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WORDS AND USAGE

•Call for sth (phrasal verb) –

To require; to demand.(需要,要求)

Examples:

1.This calls for a celebration!

2.Skill and initiative are called for in this job.

•For the time being (idiom) -

For a short period of time from now, but not permanently.(暫時,目前)

Examples:

1.For the time being, our plans remain unchanged until something convinces us otherwise.

2.Now, for the time being, she is living with her father in Hong Kong.

•Bent on sth (idiom) -

Completely determined to do something, especially something bad.(決意要…,專想…)

Examples:

1.He is bent on winning at all costs.  

2.They seemed bent on destroying his career.

•Taikonaut (noun) –

中國的太空人/宇航員。該詞由漢語拼音taikong(太空)及英語astronaut(太空人)組合而成,最初由馬來西亞華人科學家趙里昱於1998年在網上科技論壇使用,後來為世界各大媒體所採用,並被收入《牛津英語詞典》。實際上,現今僅有的三個獨立載人航天國家──美國、俄羅斯和中國對航天員的稱呼各不相同,美國稱為astronaut,俄羅斯則叫作cosmonaut(cosmo在俄語意為「宇宙」)。

•By/in leaps and bounds (idiom) -

If something increases, develops, grows etc by leaps and bounds, it does it very quickly.(突飛猛進,飛速地)

Examples:

1.Information technology has advanced by leaps and bounds.

2.School enrollment is increasing by leaps and bounds

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