Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

fanatic (n): 1-a person who has very extreme beliefs that may lead them to behave in unreasonable or violent ways
狂热者，极端分子
E.g.: religious fanatics
宗教狂热分子

carry sth out (v): 1- to do or complete something, especially that you have said you would do or that you have been told to do
执行，贯彻，落实，完成
E.g.: Our soldiers carried out a successful attack last night.
我们的战士昨晚发动了一次成功的袭击。
E.g.: Don’t blame me, I’m only carrying out my orders/instructions.
别怪罪我，我只是奉命行事。

suicide bomber-a person who has a bomb hidden on his or her body and who kills himself or herself in an attempt to kill others
自杀性炸弹袭击者；人肉炸弹

“violence begets violence“-means that violent behavior promotes other violent behavior, in return

beget (v): 1- to cause
引起，导致
E.g.: Poverty begets hunger, and hunger begets crime.
贫穷导致饥饿，而饥饿则导致犯罪。

poverty (n)– the condition of being extremely poor
贫困，贫穷
E.g.: The problem of poverty is particularly big in rural areas.

extremist (n): 1- someone who has beliefs that most people think are unreasonable and unacceptable
偏激者；极端主义者
E.g.: a group of extremists (= people with extreme opinions)
一群极端分子

directive (n): 1-an official instruction
指令，命令
E.g.: The boss issued a directive about not using the fax machine.
老板下令不要使用那台传真机。

frame (v): 1-to make a person seem to be guilty of a crime when they are not, by producing facts or information that are not true
陷害，诬陷
E.g.: He claimed he’d been framed by the police.

frame-up (n): 1-a situation in which someone is made to seem guilty of a crime although they have not committed it
陷害，诬陷
E.g.: The organization protested that it was the victim of a politically motivated frame-up.
该组织抗议称，自己是一个政治陷阱的牺牲品。

curfew (n): 1-a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially during a war or a period of political trouble（尤指战争或政治动荡时期实行的）宵禁，戒严
E.g.: to impose/lift a curfew 实行／取消戒严
E.g.: midnight curfew午夜宵禁
E.g.: He was shot for breaking (= not obeying) the curfew.
他因违反宵禁令而遭到枪击。

a Buddhist-佛教徒-A Buddhist is a person whose religion is Buddhism.
佛教的；佛的
Buddhist (adj) means relating or referring to Buddhism.

Christian (adj)
Christian (n)

Pronunciation

extremist-/ɪkˈstriː.mɪst/

fanatic-/fəˈnæt̬.ɪk/