- to assent; to comply with
- 稍 shào: 稍 shao4: used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]稍 shāo: 稍 shao1: somewhat; a little
- calculator; calculating machine
- to scare; scary; frightening
- to remember; to recall; memory
- to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
- 扯 chě: 扯 che3: to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey扯 chě: 扯 che3: to pull; to tear
- blanket; quilt; CL:條|条[tiao2],床[chuang2]
- to pull tight; tensioning
- stagnation; at a standstill; bogged down
- to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
- to recall; to look back upon
- situation; existing state of affairs
- banking; finance; financial
- jargon; language of the trade
- to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy