Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

resign (v): to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving
辞职；辞去（职务）；放弃（工作）
He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job.
他从这家公司辞职以便能够从事更有挑战性的工作。
She resigned as director.
她辞去了董事职务。
She resigned the directorship.
她辞去了董事职务。

At the time I resigned from the company I still haven’t had a new job

women’s clothing

apparel (n): clothes of a particular type when they are being sold in a shop
（商店出售的某一种类的）衣服，服装
sports apparel
运动服装

dictator (n): a person who gives orders and behaves as if they have complete power
独断专行者；专权者
My boss is kind of a dictator.
我的老板是个有点独断专行的人。

three, eight, etc. years sb’s junior/senior

three, eight, etc. years younger/older than someone
较年幼者（小某人3岁、8岁等）/比…年长20／30岁等的
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。

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。

exaggeration (n): the fact of making something seem larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is
夸张；夸大；言过其实
Sal estimates over 60 people were there but I think that’s a slight exaggeration.
萨尔估计那儿有60多人，但我觉得那有点儿夸张。
It would be no exaggeration to say that her work has saved lives.
她的工作挽救了很多生命，这样说一点儿都不夸张。

exaggerate (v): to make something seem larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is
夸张；夸大；对…言过其实
The threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated.
遭受袭击的威胁被过分夸大了。
Don’t exaggerate – it wasn’t that expensive.
不要言过其实——没有那么贵。
I’m not exaggerating – it was the worst meal I’ve ever eaten in my life.
我不是在夸大其词——那是我这辈子吃到的最难以下咽的饭了。

I wasn’t satisfied with my answer

tense (adj): If a situation is tense, it causes feelings of worry or nervousness.
（局势）令人紧张的
There were some tense moments in the second half of the game.
比赛的下半场有几次紧张的局面。

She was very tense as she waited for the interview.
在等待面试时她非常紧张。

it’s so quiet that you could hear a pin drop
太安静了，你能听到一根针掉下来的声音

finances [ plural ]
the money that a person or company has
（个人或公司的）财源，财力
We keep a tight control on the organization’s finances.
我们严格控制该组织的资金。
My finances won’t run to (= I do not have enough money to buy) a new car this year.
今年我要买一辆新车钱还不够。

With prices going up, I find it hard to make ends meet.
物价在不断上涨，我觉得难以维持开销了。

That chapter of my life closed when I had a serious riding accident.
骑马出了一次严重的事故后，我生命中的那一篇章就结束了。
The period before the revolution is an interesting chapter in British history.
革命前的那段时期是英国历史上一段有趣的时期。

exaggerate /ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt/