Saturday, March 21, 2015

#2 Walking or cycling to work 'improves well-being from BBC News(vocabulary)

Well-being   the state of feeling healthy and happy  

People doing yoga benefit from an increased feeling of well-being.

Suggested   suggest the necessity of an intervention ; in medicine 

Her expression suggested pleasure. 

Reinforces   it provides more proof or support for it and makes it seem true   

The final technical report into the accident reinforces the findings of initial investigations.

Correspondingly   resulting from something else 

Company losses were 50 per cent worse than in the corresponding period last year.

Disruption   the act of causing disorder   

The accident on the main road through town is causing widespread disruption for motorists.


Comment:
I think English-English dictionary is better than English-Chinese dictionary.
It's more clear and seldom understand wrong way.If I can be used to English-English dictionary , I think my English will improve faster than use English-Chinese dictionary.
I will try when I study English .

1 comment:

  1. Agree! Usually the monolingual learner dictionary give clear definition on words and give more example sentences.

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