homogeneous 同质的 ; ; ; homo + gene +ous(<> heterogeneous)^ homo***ual, hetero***ual mainstream 主流 ; 主流的 dialect 方言 ; ; ; (v.s. accent) discrepancy 差异 misconception 误解 ; ; ; (mis + concept + ion)= misunderstanding barrier 障碍(物)~ bar, ; = barricade discrimination 区别,歧视racial/***ual discrimination? discriminate (+against) hierarchy 等级制度heir + arch(govern) + y insularity 岛国性质 ; ; ; (? insular, ^island)British industry has often been criticized for its linguistic insularity. microcosm 小天地 ; ; ; micro + cosm(os) nostalgia = homesickness patriot 爱国者 ; (<> traitor)à patriotic, patriotism compatriot 同胞 ; 同胞的com + patriot vernacular 本地的,本国的 ; 本地话,本国话the vernacular languages of India Hispanic An American whose first language was Spanish immigration 移入~ immigrant, immigratev.s. emigration ; (~ emigrant, emigrate) antipodes Any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth“from North America to the Antipodes” permeate 渗透,弥漫Smoke permeated the house. entrepreneur 企业家 ; (~ enterprise)à entrepreneurship practitioner 开业者,从业者praction(practice) + er celebrity a famous person= luminary, VIP proxy 代理人 anecdote 轶事 ; ; ; (à anecdotal) notoriety 恶名 ; (? notorious) counterpart 对应人,对等物Who’s George Bush’s counterpart in China?^ counterculture, counterbalance peer 同等的人 ; 凝视,窥视(~ peep) subordinate 下级 ; 下级的<> superior tactics 战术,技巧v.s. strategy (战略,策略)marketing strategy v.s. selling tactics nuance a subtle difference in meaning benchmarking 类比分析 punctual 准时的,守时的 ; ; ; (à punctuality) absenteeism 旷工absent à absentee à absenteeism flextime 弹性工作时间flex(flexible) + time harass 骚扰 ; ; ; (à harassment)Mary said that Gary had ***ually harassed her. redundancy 冗余,冗员network redundancy downsize 裁员 ; (~ lay off) ballot 投票 (= vote) impartial 不偏不倚的 ; ; ; (<> partial) lobby 大堂(n.) ; 游说(v.) shortlist (BE) a list of applicants who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen ; à (v.) equilibrium 平衡,均衡 questionnaire 调查表,问卷 quantitative 定量的 ; (<> qualitative) contingency 偶然性,偶然事件 incur 招致incur debts/hatred/dangerv.s. occur, concur, recur ethical 伦理的,符合伦理的~ ethics, <> unethical dubious 疑惑的,可疑的 ; ; ; (~ doubt)People were dubious about the result. manifestation 显示,证明 ; ; ; (? manifest) subtitle 字幕,副标题 ; ; ; (sub + title)^ subsidiary, submarine, subway (BE: underground, tube), suburb(~ downtown, uptown, outskirts) dubbing 配音录制 vogue 时尚 ; ; ; ^ chic bizarre 奇异的v.s. weird (怪异的) mediocre 平庸的 dietitian 饮食学家 ; (~ diet) connoisseur 行家,鉴赏家^ entrée, a la carte