homogeneous 同質(zhì)的    homo + gene +ous(＜＞ heterogeneous)^ homo***ual, hetero***ual
mainstream 主流  主流的
dialect 方言    (v.s. accent)
discrepancy 差異
misconception 誤解    (mis + concept + ion)= misunderstanding
barrier 障礙(物)~ bar,  = barricade
discrimination 區(qū)別，歧視racial/***ual discrimination? discriminate (+against)
hierarchy 等級制度heir + arch(govern) + y
insularity 島國性質(zhì)    (? insular, ^island)British industry has often been criticized for its linguistic insularity.
microcosm 小天地    micro + cosm(os)
nostalgia = homesickness
patriot 愛國者  (＜＞ traitor)à patriotic, patriotism
compatriot 同胞  同胞的com + patriot
vernacular 本地的，本國的  本地話，本國話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 滲透，彌漫Smoke permeated the house.
entrepreneur 企業(yè)家  (~ enterprise)à entrepreneurship
practitioner 開業(yè)者，從業(yè)者praction(practice) + er
celebrity a famous person= luminary, VIP
proxy 代理人
anecdote 軼事    (à anecdotal)
notoriety 惡名  (? notorious)
counterpart 對應(yīng)人，對等物Who’s George Bush’s counterpart in China?^ counterculture, counterbalance
peer 同等的人  凝視，窺視(~ peep)
subordinate 下級  下級的＜＞ superior
tactics 戰(zhàn)術(shù)，技巧v.s. strategy (戰(zhàn)略，策略)marketing strategy v.s. selling tactics
nuance a subtle difference in meaning
benchmarking 類比分析
punctual 準(zhǔn)時的，守時的    (à punctuality)
absenteeism 曠工absent à absentee à absenteeism
flextime 彈性工作時間flex(flexible) + time
harass 騷擾    (à harassment)Mary said that Gary had ***ually harassed her.
redundancy 冗余，冗員network redundancy
downsize 裁員  (~ lay off)
ballot 投票 (= vote)
impartial 不偏不倚的    (＜＞ partial)
lobby 大堂(n.)  游說(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 調(diào)查表，問卷
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 倫理的，符合倫理的~ ethics, ＜＞ unethical
dubious 疑惑的，可疑的    (~ doubt)People were dubious about the result.
manifestation 顯示，證明    (? manifest)
subtitle 字幕，副標(biāo)題    (sub + title)^ subsidiary, submarine, subway (BE: underground, tube), suburb(~ downtown, uptown, outskirts)
dubbing 配音錄制
vogue 時尚    ^ chic
bizarre 奇異的v.s. weird (怪異的)
mediocre 平庸的
dietitian 飲食學(xué)家  (~ diet)
connoisseur 行家，鑒賞家^ entrée, a la carte