7/30/16: Littoral; HSK 複雜

Littoral (adjective)

Definition:

: of, relating to, or situated or growing on or near a shore especially of the sea

Sentences: 

1. The littoral flora around the waterfront is wonderfully purple.

2. The plant is only found in littoral areas.

3. How did you find your cat? Cats usually don’t enjoy being in littoral areas.

4. The bed and breakfast was located in the littoral town next to the Red Sea.

5. As she stood in her littoral spot, her voice rang over the sea.

HSK

複雜

Definition: complex; complicated

1.生活很複雜

2.這個情況變了真麼複雜

3.世界的問題很複雜. 不知道這麼辦

7/29/16: Hortatory; HSK 複習

Hortatory (adjective)

Definition:

encouraging; exhorting

 

Sentences: 

1. Her hortatory words pushed me to run my best race.

2. When he was feeling down, I offered him so hortatory words.

3. Her speech was both convicting and hortatory.

4. Will your graduation speech be humorous or mainly hortatory.

5. He was shy with his words, but his actions showed that he was a hortatory individual.

HSK

複習

Definition: Review; revise

1.學生要復習他們的功課

2.我很緊張因為我沒時間複習我的報告

3.你要多小時間複習你本書

7/28/16: Numinous; 沸點

Numinous (adjective)

Definition:

1 : supernatural, mysterious

2 : filled with a sense of the presence of divinity : holy

3 : appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense : spiritual

Sentences: 

1. Running helps facilitate a numinous feeling for me.

2. The forest had a numinous aura to it.

3. Her voice was crisp, yet numinous.

4. Did you also feel a greater numinous feeling when you entered the church?

5. His desire for a more numinous experience led him to the Bible.

HSK (not really—but in honor of today’s lunch)

沸點

Definition: boiling point

1.我今天午餐去沸點吃火鍋

2.水到了沸點了沒?

3.火鍋還沒到沸點

7/27/16: Doff; HSK 附近

Doff (verb)

Definition:

1 a : to remove (an article of wear) from the body

b : to take off (the hat) in greeting or as a sign of respect

2 : to rid oneself of : put aside

Sentences: 

1. It was too hot, so I doffed my shirt.

2. When the national anthem started playing, the men began to doff their hats.

3. You need to doff yourself of those bad habits?

4. Were you able to doff your formal gown for a more casual dress at the end of the gala?

5. He went to doff his hat after he realized he was in a place of worship.

HSK

附近

Definition: nearby; vicinity

1.我住在她附近

2.鉛筆在書的附近

3.誰住在你附近?

7/26/16: Diaphanous; HSK 豐富

Diaphanous (adjective)

Definition:

transparent, thin and delicate

Sentences: 

1. His diaphanous feelings made it so we had to walk on eggshells around him.

2. The dumpling wrappers were so diaphanous they exploded in the soup.

3. Her diaphanous voice was so soft I could hardly hear it.

4. Little did we know that his heart was so diaphanous and open.

5. With such diaphanous yarn, I’m not sure if we’ll be able to knit that sweater.

HSK

豐富

Definition: rich, full, abundant

1.感謝主因為他的愛很豐富

2.我很幸福因為我的生活很豐富

3.只有一個方法拿到一個真的豐富的生活

7/25/16: Blandishment; HSK 放

Blandishment (noun)

Definition:

words used to coax or flatter

Sentences: 

1. Her blandishment of his speech was overly sweet.

2. I could see through her blandishment and called her bluff.

3. Most of of those press articles are blandishment; why do you keep reading them?

4. Enough of the blandishment—just give it to me straight.

5. His blandishment of the company fell on deaf ears who could see through his act.

HSK

放

Definition: to release, to free, to let go

1.下個星期很暖. 希望你可以放假.

2.會加快打給我. 我不放心.

3.我放了你依附在你的辦公司

7/24/16: Simulacrum; HSK 猜

simulacrum (noun)

Definition:

1 : image, representation

2 : an insubstantial form or semblance of something : trace

Sentences: 

1. She made her home to conjure up a simulacrum of a palace.

2. The simulacrum of luxury was distastefully done.

3. Why did you write the book to be a simulacrum of a biography?

4. Her simulacrum of success was a mere sham of the failed ventures she had.

5. Work hard to be a full version of yourselve rather than a simulacrum of someone else.

HSK

猜

Definition: to guess

1.我不在猜. 快回答我.

2.你猜我多高

3.你猜錯了!

7/23/16:Vatic; HSK 條

Vatic (adjective)

Definition:

prophetic, oracular

Sentences: 

1. The vatic parent predicted her child would get hurt from playing on the playground.

2. She had a vatic sense about how the meeting would turn out.

3. Although the case had yet to be tried, the vatic attorney new she would win.

4. Are you sure an American will win the Olympic marathon? Where does your vatic inclination come from?

5. His vatic message underscored how much research his lab had done on the future of cancer treatments.

HSK

條

Definition: [measure word] long, narrow strip

1.你的病人的條件這麼樣?

2.他寫一篇便條給他的老師

3.我很喜歡吃麵條跟小籠包

7/22/16: Usufruct; HSK 除

Usufruct (noun): 

Definition:

1 : the legal right of using and enjoying the fruits or profits of something belonging to another

2 : the right to use or enjoy something

Sentences: 

1. She exploited the usufruct and gained a lot after the Enron crisis.

2. Why does the law allow the usufruct to exploit the poor?

3. The regulators removed the usufruct that previously existed to avoid parking tickets.

4. Who cares if I didn’t make the cookies from scratch. I still have the usufruct to take credit for them!

5. Who allowed the usufruct to come and in out of the gym without signing in?

HSK

除

Definition: besides, except

1.除非他現在來,我們要留他這裡

2.一定要廢除哪種小吃

3.出外你, 他們還沒畢業

7/21/16: Sybarite; HSK 東

Sybarite (noun): 

Definition:

lover of luxury

Sentences: 

1. She was a compulsive shopper and a sybarite.

2. That the sybarite a new tesla two months after purchasing his previous one was no surprise.

3. How did he shake his sybarite ways and become frugal?

4. Though she is frugal, she is a sybarite with great taste.

5. After winning the lottery, she promised friends and family that she would not become a sybarite.

HSK

東

Definition: east

1.他現在去了東南亞旅遊

2.哎喲. 你又買了東西!

3.你的房東很好因為他常常煮菜給你吃