L5 Unit 2-1 vocabulary 说明近况和与他人相处
Forbidden or prohibited to be against the law or not allowed. Smoking is prohibited on many airplanes. Athletes are forbidden from taking certain kinds of drugs. If something is allowed, it isn’t forbidden or prohibited. Risky to be a big dangerous or unsafe.
Arisky investment may not be a good idea for people who worry too much. If you make a risky investment, you may lose a lot of money. What level of risk are you willing to take?
Ridiculous to be foolish or not make any sense. Their proposal is ridiculous because it requires too much time and money. Without enough quality practice, it’s ridiculous to expect much progress.
Innovative to come up with good idea or way of doing things. Innovative people are often clever and creative. Too innovate means to come up with a new way of doing something. Innovative thinking can lead to the development of new products and services.
Conservative, to be conservative means to avoid taking risks. Conservative investor tries to make safe investments. A conservative investor wants to minimize risks. A conservative of approach to management may discourage innovation.
To disguise, to change something’s appearance so that it can’t be recognized. He wasn’t good at disguising himself so we knew who he was right away. She worry disguise so it wasn’t sure who she was.
To clarify, to explain or make something clear. We weren’t sure what he meant until he clarified his ideas. Everyone was confused until she clarified what she meant.
To confuse, to make things difficult to understand. The opposite is to clarify. Everyone was confused, because the presentation is so disorganized. He confuses people because he keeps changing his ideas. The instructions were confusing so nobody knew what to do.
To ignore, to try not to notice or deal with something. To act as if something isn’t there. We tried to ignore her but she finally stood up and told everyone to shut up. People don’t respect or like her so they ignore her in the office.
To confirm, to indicate that something correct or completed it as susceptive. We won’t sure if he’s going to accept the offer until he called and confirmed it. We can’t start the project without written confirmation that we agree on the details.
Meeting something on the internet can be risky, so be careful. There were forbidden from going to that website, because of its content. Assess to that part of the factory is prohibited for security seasons. Please confirm or deny that you were at the meeting. The instructions were confusing; so nobody knew what to do. We can’t agree to your proposal unless you clarify a few points. He fooled everyone into believing in his plan, but it was all a disguise.
