ENG words

paparazzo \pah-puh-RAHT-soh\ noun (複數paparazzi)
狗仔隊
: a freelance photographer who aggressively pursues celebrities for the purpose of taking candid photographs

• freelance 自由作家(或演員等)
• candid
  
• 【相片】偷拍的
• 公正的
• 坦率直言的
  

Example sentence:
As a child star she had been constantly pursued by paparazzi, but only a single photographer showed up at her 21st-birthday bash.
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cerebrate \SAIR-uh-brayt\ verb
思考
: to use the mind : think

Example sentence:
Jane is apt to cerebrate at length before making even minor decisions.

• apt to 傾向於
• at length
• 最後，終於
• 詳細的

關聯字:

• cerebrum 【解剖學】大腦
• cerebration 大腦活動、精神活動
• cerebral
• 大腦的
• 理智的、有智力的
  

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travesty \TRAV-uh-stee\ noun
拙劣的模仿
1 : a burlesque translation or literary or artistic imitation usually grotesquely incongruous in style, treatment, or subject matter
*2 : a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation

• burlesque
• a. 拙劣的模仿的
• n. 滑稽作品
  
• grotesquely 古怪的，怪異的
• incongruous 不相稱的、不合宜的 (+with)
• debased 降低品質的
• grossly 非常地
  

Example sentence:
The new movie is a travesty of a documentary, likely to appeal only to the lowest sense of humor.
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apple-polish \AP-ul-pah-lish\ verb
拍馬屁
*1: to attempt to ingratiate oneself : toady
2: to curry favor with (as by flattery)

• ingratiate 迎合
• toady
  
• v. 奉承、拍馬屁
• n. 奉承者
  
• curry favor with 拍馬屁
  

Example sentence:
Edna really wanted the internship working with the professor over the summer, so she took his course and apple-polished a bit.

關聯字:

• apple-polisher 馬屁精
• bootlicker 馬屁精