113 學測英文時事單字猜題（三）
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■ TOPIC 3：低生育率、人口老化、高齡化社會
birth rate：出生率；rate (n) 速率/ 費率 (v) 評分；at the rate of N：以…速率/ 費率；fertility (n) 生育；predict/ project/ forecast (v) 預測；Taiwan’s fertility rate could reach a new historic low：台灣的生育率可能創歷史新低；record-low fertility rate：新低的生育率；threaten N = pose threat to N：對…造成威脅；counter N：對抗N；counteract N：抵銷N；reverse (v) 逆轉；undermine/ compromise (v) 削弱；economic prospect：經濟前景；shrink workforce：縮減勞動力；labor shortage：勞力短缺；unstable (adj) 不穩定的；slow consumption：減緩消費；cast a shadow over N：讓N蒙上陰影；national security：國安；frighten (v) 使驚恐害怕；pronounced/ noticeable (adj) 顯著的；steep (adj) 陡峭的；drastic (adj) 急遽的；dramatic (adj) 戲劇性的/ 巨大的；decline (v) 拒絕/ 下降 (n) 下降；steady (adj) 穩定而持續的；primary (adj) 主要的；drive (v) 驅使驅動 (n) 驅動力；factor (n) 因素；pursue careers：追求事業；postpone marriage：延後結婚；delay childbirth：延後生小孩；high housing price：高房價；metropolitan area：大都會地區；unaffordable (adj) 負擔不起的；attitude (n) 態度；parenting (adj) 育兒；be geared toward N：為N做好準備；high household expenditure：高家戶開銷；free of N：沒有N；obligation (n) 責任；disinterest in N：對N不感興趣；conflict (v) (n) 衝突；incompatible (adj) 不相容的；imbalance (n) 不平衡；ease burden：減輕負擔；stem (v) 阻止 (n) 莖；stem from N = arise from N = derive from N；stem the tide (= trend/ fad)：阻止潮流；struggle (v) (n) 掙扎；endeavor (v) (n) 努力；make laws and policies：制定法律和政策；convince sb of N：說服某人某事；exhaust (v) 耗盡；conventional approaches to N/Ving：…傳統方法；incentive (n) 動機/ 誘因；compensate for N：補償賠償N；six-month paid parental leave：六個月有薪育嬰假；introduce a cash-benefit：引進現金福利；generosity (n) 慷慨大方；generous (adj) 慷慨大方的；social welfare：社會福利；tax break：減稅；invest in N：投資；to no avail = in vain：徒勞無功；inevitable/ unavoidable (adj) 無可避免的；accelerate (v) 加速；aging population：人口老化；aged society：高齡化社會；age (v) 老化；the elders = the elderly = the seniors：年長者；proportion (n) 比例；imperative (adj) 重要的且急需處理的；grave (n) 墳墓 (adj) 嚴重的；nutrition (n) 營養；sanitation/ hygiene (n) 衛生；medical advances：醫療進步；longevity (n) 長壽；life span：壽命；deprive sb of N：剝奪某人某事；dignity (n) 尊嚴；mobility (n) 行動力；call for N：呼籲；exclusive (adj) 獨家專屬的；launch (v) 展開；comprehensive (adj) 全面而詳盡的；inclusive (adj) 包容的；long-term care system：長照系統；look after N = tend to N = attend to N：照顧；monitor (v) 監控；in response to N：回應因應N；subsidize (v) 補助；subsidy/ grant (n) 補助金；meet diverse healthcare demands：滿足多元的健康照護需求；be eligible (= qualified) for N：符合N 資格；luxury (n) (adj) 奢侈的(事)；employ foreign caregiver：雇用外籍看護；exploit (v) 剝削利用；abuse (v) (n) 虐待/ 濫用/ 辱罵；prevail (v) 普遍盛行；prevalence (n) 普遍盛行；progressive (adj) 漸進的；chronic disease：慢性病； integrate A into B = incorporate A into B；把A整合併入B；nursing home：療養院；prioritize N (v) 將N列為優先事項；allocate (v) 分配；be to blame for N = should be accountable for N：該為…負責；insure (v) 保險；insurance (n) 保險；assure sb that S + V = assure sb of N：向某人確保某事；ensure that S + V：確保；accommodate (v) 容納；accommodate to N = adjust to N = accustom to N = adapt to N：適應N
