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原句: They put a virtual pet in your car, he marveled, and it actually changes the way people drive!
意思: to be very surprised or impressed by sth
字源: Middle English (as a noun): from Old French merveille, from late Latin mirabilia, neuter plural of Latin mirabilis ‘wonderful’, from mirari ‘wonder at’.
例句: Everyone marvelled at his courage.
2. tally verb
原句: You chat with other viewers, play games designed around the ads and tally more points.
意思:
a. to be the same as or to match another person's account of sth, another set of figures, etc.
b. to calculate the total number, cost, etc. of sth
字源: late Middle English (denoting a notched tally stick): from Anglo-Norman French tallie, from Latin talea ‘twig, cutting’.
例句:
a. The two accounts tally precisely well.
b. When we tallied up the cost of moving, we decided against it.
3. run amok idiom
原句: Sure, it's crass commercialization run amok.
意思: to suddenly become very angry or excited and start behaving violently, especially in a public place
例句: Some drunken students had run amok in the college car park.
4. commerce noun [uncountable]
原句: Games are on the verge of transforming our concepts of work, education and commerce.
意思: trade, especially between countries; the buying and selling of goods and services
字源: mid 16th cent. originally in the sense of social interaction between people: from French, or from Latin commercium ‘trade, trading’, from com- ‘together’ + mercium (from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’).
例句: She has little experience of the world of commerce.
5. articulate verb
原句: Because they offer those clearly articulated rewards for each point players score and new level they achieve.
意思: to express or explain your thoughts or feelings clearly in words
字源: mid 16th cent.: from Latin articulatus, past participle of articulare ‘divide into joints, utter distinctly’, from articulus ‘small connecting part’, diminutive of artus ‘joint’.
例句: It is the school's duty to articulate its practices to parents.