VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

comfort women-慰安妇

testimony (n):(an example of) spoken or written statements that something is true, especially those given in a law court（尤指法庭上的）证词，证言
E.g. :Some doubts have been expressed about his testimony.
有人对他的证词提出了一些质疑。

testify (v):to speak seriously about something, especially in a law court, or to give or provide proof
证明，证实；作证
E.g.: He testified that he had seen the man leaving the building around the time of the murder.
他作证说，自己看到那人在谋杀发生前后离开了大楼。

The Holocaust (n): the killing of millions of Jews and others by the Nazis before and during the Second World War（第二次世界大战前及期间纳粹分子对犹太人的）大屠杀
E.g.: Her grandparents were killed during the Holocaust.

genocide (n):the murder of a whole group of people, especially a whole nation, race, or religious group（尤指对整个民族、种族或宗教团体的）大屠杀，种族灭绝
E.g.: victims of genocide
种族大屠杀的受害者

ethnic cleansing (n):the organized, often violent attempt by a particular cultural or racial group to completely remove from a country or area all members of a different group
种族清洗

atrocity (n):an extremely cruel, violent, or shocking act
凶恶的行为，残暴的行为
E.g.: They are on trial for committing atrocities against the civilian population.
他们因残害平民的暴行而受到审判。

invincible (adj):impossible to defeat or prevent from doing what is intended
不可战胜的；无法阻挡的
E.g.: Last year the company seemed/looked invincible but in recent weeks has begun to have problems.
该公司去年似乎无往不胜，但近几周开始出现问题了。

have a nose for somethingFig. to have the ability to sense or find something, such as news, trouble, gossip, etc.
E.g.: She really has a nose for news. She’s a good reporter. Fred has a nose for gossip.

have a nose job
​to have an operation to change the shape of your nose
E.g.: Have you seen her recently, I think that she’s got a nose job.

superficial (adj):(of a person) never thinking about things that are serious or important（人）浅薄的，肤浅的
E.g.: He’s fun to be with, but he’s very superficial.
和他在一起很有趣，但是他见识很肤浅。

bipolar disorder (n): a mental illness causing someone to change often from being extremely excited to being very depressed 躁狂抑郁症

side effect (n):an unpleasant effect of a drug that happens in addition to the main effect
副作用
E.g.: Does this drug have any side effects?
这种药有什么副作用吗？

severity (n): 1-seriousness 严重
E.g.: Even the doctors were shocked by the severity of his injuries.
连医生也对他伤势的严重程度感到震惊。
E.g.: I don’t think you quite understand the severity of our financial problems.
我认为你还不太了解我们财务问题的严重程度。

edema (n):an unhealthy condition in which liquid collects in the body tissues between the cells
水肿（人体的一种病态，指体液在细胞之间的身体组织中积聚）