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