1. capitalism n. 資本主義(制度)

2. addiction n. 癮；嗜好（多指不好的）

- be addicated to sth 對什么有癮，對什么有嗜好

- alcohol addiction 酒癮

- an addiction to prescription painkillers 處方止痛藥癮

- drug addiction 毒癮

- gambling addiction 賭癮

3. relationship n. 關(guān)系；（人與人或者事物之間）聯(lián)系；情愛關(guān)系

- relationship with ... 與...的關(guān)系

- relationship between ... and ... 誰與誰之間的關(guān)系

- love-hate relationship 愛恨交加的感情關(guān)系 : strong feelings of both love and hatred for someone - I have a love-hate relationship with my ex-husband.

- bear little relationship to/with 不同 : to be very different from : to have no obvious connection to

- committed relationship 穩(wěn)定的感情關(guān)系 : a serious and lasting romantic relationship with someone

- working relationship 工作關(guān)系 : an ability to work together - We have a good working relationship.

4. manifest a. 明顯的 v. 表明 n. （船或飛機(jī)的）貨單；旅客清單

5. sacrifice n. 犧牲；舍棄；祭獻(xiàn)；祭祀；祭獻(xiàn)的牲畜；祭品 v. 犧牲；獻(xiàn)出；以（人或動(dòng)物）作祭獻(xiàn)

-? make saceifices 做出犧牲

6. deprive v. 剝奪；使喪失；使不能享有

-? deprive of sth. 剝奪...

7. decent a. 像樣的；得體的；（人）正派的

8. irritable a. 易怒的

9. life and limb 生命；生命危險(xiǎn)

-? risk life and limb to do sth. 冒著生命危險(xiǎn)去做某事

10. confess v. 坦白；承認(rèn)；懺悔

-? ? confess to sth. 坦白，承認(rèn)某事

11. somewhat ad. 有點(diǎn)兒，有些

12. engineer n. 工程師；設(shè)計(jì)師；技師；技工 vt. 設(shè)計(jì)制造

-? ? engineer sth. to be sth. 設(shè)計(jì)某物為什么樣

-? ? civil engineer 土木工程師

-? ? reverse engineer 逆向工程

13. habit-forming a. 使人上癮的，對什么形成習(xí)慣的

14. silicon n. 硅

-? ? Silicon Valley 硅谷

15. executive?

n.總經(jīng)理;(公司或機(jī)構(gòu)的)經(jīng)理，主管領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，管理人員；(統(tǒng)稱公司或機(jī)構(gòu)的)行政領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層；(政府的)行政部門

a. 經(jīng)理的；決策的；有執(zhí)行權(quán)的；實(shí)施的；行政的；高級的