什麼？背單詞？OMG要了老命了。聽到要背單詞我是崩潰的。
別怕，讓這個拉風的男人來教你背單詞，單詞聯想法分分鐘帶你上天。
首先觀念上要糾正，單純背單詞，拿著單詞本一個個背是沒有前途的，不要用 主關上的勤奮，掩蓋客觀上戰術的懶惰。要把單詞的用法和搭配都記熟才是最吼的！
1.推薦工具是Mdict詞典，可以在電腦上裝各種各樣的詞典，查詞、搭配用法非常方便，在這裡強烈推薦，擁有它之後你就可以像風一樣的男人這樣騷的聯想各種單詞了，省去了翻閱詞典和一個個查的痛苦。2.學習材料還是當年神一樣的外文遠刊《經濟學人》。
Mandarin lesson （2014年的某一期某一篇，主要講外國的官僚作風，我們可以從中開始我們的逆天之旅）。
兄弟們上：
Mandarin lesson
1.Whitehall mandarin
/ ˈwaɪthɔːl; US ˈhwaɪ-; `hwaɪt͵hɔl/ n (a) [U] street in London where there are many Government offices 懷特霍爾（倫敦一街道, 政府機關所在地）: Rumours are circulating in Whitehall. 懷特霍爾街上流傳著謠言. (b) [Gp] the British Government 白廳; 英國政府: Whitehall is/are refusing to confirm the reports. 英國政府對這些報導不予證實.
mandarin
/ ˈmændərɪn; `mændərɪn/ n
Mandarin [U] official standard spoken language of China （中國的）官話（普通話的舊稱）.
[C] (formerly) high-ranking government official in China （舊時）中國政府的高級官吏.
[C] high-ranking official who behaves and writes in a remote and difficult way 態度冷淡文字艱澀的高級官吏: Whitehall mandarins, ie top British civil servants 英國政府中因循守舊的官僚 * [attrib 作定語] pages and pages of mandarin prose 長篇累牘的晦澀文章.
[C] (also ,mandarin `orange) type of small orange with loose skin 橘子.
[C] (also ,mandarin `duck) small (originally Chinese) duck with brightly coloured feathers 鴛鴦（原產中國）.
——這裡聯想到聯想到官僚作風，bureaucratic---詞根： bureau
bureau本意
/ ˈbjuərəu; US ˈbjurəu; `bjʊro/ n (pl -reaux or -reaus / -rəuz; -roz/)
(Brit) writing desk with drawers （有抽屜的）辦公桌, 寫字檯.
(US) = chest of drawers (chest).
(esp US) government department 政府機關; 局; 司; 處: Federal Bureau of Investigation 聯邦調查局.
office; agency 辦公室; 辦事處: a travel bureau 旅行社 * an information bureau 詢問處.
bureaucracy
/ bjuəˈrɔkrəsɪ; bjʊ`rɑkrəsɪ/ n (often derog 常作貶義)
(a) [U] system of government through departments managed by State officials, not by elected representatives 官僚制度; 官僚體制. (b) [C] country having such a system 實行官僚制度的國家. (c) [CGp] officials appointed to manage such a system, as a group 官僚（總稱）.
[U] excessive or complicated official routine, esp because of too many departments and offices 官僚作風.
bureaucrat
/ ˈbjuərəkræt; `bjʊrə͵kræt/ n (often derog 常作貶義) official working in a government department, esp one who follows administrative routine and the rules of the department very strictly 官員（尤指墨守成規的）: insensitive, bungling, etc bureaucrats 麻木的﹑ 壞事的...官老爺.
> bureaucratic / ͵bjuərəˈkrætɪk; ͵bjʊrə`krætɪk/ adj (often derog 常作貶義) of, like or relating to a bureau-cracy or bureaucrats 官僚制度的; 官僚的; 官僚般的: bureaucratic government 官僚政府 * The report revealed a major bureaucratic muddle. 這個報告揭示了官僚作風引起的嚴重混亂. bureaucratically / -ɪklɪ; -ɪklɪ/ adv.
echelon
upper echelon近義詞組聯想 senior echelon_senior的聯想， senior citizen(不要在用old people 這麼low 的表達了)
/ ˈeʃəlɔn; `ɛʃə͵lɑn/ n
level of authority or responsibility; rank in an organization 職權的等級; 級別: the upper echelons of the Civil Service 政府部門的高層.
step-like formation of troops, aircraft, ships, etc 梯形編隊: aircraft flying in echelon, ie in a line stretching backwards to the left or right 成梯隊飛行的飛機.
聯想到terrace (梯型看臺 梯田 一排排的東西) terrace
/ ˈterəs; `tɛrəs/ n
raised level area of ground or a series of these into which a hillside is shaped so that it can be cultivated 臺地; 梯田.
flight of wide shallow steps, eg for spectators at a sports ground （梯級寬且矮的）臺階（如運動場之看臺）.
[attrib 作定語] a terrace-house, 一所排房
尤用於被動語態] 使（某物）成梯田形或臺階形: a terraced hillside 階梯狀的山坡.
2.implement (they implement the reforms dreamed up by politician)
/ ˈɪmplɪment; `ɪmplə͵mɛnt/ v [Tn] put (sth) into effect; carry out 使（某事物）生效; 履行; 實施; 貫徹: implement plans, policies, a programme of reforms,etc 執行計畫﹑ 政策﹑ 改革計畫等. > implementation/ ͵ɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃn; ͵ɪmpləmɛn`teʃən/ n [U].
形近詞——supplement
supplement
/ ˈsʌplɪmənt; `sʌpləmənt/ n
The money I get from teaching the piano is a useful supplement to my ordinary income. 我教鋼琴掙的錢是一筆很管用的外快.
the supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary 《牛津英語大辭典》補編. (b) additional section added to a newspaper （報紙的）增刊: the colour supplements of the Sunday newspapers 星期日報紙的彩色增刊.
extra amount of money paid for an additional service, item, etc （為增加的服務﹑ 項目等支付的）額外費用, 附加費: a 10 supplement for a single room with a shower 帶淋浴間的單人房間需付10英鎊附加費.
> supplement / ˈsʌplɪment; `sʌplə͵mɛnt/ v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (with sth) add to or complete sth with sth else 增加或補充某事物: I supplement my grant by working in the evenings. 我除享受助學金外還打夜工以增加收入. * She supplements her diet with vitamin tablets. 她服用維生素片劑以補充規定食譜中的營養.
++supplementary
/ ͵sʌplɪˈmentrɪ; US -terɪ; ͵sʌplə`mɛntərɪ/~ (to sth)
additional; extra 增補的; 補充的; 附加的: a supplementary payment, lecture, item 額外的付款﹑ 講座﹑ 項目.
(mathematics 數) (of an angle) making a total of 180 with another angle （指角）補角的.
# ,supplementary `benefit (in Britain) money paid regularly by the State to poor people （在英國）（政府定期發給窮人的）補助金: a family (living) on supplementary benefit 依靠補助金（生活）的家庭
supplement補充之意思的近義詞
———5.replenish （記憶方法——re(反覆)+plenti（滿））
/ rɪˈplenɪʃ; rɪ`plɛnɪʃ/ v
[Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (with sth) fill sth again 再將某物充滿: Let me replenish your glass, eg with more wine. 我給你把杯子再斟滿吧. * replenish one's wardrobe （某人的全部衣物）————————添置衣服.
[Tn] get a further supply of (sth) 補充某物: replenish one's stocks of pet food, timber, notepaper, light bulbs 添置寵物的食物﹑ 木材﹑ 信紙﹑ 燈泡. > replenishment n [U].
replete
記憶re(反覆)+plate(盤子)吃飯反覆換盤子表示吃得飽
/ rɪˈpliːt; rɪ`plit/ adj [pred 作表語] ~ (with sth) (fml 文)
well-fed or full; gorged 飽食; 吃飽喝足: lions replete with their kill 捕獲獵物後吃得飽飽的獅子 * feel replete after a large meal 吃一大頓飯後覺得很飽.
well stocked or supplied 備足的; 供應充分的: a house replete with every modern convenience 現代化設備一應俱全的房子.
> repletion / rɪˈpliːʃn; rɪ`pliʃən/ n [U] (fml 文) state of being replete(1) 充滿; 充足; 飽足: be full to repletion 很飽.
replica
/ ˈreplɪkə; `rɛplɪkə/ n (a) exact copy, esp one made by an artist of one of his own pictures, etc 精確的複製品（尤指出自圖畫等之原作者之手的）. (b) model, esp one made on a smaller scale 模型; （尤指）按比例縮小的複製品: make a replica of the Eiffel Tower 製作艾菲爾鐵塔的模型.
> replicate / ˈreplɪkeɪt; `rɛpləket/ v [Tn] (fml 文) be or make a copy of (sth); reproduce 復現或複製（某物）; 再製造; 再生出: The chameleon's skin replicates the pattern of its surroundings. 變色龍的皮膚可隨環境改變顏色. replication / ͵replɪˈkeɪʃn; ͵rɛplə`keʃən/ n [U].
3. cushion
The bureaucrats who manage the public sector tend to be less well paid but have more cushioned lives, with more secure jobs and less pressure to improve the productivity.(背誦)
pressure to do sth and pressure of doing sth
stable (名詞有馬廄的意思，俗語：lock the stable door after the horse has bolted.亡馬鎖廄，有點亡羊補牢的意思在裡面。由最初的含義引申出來的意思下面的意思。)bolt1.n&v門閂（bolt sb in），弓箭（shoot a bolt），霹靂閃電（a bolt from the `blue unexpected (and usu unwelcome) event; complete surprise 意外的（通常為不受歡迎的）事件; 晴天霹靂: The news of his death was (like) a bolt from the blue. 他逝世的消息猶如晴天霹靂.2.v.馬受驚逃跑，人迅速逃跑,迅速吞下（boltsth down）
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/ ˈsteɪbl; `stebl/ adj (a) firmly established or fixed; not likely to move or change 穩定的; 穩固的; 牢固的; 安定的: a stable relationship, job, government 穩定的關係﹑ 工作﹑ 政府 * a house built on stable foundations 建在牢固基礎上的房子 * The patient's condition is stable. 病人情況穩定. (b) (of a person or his character) not easily upset or disturbed; well-balanced; reliable （指人或性格）沉穩的, 持重的, 可靠的: Mentally she's very stable. 她情緒十分穩定. * He's about the most stable person I know. 我認識的人當中, 數他最穩重. (c) (of a substance) tending to stay in the same chemical or atomic state; not breaking down easily or naturally （指物質）穩定的（保持化學或原子狀態的）, 不易變化的: an element forming stable compounds 可形成穩定的化合物的元素.
> stability / stəˈbɪlətɪ; stə`bɪlətɪ/ n [U] quality or state of being stable 穩定性; 穩定狀態; 沉穩.
stabilize, -ise / ˈsteɪbəlaɪz; `stebl͵aɪz/ v [I, Tn] (cause sth/sb to) become stable （使某事物）穩定; （使某人）變得沉穩: His condition has now stabilized. 他的情況穩定下來了. * government measures to stabilize prices 政府採取的穩定物價的措施. stabilization, -isation / ͵steɪbəlaɪˈzeɪʃn; US -lɪˈz-; ͵steblə`zeʃən/ n [U]. stabilizer, -iser/ ˈsteɪbəlaɪzə(r); `stebə͵laɪzɚ/ n substance or device that stabilizes, esp a device that prevents an aircraft or ship from rolling, or one that helps to keep a child's bicycle upright 穩定裝置; 穩定器; 平衡器; （飛行器的）安定面: He can now ride his bike without stabilizers. 他現在騎自行車不需要平衡器了.
stably / ˈsteɪblɪ; `steblɪ/ adv: in a stable manner 穩定地; 沉穩地.
/ ˈkuʃn; `kʊʃən/ n
small bag filled with soft material, feathers, etc, used to make a seat more comfortable, to kneel on, etc （坐﹑ 跪等時用的）軟墊, 靠墊, 墊子.
mass of sth soft 柔軟如墊之物: a cushion of moss on the rock 巖石上的一層青苔 * A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air. 氣墊船懸浮在氣墊上行駛. * a `pin-cushion 針插 * (fig 比喻) The three goals we scored in the first half give us a useful cushion (ie protect us) against defeat. 我們在上半場比賽中射進的三個球可以使我們穩操勝券.
soft bouncy lining of the inside edges of a snooker or billiard table, from which balls rebound （撞球臺內側邊緣的）彈性襯裡. =>illus at snooker 見snooker之插圖.
> cushion v
1. [Tn] soften (sth) by absorbing the effect of impact 對（某事物）起緩衝作用: Powerful shock absorbers cushion our landing. 有效的減震裝置緩解了我們著陸時的衝撞力.
2. [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (against/from sth) (fig 比喻) protect sb/sth (from sth harmful), sometimes excessively 保護某人[某事物]（有時過分）: a child who has been cushioned from unpleasant experiences 備受關懷而生活得無憂無慮的孩 子 * Wage increases have cushioned us from the effects of higher prices. 工資提高後減輕了物價上漲對我們的影響.
這樣背單詞是不是更快更高更強了呢？以後學單詞就這樣一遍一遍的聯想，加深鞏固。這樣想著，是不是覺得很快就要成為英語大神了，連人都情不自禁的跳起了舞蹈。
如果大家覺得自己不想這樣一次次的去查單詞，可以訂閱我們的公眾號，拉風的男人將不定期更新帶著你們一起讀經濟學人原文，增加詞彙表達的逼格。