75) miner / minor:
1. minor n. 未成年人
You are a ~ in this state until the age of twenty-one.
20歲前在本州你仍是未成年。也用teenager(指13至19的teen age-未成年的小孩，過20叫twenty) ；或用adolescent =youth
minor之另一名詞為minority少數者，the minority leader少數黨領袖
minor a. 次要的：minor planets小行星=asteroids。minor poets次要的詩人。
They left their hometown in a minor key. (帶著憂鬱的心情他們離開家鄉)
2.
mine n. 礦，a gold ~ 金礦 (mineral n. 礦物) a land ~ 地雷； (a mine detector地雷探測器) 。另作來源解 (= resource)
A good encyclopedia
is a ~ of information. 一部好的百科全書是智識的寶庫。
The old man had lived in
the village all his life, and he is a mine
of information about its history. 老人一輩子住在村莊，對其歷史瞭若指掌。
The salesman
says,” We’ll help you to turn e-Bay
into a gold ~.” 推銷員說：「我們會幫您把舊物拍賣網站變成金礦。」
~ v. 開採；miner n. 礦工
a. He has been a miner in the Pennsylvania mines for many years. 他曾經在賓州當了許多年礦工。
First it was joyful news, then came a tragedy about miners. 對於這些礦工，首先傳來的是(生還的) 好消息；繼之則是悲慘的消息 (罹難)。
76) moral / morale:
1. moral a. 道德的 ；
~ courage 道德勇氣；~ conduct 品行
﹝Remarkable and timely, this film takes the single
greatest ~ challenge of our time﹞出色又適時的，這部電影接受我們這時代單項最大的道德挑戰。
moral certainty: 十分確定：It was a moral certainty that
the army would be withdrawn. 軍隊確定會撤。
moral support道義支持；moral courage道德勇氣；moral standards道德標準
~ n. 寓意；教訓
The class understood the moral
of the story. 班上同學明白這個故事的教訓。morality n.
比較：ethics
n. 倫理學，道德。Medical ethics forbid doctors to reveal their patients’
confidences. 醫療道德禁止醫師透露病人隱私。
ethical a. unethical 不道德(指職業)
It is unethical for an agent to disclose the bottom price of a
property he is entrusted to sell. 透露一位經紀人所委託出售的土原底價是不道德的。
immoral a. 不道德的(指品行) ， immorality
n.
2. morale n. 士氣 = the mental condition of a person or a
group.
a. A series of unexpected defeats destroyed the team’s morale.
一連串意外的被打敗，毀了整個球隊士氣。
Increasingly hostile resistance has taken a
terrible toll on ~.逐漸升高的仇視抵抗，已對士氣造成沈重打擊3.
mortal a. 凡人的 (有一定歲數的)
immortal a.不朽的。 “Man is mortal; God is immortal.” 凡人有定歲數；老天則是不朽的。
It is beyond mortal power to bring a dead man
back to life. 使死人復活非凡人所能。
mortal另有其他意義：
a. 指程度上很大：It’s a mortal
shame that she’s paid so little. (She deserves much higher wages. 她應得更高待遇)
b. 可能的：She does every
mortal thing to please her husband. 她盡一切可能來討好她丈夫。
c. 令人厭煩的長(tiringly long)He had
to wait a mortal time before
the doctor could see him. 他須等一段漫長時間才輪到看病。
d. 致命的He received a mortal
(fatal) wound in the battle. 在戰鬥中受重傷。
mortality
n. ~ rate死亡率 ；
比較：survival
rate存活率。 immortality
n. 但，the Eight Immortals 八仙 (中國民間神話) 。
比較：eternity n. 永恆，來世，漫長時刻：It seemed an eternity before news of his
release reached us. 似乎經過漫長時間，我們才獲知他獲釋的消息。* 以前好萊塢有一電影名叫 “From Here to Eternity”(從現今到永生)
Justin Lai 編著
09/03/2013
嘉中校友全聯會
AACHW13
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