day 121policies and campaigns

policies and campaigns

Talk about election campaigns and policies, and use the measure words 株, 盞, 枚 and 截 (一株老樹, 一盞燈, 一枚郵票, 一截木頭).

today’s words

• 競選 jìngxuǎn · run for office, campaign
• 選民 xuǎnmín · voter
• 方針 fāngzhēn · policy, guiding principle
• 公務 gōngwù · public affairs, official duties
• 貫徹 guànchè · carry out thoroughly
• 施行 shīxíng · put into effect
• 動員 dòngyuán · mobilize
• 綱領 gānglǐng · programme, guiding principles
• 株 zhū · (measure word for plants and trees)
• 截 jié · (measure word for a section); cut off
• 枚 méi · (measure word: coins, stamps, badges)
• 盞 zhǎn · (measure word for lamps)
• 接管 jiēguǎn · take over (management)
• 開口 kāikǒu · open one’s mouth, speak up
• 冷清 lěngqīng · deserted, quiet
• 落魄 luòpò · down on one’s luck
• 強求 qiǎngqiú · insist on, force
• 商榷 shāngquè · discuss, be open to question
• 堂堂 tángtáng · dignified, impressive
• 下筆 xiàbǐ · put pen to paper
• 仰慕 yǎngmù · admire, look up to
• 遮蔽 zhēbì · hide from view, shade
• 中肯 zhòngkěn · to the point, fair (of a comment)

sentences

• 市場門口有一株七十年的老樹。 · There’s a seventy-year-old tree at the market entrance.
• 市場中間掛著一盞老燈。 · An old lamp hangs in the middle of the market.
• 協會送給每個幫忙的人一枚紀念章。 · The association gave everyone who helped a commemorative badge.
• 他硬要把海報掛在最上面。 · He insisted on hanging the poster at the very top.
• 連下三天雨，以致空地淹水了。 · It rained three days running, so the empty lot ended up flooded.