发贴： 流水无声homogeneous 同质的 homo + gene +ous(＜＞ heterogeneous)^ homo***ual, hetero***ual mainstream 主流 主流的 dialect 方言 (v.s. accent) discrepancy 差异 misconception 误解 (mis + concept + ion)= misunderstanding barrier 障碍(物)~ bar, = barricade discrimination 区别，歧视racial/***ual discrimination? discriminate (+against) hierarchy 等级制度heir + arch(govern) + y insularity 岛国性质 (? insular, ^island)British industry has often been criticized for its linguistic insularity. microcosm 小天地 micro + cosm(os) nostalgia = homesickness patriot 爱国者 (＜＞ traitor)à patriotic, patriotism compatriot 同胞 同胞的com + patriot vernacular 本地的，本国的 本地话，本国话the vernacular languages of India Hispanic An American whose first language was Spanish immigration 移入~ immigrant, immigratev.s. emigration (~ emigrant, emigrate) antipodes Any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth“from North America to the Antipodes” permeate 渗透，弥漫Smoke permeated the house. entrepreneur 企业家 (~ enterprise)à entrepreneurship practitioner 开业者，从业者praction(practice) + er celebrity a famous person= luminary, VIP proxy 代理人 anecdote 轶事 (à anecdotal) notoriety 恶名 (? notorious) counterpart 对应人，对等物Who’s George Bush’s counterpart in China?^ counterculture, counterbalance peer 同等的人 凝视，窥视(~ peep) subordinate 下级 下级的＜＞ superior tactics 战术，技巧v.s. strategy (战略，策略)marketing strategy v.s. selling tactics nuance a subtle difference in meaning benchmarking 类比分析 punctual 准时的，守时的 (à punctuality) absenteeism 旷工absent à absentee à absenteeism flextime 弹性工作时间flex(flexible) + time harass 骚扰 (à harassment)Mary said that Gary had ***ually harassed her. redundancy 冗余，冗员network redundancy downsize 裁员 (~ lay off) ballot 投票 (= vote) impartial 不偏不倚的 (＜＞ partial) lobby 大堂(n.) 游说(v.) shortlist (BE) a list of applicants who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen à (v.) equilibrium 平衡，均衡 questionnaire 调查表，问卷 quantitative 定量的 (＜＞ qualitative) contingency 偶然性，偶然事件 incur 招致incur debts/hatred/dangerv.s. occur, concur, recur ethical 伦理的，符合伦理的~ ethics, ＜＞ unethical dubious 疑惑的，可疑的 (~ doubt)People were dubious about the result. manifestation 显示，证明 (? manifest) subtitle 字幕，副标题 (sub + title)^ subsidiary, submarine, subway (BE: underground, tube), suburb(~ downtown, uptown, outskirts) dubbing 配音录制 vogue 时尚 ^ chic bizarre 奇异的v.s. weird (怪异的) mediocre 平庸的 dietitian 饮食学家 (~ diet) connoisseur 行家，鉴赏家^ entrée, a la carte