goodwill [ˈɡudwil] n. 友好
【扩】friendship 友好
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A: Goodwill is an invisible asset to a business.
B: Yes, it will help us to conclude the transaction.
A：友好关系对于一桩生意来说是一种无形的资产。
B：是的，它能帮我们达成交易。
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cricket [ˈkrikit] n. 板球
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A: Cricket is a minority sport here.
B: But it's very popular in our country.
A：板球在这儿是少数人喜爱的运动。
B：但在我们国家它却很受欢迎。
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inclination [ˌinkliˈneiʃən] n. 意愿
【扩】willingness 意愿
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A: I don't have the inclination to do that.
B: But you have to do it, because it's very important.
A：我没有意愿去做那件事。
B：但你必须去做，因为这很重要。
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contest [ˈkɔntest] n. 比赛
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A: What I want to know is who is the winner of the contest.
B: I don't know it, either.
A：我想知道的是谁赢得了比赛。
B：我也不知道。
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orgy [ˈɔːdʒi] n. 无节制，放荡
【扩】libertinism 放荡 debauchery 放荡
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A: They embarked on an orgy of spending.
B: Why didn't you stop them?
A：他们开始无节制地花钱。
B：你为什么不阻止他们？
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deduce [diˈdjuːs] v. 推断
competitive [kəmˈpetitiv] adj. 竞争性的
【派】competitively 竞争地
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A: We are incomparable in price.
B: Yes, you are really very competitive.
A：我们的价格无人能比。
B：是的，你们的确很有竞争力。
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patriotism [ˈpætriətizəm] n. 地方观念，爱国主义
disgrace [disˈɡreis] v. 使丢脸
【派】disgraceful 可耻的
【扩】give a black eye to 使丢脸
【搭】bring grace on 给……带来耻辱
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A: He disgraced himself by passing out at the party.
B: He should pay attention to his behavior in public.
A：他因在宴会上醉倒而使自己丢脸。
B：在公共场合的时候他应该注意自己的行为。
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savage [ˈsævidʒ] adj. 野性的
combative [ˈkɔmbətiv] adj. 好斗的
【派】combativeness 好战
【扩】pugnacious 好斗的 bellicose 好斗的
【例】He has denied the charges and sustained an upbeat and combative public image.
他否认了这些指控，并保持了积极、好斗的公众形象。
mimic warfare [ˈmimik-ˈwɔːfeə] 模拟战争
behaviour [biˈheiviə] n. 行动，举止
【扩】deportment 举止，行为
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A: There is something strange about Mr. Chen's behaviour today.
B: What's wrong with him?
A：陈先生今天举止有点怪。
B：他出什么事了？
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absurd [əbˈsəːd] adj. 荒唐的
noun [抽象名词]友善，善意；（公司的）信誉 - I invited them to dinner, a gesture of goodwill.
noun [专属名词]【名】 （Goodwill）（英）古德威尔（人名） - Goodwill invited them to dinner, a gesture of goodwill.
noun [专属名词]蟋蟀；板球（运动） - During the summer term we would play cricket at the village ground.
noun [抽象名词]倾向，意愿；趋向，趋势；斜坡，斜度；轻微向下的动作；轨道交角 - He had neither the time nor the inclination to think of other things.
have an inclination to do sth. 有意做某事
- I haven't the slightest inclination to become a journalist.
- We certainly do have an inclination to follow the crowd. 我们确实有随大流的倾向。
- There is an inclination to treat geography as a less important subject. 有一种趋向认为地理是一门次要的学科。
noun [抽象名词]比赛，竞赛；争夺，竞争；争论，争执 - A contest is a struggle to win power or control.
verb [vt. 及物动词]争辩，提出异议；争取赢得，角逐 - If someone contests an election or competition, they take part in it and try to win it.
contest 泛指普通比赛、或强调由裁判打分的比赛
- a speech / beauty / dance contest 演讲/选美/舞蹈比赛
- She decided to enter the annual college dance contest with her partner. 她决定和舞伴一起参加一年一度的大学舞蹈比赛。
| race 竞速比赛 |
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| match【英】 / game【美】 对垒比赛 |
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| open 公开赛 |
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| games n. 比赛（game的复数形式）运动会 |
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| tournament n. 锦标赛(淘汰机制)，联赛；比赛 | Our team advanced to the final round of the regional basketball tournament. 我们队晋级了地区篮球锦标赛的决赛。 |
| championship n. 锦标赛；冠军称号；冠军的地位 | She won the world swimming championship for the third time. 她第三次赢得了世界游泳锦标赛的冠军。 |
noun [抽象名词]狂欢；放荡 - It was reminiscent of a scene from a Roman orgy.
verb [vt. 及物动词]推断，演绎；<古>对…追本溯源 - Alison cleverly deduced that I was the author of the letter.
deduce A from B 由B推断出A
- deduce effect from cause
- We can deduce a lot from what people choose to buy. 从人们选购的东西可以作出多方面的推断。
- What can you deduce from the scene? 你从这个场景中能推断出什么？
- We can deduce from those facts that this empire is declining. 从这些事实我们推断这个帝国正在衰退。
| conclude A from B 由 B 推断出 A（得出结论） | We can conclude a direct correlation from the survey data. 我们可以由调查数据推断出直接的关联。 |
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| deduce A from B 由 B 推断出 A（逻辑推理） | The detective was able to deduce the identity of the culprit from a single fingerprint. 侦探能够由一个指纹推断出罪犯的身份。 |
| infer A from B 由 B 推断出 A（间接推断） | We can infer his meaning from his tone of voice, even though he didn't say it directly. 即使他没有直接说，我们也能由他的语调推断出他的意思。 |
adjective [原级]竞争的；好竞争的，好胜的；有竞争力的 - It's hard to maintain competitive pricing.
noun [抽象名词]爱国主义，爱国精神 - He was a country boy who had joined the army out of a sense of patriotism and adventure.
noun [抽象名词]耻辱，不光彩； 令人感到羞耻的人（或事），不名誉的事；失宠 - If you say that something is a disgrace, you are emphasizing that it is very bad or wrong, and that you find it completely unacceptable.
verb [vt. 及物动词]使丢脸，使蒙受耻辱；使名誉扫地，使失势 - If you say that someone disgraces someone else, you are emphasizing that their behaviour causes the other person to feel ashamed.
bring shame / disgrace on ... 名词更正式、庄严
- You will bring disgrace on yourself by doing this. 她的行为给她的家庭带来了耻辱。
- You will bring shame on yourself by doing this. 你这样做会给自己带来耻辱。
- The dishonest minister was publicly disgraced.
- His behavior disgraced / shamed / humiliated / brought shame on / brought disgrace on his family.
| shame n. 羞耻；耻辱 | He felt a deep sense of shame after cheating on the exam. 考试作弊后，他感到深深的羞耻。 |
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| humiliate v. 使蒙羞；羞辱 | The manager's public criticism was intended to humiliate the employee. 经理公开的批评是为了羞辱那位员工。 |
| bring shame on... 给…带来耻辱/丢脸 | His involvement in the scandal will bring shame on his entire family. 他卷入这场丑闻会给他的整个家庭带来耻辱。 |
| bring disgrace on... 给…带来耻辱/丢脸（语气更重，常指行为不检） | The athlete's doping confession threatens to bring disgrace on the entire sport. 这位运动员的服药供认威胁要给整个运动项目带来耻辱。 |
| show sb. up 让同行的人觉得丢人 | Mary’s boyfriend showed her up by falling asleep at the concert. |
adjective [原级]凶猛的，残暴的；猛烈的，恶狠狠的；极严重的，大幅度的；<旧>未开化的，野蛮的；（土地）荒凉的，无人烟的 - This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.
noun [专属名词]<旧>未开化的人，野蛮人； 凶狠残暴的人；（纹章）长须半裸带叶环男人形 - ...their conviction that the area was a frozen desert peopled with uncouth savages.
verb [vt. 及物动词]（动物）凶猛攻击，撕咬； 激烈抨击，猛烈批评 - The animal then turned on him and he was savaged to death.
noun [专属名词]【名】 （Savage）（西）萨瓦赫，（英、德）萨维奇（人名） - Savage was savagely beaten.
adjective [原级]好战的，好争论的 - He conducted the meeting yesterday in his usual combative style, refusing to admit any mistakes.
noun [专属名词]模拟战争 - At the international level sport is frankly mimic warfare.
noun [抽象名词]行为，举止，态度；活动方式，特点，特性；习惯 - Make sure that good behaviour is rewarded.
adjective [原级]愚蠢的，荒谬的；滑稽可笑的；荒诞派的 - It's absurd to suggest that they knew what was going on but did nothing.
noun [抽象名词]荒诞，荒诞的事物 （the absurd） - The absurd is something that is absurd.
