Vocabulary: 推荐序五 我们时代的诺亚
from 硅谷钢铁侠: 埃隆·马斯克的冒险人生
- 得到x1 | Chapter Rank #348to get; to obtain; to receive
- 却是x2 | Chapter Rank #134nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- 个字符x1 | Chapter Rank #349
- 人们x2 | Chapter Rank #135people
- 渴望x2 | Chapter Rank #136to thirst for; to long for
- 飞机x1 | Chapter Rank #350airplane; CL:架[jia4]
- 箭x1 | Chapter Rank #351arrow; CL:支[zhi1]
- 类x1 | Chapter Rank #352kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
- 突破性x1 | Chapter Rank #353groundbreaking
- 硬x1 | Chapter Rank #354hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial
- 革命x1 | Chapter Rank #355to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命); CL:次[ci4]
- 发生x1 | Chapter Rank #356to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 微博x1 | Chapter Rank #357microblogging; microblogWeibo (Chinese social media platform)
- 这种x1 | Chapter Rank #358this kind of
- 数字x1 | Chapter Rank #359numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 雕虫小技x1 | Chapter Rank #360insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment
- 看来x1 | Chapter Rank #361apparently; it seems that
- 只有x2 | Chapter Rank #137only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 那些x1 | Chapter Rank #362those
- 才能x2 | Chapter Rank #138talent; ability; capacity
- 算x1 | Chapter Rank #363to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
- 开天辟地x1 | Chapter Rank #364to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth
- 举x1 | Chapter Rank #365to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed
- 乔布斯x1 | Chapter Rank #366see 史蒂夫·喬布斯|史蒂夫·乔布斯[Shi3 di4 fu1 Qiao2 bu4 si1]
- 发明x2 | Chapter Rank #139to invent; an invention; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 不过x1 | Chapter Rank #367only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 桌面x1 | Chapter Rank #368desktop; tabletop
- 电脑x1 | Chapter Rank #369computer; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- 掌中x1 | Chapter Rank #370
- 手机x1 | Chapter Rank #371cell phone; mobile phone; CL:部[bu4],臺|台[tai2]
- 小打小闹x1 | Chapter Rank #372small-scale
- 玩物x1 | Chapter Rank #373toy; plaything
- 均x1 | Chapter Rank #374(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
- 关乎x1 | Chapter Rank #375to relate to; concerning; about
- 命运x2 | Chapter Rank #140fate; destiny
- 史诗x1 | Chapter Rank #376an epic; poetic saga
- 宏伟x1 | Chapter Rank #377grand; imposing; magnificentsee 宏偉區|宏伟区[Hong2 wei3 Qu1]
- 工程x1 | Chapter Rank #378engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- 产业布局x1 | Chapter Rank #379
- 绝非x1 | Chapter Rank #380absolutely not
- 部x1 | Chapter Rank #381ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- 乐观主义x1 | Chapter Rank #382optimism
- 者x1 | Chapter Rank #383(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 狂想曲x1 | Chapter Rank #384rhapsody (music)
- 而是x1 | Chapter Rank #385rather
- 对x2 | Chapter Rank #141right; 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
- 充满x2 | Chapter Rank #142full of; brimming with; very full; permeated
- 忧虑x1 | Chapter Rank #386to worry; anxiety (about)
- 先知x1 | Chapter Rank #387a person of foresight; (religion) a prophet
- 未雨绸缪x1 | Chapter Rank #388lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead; to prepare for a rainy day