4000 Eiken Vocabulary List

n. 大風,一陣感情的爆發 powerful wind; a gust of wind; emotional outburst as laughter or tears
The Weather Channel warned viewers about a rising gale, with winds of up to sixty miles per hour.

n. 畫廊,美術館 long usually narrow room; covered corridor
The museum's main gallery is reserved for the sculptures.

v. (馬)飛奔,疾馳 move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds
He is learning how to gallop the horse along the track.

n. 鍍鋅,電鍍 stimulation that arouses a person to lively action
The unexpected news produced a kind of galvanization of the whole team.

v. 電鍍,刺激,激勵 stimulate by shock; stir up; spur to action
Perhaps SIV was waiting for some event or announcement to galvanize people into marching once again.

v. 賭紙牌,賭博,投機 play or game for money or other stakes; lose or squander by gaming
He used to gamble all his cash on payday.

n. 一隊(工人),一群(囚犯),一幫(歹徒),一夥 group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; a herd of buffalo or elk
When police investigate a gang rape, the girl's parents have released a message.

n. 裂口,缺口 opening through mountains; pass; conspicuous difference or imbalance
Instead of the gap between developed and developing countries, it's now biggest between the poorest nations and all other countries.

n. 垃圾,廢物 trash; worthless or nonsensical matter; food wastes
So many better candidates, and this garbage is what you picked?

a. 俗氣,顏色太雜 over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
She wore a rhinestone necklace with an excessively garish gold lame dress.

a. 氣體的,氣態的 of gas; gas-like; lacking substance or concreteness
His first problem involved the study, by flow techniques, of free radicals produced in gaseous photochemical reactions.

n. 汽油 petrol; flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons
The owner of a large tanker, which was to carry gasoline from a Turkish refinery to Iran, stopped the ship from sailing as scheduled.

a. 華而不實的 very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
The newest Trump skyscraper is typically gaudy, covered in gilded panels that gleam in the sun.

n. 標準量度,計量器 standard or scale of measurement; an instrument for measuring or testing
Even the consumer price index, the government's main gauge of inflation, stomped the average stock fund.

n. 標準量度,計量器 measuring instrument; measure; judge
We are a leading Auto gauge and Auto meter manufacturer.

n. (政府)公報 periodical; newspaper or official journal
The Ontario gazette is a weekly publication from the Ontario government.

n. 齒輪,傳動裝置,排擋 toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
We are getting word that the nose gear has been lowered, but the main one is not down.

n. 寶石,珠寶 a precious stone; jewel; pearl, or mineral that has been cut and polished for use as an ornament
The other two suspects were picked up at a New York gem dealership.

n. 概括 an idea having general application; reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
In this case, generalization now can be a big timesaver over refactoring later.

v. 歸納,概括 reach a conclusion; become systemic and spread throughout the body
This kind of infection must generalize throughout the immune system.