1。labourer n。（體力）勞動者 labour （labor）n。努力；勞動 v。勞動；工作；苦幹

Building roads still involves manual labor。

She laboured ten years on that book。

He laboured in the mines for 30 years。

費力地行進 The train laboured up the hill。

craftsman 技工；手藝人 apprentice 學徒 versatile 多才多藝的

2。overnight adv。一夜之間；一下子；突然 overnight millionaire 暴發戶

The actor became famous overnight。

3。hay n。乾草 bales of hay 一捆捆的乾草

make hay while the sun shines 曬草趁天好；抓緊時機

We knew war was coming， and were determined to make hay while we could。

4。conscientious adj。認真的；謹慎的；盡責的；誠心誠意的

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity。世上再沒有比純粹的無知和認真的愚蠢更危險的了。

She is conscientious about his work。他對工作是認真負責的。

conscience n。良心；道德 I have battled with my conscience over whether I should actually send this letter。

conscious adj。有意識的；神志清醒的；覺察的

He is hurt but still conscious。

She was not conscious of his presence in the room。她不曉得他在這房間裡。

5。suspect v。懷疑 suspect sb to be I suspect him to be a spy。

suspect sb of doing / n。 I suspect him of stealing the car。

suspicion n。懷疑；猜想 suspicious adj。可疑的；引起懷疑的

suspect表示一種肯定的語義；doubt表示一種否定的語義

I doubt the truth of it。

I doubt that he will come。我看他不見得會來。

I don’t doubt that he can recite it。我相信他能背下來。

doubtful adj。懷疑的；不信任的 doubtable adj。可疑的；令人懷疑的

6。desert v。（軍隊中）開小差 The soldier deserted his army。這個士兵開小差。

遺棄；拋棄 = abandon n。沙漠 dessert 甜品

7。 regiment n。團 The regiment is on the march。

As he hated Army life， he decided to desert his regiment。

regime n。政體；社會制度；管理體制

Political regime 政治制度 democratic regime 民主政體

The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime。

8。recluse n。隱士 reclusive adj。 隱居的；隱遁的