accommodation (膳宿)供应= room and board lodging 寄宿(处) lease 出租 “for lease”, “to let”v.s. rent tenant 房客,佃户 landlord 房东 à landlady(f)? Lord, <> tenant housemate ~ roommate, dormmate^ schoolmate, classmate dormitory 寝室 (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 房地产 vicinity = neighborhood flat 平的,瘪的 flat tire公寓(= apartment)^ condo, studio bond = deposit linen 亚麻的 亚麻织品,床单(= bed linen) utensil 器皿 stationery 文具 (v.s. stationary) laundry 洗衣,洗衣店 cafeteria 自助餐厅~ canteen cater 满足(需要) aerobics 有氧健身操 “aero”: air badminton 羽毛球(运动) baseball 棒球 baseball bat squash 壁球(运动) amateur <> professional gathering 聚会v.s. meeting, reunion excursion 远足 (= outing, expedition) commonwealth 共和国,联邦Commonwealth: 英联邦 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 不识字的il(no) + literate(words)à illiteracy (<> literacy) discipline 学科,纪律v.s. subject terminology 术语 faculty department and staff of a college/university dean (大学)教务长 curriculum 课程 (= course)à extracurricular 课外的 syllabus 课程提纲 calendar 日历,日程 (~ schedule, agenda, timetable) compulsory 强制的,必修的<> elective (选修的) examiner <> examinee^ take/sit, pass/get through, fail, retake/resit recruit 招生,招募à recruitment= enroll prestige 声望,威信à prestigious esteem 尊敬 (n. & v.)your esteemed school/company aptitude 智力SAT: School Aptitude Test matriculation 录取入学 vocation 职业 (= calling, occupation, career)à vocationalvocational education TAFE Technical And Further Education (Australian) abbreviation 缩略(词)~ abridge (缩短,删节) transferable (学分等)可转换的 scholarship 奖学金= fellowship tutorial 辅导(课)? tutor (= lecturer, instructor) pedagogue 教员,学究~ pedagogy (教育学,教学法)^ demagogue (政治煽动家) lexicography 词典编撰 (à lexicographer) assignment 任务,(课外)作业 dissertation 论文 (= thesis) credential 证明,文凭 “cred”: creditlinguistic credentials alumni 校友(男)<> alumnae overestimate 高估 (<> underestimate) decipher 解码,解释 (= decode)decipher workplace culture caliber 才干 |