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時間:2017-10-03 03:15:06來源:大公網

Break fresh/new ground (idiom)

●To do or discover something new; to pioneer.

  (開闢新天地,開墾處女地)

Examples:  

1.So are scientists breaking new ground in their quest to discover what causes the disease?  

2.They were breaking new ground in consumer electronics.

Exert oneself (idiom)

●To use a lot of physical or mental effort.

  (盡力,努力)

Examples:  

1.He didn't want to exert himself on such a hot day.  

2.We exerted ourselves mightily to raise funds.

Positive non-interventionism (noun)

●積極不干預主義或積極不干預政策,是前港英政府財政司夏鼎基(Philip Haddon-Cave)於1980年提出的術語,用以概括香港政府當時的「小政府、大市場」經濟政策。一些學者認為積極不干預政策是「香港奇跡」發生的重要因素;另一些學者則認為,從1970年代港府出資興建公屋和地鐵開始,積極不干預主義已經逐漸消亡,取而代之的是選擇性干預主義(selective interventionism)。

Indispensable (adj.)

●Someone or something that is indispensable is so important or useful that it is impossible to manage without them.(不可或缺的,必要的)

Examples:  

1.Mobile phones have become an indispensable part of our lives.

2.His long experience at the United Nations makes him indispensable to the talks.

Shore sth up (phrasal verb)

●If you shore up something that is weak or about to fail, you do something in order to strengthen it or support it.(加強,改進)

Examples:  

1.The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences.  

2.The new public relations manager has the difficult task of shoring up the company's troubled image.

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