수직VOCA Start (수직보카) 영한 Unit 26

addiction

n. 중독
We need to get rid of this addiction because driving is harmful to our health and to our planet's health.

attribute

n. 속성/ ~의 탓으로 돌리다
Culturally, this orientation fits well with the kinds of mental attributes which are normally valued by contemporary Western societies.

fascinate

n. 매혹시키다
They are fascinated by the beauty of these plants.

output

n. 생산
The 1995-1999 period displayed the second highest growth rate of total output.

competent

a. 능숙한
This is an interesting opportunity to work with a competent and experienced team.

internal

a. 내부의
The benefits of fiber do not stop in the internal organs.

mid

a. 중반의
By his mid-twenties, the man with the “Midas touch” had established his own business and made a fortune.

modify

n. 바꾸다
A painter working with tempera could modify and rework the image, but the process was painstaking and slow.

vital

a. 중요한, 생기있는, 생명의
In our need to communicate with each other, the arts serve a vital function.

craft

n. 기술
The new craft’s basic design emerged from computer models.

pitch

n. 던지다/ 음의 높이
In ancient Egypt, pitching stones was children’s favorite game, but a badly thrown rock could hurt a child.

broaden

n. 넓히다
Travel to many other countries to broaden your mind.

assure

n. 확신시키다
The advent of the railroad would assure the canal’s instant downfall.

burst

n. 분출/ 분출하다
A burst of wind slammed the door right back, and it hit him hard.

quantity

n. 양
Trust is the most important factor in the child’s developing personality; and love, quality not quantity, is the key.

vulnerable

a. 취약한
The weakest individuals may die, or the population as a whole may become more vulnerable to further environmental stress or disease.

chat

n. 이야기 나누다/ 수다
Kate and Joan were chatting happily in Joan’s apartment.

flat

a. 평평한/ 영국의 주택
This belief derives from a nineteenth-century understanding of emotions, and it is no truer than the flat earth.

barrier

n. 장벽
The step toward the positive direction is to identify your barriers, and decide to move on.

translate

n. 번역하다
These jokes are difficult, and in some cases virtually impossible to translate into other languages.

grab

n. 잡다
Rob grabbed the encyclopedia.

manipulate

n. 조종하다
Richard Dawkins argued that it is more accurate to describe the signaller as attempting to manipulate the receiver.

starve

n. 굶기다
In years of bountiful crops people ate heartily, and in lean years they starved.

resolve

n. 결심하다
If you eat badly, you might resolve to start eating well.

settle

n. 정착하다
As people began to settle into fixed agricultural communities, stock farming intensified.

income

n. 수입
As time passed, I became a single mom with no home, a huge debt and hardly any income.

prompt

n. 촉발하다/ 즉각적인
Many other sick children prompted Shankwitz to co-found the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

abandon

n. 포기하다
Art in tribal societies is frequently abandoned after it has served its purpose.

numerous

a. 수많은
Laughing prevents numerous diseases by strengthening the immune system.

vast

a. 막대한
When it disappears, a vast number of species disappear as well.

genius

n. 천재
Sometimes true genius simply cannot be put into words.

suitable

a. 적절한
In choosing the most suitable sports camp for their children, parents should make sure that the coaches have caring attitudes to children.

fiction

n. 소설
One may wonder if literary fiction is destined to become an old-fashioned genre to be preserved in a museum like an extinct species.

supervise

n. 감시하다
This can also create an atmosphere where children are better supervised, and buildings better watched.