精選寫作用字
1. multiply
a. 加乘
Taiwan’s school kids are early exposed to the basic mathematical skills of how to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers.
(台灣的學童早期就接觸了加減乘除等基本數學運算。)
b. 增加、倍增
The advent of this ingenious product has multiplied our sales performance to an unprecedented degree.
(該產品設計精巧，我們的銷售量得以大增，如此表現前所未見。)
2. neutralize
a. 中和物質之酸鹼性
Rainwater must first be neutralized, sterilized, and distilled before it becomes potable.
(雨水必須經由中和、消毒、蒸餾後才能適於飲用。)
b. 減輕、消除
Music is able to neutralize fatigue, kill pain, and elevate the spirit.
(音樂能消除疲勞、減輕疼痛並提升心靈層次。)
3. novel
a. 小說
Good novels mirror life.
(好的小說反映人生。)
b. 新奇的、新穎的
At present, human-cloning or space-travel are no longer novel ideas.
(現今複製人和太空探險已不是新鮮事。)
4. nurture
a. 給予養分、滋養
Our next mission is figuring out how to nurture necessary crops in an inhospitable environment.
(我們下一個任務就是要研究如何在不利植物生長的環境中種植日需農作物。)
b. 形成、造成
Racial difference inevitably nurtures racial discrimination.
(種族差異無可避免地造成種族歧異。)
5. object
a. 物品
Almost every female in the Islamic world is treated as an object belonging to her husband.
(在穆斯林世界，幾乎所有女性都被視為男性的附屬品。)
b. 反對
The locals strongly object to the new city development plan.
(當地居民強烈反對這項新的都市開發案。)
6. harbor 懷抱;擁有;懷有某種情緒
Let us create a good work team where everybody can harbor hope and optimism.
讓我們建立一個好的工作團隊，使人人都能懷抱著希望與樂觀態度。
If this act on marriage is legalized, the females will harbor more equality and welfare.
若這條婚姻法案闖關成功，女性將能擁有更多福利與平等權利。
7. harness 駕馭
Since the dawn of technology, human beings have been bettering their abilities to harness the powers of nature.
自有科技以來，人類就一直盡其所能要駕馭自然的力量。
8. haunt 揮之不去；縈繞心頭
In life, we all have come to some moments or decisions that will haunt us for a long time.
人生在世，我們都曾面臨過一些時刻與抉擇讓我們無法忘懷。
The sights and sounds in childhood are always memorable. The bitter smiles, the happy tears, those whom we left or those who left us would return to haunt us in our deepest thoughts.
童年的景況總令人懷念。那些苦澀的微笑、喜極而泣的眼淚，以及我們身邊那些來來去去的過客，總會回到我們最深層的思念
裡，縈繞不去、揮之不散。
9. hazy 模糊的；粗淺的
So far we only have a hazy picture of earthquake prevention.
到目前為止，我們對地震的預防僅有粗淺的認識而已。
10. heat up 增溫,白熱化
As the competition for election is heating up, rumors of vote-buying are also on the rise.
隨著選戰的競爭漸趨白熱化，買票的傳聞也沸沸揚揚。