From 27ec26d55bfc13551ccac48ee77b29805bc3155f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shine wOng <1551885@tongji.edu.cn> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 20:08:18 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] update words.md --- words.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) diff --git a/words.md b/words.md index d8f650f..477e9af 100644 --- a/words.md +++ b/words.md @@ -1408,3 +1408,42 @@ Some Words - In recent years, she has been subject to attacks of depression. - We plan to go on Wednesday, subject to your approval. - Moving all the books should not take long, subject to there being enough helpers. + +## 19th, October + ++ inexorable +> (adj)an inexorable process cannot be stopped, unstoppable + + - the inexorable decline of Britain's manufacturing industry + - the seemingly inexorable rise in crime + ++ save +> (adv)except + + - She answered all the questions save one. + - Little is known about his early life, save that he had a brother. + ++ headlong +> (adj, adv)with great speed or without thinking
+> (adj)moving forward with your head first + + - In the headlong rush to buy houses, many people got into debt. + - a headlong plunge into the lake + ++ prose +> (n)language in its usual form, as opposed to poetry + + - I've always preferred reading prose to poetry. + ++ stylist +> (n)a person whose job is to arrage, shape, or design something, such as a person's hair
+> (n)a writer who has a good writing style and chooses the words they use very carefully + + - She gave up a career as a fashion stylist to rear two daughters. + - She's no stylist, but she writes very exciting stories. + ++ scale back +> (v)to reduce something in size, amount, or production + + - Sid will have to scale back his plans. + - Some firms may scale back their expansion plans in the region as a result of the downturn.