F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

addiction (n): an inability to stop doing or using something, especially something harmful:
drug addiction
E.g.: his addiction to alcohol
E.g.: For people with OCD, cleaning can become an addiction.

addictive (adj): An addictive activity or food is one that you cannot stop doing or eating once you have started.
（活动或食品）使人上瘾的，使人入迷的
E.g.: The problem with video games is that they’re addictive.
电子游戏的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
E.g.: These nuts are addictive – I can’t stop eating them.
这些坚果让人上瘾，我一吃就停不住嘴。

give/provide a solution

take off the hat

obvious (adj): easy to see, recognize, or understand
清楚的；显然的，明显的；明白的
E.g.: It’s obvious (that) she doesn’t like him.
显然她不喜欢他。
E.g.: They have a small child so for obvious reasons they need money.
他们有个年幼的孩子，所以显然很需要钱。

obviously (adv): in a way that is easy to understand or see
清楚地；明白地；显而易见地
E.g.: He was in tears and obviously very upset.
他泪流满面，显然很难过。
E.g.: Obviously the school cannot function without teachers.
显而易见，学校没有老师就无法运转。

dry (adj)(BORING)-disapproving
If a book, talk, subject, etc. is dry, it is not interesting.

contradiction  (n): the fact of something being the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else, so that one of them must be wrong
矛盾
E.g.: You say that you’re good friends and yet you don’t trust him. Isn’t that a contradiction?
你说你们是好朋友，可你又不信任他。那不是有点矛盾吗？

book order/buy a cup of tea
book a hotel room/ticket

You are two years younger than me
You’re two years my junior

20, 30, etc. years sb’s senior
20, 30, etc. years older than someone
比…年长20／30岁等的
She married a man 20 years her senior.
她嫁给了一个比她年长20岁的男人。
She’s my senior by three years (= she is three years older than me).
她比我大3岁。

three, eight, etc. years sb’s junior
three, eight, etc. years younger than someone
较年幼者（小某人3岁、8岁等）
My brother is five years my junior.
我弟弟比我小5岁。
My sister is my junior by three years (= three years younger than me).
我妹妹比我小3岁。