Nehemiah 6:1-9( 2013/6/11 ) (梅華編輯)
1. confer (v) 授於,賦予;商討,商議
The lawyer and judge conferred about the ruling.
2. cohort (n) 軍隊,一群
The police arrested the gang's leader and his cohorts.
3. lure (n) 餌,誘惑(v)引誘,誘惑
Young people are lured to the city by the prospect of a job and money.
seduce (v) 慫恿,瞞騙,引誘
The other team seduced him with a better offer.
4. proclamation (n) 宣言,公佈,文告
The President issued a proclamation which freed the slaves.
5. revolt (v) 叛亂,反抗,反感
The group threatened to revolt.
6. rumor (v) (n) 謠言,傳聞,傳說,流言蜚語
There are rumors that they are making a new film.
7. scheme (n) 方案,計劃,摘要,詭計,陰謀(v)計劃,設計,圖謀
Under the new scheme only successful schools will be given extra funding.
8. strengthen (v) 加強,變堅固
These exercises will strengthen your stomach muscles.
9. threat (n) 威脅,恐嚇,造成威脅的事物
She ignored their threats and continued to do what she felt was right.
10. ultimately (adv) 歸根結底,最終
The changes ultimately proved to be unnecessary.
eventually (adv) 終於,最後
Eventually, I did get better and returned to work.
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