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Key Vocabularies from Khan's TED

Key Vocabularies from Khan's TED

作者: 邵伯远_终身学习者 | 来源:发表于2018-02-07 19:40 被阅读0次

    Leverage: the ability to influence what people do

    Mastery: great knowledge about or understanding of a particular thing; control or power

    Shaky: not firm or safe, not seeming very successful ; likely to fail

    Intense: very great/ strong, serious and often involving a lot of action in a short period of time, (of person) having or showing very strong feelings, opinions or thoughts about sb/sth

    Perceived ability: the ability to notice or become aware of sth 

    Shepherd: to guide sb or a group of people somewhere, making sure they go where you want them to go

    Disengage: to become free; opposite to "engage"

    Typically: usually; in a way that shows the usual qualities or features of a particular type of person, thing or group; in the way that you expect sb / sth to behave

    Artificially: made or produced to copy sth natural; created by people

    Constrain: to force sb to do sth or behave in a particular way

    Reinforce: to make a feeling, an idea stronger

    Perseverance: the quality of continuing to try to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties 

    Grit: the courage and determination that makes it possible for sb to continue doing sth difficult or unpleasant

    Through the agency of : as a result of the action of sb/sth

    Skeptic: a person who usually doubts that claims or statements are true, especially those that other people believe in

    Skepticism: an attitude of doubting that claims or statements are true or that sth will happen

    Theoretically: concerned with the ideas and principles on which a particular subject is based, rather than with practice and experiment; that could possibly exist, happen or be true, although this is unlikely(Thesaurus Philosophically)

    Impractical: not sensible or realistic

    Logistically: the practical organization that is needed to make a complicated plan successful when a lot of people and equipment is involved

    On-demand: done or happening whenever sb asks

    Assessment: an opinion or a judgement about sb/sth that has been thought about very carefully;    the act of judging or forming an opinion about sb/sth

    Simulation: a situation in which a particular set of conditions is created artificially in order to study or experience sth that could exist in reality; the act of pretending that sth is real when it is not

    Literally: used to emphasize the truth of sth that may seem surprising; in a literal way

    Pessimistic: expecting bad things to happen or sth not to be successful

    Imperative: very important and needing immediate attention or action; expressing authority; a thing that is very important and needs immediate attention or action

    Bureaucracy: the system of official rules and ways of doing things that a government or an organization has, especially when these seem to be too complicated

    Entrepreneur: a person who makes money by starting or running businesses, especially when this involves financial risks

    Automation: the use of machines to do work that was previously done by people

    Tier: one of several levels in an organization or a system

    Aspirational: wanting very much to achieve success in your career or to improve your social status and standard of living

    Invert: to change the normal position of sth, especially by turning it upside down or by arranging it in the opposite order

    Utopian: having a strong belief that everything can be perfect, often in a way that does not seem to be realistic or practical

    Tap: to make use of a source of energy, knowledge, etc. that already exists

    Potential: qualities that exist and can be developed; the possibility of sth happening or being developed or used

    Equity: a situation in which everyone is treated equally

    Civilization: a state of human society that is very developed and organized

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