수직VOCA Start (수직보카) 영한 Unit 21

crisis

n. 위기
In an international crisis, the nation might find itself in short supply of products essential to national security.

sincere

a. 진실한
When sincere apologies are offered in an ordinary human relationship, they are readily accepted by the hurt person.

apparently

adj. 보기에는;듣자하니
Apparently assuming you will recognize her voice, she does not provide any verbal content which would help you identify her.

net

n. 네트/ 순수한
The above graph shows the ‘operating margin’ represented by the line and the ‘net profit’ by the bars in the international airline industry from 1999 to 2007.

subtle

a. 미묘한
The subtle message of body language gets lost in phone conversations.

authority

n. 권한/ pl.당국
Whenever a child feels threatened, he turns back toward the safety of his parents’ love and authority.

motion

n. 움직임/ 손짓하다
Ancient civilizations relied upon the apparent motion of celestial bodies through the sky to determine seasons, months, and years.

trick

n. 속임수/ 속이다
The trick worked perfectly with Anna.

distract

n. 산만하게 하다
I was distracted by a cute puppy crossing the street.

hire

n. 고용하다
One grandmother hires her grandchildren to help with gardening chores.

excess

n. 과도함/ 여분의
Provided those benefiting from your gift could possibly repay your generosity in the future, that was the best thing you could do with excess meat.

mobile

a. 이동하는
The new generations of mobile or fixed telephony are fully digitalized and integrated.

optimistic

a. 낙관적인
As the students’ attitudes became more optimistic, their confidence with math grew too.

recall

n. 회상하다/ 철회
My dad recalled looking up at the stars in the roofless house as a twelve-year-old kid before falling asleep.

route

n. 도로
According to the researchers, climatic change underway at the time would have made a southerly route easier.

foundation

n. 설립
The organization won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize for its work on several continents since its foundation.

primitive

a. 구식의
Unlike the primitive child who learns from his immediate surroundings, the modern child learns in educational institutions.

slightly

ad. 약간
It has only one simple flavor; we soon tire of it and if we eat very much at any one time, we might even feel slightly ill.

leisure

n. 여가
Besides creating more leisure time for workers, this move is expected to help ease unemployment.

meanwhile

ad. 그 동안에
Meanwhile, unlucky people tend to be tenser and too focused on certain tasks.

nearby

ad. 근처에
It’s a good idea to have a picnic at the nearby park.

sharpen

n. 날카롭게 하다
While a little anxiety sharpens the senses, too much can make a person extremely nervous and make clear thinking difficult.

breed

n. 품종/ 새끼를 낳다
The world's food supply has become largely dependent on a shrinking list of crop breeds.

decorate

n. 장식하다
Children would have decorated their hair and fingers according to the latest fashions.

pound

n. 세게 치다/ 파운드(단위)
Although the freezing wind pounds upon me, I feel flushed with warmth.

residential

a. 주거용의, 주택용의
Most CO2 comes from power utilities, industry, and transportation; much less comes from commercial and residential heating.

fault

n. 결점
The fault lies not with leadership but rather with ourselves and our expectations.

hardship

n. 역경
These groups historically lived in wilderness areas and faced many hardships.

grace

n. 우아함/ pl. 예의
All the grace and beauty had gone out of the majestic river.

jealous

a. 질투나는
Macbeth is ambitious but weak; Othello is jealous.

neglect

n. 태만/ 무시하다
When a concert violinist was asked the secret of her success, she replied, “Planned neglect."

brief

a. 짧은
I opened my show at 11:05 with a brief introduction about his background.

vacuum

n. 진공/ 진공청소하다
People are not writing in a vacuum.

aid

n. 지원
Without governmental aid to the arts, there would be a great deal of culture lost because of a lack of funding.

blame

n. 비난하다/ 책임
A currently popular attitude is to blame technology or technologists for having brought on the environmental problems.