day 125elections and records
unit 18 · government & public lifeelections and records
Talk about official documents, elections and rumours, and use 遭(到) + verb for things that happen to you (遭人誤會, 遭到批評).
today’s words
- 自治 zìzhì · self-government, autonomy
- 白皮書 báipíshū · white paper
- 公文 gōngwén · official document
- 內政 nèizhèng · domestic affairs
- 配給 pèijǐ · ration
- 清廉 qīnglián · honest, incorruptible (official)
- 政見 zhèngjiàn · political views, platform
- 大選 dàxuǎn · general election
- 黨員 dǎngyuán · party member
- 改選 gǎixuǎn · re-elect, hold a new election
- 落選 luòxuǎn · lose an election
- 首長 shǒuzhǎng · head (of an organization or government)
- 遭 zāo · suffer, meet with (something bad)
- 驚惶 jīnghuáng · panic-stricken
- 吭聲 kēngshēng · utter a sound, say a word
- 流落 liúluò · wander, end up stranded
- 囊括 nángguā · sweep, take all
- 溶化 rónghuà · dissolve, melt
- 盛裝 shèngzhuāng · in one’s best clothes
- 同化 tónghuà · assimilate
- 沿襲 yánxí · carry on (an old practice)
- 原形 yuánxíng · true form, true colours
sentences
- 這個市場曾經遭人誤會。 · The market was once misunderstood by people.
- 老牆遭雨水侵蝕，很危險。 · The old walls have been eaten away by rain and are dangerous.
- 基於安全的理由，電線要全部換新。 · For safety reasons, all the wiring has to be replaced.
- 市政府寄來了一份公文。 · The city government has sent an official letter.
- 說明會那天，王阿姨要盛裝出席。 · On the day of the hearing, Auntie Wang will turn up in her best clothes.