- dawdle (vi)
- to waste time
- Everyone dawdles from time to time
- procrastinate (vi)
- to keep delaying something that must be done
- pursue /pərˈsu/ (vt)
- follow something in order to catch or attack them
- exert /ɪɡˈzərt/ (vt)
- to use something such as authority, power, influence, etc. in order to make something happen
- genetics
- dopamine
- gratify
- to give someone pleasure or satisfaction
- His praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- fleeting
- quick
- nuisance
- loom (v)
- to appear as a large, often frightening or unclear shape or object
- sheer (adj)
- nothing other than
- The suggestion is sheer nonsense.
- gloomy (adj)
- dark
- tenure (n)
- being the legal owner of land, a job, or an official public position, or the period of time during which you own it
- zoology (n)
- sloth /slɔθ/ (n)
- 樹懶
- cosmogony /koz-mog-uh-nee/ (n)
- 天體演化學
- thyroid /ˈθaɪrɔɪd/ (n) i.e. thyroid gland
- 甲狀腺
- gland /ɡlænd/ (n)
- 線體
- an organ in the human or animal body that secretes particular chemical substances for use in the body or for discharge into the surroundings.
- demeanour = demeanor
- behavior; facial appearance; a way of looking and behaving
- introspective (a)
- The act or process of looking into oneself.
- 反省的
- soothe /suð/ (vt)
- to make someone feel calm or less worried
- A shot of brandy may soothe his nerves.
- To soothe a crying baby.
- shatter /ˋʃætɚ/ (v)
- to (cause something to) break suddenly into very small pieces
- break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.
- The window was shattered by a stone.
- The glass shattered into a thousand tiny pieces.
- blotch /blɑtʃ/ (n)
- an irregular patch or unsightly mark on a surface, typically the skin; 紅斑
- The overlapping windows create blotches, whenever you forget to refresh the windows in the proper order.
- despair /dɪˋspɛr/ (n)
- the complete loss or absence of hope; 絕望
- She was in despair.
- obviate /ˋɑbvɪ͵et/ (vt).
- remove (a need or difficulty);
- obscure /əbˋskjʊr/ (adj)
- not clear or plain; ambiguous; vague; or uncertain
My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth. I chose the sloth because its demeanour - calm, quite and introspective - did something to soothe my shattered self.
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