(COVID: One Year on) Vocabulary

Link : https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english/ep-210225

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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. 

人們寄希望於人類基因組計畫能破解人類細胞中所隱含的遺傳密碼

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