(COVID: One Year on) Vocabulary
Link : https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english/ep-210225 Dictionary : Cambridge Dictionary Yahoo Dictionary 1. pandemic (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants （疾病）大規模流行的，廣泛蔓延的 In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic. 在世界上一些地區瘧疾仍在廣泛流行。 2.take hold to become strong; to be established 變強；確立地位 The economic recovery is just beginning to take hold now. 經濟復甦的趨勢剛剛開始穩定下來。 3. wimpy not strong, brave, or confident: 弱 I'm far too wimpy to go rock climbing. I was too wimpy to be a boxer so I decided to be a musician. 4.sheer used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except: 全然，十足地；陡峭地；垂直地 The suggestion is sheer nonsense. 5.kick in 開始運轉; 開始生效 the reforms will kick in later this year 改革將於今年晚些時候開始推行 6. genome 基因組 Human Genome Project is expected to decipher the genetic codes in the human cells. 人們寄...