裕兴新概念第三册第31课笔记(3)

★ variable n. （數）變量adj. likely to change often 易變的、多變的

the variable nature of the English climate 英國氣候的多變性

eg：His performance has been very variable lately.他最近的表現不穩定。

invariable 不變的

invariable temperature 恆溫

eg：The diplomat’s invariable answer was ‘no comment’.

外交家的回答永遠是無可奉告。

invariably adv. always

eg：Parents seem invariable right！

★ eccentricity n. 怪僻

eg：The old man had a reputation for eccentricity.

這個老頭以古怪出名。

freak 古怪的人、奇特的人，…迷,……狂

（someone who is so interested in bikes, fitness etc. that other people think they are strange or unusual）

a rock freak 搖滾樂狂

eg：Carrot juice is a favorite with health-food freak.

胡蘿蔔知識健康食品愛好者的最愛。

eccentric（行為古怪超常的）怪人

eg：I was regarded as a sort of eccentric when I quit my seemingly promising job.

當我辭掉了我那份看上去有前途的職業，就被看程式有點像個怪人似的。

★ legendary adj. 傳奇般的

eg：Michael Jordan, a legendary figure in US basketball, was considered to be the best player of the 1980s and 1990s. legend n.

（1）傳奇故事the legend of King Arthur

（2）圖示、圖例；地圖上的說明文字

★ snob n. 謅上欺下的人

（1）someone who thinks he or his class is better than people from a lower class and dislikes being with them勢利小人（清鄙貧賤的人）

eg：People invariably hold snobs in despise.

（2）恃才傲物的人、自大的（貶）intellectual snob 自以為才高八斗的人

the snobbish （表示一類人）勢利小人

★ intensely adv. 強烈地

（having a very strong feeling or felt very strong） 劇烈的痛苦/ 酷熱

an intense husband 一個重感情的丈夫

intense dislike about snobs 極其憎惡勢利小人

極大的興趣/ 熱切期盼/ 極其憤怒/強的忌妒

intensive adj.密集的、集中的 集訓/ 精讀

★ bedraggled adj 拖泥帶水的

（looking very untidy and dirty because you have caught in a rain）