Date
May 5, 2022
Material
here are actually thousands of species of mosquitoes in the world, but they all share one insidious quality: they suck blood
地球上有上千種蚊子，但它們都有一個惹人厭的共通點：
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but they all
share one insidious quality: they suck blood發音注意
species: two syllables with the stress on the first one. "spe" has a little bit /b/ sound. "cies" is pronounced as "ʃiz". Altogether, "spe-cies".
Insidious: four syllables with the stress on the second one. "in" is /ɪn/. Both "si" and "di" in the next syllable have short vowels "ɪ". "ous" is /əs/. Put them together, "in-si-di-ous".
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Thought
Status
1. species 物種species
[ˋspiʃiz] (n.)物種
2. insidious 不知不覺加劇的；隱伏的insidious
[ɪnˋsɪdɪəs] (adj.)不知不覺加劇的；隱伏的
3. quality 特性quality
[ˋkwɑlətɪ] (n.)特性
Vocab:
species (n.) KK [ˋspiʃiz] IPA /ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
def: a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other
物種
Golden Retriever is my favorite dog species.
黃金獵犬是我最喜歡的狗狗品種。
insidious (adj.) KK [ɪnˋsɪdɪəs] IPA /ɪnˈsɪd.i.əs/
def: (of something unpleasant or dangerous) gradually and secretly causing harm
不知不覺加劇的；隱伏的
An insidious disease is any disease that comes on slowly and does not have obvious symptoms at first.
暗疾是任何慢性且不會在初期就有明顯病症的疾病。
quality (n.) KK [ˋkwɑlətɪ] IPA /ˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
特性
def: a characteristic or feature of someone or something:
I don’t think she has the right qualities to be a doctor.
我不認為她有當醫生該有的特質。