BARRON

VOCAB. 2-1
字 中意 英意 句子/用法
keen 熱衷的；熱心的 very interested, eager, or wanting (to do) They were very keen to start work as
something very much soon as possible.
all the 整段時間；一直 for all of a period of time There I was thinking you were hard at
while work and you were upstairs in bed all the
while!
sharpness 銳利；敏銳
contrasting 截然不同的 very different contrasting colours
blinking 閃光的
tune into to make more precise, intense, or effective

BARRON VOCAB. 2-2

字 中意 英意 句子/用法
millennium 一千年
millennia 千年(複數)
coliseum 競技場 a large sports stadium
stadium 體育場
chariot 雙輪馬車 a two-wheeled vehicle that was used in ancient
times for racing and fighting and was pulled by
a horse or horses
gladiator （古羅馬）鬥劍者
marble 大理石 a type of very hard rock that has a pattern of a marble floor/statue
lines going through it
jester 逗樂小丑，弄臣 a court jester
mime 默劇表演 The first scene was performed in mime.
stunt 特技動作
acrobat 雜技演員
slapstick 打鬧劇，粗俗滑稽劇
stumble 絆腳 Running along the beach, she stumbled on
a log and fell on the sand.

BARRON VOCAB. 2-3

字 中意 英意 句子/用法
expend 花費，消費，耗費 to use or spend time, effort, or money Governments expend a lot of resources on
war.
sort out 解決，整治 I'll leave you to sort this problem out.
stimulus 刺激（物） 複數型態stimuli
span 一段時間 the period of time that sometimes exists or He has a short attention/concentration
happens span.
as a matter （作為）理所當然的事 If something is done as a matter of course, it is Safety precautions(預防措施) are observed
of course a usual part of the way in which things are as a matter of course.
done and is not special.
pave 鋪 to cover an area of ground with a hard, flat
surface of pieces of stone, concrete, or bricks
epidemic （疾病的）流行，傳染 a flu epidemic/Poverty is epidemic in the
/盛行的 city.
pandemic 大規模流行的/大流行疾 a pandemic disease
病