Describing Situations
Forbidden or prohibited to be against the rules or not allowed.
Smoking is prohibited on many airplanes.
Athletes are forbidden from taking certain kinds of drugs.
If something is allowed it isn't forbidden or prohibited.
(Access to that part of the factory is prohibited for security reasons.
Tourists are forbidden from taking pictures inside the museum.)
Risky to be a bit dangerous or unsafe.
A risky investment may not be a good idea for people who worry too much.
If you make a risky invesment you may lose a lot of money.
What level of risk are you willing to take.
(Meeting someone on the internet can be very risky,so be careful.
Starting a new company can be very risky because most new companies fail within 5 years.)
Ridiculous to be foolish or not make any sense.
Their proposal is ridiculous because it requires too much time and money.
Without enough quality practice it's ridiculous to expect much progress.
(He is lazy and the quality of his work is poor,so it's ridiculous for him to expect a bonus.
It's ridiculous for us to expect great results from such a poorly designed product.)
Innovative to come up with a new idea or way of doing things.
Innovative people are usually clever and creative.
To innovate means to come up with a new way of doing something.
Innovative thinking can lead to the development of new products and services.
(He isn't innovative because he risists change and always wants to do things the same way.
If they want to be innovative,they should change ghe way they've been doing things.)
Conservative to be conservative is to avoid taking risks.
Conservative investors try to make safe invesments.
A conservative investor wants to minimize risks.
A conservative approch to management may discourage innovation.
(If you don't want to take a risk,you should take a conservative approch to investing.
Her parents are very conservative,so they don't approve of her wearing so much makeup.
Her parents didn't like him,so she was forbidden to see him ever again.)
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ps:这里列出来的是每次复习出现的所有，所以里面单次课不会出现完的
(She wants to escape from her parents because they are too conservative.
She left the company because she didn't think it was innovative enough.
They were forbidden from going to that website because of it's content.
Weapons of any kind are prohibited inside the stadium.)
Interacting With Others
To disguise to change something is apperance so that can't be recognized.
He wasn't good at disguising himself so we knew who he was right away.
She wore a disguise so i wasn't sure who she was.
(She disguised her true intentions so nobody knew what she was planning to do.
She didn't want anyone to recognize her,so she wore a disguise.)
To clarify to explain or make something clear.
We weren't sure what he meant until he clarified his ideas.
Everyone was confused until she clarified what she meant.
(We can't agree to your proposal unless you clarify a few points.
There are still many details that need to be clarified)
To confuse to make things difficult to understand the opposite of to clarify.
Everyone was confused because her presentation was so disorganized.
He confuses people because he keeps changing his ideas.
The instructions were confusing so nobody knew what to do.
(A good leader can make decisions even when the situations is confusing.
Her comments during the meeting weren't very constructive because they were so confusing.)
To ignore to trying not to notice or deal with something to act as something isn't fair.
We trying to ignore her but she finally stood up and told everyone to shut up.
People don't respect or like her so they ignore her in the office.
(He is an ignorant old fool,so we should just ignore him.
We can no longer ignore the fact that our company needs to be reorganized.)
To confirm to indicate that something is correct or complete as it expected.
We weren't sure if he was going to accept our offer until he called and confimed it.
We can't start the project without return confirmation that we agree on the details.
(We can't afford to make a mistake so we need to confirm the facts.
He denied that he was at the meeting,but we have confirmed that he was there.)
(I don't trust him because he is so good at disguising his real plans.)
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