Vocabulary: 贝佐斯传
- earnest money; cash deposit; bail; margin (in derivative trading)
- to confiscate; to seize
- to be advantageous to; to be beneficial for
- to devour
- to solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty); to provide an answer; solution; resolution; answer
- (idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
- closely linked with one another; interlocked; to interrelate
- to prevent; to avoid; to excuse; to exempt; to relieve; (of a debt) to remit
- 祖 zǔ: 祖 zu3: ancestor; forefather; grandparents祖 Zǔ: 祖 Zu3: surname Zu
- might; formidable power
- to compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up
- long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job
- US Congress
- savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor
- to separate; to isolate
- lifeguard
- to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to
- recently; lately
- unfavorable; adverse
- to lose; to misplace
- power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things
- gravity
- worker
- environmental protection; environmentally friendly; abbr. for 環境保護|环境保护[huan2 jing4 bao3 hu4]
- girl; young lady
- to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed
- written slogan; placard; CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1],條|条[tiao2]
- to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
- gym; gymnasium; stadium; CL:個|个[ge4]
- arena
- contrast; discrepancy
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- to be on guard; wariness; to guard against; preventive
- (idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind
- (idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude; (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests
- drinking party; wine reception
- special glory; distinction; rare honor; one's laurels; it's a privilege (to meet you)
- recipient
- to raise the same topic
- (of wine) aged; (of debts etc) old; longstanding
- old affair; former matter
- to mock oneself; to laugh at oneself
- to kneel
- to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show; to attend an event to cheer on the participants; to patronize a restaurant or store; to sing the praises of
- seldom; rare; hard to come by
- iron wire; CL:根[gen1]; subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地鐵粉絲|地铁粉丝[di4 tie3 fen3 si1]); railway enthusiast (abbr. for 鐵路粉絲|铁路粉丝[tie3 lu4 fen3 si1])