accommodation (膳宿)供應= room and board
lodging 寄宿(處)
lease 出租 “for lease”, “to let”v.s. rent
tenant 房客，佃戶
landlord 房東 à landlady(f)ß Lord, ＜＞ tenant
housemate ~ roommate, dormmate^ schoolmate, classmate
dormitory 寢室 (abbrev. dorm)
au pair A young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework(另) = reciprocal
reciprocal 相互的，互惠的
hostel youth hostel~ hotel
real estate 房地產
vicinity = neighborhood
flat 平的，癟的 flat tire公寓(= apartment)^ condo, studio
bond = deposit
linen 亞麻的 亞麻織品，床單(= bed linen)
utensil 器皿
stationery 文具 (v.s. stationary)
laundry 洗衣，洗衣店
cafeteria 自助餐廳~ canteen
cater 滿足(需要)
aerobics 有氧健身操 “aero”: air
badminton 羽毛球(運動)
baseball 棒球 baseball bat
squash 壁球(運動)
amateur ＜＞ professional
gathering 聚會v.s. meeting, reunion
excursion 遠足 (= outing, expedition)
commonwealth 共和國，聯邦Commonwealth: 英聯邦
tertiary 第三的After purchasing a house and a car, the next major life expenditure is almost certainly the cost of tertiary education.primary à secondary à tertiary
post-secondary “post”: afterpostgraduate, postdoctoral, post-sale, postwar
illiterate 文盲 不識字的il(no) + literate(words)à illiteracy (＜＞ literacy)
discipline 學科，紀律v.s. subject
terminology 術語 faculty department and staff of a college/university
dean (大學)教務長
curriculum 課程 (= course)à extracurricular 課外的
syllabus 課程提綱
calendar 日歷，日程 (~ schedule, agenda, timetable)
compulsory 強制的，必修的＜＞ elective (選修的)
examiner ＜＞ examinee^ take/sit, pass/get through, fail, retake/resit
recruit 招生，招募à recruitment= enroll
prestige 聲望，威信à prestigious
esteem 尊敬 (n. & v.)your esteemed school/company
aptitude 智力SAT: School Aptitude Test
matriculation 錄取入學
vocation 職業 (= calling, occupation, career)à vocationalvocational education
TAFE Technical And Further Education (Australian)
abbreviation 縮略(詞)~ abridge (縮短，刪節)
transferable (學分等)可轉換的
scholarship 獎學金= fellowship
tutorial 輔導(課)ß tutor (= lecturer, instructor)
pedagogue 教員，學究~ pedagogy (教育學，教學法)^ demagogue (政治煽動家)
lexicography 詞典編撰 (à lexicographer)
assignment 任務，(課外)作業
dissertation 論文 (= thesis)
credential 證明，文憑 “cred”: creditlinguistic credentials
alumni 校友(男)＜＞ alumnae
overestimate 高估 (＜＞ underestimate)
decipher 解碼，解釋 (= decode)decipher workplace culture
caliber 才干 |
