2017年翻译资格中级口译词汇学习(10)
1. perk [pɝk]
N-COUNT Perks are special benefits that are given to people who have a particular job or belong to a particular group.特殊待遇;补贴，津贴，小费
eg: She got a lot of perks from the business.
她从这笔交易中获得了不菲的额外收入。
2. iffy ['ɪfi]
ADJ If something is iffy, it is uncertain. 不确定的;
ADJ If you say that something is iffy, you mean that it is not very good in some way.不太好的; 有毛病的
eg: His political future has looked iffy for most of this year.
今年大部分时间他政治生涯的前景似乎都充满变数。
3. warden ['wɔrdn]
N-COUNT A warden is a person who is responsible for a particular place or thing, and for making sure that the laws or regulations that relate to it are obeyed.(法律、法规) 督察员;
N-COUNT The warden of a prison is the person in charge of it. 监狱长; 看守长
eg: He is living a double life- a church warden by day and a thief by night.
他过着双重生活：白天当教区委员、夜里当贼。
4. ambiguity [,æmbɪ'ɡjuəti]
N-VAR If you say that there is ambiguity in something, you mean that it is unclear or confusing, or it can be understood in more than one way. 模棱两可
eg: There is considerable ambiguity about what this part of the agreement actually means.
这份协议的部分内容不知道到底什么意思，看起来模棱两可。
5. jaywalk ['dʒe'wɔk]
V to cross or walk in a street recklessly or illegally 乱穿马路，闯红灯
eg: Nowadays it is not umcommon for people to jaywalk.
如今，人们乱穿马路的现象很常见。
6. monitor ['mɔnɪtɚ]
V-T If you monitor something, you regularly check its development or progress, and sometimes comment on it. 监控;
N-COUNT A monitor is a machine that is used to check or record things, for example processes or substances inside a person's body. 监控器;
N-COUNT A monitor is a screen which is used to display certain kinds of information, for example on a computer, in airports, or in television studios.显示屏;
N-COUNT You can refer to a person who checks that something is done correctly, or that it is fair, as a monitor. 监督员
eg: She is staring at her computer monitor.
她正在盯着她的电脑显示器。
7. massacre ['mæsəkɚ]
N-VAR A massacre is the killing of a large number of people at the same time in a violent and cruel way. 大屠杀
eg: The press has reported the massacre of thousands of people.
新闻界报道了那场千万人的大屠杀。
8. vigil ['vɪdʒɪl]
N-COUNT A vigil is a period of time when people remain quietly in a place, especially at night, for example,because they are praying or are making a political protest. (尤指夜间的) 值班; (祈祷或政治抗议的) 守夜
eg: The detectives resumed their vigil at the house.
侦探们又开始在那栋房子守夜了。
note: resume, V-T/V-I If you resume an activity or if it resumes, it begins again. 重新开始
9. mourner ['mɔrnɚ]
N-COUNT A mourner is a person who attends a funeral, especially as a relative or friend of the dead person. 送葬者; 哀悼者
eg: The detective posed as a mourner at the victim's funeral.
那侦探佯装成吊唁者参加了受害人的葬礼。
note: pose as,假装(或冒充)…的样子，伪装成
