unit2 - part 3

利益

benefit

• benefit from
• what exactly does that expression mean, "friends with benefits(炮友)？"
  Does he provide her with health insurance ?
• But there is a problem - indigenous languages are dying off at an alarming rate, making it increasingly difficult for scientists and other experts to benefit from such knowledge.
• measurable benefits / 显而易见的利益
• it is benefical for sb to do / 建议

indie

• 独立 / independent
• indie rock
• idigenous = native / 原生的、土生土长的

sake

• n 目的、利益
• for the sake of benefit / 出于利益的考虑
• for the sake of love / for god's sake 看在上帝的份上

zip your mouth = shut up

interest

• 兴趣（不可数）；利益(可数)
• interest groups / 利益集团
• less interests, more interest
• interest rates / rate of interest : 利率
• exchange rate : 汇率

reward

• to reward companies for job creation
• rewarding / 有回报的
• prize / bonus(津贴，奖金) annual bonus = year-end bonus

award

• 奖项,奖杯
• Academy Award

faith-preacher

信念传教士

优势

advantage

• to take advantage of college resources
• advantageous
• disadvantage

strength

• weakness (可数-es)

virtue

• n 美德
• the virtue of work
• virtuous / virtual虚拟的
• virtuously 美德地 / virtually 事实上、几乎 = very = practically useful
• merit 业绩 / demerit 过失
• vice n. 邪恶，不良习惯 / vicious 邪恶的, 残酷的, 狠毒的
• virtue has a veil(面纱), vice (has) a mask

测量

measure

• such values are not easy to measure and can take years to cement in a company's culture.
• to enhance security measure 安全标准
• measurable(清楚的，明显的) / measurement n衡量

cement

• 水泥
• v 巩固，加强

gauge

• /geɪdʒ/ 测量，估计
• mortgage n/v 抵押 house mortgage

calculate

• They calculated that if these mental health problems were treated, gross(大体的、总共的) domestic product would increase by 4 percent.
• domestic violence 家庭暴力 / ~ politics
• gross profits 毛利 / net profits 净利
• calculation calculator calculating

compute

• computerize 使计算机化

count

• v 数数，重要
• anything you don, counts.
• count A as B
• to count for(占据) no more than 10% of their grades
• count for = account for = take
• count on sb = calculate on sb

estimate

• Based on the responses, they estimated its average annual value to the consumer at around $750.
• around = about = $750 more or less

judge

• to judge complex aspects of personality
• judgement / Day of Judgement 审判日
• you can't judge a book by its cover

evaluate

• v 评估、估价
• The capacity to evaluate others could stabilize complex social groups by enabling individuals to exclude uncooperative members, says Kiley Hamlin at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
• be capable of
• stable / stabilize

assess

• v 评估
• to access the implications / 评估影响
• make an assessment on / 估价
• implicate 牵连

appraise

• 估量
• appraisal
• ap- 表加强 -prais 表价格
• praise n/v 赞扬
• pay tribute to / 致敬、赞美

措施

means

• a means of livelihood
• by no means = not by any means = 决不
• by means of

method

• methodical /mɪ'θɒdɪk(ə)l/有条不紊的
• methodology

initiative

• n 积极性
• take initiaive in doing sth / 主动做
• do it step by step