Vocabulary: 贝佐斯传
- expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect)
- 过去 gùo qù: 过去 guo4 qu4: (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by过去 gùo qu: 过去 guo4 qu5: (verb suffix)
- frequently; often
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- staff; personnel; employee
- to feel; to sense; to perceive
- (idiom) to become agitated; to get worked up
- cause; reason; because
- right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- to serve; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- ingenuity; creativity
- individuality; personality
- insight
- innovative; ingenious; originality; ingenuity
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to award; to confer
- prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award; to give as a reward
- to give a lecture; to make a speech
- 中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong
- to thank; to be grateful
- to be present; to be on the scene
- family member; (old) servant
- colleague; co-worker
- cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately
- to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4]
- modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks
- style of conversation
- style
- (idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
- 岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: years old岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- Preston, city in England
- grand; prosperous; ceremonious; solemn
- to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade
- all one's life; throughout one's life
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- to err; to make a mistake; to do the wrong thing
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- known by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 多少 dūo shǎo: 多少 duo1 shao3: number; amount; somewhat多少 dūo shao: 多少 duo1 shao5: how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?