1. rehearsal ------------------Life ，，，，no rehearsal, just live生活沒有預演，是現場直播
[rI`hʒsl; riˋhә:sl]
《rehearse 的名詞》<<名詞>>
1 (戲劇等的) 排演,預演,對臺詞
put a play into ~
預演一齣戲
at a public ~
在公開預演中
in ~
在預演中
→ dress rehearsal.
2 (C)詳述 (故事、經驗等) ,複述故事
a ~ of one's experiences
經驗之談
2. furlongh
[`fʒlo; ˋfә:lou]
<<名詞>>
軍人、公務員等的休假
two weeks' ~
兩個禮拜的休假
have a ~ every five years
每五年休假一次
be on ~
在休假中
go home on ~
休假回國
3 .相反的 ：
otherwise 否則
by contrast
on the contrary
4.last-ditch ：
<<形容詞>>
最後防線上的; 拼命的
I consider snprintf to be more of an extra last-ditch attempt to keep memory corruption from happening。
ditch
[ditʃ]
n. 溝渠
v. 墜溝中
5.scam
-----------------Thunderbird thinks this message might be an email scam.
[skæm; skæm]
(美俚)
<<可數名詞>>
詐欺,騙案
<<及物動詞>>
欺騙,詐欺<某人>
6.Out sick today -------病假
I'm out sick today.
7. repository
--------------Rootstraps posted to repositories
[ri'pɔzitəri]
n. 貯藏室(博物館,資源豐富地區)
例句與用法:
1. Object repository support for creating shared, reusable form and data module.
用於創建共享、可重用窗體和數據模塊的對象儲存庫支持。
2. My father is a repository of interesting facts.
我父親有說不完的趣事.
3. My diary is the repository of all my hopes and plans.
我在日記中記載著我的一切希望和計劃
8.fire off ---------------------I fired off apps from the idle screen我在idlescreen上打開一連串的app
（a series of questions，accusations，etc．） make them rapidly一連提出（一系列的問題，責難等）
*No sooner had the speaker finished than a person in the audience fired off many questions at him．演講者剛講完，一個聽衆一連向他提了許多問題。
*His answers were fired off even more quickly than the questions had been．他一個問題接一個問題地回答，其速度比提問者還要快。
×. Our battery fired off many rounds of shot at the enemy.
我們的炮兵連向敵人發射了許多發炮彈。
×. The first artificial satellite was fired off on October4,1957.
第一顆人造衛星於1957年10月4日發射升空。
×. The machine gunner fired off two magazines without a break.
機槍手一口氣打光了兩梭子子彈。
9.kick in
1．contribute one's share，esp．in money 捐獻；捐款
*Each of us had to kick in a certain amount toward the general expenses．我們每人需捐獻一定數量的錢作爲公共費用。
*We all agreed to kick in 10％ of the cost．我們都同意負擔10％的費用。
*He said he would kick in for the annual Christmas party．他說他要爲一年一度的聖誕節晚會捐款。
*An unknown contributor kicked in with 500 dollars．一位匿名人士捐了500美元。
2．die 死去
*After a long illness，the old man kicked in last night．那位老人久病不愈，昨晚死了。
*He kicked in at the ripe old age of 90．他在90高齡時去世了。
*She kicked in after a long and painful illness．她害了一場極其痛苦的、久治不愈的大病後死去了。
3.作名詞用
×. Mary worked hard to clean up John's room, but all she got for her trouble was a kick in the teeth.
瑪麗辛辛苦苦把約翰的房間打掃乾淨，不料她所得到的卻是一番侮辱。
×. I don't care very much for fruit drinks; I like something that has a kick in it.
我不大喜歡果汁一類的飲料；我喜歡勁兒很足的東西。
×. The Government's decision is a real kick in the teeth for the unions.
政府的決定是對工會的重大打擊.
10.animation
[ˌæni'meiʃən]
n. 活潑,生氣,卡通製作
例句與用法:
1. In the multimedia environment, we have graphics and text at the same time, we can also add the photograph, animation, good-quality sound, and full motion video.
在多媒體環境中，我們可以同時擁有圖形和文本，也可以增加圖片、動畫、高質量的音響和全動錄像。
2. Lacking animation, variety, or distinction; dull.
無精打彩的，乏味的缺少生氣、變化或差別的；乏味的
3. We could see how excited he was by the animation in his face.
我們從他臉上的神氣就能看出他多麼興奮。
11. defunct
<<形容詞>>
(文語)‘法律’
1 去世的,已故的
2 已廢止的,已不存在的
n. 死者
12. dispatch
《源自義大利語“快走”的意思》<<及物動詞>>
1 急派 <軍隊、特使等> [往…],
特派; 送 <快信> [到…][to]
2
a. 快速用完 <餐>
b. 匆匆做完<工作>
3 處死 <死刑囚> ; 殺死
<<名詞>>
1 (U)急送,發送,發信; 急派,特派,派遣
2 (C)
a. (急送的) 公文
b. ‘新聞’急電,快電,專電
3 (U) (處理等的) 迅速; 迅速的處理
with ~
迅速地,快速地,敏捷地
be mentioned in dispatches
(英)
<軍人等> 列名於有功人員的正式通報上
例句與用法:
1. With computers we can solve all problems with dispatch.
有了計算機我們可以火速地處理許多問題。
2. Please advise us of the dispatch of the goods/when the goods are dispatched.
貨物發出[貨物發出時]請通知我們.
3. She did the job with great dispatch.
她以高效率完成了那件工作。
13. spawn
*[spɒ:n]
n. (魚)卵, 產物
vt. 產卵, 釀成, 大量生產
vi. 產卵, 大量生產
