2011年4月4日 星期一

Squander the fortune

Extravagant

an extravagant price

with extravagant praise

Luxury

Profligately

She was very profligate in her spending.

Generously

Lavish

Lavish care upon one's children

Lavish money on sth

Lavish praises on sb.

Disperse=separate

Her sweet words dispersed his melancholy.

\ˈme-lən-ˌkä-lē\

Negligence= neglect carelessness

The accident was due to negligence.

2011年3月14日 星期一

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tariff noun

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a charge or list of charges either for services or on goods entering a country
(Definition of tariff noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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reliable adjective

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Something or someone that is reliable can be trusted or believed because they work or behave well in the way you expect
Is your watch reliable?
reliable information
Gideon is very reliable - if he says he'll do something, he'll do it.
Opposite: unreliable

reliability noun

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Rolls-Royce cars are famous for their quality and reliability.

reliably adverb

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I am reliably informed that you have been talking about resigning from the company.