TOCFL Level 5 Vocabulary
TOCFL Level 5 vocabulary, entries 1,501–1,600.
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Verbs
- 相傳ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄨㄢˊto pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that; according to legend; to be transmitted orally over timeintransitive verb
- 擬定ㄋㄧˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋto draft; to draw up; to formulate; to plan and finalize detailsverb
- 誘惑ㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋto entice; to lure; to tempt; to attract; to seduceverb
- 指引ㄓˇ ㄧㄣˇto guide; to show the way; to give directions; guidance; guidelinesverb
- 開闢ㄎㄞ ㄆㄧˋto open up; to set up; to establish; to found; to pioneerverb
- 批准ㄆㄧ ㄓㄨㄣˇto approve; to ratify; to give official consent to a request or proposal.transitive process verb
- 資助ㄗ ㄓㄨˋto subsidize; to provide financial aid; subsidy; to help someone with money or resourcesverb
- 服從ㄈㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊto obey an order or authority; to comply with rules or instructions; to defer to someone's wishes or decisions.verb
- 路過ㄌㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋto pass by; to go through; to stop by while on the way.verb
- 編織ㄅㄧㄢ ㄓto weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)verb
- 理財ㄌㄧˇ ㄘㄞˊto manage finances; money management; wealth management; financial planning.intransitive verb
- 邁進ㄇㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋto stride forward; to forge ahead; to advance with determination; to make progress by taking bold stepsintransitive verb
- 消耗ㄒㄧㄠ ㄏㄠˋto consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend; (old) news; mail; messageverb
- 傷亡ㄕㄤ ㄨㄤˊcasualties; injuries and deaths; people injured or killed in an incidentprocess verb
- 出血ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄝˇto bleed; hemorrhage; (fig.) to spend large sums of moneyprocess verb
- 防禦ㄈㄤˊ ㄩˋdefense; to defend; fortification at a strategic pass or borderverb
- 襲擊ㄒㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊattack, especially a surprise attack; raid; to strike suddenly.verb
- 進修ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄡto pursue further studies; to take a refresher or advanced course; to engage in continuing education or professional developmentverb
- 壓制ㄧㄚ ㄓˋto suppress; to inhibit; to stifle; to use force to subdue; in judo, a pinning hold where the opponent is pressed downverb
- 晉級ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧˊto advance to a higher level or rank; promotion; progression to the next stageprocess verb
- 冷凍ㄌㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋto freeze (food etc); (of weather) freezingverb
- 追究ㄓㄨㄟ ㄐㄧㄡˋto investigate; to look into; to trace back and examineverb
- 議論ㄧˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋto discuss; to talk about; discussion; opinion; viewpointverb
- 簡化ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋto simplify; to make something simpler; to reduce complexitytransitive process verb
- 分泌ㄈㄣ ㄇㄧˋto secrete; secretion; the process by which cells, tissues, or glands produce and release substances.verb
- 灌溉ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄞˋto irrigate; supply water to land or crops through channels, pipes, or other artificial means; water farmlandverb
- 運行ㄩㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊto move along a course; to function; to be in operation; to operate; to runintransitive verb
- 探望ㄊㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋto visit; to call on someone; to look around; to pay a visit to see someone.verb
- 眼看ㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄢˋsoon; in a moment; to watch something happen without being able to intervene; to look on helplessly as events unfoldverb
- 貶值ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄓˊto lose value; to depreciate; to become devalued; (of a currency) to fall in exchange valueprocess verb
- 破產ㄆㄛˋ ㄔㄢˇto go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy; legal insolvency when debts exceed assetsprocess verb
- 雇用ㄍㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋto hire; to employ; to take on staff; to engage workers under contract.verb
- 爭奪ㄓㄥ ㄉㄨㄛˊto fight over; to contest; to vie over; to compete fiercely for somethingverb
- 行使ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˇto exercise (a right, authority, etc); to carry out; to implement.verb
- 搖晃ㄧㄠˊ ㄏㄨㄤˋto rock; to shake; to sway; to move back and forth or side to side.intransitive verb
- 操縱ㄘㄠ ㄗㄨㄥto operate; to control; to manipulate; to rig (e.g., an election or market)verb
- 奠定ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋto establish; to fix; to settle; to lay a foundation for something.transitive process verb
- 裝潢ㄓㄨㄤ ㄏㄨㄤˊinterior decoration; furnishing; adorning; mounting (a picture); packagingverb
- 侵略ㄑㄧㄣ ㄌㄩㄝˋto invade; invasion; the act of one nation violating another's sovereignty, territory, or political independence through armed force, political interference, economic coercion, or cultural infiltrationverb
- 轉化ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋto change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform; (chemistry) isomerization; (rhetoric) a figure of speech that changes the nature of something into a fundamentally different thing for descriptionprocess verb
- 座談ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄢˊto have an informal discussion; a casual or free-form discussion; a talk; a roundtable discussionintransitive verb
- 逝世ㄕˋ ㄕˋto pass away; to die; to depart from the worldprocess verb
- 跟進ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄣˋto follow up on something; to monitor progress; to keep track of developmentsintransitive verb
- 辯護ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨˋto defend; to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to plead; (law) to represent a defendant's interests and rights against unlawful or improper accusationsintransitive verb
- 復甦ㄈㄨˋ ㄙㄨto recover, as from illness or economic downturn; to resuscitate; revival of economic activity.process verb
- 煞車ㄕㄚˋ ㄔㄜa brake; a device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine by applying friction; to brake; to apply the brakesseparable verb
- 虐待ㄋㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄞˋto treat cruelly or violently; to abuse; to mistreatverb
- 扣除ㄎㄡˋ ㄔㄨˊto deduct; to subtract from a total amount; to take off (a portion of money, points, etc.)verb
- 選購ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄍㄡˋto select and purchase; to choose and buy; to shop for items after comparing optionsverb
- 目擊ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊto witness; to see with one's own eyes; to catch a glimpse oftransitive process verb
- 演習ㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧˊdrill; exercise; maneuver; to practice according to a planned scenario; to rehearseintransitive verb
- 束縛ㄕㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊto bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle; to restrict; to constrainverb
- 約束ㄩㄝ ㄕㄨˋto restrict; to limit; to constrain; a restriction; a constraint; an agreement; a promise; to make an appointmentverb
- 注定ㄓㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋdestined; fated; predetermined; to be bound to happen; often implies that outcomes are beyond human control.auxiliary verb
- 解脫ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄊㄨㄛto free; to release; to extricate; (Buddhism) liberation from worldly suffering and the cycle of rebirth; nirvana.verb
- 投保ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄠˇto take out insurance; to insure; to buy an insurance policyverb
- 起步ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋto set out; to begin; the start of an activity; to get going; to take the first stepintransitive verb
- 停滯ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋstagnation; at a standstill; bogged down; halted and unable to progressintransitive verb
- 致意ㄓˋ ㄧˋto send greetings or regards; to express good wishes; to pay respects; to devote attention tointransitive verb
- 放映ㄈㄤˋ ㄧㄥˋto project (a film, image, etc.) onto a screen; to show a movie or slide using a projectorverb
- 埋伏ㄇㄞˊ ㄈㄨˊto ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; an ambushintransitive verb
- 修訂ㄒㄧㄡ ㄉㄧㄥˋto revise; to amend; to make corrections or updates to a text, plan, or regulationverb
- 退化ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋto degenerate; to deteriorate; (biology) to atrophy or become vestigial; (of a region) to decline as resources flow to core areasprocess verb
- 閃爍ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋto flicker; to twinkle; to glisten; to be evasive; to equivocateintransitive verb
- 壟斷ㄌㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋto monopolize; to dominate a market; exclusive control of a commodity or service.verb
- 丟棄ㄉㄧㄡ ㄑㄧˋto discard; to throw away; to abandonverb
- 猜想ㄘㄞ ㄒㄧㄤˇto guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math) hypothesisverb
- 責備ㄗㄜˊ ㄅㄟˋto blame; to criticize; to reproach; to find fault with someone for a mistake or wrongdoing.verb
- 射擊ㄕㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊto shoot; to fire (a gun); to discharge a weapon at a targetverb
- 辦案ㄅㄢˋ ㄢˋto handle a case; to investigate or process a criminal case; to work on a legal or police case.separable verb
- 巡視ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄕˋto inspect a site or area; to go on an inspection tour; to survey a scene; to scan with one's eyesverb
- 換取ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄩˇto obtain in exchange; to trade something for something else; to swap one thing for another.verb
- 侮辱ㄨˇ ㄖㄨˋto insult; to humiliate; to treat someone with contempt or disrespectverb
- 妨礙ㄈㄤˊ ㄞˋto hinder; to obstruct; to cause damage or harm (in some contexts).verb
- 授課ㄕㄡˋ ㄎㄜˋto teach; to give lessons; to deliver instruction; to conduct a class or courseseparable verb
- 接管ㄐㄧㄝ ㄍㄨㄢˇto take over; to assume control; to take charge ofverb
- 管教ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋto discipline; to teach or correct behavior; to guarantee; to ensureverb
- 探險ㄊㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˇto explore unknown or dangerous places; to go on an expedition; adventureintransitive verb
- 租賃ㄗㄨ ㄌㄧㄣˋto rent; to lease; to hire; to let out for temporary use in exchange for paymentverb
- 消毒ㄒㄧㄠ ㄉㄨˊto disinfect; to sterilize; to kill or remove harmful microorganismsseparable verb
- 封鎖ㄈㄥ ㄙㄨㄛˇto blockade; to seal off; to lock down; to cut off contact with the outside; military: to control key passages to block enemy movement; to blockade a coast to prevent entry of ships or aircraftverb
- 拜會ㄅㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋto pay a formal visit; to call on someone; to meet with (often in diplomatic or official contexts)verb
- 生效ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ(of a law, contract, agreement, ban, etc.) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operativeprocess verb
- 發誓ㄈㄚ ㄕˋto vow; to pledge; to swear solemnly, often invoking a higher powerseparable verb
- 干涉ㄍㄢ ㄕㄜˋto interfere; to meddle; to intervene; in physics, the superposition of waves producing a new wave patternverb
- 賭博ㄉㄨˇ ㄅㄛˊgambling; wagering; bettingintransitive verb
- 戰勝ㄓㄢˋ ㄕㄥˋto defeat; to win in war or competition; to overcome; to prevail oververb
- 沉思ㄔㄣˊ ㄙto think deeply; to reflect; to meditate; deep thought; contemplation.intransitive verb
- 傳授ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄡˋto impart knowledge or skills; to pass on expertise; to teach someone a craft or subjectverb
- 改選ㄍㄞˇ ㄒㄩㄢˇreelection; to reelect; to hold a new election after a term ends or due to other reasonsverb
- 罹難ㄌㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊto die in an accident or disaster; to be killed in a catastrophe.process verb
- 保佑ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄡˋto bless and protect; to watch over and keep safe; divine protection or blessing.verb
- 見識ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋknowledge or insight gained from experience; practical understanding; experience of the world; (archaic) a scheme or stratagemverb
- 宣揚ㄒㄩㄢ ㄧㄤˊto publicize; to spread widely; to promote or advocate openlyverb
- 問世ㄨㄣˋ ㄕˋto be published; to come out; to be released to the public; to enter society (Taiwan: to begin public service)process verb
- 讚嘆ㄗㄢˋ ㄊㄢˋto exclaim in admiration; to praise; to marvel at.intransitive verb
- 締造ㄉㄧˋ ㄗㄠˋto found; to create; to establish; to bring into being.verb
- 出局ㄔㄨ ㄐㄩˊ(baseball/cricket) to be put out; to be dismissed; (sports) to be eliminated from a competition; (fig.) to be weeded out; to get the chopprocess verb
- 毀損ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄙㄨㄣˇto damage; to impair; to cause physical harm or deterioration; (archaic) to slander; to defameverb
- 翻身ㄈㄢ ㄕㄣto turn over while lying down; to roll over; (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunesseparable verb