72) loyal / royal:
1. loyal a. 忠心的； be ~ to + 人 (對…忠心) ； loyalty n.
We are as brand ~ as you are;
loyalty is a two-way street.
我們像你們一樣忠於品牌；忠誠是條雙向車道。(brand loyal =
loyal to a brand；a two-way
street=reciprocal互相的)
A loyal New Yorker finally punctures all those rumors about
his redoubtable
mayor. 一位忠誠的紐約市市民終於戳破了，所有有關他那位令人恐懼的
市長的謠言。
(註：puncture〔'pKHtNQ〕v. 戳破；redoubtable a. = formidable 令人恐懼的)
比較：faithful a. 忠貞不二的 (強調信仰或感情等)“O come, O ye ~! “ 來吧信徒門！(基督教聖歌)。
Mr. Jones is found unfaithful to his wife. Jones 先生被發現對太太不忠。
比較：
chaste a. 貞潔的；chastity n. 貞節；~ belt (古歐洲) 貞節帶；fidelity貞節
2. royal a.王室的 ~ road 指豪華的康莊大道；
A proverb goes, “There is no royal road to learning.” 諺語這麼說：
「學問無捷徑。」
R~ Army 皇家陸軍
royalty n. 王位; 版稅Most ~ ies of the book shall go to charity. 本書大部分的版稅所得將捐給慈善機構。
3. royal n. 王室、皇族
In less than two months after marrying Prince Charles, royals attack her and
Camilla collapses.在嫁給查理斯王太子不到兩個月，王室攻擊她，Camilla
崩潰了。(註：collapse v.
= cave in 崩潰)
73) mass / mess/ miss/ moss/Muslin:
1. mass [ m$s]
n. 一大堆；the ~es 大眾；~ rally 群眾集會；~ production ；
~
communication 大眾資訊；大量生產 ； ~ destruction 大規模破壞
The mass communication plays an
important role in modern world.
大眾傳播在現代世界扮演一個重要角色。
*比較：massive
a.大的；多的；a ~ number
of troops 許多軍隊；~ famine
普遍飢荒 ~ n.；Mass 彌撒；go to ~ 去望彌撒
*enormous a. = huge; vast巨大的
They had enormously difficult time obtaining the
information. 他們要取得此資訊遭遇很大困難。
2. mess [mGs ] n. 零亂；髒亂 in a ~ 一團糟；亂七八糟 make a ~ of + 事物
(弄糟)
The new
computer system’s failure made a ~of everything. 新電腦的當機攪亂
了一切。
What a ~ (it
is)! 多麼髒亂! mortgage ~ 房屋貸款的亂象 (subprime mortgage crisis – 2007年美國發生的次貸危機)
~ v. One car
braking abruptly on a busy road can ~things up for miles.
在繁忙的街道上一部緊急煞車的車子，可能使綿延數哩的交通大亂。
mess around. V.鬼混，亂搞
Don’t miss out! 別錯過。miss (catch)a train未搭上(趕上)火車；比較：train a miss(訓練一位小姐) ；miss one’s cue忘記台詞；miss one badly十分想念。
“A miss is as good as a mile.” 小失誤仍算失誤(失之毫釐繆以千里)
4. moss n. 青苔。”A rolling stone gathers no moss.” 滾石不生苔= 轉業不聚財= A person who always changes his occupation succeeds in nothing.
moss-control除青苔劑
5. Muslin n. 回教徒 (穆斯林) = Mohammedan
Justin Lai
08/27/2013
校友全聯會
AACHW13
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