Vocabulary: 委员会办公室里的常青节
from 都柏林人
- 卑躬屈膝x1 | Chapter Rank #851to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
- 小人x2 | Chapter Rank #452person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character
- 更x3 | Chapter Rank #296more; even more; further; still; still moreto change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 权利x1 | Chapter Rank #852right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
- 转向x2 | Chapter Rank #453to get lost; to lose one's wayto change direction; fig. to change one's stance
- 朴素x1 | Chapter Rank #853plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous
- 任何x2 | Chapter Rank #454any; whatever; whichever
- 党派x2 | Chapter Rank #455political party; faction
- 倾向x1 | Chapter Rank #854trend; tendency; orientation
- 代表x2 | Chapter Rank #456representative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
- 劳工阶级x2 | Chapter Rank #457
- 参加x1 | Chapter Rank #855to participate; to take part; to join
- 正在x3 | Chapter Rank #297to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- 之x5 | Chapter Rank #175(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 家伙x3 | Chapter Rank #298household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon
- 心想x1 | Chapter Rank #856to think to oneself; to think
- 捞取x1 | Chapter Rank #857to dredge up; to scoop up from the water; to fish for; to gain (by improper means)
- 职位x1 | Chapter Rank #858position; post; job
- 当然x5 | Chapter Rank #176only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- 应该x3 | Chapter Rank #299ought to; should; must
- 千辛万苦x1 | Chapter Rank #859to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort
- 挣x1 | Chapter Rank #860used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
- 不到x1 | Chapter Rank #861not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- 然而x1 | Chapter Rank #862however; but; yet
- 正是x2 | Chapter Rank #458is precisely
- 劳工x1 | Chapter Rank #863labor; laborer
- 才x5 | Chapter Rank #177ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 生产x1 | Chapter Rank #864to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
- 出x3 | Chapter Rank #300to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 不会x11 | Chapter Rank #76improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 自己的x4 | Chapter Rank #218
- 侄子x1 | Chapter Rank #865brother's son; nephew
- 亲戚x1 | Chapter Rank #866a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 们x7 | Chapter Rank #124plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- 谋求x1 | Chapter Rank #867to seek; to strive for
- 肥差x1 | Chapter Rank #868lucrative job; cushy job
- 玷污x2 | Chapter Rank #459to stain; to sully; to tarnish
- 都柏林x3 | Chapter Rank #301Dublin, capital of Ireland
- 名誉x2 | Chapter Rank #460fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor)
- 讨好x1 | Chapter Rank #869to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
- 德国人x2 | Chapter Rank #461German person or people
- 国王x8 | Chapter Rank #107king
- 怎么回事x1 | Chapter Rank #870what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?
- 爱德华x3 | Chapter Rank #302Edward; Édouard (name)
- 七世x2 | Chapter Rank #462
- 明年x1 | Chapter Rank #871next year
- 这里x5 | Chapter Rank #178here
- 要x16 | Chapter Rank #44to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- 献上x1 | Chapter Rank #872to offer (respectfully); to present
- 一篇x2 | Chapter Rank #463