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Assignment #2 6 Minute English: Should we fear chatbots?

The following are the words I found that was challenging to me: 


1.provoke (v.)

🔍to cause a reaction, especially a negative one
激起,引起(尤指負面反應)
📝The prospect of increased prices has already provoked an outcry.
物價上漲的預測已經引發了強烈抗議。

🔍to make or try to make a personor an animal angry
激怒,挑釁
📝I was provoked into the argument.
我被激怒,於是吵了起來。



2.sentient (adj.)

🔍able to experience feelings
有知覺力的;有感覺力的
📝It is hard for a sentient person to understand how any parents could treat their child so badly.
通人情的人很難理解一些父母怎麽能如此虐待自己的孩子。



3.sophisticated (adj.)

🔍having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion
精於世故的,老練的;見多識廣的;很有品味的
📝He was older than me and from London and I thought him very sophisticated.
他比我大,而且來自倫敦,我覺得他爲人很老練。

🔍intelligent or made in a complicated way and therefore able to do complicated tasks
精密的,複雜的;高級的

📝I think a more sophisticated approach is needed to solve this problem.
我認爲要解決這個問題需要更爲高明的方法。



4.coherent (adj.)

🔍If an argument, set of ideas, or a plan is coherent, it is clear and carefully considered, and each part of it connects or follows in a natural or reasonable way.
(論據、觀點、計劃)有條理的,連貫的,前後一致的

🔍If someone is coherent, you can understand what that person says.
(講話)條理清晰的,清楚明白的
📝When she calmed down, she was more coherent (= able to speak clearly and be understood).
她冷靜下來後,講話有條理多了。





5.authoritative (adj.)

🔍showing that you are confident, in control, and expect to be respected and obeyed
專斷的;命令式的;權威性的

📝She has an authoritative manner that at times is almost arrogant.
她愛發號施令,有時幾乎到了盛氣淩人的地步。

🔍containing complete and accurate information, and therefore respected
權威的;可信的;可靠的

📝The book is an authoritative account of the Second World War.
這本書對第二次世界大戰作了非常權威的記述。




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