- incur KK: [] (v.) 招致
in (in) + cur (run)
Ex. Should the president decide to run for reelection, he might incur the wrath of the people.
總統若決定競選連任,可能招致民眾的忿怒。 - occur KK: [] (v.) 產生
oc (ob) (toward) + cur (run)
Ex. Full eclipses of the sun do not occur very often.
日全蝕並不常常發生。 - recur KK: [] (v.) 反覆發生
re (again) + cur (run)
Ex. Having fought in Vietnam, the veteran is afflicted with recur nightmares.
這名老兵在越南打過仗,現在飽受反覆發生的惡夢折磨。 - courier KK: [] (n.) 信差
cour (run) + ier (名詞字尾)
Ex. Nowadays diplomatic courier serve more symbolic functions than carrying messages.
如今外交信差的功能是象徵性的,並不是主要在傳信。 - intercourse KK: [] (n.) 交往
inter (between) + cour (run) + se (名詞字尾)
Ex. A recluse lives without any social intercourse.
隱士的生活中沒有社交。 - corridor KK: [] (n.) 長廊
cor (run) + ridor (名詞字尾)
Ex. Rooms line either side of the long corridor.
長廊的兩邊都是房間。
- architect KK: [] (n.) 建築師
archi (chief) + tect (skill)
Ex. Tom is the architect of this building.
湯姆是該建築的設計師。 - archaic KK: [] (a.) 老式的,古老的
arch (ancient) + aic (形容詞字尾)
Ex. The King James Bible, compile in 1611, uses language that seems archaic today.
詹姆士國王版的聖經於1611年編訂,使用的是現今看來老式的語言。 - archbishop KK: [] (n.) 大主教
arch (chief) + bishop (bishop)
Ex. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales tells of a pilgrimage to the shrine of the archbishop of Canterbury.
喬叟的<坎特伯里故事>說的是一趟到坎特伯里大主教聖殿的朝聖之旅。 - archenemy KK: [] (n.) 頭號敵人
arch (chief) + enemy (enemy)
Ex. For the past half-century, Taiwan's archenemy has been Mainland China.
五十年來,台灣的頭號敵人一直是中國大陸。
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