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1. Balk: (v) to be unwilling to do something or let something happen 

2. Grid: (n) a pattern or structure made from horizontal and vertical lines crossing each other to form squares

3. Utility: (n) a service which is used by the public, such as an electricity or gas supply or a train service

4. Deliberately: (adv) intentionally, slowly and carefully

5.Tactic: (n) a planned way of doing something

  Tactics: the arrangement and use of soldiers and equipment in war

6. Curtailing: (v) to stop something before it is finished, or to reduce or limit something

7. Oversight: (v) a mistake made because of a failure to notice something

((在此中文為: 監督))

8. Phenomenal: (adj) extremely successful or special, especially in a surprising way

9. Shot across the bow : 發出警訊 ((更多解釋請點此))

10. Spree: (n) a short period of doing a particular, usually enjoyable, activity much more than is usual

11.Ration: (v) a limited amount of something which one person is allowed to have, especially when there is not much of it available

12. Torrid: (adj) involving strong emotions, especially those of sexual love

13. Ripple: (v) to (cause to) move in small waves

14. Ore: (n) rock or soil from which metal can be obtained

15. Impinge (+on): to have an effect on something, often causing problems by limiting it in some way

16. Generate: (v) to cause something to exist

17. Surge: (n) a sudden and great increase, a sudden and great movement forward, a sudden increase of an emotion

18. Emit: to send out a beam, noise, smell or gas

       ※emitter: 發出者;發射者

19. Accountable: (v) Someone who is accountable is completely responsible for what they do and must be able to give a satisfactory reason for it

20. Align: (v) to put two or more things into a straight line

   ※  Align yourself with sb/sth: If you align yourself with an organization or person, you agree with and support their aims

21. Impose: (v) to offically  force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received

22. array: (n) a large group of things or people, especially one which is attractive or causes admiration and often one which has been positioned in a particular way

※a array of: 一系列

23. Insulate: (v) to cover and surround something with a material or substance in order to stop heat, sound or electricity from escaping or entering

24. Deregulate: (v) to remove national or local government controls or rules from a business or other activity

25. Regulator: (n) an official who makes certain that the companies who operate a system, such as the national electricity supply, work effectively and fairly

26. Spot: (n) 現貨

27. Offset: (v) to balance one influence against an opposing influence, so that there is no great difference as a result

28. Output: (n) an amount of something produced by a person, machine, factory, country, etc

 29. Sulfur: 硫(磺)