English Vocabulary Digest Note 1

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• retroactive: 有追溯效力的; 追加的 example: a retroactive notice
• afaik, AFAIK: as far as I know
• recap (v.) 总结
• drill down (v.) 钻取数据
• to this end (v.) to achieve the previously specified goal.
• predate (v.) 早于
• roll out (v.) 推出; 展出; introduce; to initiate or produce for the first time;
• verbiage (n.) 连篇累牍
• surface (vi.) 露出水面; 出现; 重新出现
• grinding (adj.) 刺耳的; 完全的; 难于忍受的
• domain expert: a person with special knowledge or skills in a particular area of endeavor.
• domain knowledge: valid knowledge used to refer to an area of human endeavor, an autonomous computer activity, or other specialized discipline
• spillover (n.) 溢出; 外流
• upside (n.) 积极方面; 好的方面
• run amok (v.) 横冲直撞; 极为活跃; 失去控制
• wedge (v.) 卡住; 夹住
• karma (n.) 因果报应
• rule of thumb (n.) [根据经验得出的] 粗略估算方法
• stand up (vt.) 使…站立; 使…直立; to stand up for [something] 维护某事物; to stand up to [something] 经受得住某事物
• brain dump (n.) a hurried explanation of a system, job, skillset, or other software engineering subject.
• goad (vt.) 驱赶; 驱使
• composure (n.) 镇静
• drive down (vt.) 压低
• insulate (vt.) 使免除; 使…绝缘
• trip over (v.) 绊倒; 被绊倒
• limp (v.) 跛行
• amateurish (adj.) 外行的
• architect (v.) design and make
• consist in (vt.) to consist in something (to be essentially) 存在于某事物 (have as an essential feature) (ex.: his duties consist in taking the condition of the barometer.)
• reliance (n.) 依赖
• buildout, build-out (n.) the growth, development, or expansion of something: the rapid buildout of digital technology.
• rationalize (vt.) 对…作合理解释 (justify); 使合乎逻辑 (make consistent)
• chaperone (n.) 监护人
• tiered (adj.) 分层的
• in concert with: in cooperation with; acting jointly.
• managerial (adj) 管理的
• spruce up (vt.) 将…收拾整洁; 打扮
• ado (n.) 忙乱
• tempo (n.) 节奏
• stint (n.) (period of work) 规定工作时间
• juggle (vt.) 同时应付
• juggle with (v.) 同时应付
• ditch (vt.) 抛弃
• sanity (n.) 同情打理; 精神正常
• fiddle around/fiddle about (vt.) 来回摆弄
• cruft (n.) badly designed, unnecessarily complicated, or unwanted code or software
• to shed light on or upon [something] 使某事物为人所知
• revive (v.) 使复元; 恢复
• stepping stone to [something] 某事的敲门砖; 进身之阶
• undertaking (n.) 任务; 工作
• ad hominem (n.) 人身攻击
• snob (n.) 势利的人; 自以为懂行者 (a coffee snob)
• columnar (adj.)
• personable (adj.) 品貌兼优的
• fake out (vt.) to deliberately mislead, fool, trick 糊弄; 误导
• on the mark (adj.) correct; accurate.
• appropriate (vt.) 占用
• foray (n.) 初步尝试
• ripple effect (n.) 连锁反应
• disciplined (adj.) 纪律严明的 (controlled); 训练有素的 (trained)
• butler (n.) 男管家
• stump (v.) 难住
• ferocious (adj.) 凶猛的; 猛烈的
• rattle (vt.) 使紧张 (frighten); 使害怕 (worry); 使担忧
• nuisance (n.) 麻烦事;讨厌的人
• sprint (n., vt.) 冲刺; 短跑
• acclimate/acclimatize (vt.,vi.) 使适应; 适应
• RUOK: are you OK?
• esoteric (adj.) 难懂的; 深奥的
• presumably (adv.) 大概
• presume (vt.) 推测 (suppose); (vi.) 擅自行事 (ex.: to presume to do [something]; 利用 (ex.:to presume on or upon [something]/[somebody])
• vie (vying) (vi.) 竞争; to vie (with [somebody]) for something (与某人)争夺
• in anticipation of [something]: 期待着某事物
• turnaround (n.) 彻底改变; 好转; 周转期; 装卸时间
• ground truth: information provided by direct observation as opposed to information provided by inference.
• deter (vt.) 威慑 (dissuade) (ex.: to deter [somebody] from [something]/doing [something]); 防止 (prevent)
• stoke (vt.) 给…添加燃料; 给…加油 ;(stir up)激起; 煽起
• untangle (vt.) (ex. untangle something/oneself from something)解开; 理清;（从某事物中）脱身
• dogfood: (of a company's staff) use a product or service developed by that company so as to test it before it is made available to customers.
• prose (n.) 散文; 外语翻译练习
• stagnate (vi.) 停滞; 不进步
• ramp something up (or ramp up): increase or cause to increase in amount (ex.: they ramped up production to meet booming demand | the level of violence is ramping up.)
• dip (vi.) 暂时下降
• IIRC: If I Recall Correctly
• hugely (adv.) 极其; 极大地
• churn rate (n.)顾客流失率; 人员调整率 (跳槽率)
• cannot be overstated: 非常重要; 怎么说也不为过 (exp. it cannot be overstated that)
• NVM: never mind
• actionable (adj.) able to be done or acted on; having practical value
• nuanced (adj.) 有细微差别的; 微妙的 (characterized by subtle shades of meaning or expression)
• be tempted to do: 动心想做某事 (have an urge or inclination to do something)
• incipient (adj.) 刚开始的; 早期的
• caveat (n.) 警告
• proviso (n.) 限制性条款
• LMAO: laugh(ing) my ass off
• ROFL: roll(ing) on the floor laughing
• finding (n.) 调查结果; 发现
• extrapolate (vt.) 推断 to extrapolate [something] from [something] 从某事物推断某事
• know-how (n.) 实际知识 (practical knowledge or skill; expertise)
• off-the-shelf / off the shelf (adj.) 现成的 (not designed or made to order but taken from existing stock or supplies) (exp. off-the-shelf software packages.)
• by (or in) virtue of: because or as a result of.
• so to speak (or say): used to highlight the fact that one is describing something in an unusual or metaphorical way. (exp: delving into the body's secrets, I looked death in the face, so to speak.)
• rogue (n.) 无赖; (adj.) 异常的 (exp.: a rogue machine)
• pass off (vt.) 将某人/某物伪装成某人/某物 to pass [somebody]/[something] off as [somebody]/[something]
• astray (adv.) 迷路; 方向错误地; 误入歧途地
• outlier (n.) 局外人; 异常值
• one-off (adj.) 一次性的
• like-minded (adj.) 志趣相投的
• grok (vt.) 通过直觉作用而理解 (understand (something) intuitively or by empathy)
• invariably (adv.) 一贯地 (in every case or on every occasion; always)
• purview (n.) 范围
• decimate (vt.) 大批毁灭; 大大削弱
• sparingly (adv.) 节俭地; 量少地; 谨慎地
• back up (v.) 备份; 聚集; 堵塞 (become blocked); 拥塞 (tail back)
• ingenuity (n.) 心灵手巧 (the quality of being clever, original, and inventive.)
• churn out (vt.) 粗制滥造
• nebulous (adj.) 模糊的
• AFK: away from keyboard
• spit out (vt.) 吐出; 说出
• tandem (adv.) 一前一后地; in tandem 一前一后地; 同心协力地; in tandem with [somebody] 与某人协同工作
• subside (vi.) 减弱
• rock solid (adj.) 坚固的
• to go ballistic: 勃然大怒
• awhile (adv.) 片刻
• OMW: On my way!