수직VOCA Master (수직보카) 영한 Unit 28

scrap

n. 오려낸 작은 조각
Beethoven took scraps of paper with him on his frequent walks.

sermon

n. 설교
“Too true, it’s been dry, especially the sermons!”

uniformity

n. 획일성, 균일성
The key to a successful business chain can be expressed in one word: “uniformity”.

brass

n. 놋쇠, 금관악기
A layer of gold dust was put in the bottom of a copper or brass pot, and covered with wax.

lace

v. 끈으로 묶다
Costume then became short for men and long for women and buttoned or laced.

paste

n. 반죽
It’s traditional Korean soybean paste.

runny

adj. 묽은, 콧물이 나는
It is a thin, runny glue with special molecules which hardens anything it touches.

uphold

v. 뒷받침하다, 옹호하다
In much of social science, evidence is used only to affirm a particular theory ― to search for the positive instances that uphold it.

stiffen

v. 뻣뻣해지다
Her legs started to shake and she felt her body stiffen.

basin

n. 분지, 유역
Kathmandu sits almost in the middle of a basin, forming a square about 5km north-south and 5km east-west.

maneuver

n. 움직임, 계략/ 조종하다, 움직이다
Remember what it was like to begin to maneuver a desktop publishing program?

transgenic

adj. 유전자 변형의
In South Africa, the profit ratio of the transgenic crop to the conventional one was the highest, followed by China.

vista

n. 경치, 전망
We drive around in circles, inventing and rejecting successive hypotheses about where to find the scenic vistas that would entertain and enlighten the tourists.

per capita

n. 1인당
While consumption of beer and spirits has stayed basically steady in France, the per capita consumption of alcohol from wine fell from 20 liters in 1962 to about 8 in 2001.

dumb

adj. 멍청한, 우둔한
It is the greatest tool we have for making people dumber faster.

geothermal

adj. 지열의
Far more use is made of geothermal energy for direct heat than any other source of energy.

defy

v. 거부하다
The process of journal-keeping through writing and drawing helped heal me from a mysterious illness which had defied the doctors and their medicines.

impede

v. 지연시키다, 방해하다
Excessive co-suffering impedes and may even paralyze the physician into a state of inaction.

patriot

n. 애국자
She was a devoted Patriot.

pointless

adj. 무의미한
What you consider pointless your friends may find meaningful.

telecommute

v. 재택 근무하다
Employers may not accept the idea of telecommuting.

demoralize

v. (사)기를 꺾다
Do not be terribly demoralized if you make some mistakes along the way.

dissent

v. 의견 차이/ 이의를 제기하다
Dissent was far more frequent in the high-performing clubs.

escort

v. 호위하다, 에스코트하다
The teacher escorted him along the aisle to the door.

hoop

n. (농구의)링
He fastened a basketball hoop over the wastebasket.

paddle

n. 노/ 노를 젓다
I headed to the beach and jumped on my surfboard and paddled out.

reconciliation

n. 화해
We must work to resolve conflicts in a spirit of reconciliation.

sprain

v. (팔목, 발목을)삐다
Jim got a chance to play in the last 30 seconds of the championship game when a starting player sprained his ankle.

hiss

n. 쉿 소리/ 쉿 소리를 내다
He knew what it was to tremble when he heard the hiss of a bird’s wings over his head.

cargo

n. 화물
On January 10, 1992, a ship traveling through rough seas lost 12 cargo containers.

scrub

v. 문지르다
She would scrub, mop, and dust everything.

liner

n. 여객선, 정기선
Mr. Potter was sailing for Europe on one of the greatest transatlantic ocean liners.

stationery

n. 문방구, 문구류
A little notebook in the stationery department caught my eye.

bland

adj. 무미건조한
It produces a sameness, a bland version of what used to be unique experiences.

brainstorming

adj. 창조적 집단 사고, 난상토론
If you have lots of energy early in the morning, that is when you should schedule difficult activities, whether for you these are brainstorming, writing, or practicing.

compile

v. 엮다
We must protect citizens against the compiling of personal data and the unrestricted use and distribution of such data.

mercury

n. 수은
The alchemist placed some mercury in the melting pot and heated it.

myriad

adj. 많은
European Union has experienced terrible difficulties in trying to regularize the complex and myriad differences in its members’ sales taxes.

outdated

adj. 뒤떨어진
Today we are so interdependent that the concept of war has become outdated.

oval

adj. 타원형의
The breadfruit is a round or oval fruit that grows on the tropical islands in the Pacific Ocean.

disbelief

n. 불신
“Are you sure, Bill?” I said in disbelief.

perseverance

n. 인내심
This was not from a lack of diligence or perseverance.