pei：
【黎佩婷20180427Day17詞匯分享】
puff
【解詞】來自古英語puf, 或puffe "short, quick blast”
【釋義】
n.
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
【例句】A puff of wind blew out the candle.
一陣風吹熄了蠟燭。
【造句】The puff of smoke made him sick.
v.
- smoke and exhale strongly
- blow hard and loudly;
- make proud or conceited;
- praise extravagantly
【例句】Don't puff cigarette smoke in my face.
不要向我臉上噴煙。
【造句】Victory can make people puff up.
凝鏡君：
【林淑君20180427Day18詞匯分享】
【同義詞辨析】accomplishment, attainment, achievement
accomplishment 成功，成就；才藝，修養
【辨析】An accomplishment is something remarkable that has been done or achieved.
【例證】
Climbing that high mountain was an accomplishment for the hikers
對于登山運動員來說，爬上了那座山就是成功。
Being able to paint well is just one of her accomplishments。畫畫得好只是她的許多才能之一。
attainment 指學只和造詣(常用作復數)；達到，到達。
【辨析】An attainment is a skill you have learned or something you have achieved.
【例證】a scholar of the highest attainments造詣極高的學者
achievement 可指抽象的”成就”，或具體的"成績"，與 accomplishment是同義詞。
【辨析】An achievement is something which someone has succeeded in doing, especially after a lot of effort.
【例證】Reaching this agreement so quickly was a great achievement...
如此快速達成這項協定是一大偉績。
沉潛一念：
【朱希娟20180427Day8詞匯分享】
dismiss
【詞源】
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin "dimiss-",variant of Latin “dismiss-", which means "sent away", from the verb "dimittee".
【詞義-搭配-例句】
- vt. order or allow sb to leave; send away; 讓...離開，遣散，解散
She dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road. 她在街角讓出租車離開了。 - vt. to remove from position or service, equals to "discharge"; （因過錯而）開除，免...的職；
The prime minister dismissed five members of his cabinet. 首相罷免了他的五個內閣成員。 - vt. reject to give serious consideration of sth or decide to put sth out of judicial consideration.不考慮/對...不屑于考慮 dismiss ...as....；駁回，不予受理；
But Russia said it found no evidence that chemical weapons had been deployed ,dismissing the incident as "fake news."
但俄方表示并無證據表明有安排投放化學武器，并將此次事件為假消息而不予考慮。
The judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence. 法官因缺乏證據而駁回此案。
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dismiss 這個詞的詞義主要可以概括成三種，在不同語境可以翻譯成不同意思，但都有個共同點，都是send away 的具體解釋。了解詞源，概括詞的大意（共同點），有共性-個性-共性，于我而言，會更好掌握些。
