day 29extremes and excess
unit 5 · trends & figuresextremes and excess
Stress a quality with A-디 A-은 (푸르디푸른, 차디찬), and describe extremes and excess in data: 극소수, 다량, 대폭, 급속도로, 과열, 과잉.
today’s words
- 감소세 gamsose · downward trend
- 걷잡다 geotjapda · (걷잡을 수 없다) get out of control
- 고조 gojo · rising, heightening (tension, mood)
- 과다 gwada · excess, too much
- 과열 gwayeol · overheating (a market, competition)
- 과잉 gwaing · surplus, excess (supply)
- 광범위하다 gwangbeomwihada · wide-ranging, extensive
- 그지없다 geujieopda · (-기 그지없다) be beyond words, utterly
- 극 geuk · extreme, peak; pole
- 극대화 geukdaehwa · maximising
- 극도 geukdo · the utmost, extreme degree
- 극소수 geuksosu · a tiny minority, very few
- 근 geun · nearly, almost (with a number)
- 급변 geupbyeon · sudden change
- 급속 geupsok · rapid, fast (growth, change)
- 내지 naeji · to, or (between two numbers)
- 다량 daryang · a large amount
- -대 -dae · -대: range, bracket (만 원대)
- 대거 daegeo · in large numbers, en masse
- 대대적 daedaejeok · large-scale, sweeping
- 대폭 daepok · sharply, drastically
- 더디다 deodida · slow (to change, to pass)
- 더미 deomi · heap, pile
sentences
- 푸르디푸른 하늘 아래에서 사람들이 산책을 즐겼다. · People enjoyed a walk under a deep blue sky.
- 쓰디쓴 실패를 겪은 뒤 그는 더 단단해졌다. · After a bitter failure he became tougher.
- 배달 시장이 급속도로 커지면서 일회용 용기도 다량으로 버려진다. · As the delivery market grows at a rapid pace, huge numbers of disposable containers are thrown away.
- 업체 간 경쟁이 과열되면서 과잉 포장 문제가 광범위하게 퍼졌다. · As competition between firms overheated, over-packaging became a widespread problem.
- 분리수거를 제대로 하는 가구는 극소수에 불과했다. · Only a tiny minority of households sorted their recycling properly.