Vocab list
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1. Undeniably/undoubtedly/irrefutably/indisputably (無可否認地)
e.g. Maintaining good interpersonal relationships plays an essential role in
our personal development and is irrefutably important.
2. Important/vital/essential/crucial/indispensable (重要的)
e.g. Participating in boot camps can help us acquire a wide range of essential
life skills like communication skills and problem-solving skills.
3. A myriad of/ A host of/ A multitude of/A vast number of (跟 countable
nouns!)
(很多很多)
e.g. Boot camps entail (involve) a host of activities that are extremely tough.
4. Mitigate/alleviate/eradicate/address/tackle (solve)
e.g. Having at least 60 minutes of rest every day is an effective solution to
mitigate the problem of depression.
5. ranging from….to…..
e.g. Joining the camps helps the adolescents acquire a myriad of life skills
ranging from problem-solving skills to communication skills.
e.g. Bootcamps entail (involve) a lot of activities ranging from mandatory
(compulsory) marching practice to teamwork games like dodgeball.
6. omnipresent/ubiquitous/all-present/universal phenomenon (常見現象)
e.g. Nowadays, it has become an omnipresent phenomenon that students
suffer from exceedingly high workload pressure and expectations under the
exam-oriented education system.
7. bolster (boost) their confidence, cultivate their self-worth, establish their
self-esteem, enhance their self-assurance, unearth/unleash their potentials
8. exponentially increasing/explosively increasing/escalating/skyrocketing
e.g. The suicide rate of adolescents in Hong Kong has been exponentially
increasing.
9. aggravate/exacerbate/intensify (惡化)
e.g. Emission of carbon dioxide exacerbates global warming.
e.g. Not seeking appropriate treatment and help from the professionals
further aggravates your depression problem.
10. a concerted effort(共同努力)/sustained endeavors/unremitting efforts (持續
不斷的努力)
e.g. The government and the NGOs should make a concerted effort to preserve
the local natural landscape
e.g. The government should make sustained endeavors to ignite the public
awareness of the importance of doing sports.
11. susceptible to/vulnerable to (易受影響)
e.g. Teenagers in Hong Kong are highly susceptible to peer pressure.
e.g. As kids have weak immune system, they are very vulnerable to illness.
12. devastating/catastrophic/disastrous (causing a lot of damage or destruction)
e.g. The village has been hit by a devastating drought.
e.g. This devastating hurricane brought a lot of detrimental(有害的) impacts
to the village.
13. calamity/disaster/catastrophe/tragedy (災害)
e.g. (2012 DSE Part A): After I was sent to Fukushima in 2011 to cover the
earthquake, I witnessed that the calamity made a lot of buildings collapse,
destroyed a vast number of agricultural fields and caused deaths of
tens of thousands of local innocent people.
14. detrimental/harmful/destructive/disastrous/adverse/undesirable (有害的)
e.g. These chemicals have a detrimental impact on the environment.
e.g. Installing apps on children’s mobile phone imposes detrimental impacts
on
their personal development.
15. of paramount importance/of substantial importance/vitally important
e.g. It is vitally important to cultivate all students into well-rounded
individuals.
e.g. It is of paramount importance for the government to allow filming in the
city
centre.