VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

deposit (v): to put something valuable, especially money, in a bank or safe (= strong box or cupboard with locks)
(在银行或保险柜中)存放,存储(尤指钱款)
There’s a night safe outside the bank, so you can deposit money whenever you wish.
银行外面有夜间保险箱,你可以随时把钱存进去。
I deposited £500 in my account this morning.
今天早上我在自己的账户中存了500英镑。

deposit (n): an amount of money that you pay as the first part of the total payment for something
预付款,定金
The shop assistant says if I leave £10 as a deposit, they’ll keep the dress for me.
店员说如果我交10英镑定金,他们就会把那件裙子给我留着。
We paid/put a deposit of £5,000 on the house, and paid the balance four weeks later.
我们交了5千英镑的购房预付款,并在4周后付清了余款。
They asked us to put down a deposit.
他们让我们支付一笔订金。

creative (adj): producing or using original and unusual ideas
有创造力的;创造性的;有创意的
a creative person/artist/designer/programmer
有创意的人/艺术家/设计师/程序设计员
creative talents/powers/abilities
创造才能/力/能力
creative thinking
创造性思维

ink (n): coloured liquid used for writing, printing, and drawing
墨水;油墨;墨汁
a bottle of ink
一瓶墨水
blue/black/red ink
蓝/黑/红墨水
Please write in ink, not in pencil.
书写请用墨水笔,不要用铅笔。

badge (n): a small piece of metal, plastic, cloth, etc., with words or a picture on it, that you carry with you or that is fastened or sewn to your clothing, often to show your support for a political organization or belief, or to show who you are, your rank, or that you are a member of a group, etc.
徽章;像章;证章;纪念章
Everyone at the conference wore a badge with their name on.
与会人员都戴着写有自己名字的证章。

stool (n): a piece of solid waste from the body
粪便
He told the doctor he had been passing bloody stools.
他告诉医生他便血。