English Vocabulary Challenge: How to Be Fearless When You Fail?

 Here are the challenging words I've selected from 'How to Be Fearless When You Fail?'

along with their definition, part of speech, and a good example.

undertone (n.) - （文章或講話的）含意，弦外之音；（事件或情況的）蘊含意義

來自段落：... Because I think the undertone of most conversations in households for kids growing up is more like ...

例句：I thought her speech had slightly sinister undertones.

spectrum (n.) - 光譜;波譜;聲譜;頻譜

來自段落：... our listeners, by setting up for yourselves a new Spectrum ...

例句：The colours of the spectrum - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet - can be seen in a rainbow.

cynical (a.) - 憤世嫉俗的;懷疑人之真誠的;認為人皆自私的 來自段落：... because it's kind of cynical and also very optimistic at the same time in the same quote ... 例句：I've always been deeply cynical about politicians. embarrassed (a.) - 窘迫的，尷尬的;害羞的 來自段落：... I might feel a little embarrassed at times, but I'm going to stand up there on that stage ... 例句：I was too embarrassed to admit that I was scared. inevitable (a.) - 不可避免的;必然發生的 來自段落：... I would say failure is probably inevitable in some point in our lives in something ... 例句：The accident was the inevitable consequence/result/outcome of carelessness.

English Vocabulary Challenge: Should We Fear Chatbots?

 Here are the challenging words I've selected from 'Should we fear chatbots?' along with their part of speech, definition, and a good example.

1.plausible
解釋：貌似有理、似乎可信的
出處：...some kind of plausible conversation between humans and machines...
例句：她提出的解釋聽起來很合理，但我仍然感到懷疑。

2.sophisticated

解釋：複雜且高度發展的
出處：It is becoming more sophisticated – more advanced and complex...
例句：這款手機的操作系統非常複雜且充滿了高度發展的功能。

3.coherent

解釋：清晰、連貫的、有邏輯的
出處：...well written text that is coherent – that means it’s clear, carefully considered and sensible...
例句：他的演講非常連貫，每個觀點都有邏輯依據。

4.authoritative

解釋：權威的、受尊敬的、可信的
出處：So, Professor Bender says that well written text that is coherent makes us think what we are reading is reliable and authoritative.
例句：這本書的作者是一位權威的專家，因此它的內容非常可信。

5.cognitive

解釋：認知的、思維的

出處：A cognitive psychologist and computer scientist called Geoffrey Hinton...

例句：研究認知心理學的學者正在探索大腦的思維過程。