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🔎fascinated (adj.) 著迷的

» extremely interested 

We watched fascinated as he cleaned and repaired the watch.

🔎quote (v.) 引用

» to repeat the words that someone else has said or written 

She worked, to quote her daughter, "as if there were no tomorrow".

🔎barrier (n.) 障礙

» a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature , such as a mountain or sea , that stops people from going somewhere 

The mountains acted as a natural barrier to the spread of the disease.

🔎incorporate (v.) 包含

» to include something as part of something larger 

Suggestions from the survey have been incorporated into/in the final design.

🔎resonate (v.) 迴盪

» to produce, increase ,or fill with sound ,by vibrating objects that are near 

The noise of the bell resonated through the building.

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◎ Vocabulary 

➤ sophisticated (adj.)

• intelligent or made in a complicated way and therefore able to do complicatedtasks

✔I think a more sophisticated approach is needed to solve this problem.

➤ coherent (adj.)

• If an argument, set of ideas, or a plan is coherent, it is clear and carefullyconsidered, and each part of it connects-or follows in a natural or reasonable-way

✔Acknowledging the prior operation of group selection provides an evolutionarily coherent explanation of the survival of human behavioral predispositions that enable social cooperation.

➤ authoritative (adj.)

• showing that you are confident, in control, and expect to be respected and obeyed

✔She has an authoritative manner that at times is almost arrogant.

➤ provoke (v.)

• to cause a reaction, especially a negative one

✔The prospect of increased prices has already provoked an outcry.

➤ sentient (adj.)

• able to experience feelings

✔As a result, they are unlikely to enhance sentientforms of reconciliation.