Vocabulary: 第八章 绝学大昌
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- 办校x1 | Chapter Rank #3272
- 设置x2 | Chapter Rank #1764to set up; to install
- 设立x3 | Chapter Rank #1140to set up; to establish
- 第一届x3 | Chapter Rank #1141
- 在此之前x1 | Chapter Rank #3273before that; beforehand; previously
- 偌大x1 | Chapter Rank #3274so big; such a big
- 仅x5 | Chapter Rank #684barely; only; merely
- 人选x3 | Chapter Rank #1142choice of person; candidate
- 院长x3 | Chapter Rank #1143the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China
- 惜x2 | Chapter Rank #1765to cherish; to begrudge; to pity; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- 颇费x1 | Chapter Rank #3275
- 一番x2 | Chapter Rank #1766
- 斟酌x2 | Chapter Rank #1767to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim
- 受过x1 | Chapter Rank #3276to take the blame (for sb else)
- 专业训练x1 | Chapter Rank #3277
- 寥寥无几x1 | Chapter Rank #3278(idiom) very few
- 能力x2 | Chapter Rank #1768capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 创办x7 | Chapter Rank #481to establish; to found
- 更是x2 | Chapter Rank #1769even more (so)
- 凤毛麟角x1 | Chapter Rank #3279lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between
- 提出x7 | Chapter Rank #482to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)
- 校友x1 | Chapter Rank #3280schoolmate; alumnus; alumna
- 刚x3 | Chapter Rank #1144(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- 不巧x1 | Chapter Rank #3281too bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it
- 甫x2 | Chapter Rank #1770(classical) barely; just; just now
- 加盟x6 | Chapter Rank #561(of a nation) to join an alliance; (of an athlete) to join a sports team; (of an entrepreneur) to join a franchise; (of an actor) to join the cast of a movie; (of a recording artist) to sign with a label
- 麻省理工学院x3 | Chapter Rank #1145Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- 颂声x2 | Chapter Rank #1771
- 事务所x8 | Chapter Rank #413business office; firm
- 天津x12 | Chapter Rank #259Tianjin municipality (short name 津[Jin1])
- 基泰x3 | Chapter Rank #1146
- 工程x19 | Chapter Rank #135engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- 司x2 | Chapter Rank #1772to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)surname Si
- 北上x1 | Chapter Rank #3282to go up north
- 赴任x1 | Chapter Rank #3283to travel to take up a new post
- 为难x1 | Chapter Rank #3284to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage)
- 习x2 | Chapter Rank #1773surname Xi(bound form) to practice; to study; habit; custom
- 晚x4 | Chapter Rank #862evening; night; late
- 未及x1 | Chapter Rank #3285to not have had time; to have not yet; not to touch upon
- 度蜜月x1 | Chapter Rank #3286
- 商量x1 | Chapter Rank #3287to consult; to talk over; to discuss
- 直接x3 | Chapter Rank #1147direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- 来到x3 | Chapter Rank #1148to arrive; to come
- 询问x2 | Chapter Rank #1774to inquire
- 意见x2 | Chapter Rank #1775idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]
- 首肯x1 | Chapter Rank #3288to give a nod of approval
- 大力x1 | Chapter Rank #3289energetically; vigorously
- 推荐x2 | Chapter Rank #1776to recommend
- 认为x4 | Chapter Rank #863to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 非他莫属x1 | Chapter Rank #3290