수직VOCA Start (수직보카) 영한 Unit 20

continent

n. 대륙
Throughout the continent, the voices of Asia are saying goodbye to Western control, politically, culturally, and economically.

pole

n. 막대기
The downhill pole fits comfortably in the hand about two inches below the armpit.

trash

n. 쓰레기/ 더럽히다
One person’s trash may be another’s treasure.

branch

n. 가지/ 갈라지다
This old cottonwood lost several branches.

sufficient

a. 충분한
Rome’s agricultural production could not provide sufficient energy to maintain its infrastructure and the welfare of its citizens.

absorb

n. 흡수하다
Greenhouse gases have been known to absorb heat and hold this heat in the atmosphere.

stimulate

n. 자극하다
Their ideas often originate in discussion, their writing is a response to discussion, and their papers are designed to stimulate further discussion.

budget

n. 예산/ 예산을 세우다
The actual spending by the Administration department was less than half the allocated budget.

extent

n. 크기
Next, draw two circle guidelines: The inner one indicates the outline of the disk flowers, and the outer one, the extent of the ray flowers.

meaningful

a. 의미있는
Teach yourself to use your camera in a way that enhances your ongoing experiences, by noticing what is beautiful and meaningful.

rough

adj. 거친
Her attention was distracted by a rough, noisy quarrel taking place at the ticket counter.

encounter

n. 접하다/ 모임
As in most scales you will encounter, the bathroom scale uses a spring to provide this upward support.

occupy

n. 차지하다
Mr. Potter explained that he had met the passenger who was to occupy the other bed.

stretch

n. ~에 이르다, 잡아당기다
I can stretch your shoes a little and make them more comfortable for you.

closely

ad. 밀접하게
Listen closely when the presenter reads the poem.

domestic

a. 국내의
In Three Sisters Playing Chess, Anguissola painted her sisters in a domestic setting.

bound

n. 튀어오르기/ 제한하다/ ~할 의무가 있는
Some chemicals are bound to remain on the surface of the peel.

phenomenon

n. 현상
The wrapping of Christmas presents is a fairly recent phenomenon in American life.

superior

a. 월등한/ 상관
Our research makes it very evident that it is often the highly superior and imaginative child who invents these imaginary playmates.

colony

n. 식민지
England’s plan to establish colonies in North America, starting in the late sixteenth century, was founded on a false idea.

differ

n. 다르다
The degrees and forms of people’s actual responses to art differ greatly.

gradually

ad. 점진적으로
They gradually realize that others are not really interested in them.

laboratory

n. 실험실/ 실험실의
To be a mathematician you don’t need an expensive laboratory.

overlook

n. 간과하다
Individuals from extremely diverse backgrounds have learned to overlook their differences.

portrait

n. 초상화
It was this enlightened attitude that enabled Anguissola to earn her own living as a portrait painter in the Spanish court.

revolution

n. 혁명
It’s a revolution in personal growth.

laughter

n. 웃음
One suggested explanation is that the left side of the brain is associated with positive emotions such as laughter.

multi

a. 다중의
They bake cakes and bread and cook multi-course dinners.

conventional

a. 전통적인
Organic fields suffer more from weeds and insects than conventional fields.

incredible

a. 믿을 수 없는
Soaring eagles have the incredible ability to see a mouse in the grass from a mile away.

bias

n. 편견/ 편견을 갖게 하다
Westerners came to admit that their view toward the distinctive behavior found in native cultures was biased.

logic

n. 논리학
This is an error known in logic as a post hoc fallacy.

organism

n. 유기체
Organisms must compete for resources not only with members of their own species, but with members of other species.

toss

n. 뒤척이다/ 던지다
If people are asked to bet on whether a coin toss is heads or tails, most bet larger amounts if the coin is yet to be tossed.

messy

a. 어질러진
My mother did not care about a messy house.