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letter of intent (document) noun [UK: ˈle.tə(r) əv ɪn.ˈtent] [US: ˈle.tər əv ˌɪn.ˈtent] | 意向书 /yìxiàngshū/noun 意向書noun |
letters patent (type of legal document granting a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization) noun [UK: ˈle.təz ˈpeɪtnt] [US: ˈle.tərz ˈpæ.tənt] | 專利特許證noun 英皇制誥noun |
mandatory detention (practice of detaining migrants or refugees upon arrival at a destination country) noun | 強制拘留noun |
nonexistent (not existent) adjective [UK: ˌnɑː.nəɡ.ˈzɪ.stənt] [US: ˌnɑː.nəg.ˈzɪ.stənt] | 不存在的 /bù cúnzài de/adjective |
omnipotent (having unlimited power, force or authority) adjective [UK: ɒm.ˈnɪ.pə.tənt] [US: amˈnɪ.pə.tənt] | 全能的 /quánnéng de/adjective |
ostentatious (intended to attract notice) adjective [UK: ˌɒ.sten.ˈteɪ.ʃəs] [US: ˌɑː.stən.ˈteɪ.ʃəs] | 炫耀的adjective |
ostentatious (of ostentation) adjective [UK: ˌɒ.sten.ˈteɪ.ʃəs] [US: ˌɑː.stən.ˈteɪ.ʃəs] | fúhua/adjective 浮华 /fúhuáadjective 浮華adjective 闊綽adjective 阔绰 /kuòchuò/adjective |
ostentatious (of tawdry display) adjective [UK: ˌɒ.sten.ˈteɪ.ʃəs] [US: ˌɑː.stən.ˈteɪ.ʃəs] | 財大氣粗 /cáidàqìcū/adjective |
oxygen tent [oxygen tents] (canopy within which air having a higher than normal supply of oxygen can be administered to a patient) noun [UK: ˈɒk.sɪ.dʒən tent] [US: ˈɑːk.sə.dʒən ˈtent] | 氧幕 /yǎngmù/noun |
patent [patents] (declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period) noun [UK: ˈpeɪtnt] [US: ˈpæ.tənt] | 专利 /zhuānlì/noun 專利noun |
patent troll (company, person, etc., that owns and enforces patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner) noun | 專利流氓noun |
pay attention (to be attentive) verb [UK: peɪ ə.ˈten.ʃn̩] [US: ˈpeɪ ə.ˈten.ʃn̩] | 注意 /zhùyì/verb 注重 /zhùzhòng/verb |
persistent (refusing to give up) adjective [UK: pə.ˈsɪ.stənt] [US: pər.ˈsɪ.stənt] | 固執的adjective 固执的 /gùzhí de/adjective 持續的adjective 持续的 /chíxù de/adjective 頑固的adjective 顽固的 /wángù de/adjective |
pitch a tent (to have an erection that shows through the clothing) verb [UK: pɪtʃ ə tent] [US: ˈpɪtʃ ə ˈtent] | 搭帳篷verb |
potential [potentials] (energy of a unit electrical charge) noun [UK: pə.ˈten.ʃl̩] [US: pə.ˈten.ʃl̩] | 电位 /diànwèi/noun 电势 /diànshì/noun 電位noun 電勢noun |
potential (existing in possibility) adjective [UK: pə.ˈten.ʃl̩] [US: pə.ˈten.ʃl̩] | 潛在adjective 潜在 /qiánzài/adjective |
potential [potentials] (physics: the radial component of a gravitational field) noun [UK: pə.ˈten.ʃl̩] [US: pə.ˈten.ʃl̩] | 勢能 /qiánnéng/noun |
potential energy (energy possessed by an object because of its position) noun [UK: pə.ˈten.ʃl̩ ˈe.nə.dʒi] [US: pə.ˈten.ʃl̩ ˈe.nər.dʒi] | 位能 /wèinéng/noun |