Vocabulary: 贝佐斯传
- omnipotent
- whole; entire; total
- nowhere
- to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
- merchant; businessman
- awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly
- to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit; gain; bonus; reward
- to describe; description
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- rule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed
- to be applicable
- tallest; highest; supreme (court etc)
- sovereignty; dominion; dominance
- to investigate; to probe
- empire; imperial
- similar; analogous
- 章 Zhāng: 章 Zhang1: surname Zhang章 zhāng: 章 zhang1: chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order
- manager; director; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to move in (to new lodging)
- 新兴 Xīn xīng: 新兴 Xin1 xing1: see 新興縣|新兴县[Xin1 xing1 Xian4]; see 新興區|新兴区[Xin1 xing1 Qu1]新兴 xīn xīng: 新兴 xin1 xing1: (of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising; emerging; in the ascendant
- low level
- not in the least; to completely lack
- architectural; architecture
- ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- 楼 lóu: 楼 lou2: house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]楼 Lóu: 楼 Lou2: surname Lou
- inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about
- 加 Jiā: 加 Jia1: Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia加 jiā: 加 jia1: to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")
- label; tag; sign; (brass etc) inscribed plate
- dazzling; to show off; to flaunt
- almost; nearly; close to
- improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 好处 hǎo chǔ: 好处 hao3 chu3: easy to get along with好处 hǎo chu: 好处 hao3 chu5: benefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit; also pr. [hao3chu4]
- dealings; contacts; to go back and forth
- nature; natural; naturally
- where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
- to assemble; to gather
- street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- (road) intersection