Guggenheim Museum USA

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Guggenheim Museum USA
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• be meant to be intended to
• The new restriction on the use of plastic bags
  is meant to be an effective way to reduce white
  pollution.
• on an occasion VS. on occasion
• People should pay attention to their etiquette
  on formal occasions.
• Modern people need to relax by traveling to
  the countryside on occasion.

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• grade school (US) primary school
• establishas He established him as an artist.
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• individualistic different
• dwelling, noun, formal place to live in
• in harmony with in a good relationship with
• The best result is that the economic
  development is in harmony with environmental
  protection.
• insist on / upon do sth without easy give-up
  insistence (n.)
• obstinacy, noun stubbornness
• genius, noun
• ingenious, adj clever, an ingenious
  invention
• obstinacy (n. u.) the quality of not easily
  changing mind or decision obstinate (adj.)
  stubborn

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• committed
• a committed Christian
• be committed to
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• He was committed to the cause of world peace.
• 2. ????
• Ive been committed to attending the farewell
  dinner for a long time now.
• to draw up / conceive / formulate a plan (eg.)
  to make a plan
• The committee drew up a plan to revive
  traditional Chinese rituals and customs among
  young people.

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• conventional, adj traditional
• convention, noun, ????
• 1, The main purpose of the US Democratic Party
  Convention is to elect a candidate for President.
• 2, The convention is now calling for research
  papers.
• 3, Its a western convention that men should open
  doors for women and walk after them.
• 4, Hes a slave to convention. Dont hope to
  change his ideas.
• 5, The Geneva Convention is about the treatment
  of prisoners of war.

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insula- isolate, separate (insular, peninsular,
insulate)

• insulate an electric wire with rubber???????
• Her parents tried to insulate her from dangerous
  influences. ?????????????????
• Living in a high building tends to insulate us
  from the real life of the city.???????????????????
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• ramp ?? parking ramp
• skylight??
• in defense of to defend
• In defense of his speed driving, the man said
  he must rush to hospital to see his father who
  was dying.

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• distract the attention of visitors distract
  dis tract
• distract ??
• 1, distract sb from sth Tom admits that
  watching TV sometimes distracts him from his
  homework.
• 2, Any music cant distract my attention!
• 3, Dont be distracted by appearance.
• 4, He gets distracted rather easily.
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• fatiguetiredness weariness

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• counteract counter- ?????,??
• He has to take several pills to counteract
  high blood pressure.
• clockwise, counterclockwise
• counterrevolutionary
• counterpart
• descend go down (from a place) ? ascend
• descendants ? ancestors
• Some critics claim that most of young people
  have lost the traditional values descending from
  the older generations.

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• to define a magnificent space to be a very
  important place
• The Forbidden City defines a magnificent space
  in the city of Beijing.

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• a compulsory stop on even the most basic tour of
  NY.
• Compulsory, adj something that must be done,
  required by rules or laws
• Military service is compulsory in South Korea.
• China offers compulsory education to pupils at
  the age of 6 or 7.
• English is a compulsory subject in Chinese high
  schools.

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• stark (adj.) complete, total
• in defiance of (eg.) disregard of regardless of
• Many houses were built in defiance of the
  building regulations in the city center.
• Workers went on strike in defiance of union
  policy.
• to work out (eg.) to find a solution
• The Chinese government is eager to work out a
  plan to raise its green GDP.