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23. defeat vt. to win a victory over someone in a war or competition; to overcome 　戰勝，擊敗

With great confidence and months o

f hard practice, the team has a good chance to defeat last year's winner.

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defeat n. [U] 戰敗，挫敗

It is not easy to take defeat well; it requires good sportsmanship.

* take defeat well 以健康的態度看待失敗* It requires + 抽象名詞 需要… . 的特質

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24. fleet n. [C] a group of military ships; regular ships in a group 艦隊；船隊

The shipping company plans to spend US$2 billion in the next 6 years to expand its fleet in order to take advantage of a recovering global economy.

* take advantage of 利用

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25. obtain vt. to get by means of effort 　得到，獲得

In their last experiment, those scientists obtained a very clear result.

* by means of 藉著

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26. spectacles n. pl. fml. glasses 　眼鏡

I seem to need a new pair of spectacles. I can no longer see very clearly with the old pair.

詞類變化* a pair of spectacles = a pair of glasses = a pair of eyeglasses 一付眼鏡

spectaclen. [C] 壯觀，奇景

The sunrise on Mt. Ali is an amazing spectacle; you should take time to see it for yourself.

* 人 take 時間 to V. 人花…時間 去做… .

spectacular adj. 壯觀的，壯麗的

The celebration ended with a spectacular display of fireworks.

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27. urge vt. to strongly advise or persuade someone to do something 慫恿，極力敦促

To avoid another terrorist attack, investigators urged improvement of airport security measures.

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28. traitor n. [C] a person who betrays his or her own country or friends 叛國者，叛徒

Rumor has it that there are traitors among people who are sending messages to the enemy.

* Rumor has it that + 子句 . 謠傳…

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29. flee vi. to leave a person or place very quickly, especially because of danger or fear 逃跑，逃走

The villagers fled to a distant town before the flood.

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30. gratitude n. [U] the feeling of being thankful 　感激， 謝意

People expressed gratitude to the mayor for the help he had given them after the disaster. 詞類變化

grateful adj. 感激的，感謝的

I would be very grateful if you could help me with the problem.

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31. overturned adj. which is turned over 　翻覆的，傾倒的

Those rescuers tried to get the driver out of the overturned truck.

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overturn vi.; vt. ( 使 ) 翻覆，( 使 ) 傾倒；推翻 ( 政權等 )

A car overturned on the icy bridge and blocked the traffic into town. The invading army failed to overturn the government by force.

* fail to + V 未能…

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32. retrieve vt. to bring something back, especially from a place where it should not be 取回，找回

Parts of the crashed plane were retrieved from the sea.

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33. outfit vt. to provide somebody or something with equipment or clothes for a specific purpose 裝備，配備

The mountain climbers were outfitted with the latest equipment.

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34. merchant adj. connected with the transport of goods; commercial 　商業的

There has been a big reduction in the size of the country's merchant ships in recent years.

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merchant n. [C] 商人

Venice was once a city of rich merchants.

merchandise n. [U] 商品

All the merchandise in the store is on sale. Everything is being sold at half price.

* on sale 廉價出售* at ~ price 以…的價格

8. Blefuscu n. the name of an imaginary land inhabited by tiny people in Swift's Gulliver's Travels 　布萊夫斯國，小人國

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4. by seaon a ship 乘船，由海路

The family traveled by air and sent their furniture by sea when they moved to another country.

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5. lie at anchorto float and be held by a heavy metal object on a strong rope or chain, which is dropped from a ship into the water to keep the ship in one place 下錨停泊

We saw a ship lying at anchor three miles off the rocky coast.

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6. with easeeasily 輕易地

As a diligent student, Robert passed the exam with ease.

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* with ease = easily

7. make peace withto end a war with a country or to end a quarrel with somebody, often by apologizing … …與 停戰，與 和平共處

The two nations finally decided to make peace with each other and end almost twelve years of war.

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