(現在分詞/動名詞) 不想吃也吃，不餓也吃，沒事無聊就吃 (東西)。

引句：
Women can munch their way into a bigger dress size in weeks by “auto-eating” the calorie equivalent of a Big Mac a day….Boredom is the main reason for auto-eating.
—Jo Willey, “Boredom makes women put on weight,” Daily Express, May 24, 2010

According to a study by RAND researcher Deborah Cohen and Thomas Farley of Tulane University School of Public Health, powerful environmental cues lead to automatic eating, a recipe for diet disaster
—”How to Avoid Auto-Eating,” Military Spouse, November 11, 2009

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go against +
對…不利；敗訴
If the decision goes against me, I’ll go bankrupt.

go ahead
開始；繼續進行
The construction of the bypass went ahead despite the protests from environmentalists.

go ahead with +
繼續進行 (某事)
We now intend to go ahead with the final stage of the project.

go along
繼續；進展
Everything was going along just fine until she turned up!

go along with +
贊同，同意，附和 (某人或某事)
I didn’t really agree, but I went along with the decision because I was in the minority.

go around/round
去某人家；走訪；參觀
I went around for dinner at their house.
I went round last night to see them.

go around/round
(疾病或消息) 流傳
A rumor is going around about the Attorney General.

go around/round
足夠分
There aren’t enough jobs to go around for the numbers of people graduating nowadays.

go at +
攻擊；撲向
She went at her dinner like she hadn’t eaten for days.

go at +
拼命幹；努力從事，致力於
The students are really going at their studies now that the exams are near.

go away
離開；消失
This drug should make the pain go away.

go back
回去，返回
When are you going back to your house?
We went back to work after the break.

go back
追溯 (到)
My interest in the subject goes back many years.

go back on +
違背 (諾言，協議等)
Don’t trust him. He always goes back on his promises.
He went back on his word and refused to lend us the money.

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(動名詞) 用手機傳送偷情簡訊。這個字是由 cheat 和 texting 拼綴而成。
—chext (名詞/動詞)：偷情簡訊；傳送偷情簡訊。
—chexter (名詞)：傳送偷情簡訊的人。

Text 或 text message (手機簡訊) 是目前正夯的用語；text 亦可當動詞用，即「傳簡訊」，其動名詞為 texting 或 text messaging。由此衍生的字也越來越多，如本文的 chexting 以及在引句中亦提到的 sexting (用手機傳送色情簡訊和圖片)。sexting 這個字去年才出現；同樣地，sext 亦可當名詞和動詞用，前者意為「(用手機傳送的) 色情簡訊和圖片」，後者意為「用手機傳送色情簡訊和圖片」。

引句：
You might like texting, frown upon sexting, but now comes “chexting” — and it can lead to big trouble. Just ask Tiger Woods and Jesse James.
Golf superstar Woods and TV celebrity James, who is married to Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock, have seen their lives unravel amid revelations of cheating on their spouses, in part by arranging liaisons via text messages.
Don’t be fooled into thinking you’re safe. If you’ve sexted and chexted, you might soon be “exted” by your spouse.
—Zorianna Kit, “Perils of ‘chexting‘ hit spotlight with Tiger Woods, Jesse James,” Reuters, April 1, 2010

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(名詞) 用來種植農作物的高樓大廈 (high-rise; high-rise building)。這個字是由 farm 和 skyscraper 拼綴而成。farmscraper 亦叫做 vertical farm 和 skyfarm。

引句：
Other growth areas include vertical farming, in which lack of space means crops are cultivated in urban high-rises or ‘farmscrapers‘.
—Fiona MacCrae, ‘Aim for the stars and train to be a space architect,” Daily mail, January 14, 2010

More radical still is an idea that has environmentally minded architects worldwide in a tizz. “Farmscrapers” may become the solution to a bulging population versus diminishing land. Clever hydro- and aeroponic systems mean very little water will be required to grow crops high up in the sky, saving valuable space and resources.
—Kate Burt, “Tomorrow’s world: The gizmos about to change the way we live,” The Independent, October 25, 2009

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(名詞) 中年才瞭解到自己是同性戀的人。

引句：
Some people turn gay late in life. Witness former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey, who was married twice and had children before he announced that he was a “gay American.” Former Clinton pollster Mark Penn even coined a term who out themselves or discover they are gay in their 30s or 40s: late-breaking gays.
—Mark Stricherz, “Sorry, Kagan might be gay,” The Catholic Pol, May 12, 2010

Of increasing frequency are the “late-breaking gays” who abandon their spouse and children for a gay partner. It is depicted in films, in Broadway plays, and on the Oprah Winfrey show.
—Ralph Slovenko, Psychiatry in Law / Law in Psychiatry, Routledge, Mar 3, 2009

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英譯：
do the honors

例句：
You do the honors and pour out the tea while I bring in the cakes. (你盡一下地主之誼，給客人倒茶，我去把糕餅拿來)

He was asked to do the honors during his best friend’s wedding. (在他最要好朋友的婚禮上，他被請求招待賓客)

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(名詞) 啤酒淚。

幾杯黃湯下肚後，開始想起大大小小不愉快的事情 (如與前男友分手、小狗不吃飯、母雞不生蛋、英文只考 99 分等等)，想著想著，不禁悲從中來，放聲哭泣。

例句：
After I had three natty lights, I started regretting my last drunk hook-up and started crying. My friends had to comfort me because of my beer tears! (喝了三杯淡啤酒後，我開始為上次酒後勾搭異性的行為感到懊悔並哭了起來。我的朋友因為我的啤酒淚不得不來安慰我) (Urban Dictionary)

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come from +
來自；產自；源於
She comes from Russia
Eggs come from chickens.

come in
到達：抵達
The plane came in at two-thirty in the morning.

come in
(消息) 被收到；(消息) 傳來
Reports are just coming in of an assassination attempt on the President.

come in +
(競賽中) 取得名次
I did my best but came in last but one in the race.

come in for +
遭到 (批評等)；接受 (讚揚等)
Jack’s come in for quite a lot of criticism of late.

come into +
繼承
She came into a lot of money when her grandmother died.

come into use
開始使用
The computerized system came into use at the end of last year.

come off
脫落；掉下來
I picked it up and the handle came off in my hand.

come off
成功
I was surprised when the plan came off so easily.

come off it
別胡說了；別瞎扯了；別開玩笑了
Come off it; tell me the truth for goodness’ sake.

come on
(疾病) 開始發作，襲來
I’ve got a bit of a headache. I hope it doesn’t mean I’ve got flu coming on.

come on
(電燈、機器等) 開，開啟，開動，開始運轉
The central heating comes on automatically an hour before I have to get up.

come on
(用於鼓勵) 振作起來
Come on; don’t give up now when you’re so close to finishing.

come out
(秘密等) 被揭露
The details of the scandal came out in the press and she had to resign.

come out
出現；顯露出來
I didn’t see the car at first. It came out of nowhere.

come out
(書籍、專輯、電影等) 出版；發行；問世
The band’s new CD is coming out in September.

come out
出櫃 (將自己的同性戀身份公開)
Sam finally came out last month.
She came out at university and has been living with her partner, Jane, for the last couple of years.

come out
(太陽、月亮、星星) 露出，出現
It started cloudy, but then the sun came out and we all went to the park.

come out
被洗掉；被擦掉
The red wine I spilt just will not come out of the carpet no matter what I try to clean it with.

come out in +
(因生病或食物、藥物過敏而) 起疹子或出現類似皮膚問題
She came out in a nasty rash after touching the poisonous plant by mistake.

come out with +
推出 (產品)
Microsoft is coming out with a new video game system next month.

come out with +
突然說出 (通常指令人驚訝的事情)
She came out with the answer when everyone was expecting it to remain unsolved.
You never know what the children are going to come out with.

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(名詞) 二次衰退。

上次經濟衰退之後國內生產總值 (gross domestic product, GDP) 出現一季或兩季短暫的正成長後又滑落至負成長的經濟狀況，亦即經濟衰退之後出現短暫的復甦後又陷入衰退的情況。二次衰退的致因不一而足，但通常包括上次不景氣期間裁員及削減支出導致的商品和勞務需求滑落。二次衰退 (或甚至三次衰退 triple-dip recession) 是最壞的經濟狀況，會使經濟陷入更深、更長的不景氣，使得復甦更加困難。

double-dip 這個字單獨使用時可當名詞和動詞用，前者意為「雙份蛋捲冰淇淋」，後者意為「(在兩個不同地方各領一份薪水的) 雙重支薪」。動名詞 double-dipping (亦寫成 double dipping) 是指「在兩處受薪」。

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(名詞) 跟你同年同月同日生的男性。

可想而知，跟你同年同月同日生的女性就叫做 birthday sister。

根據國內新聞報導，馬紹爾共和國總統查凱爾今年 5 月中訪問美國，這是查凱爾就職後首度訪美，我駐美代表袁健生夫婦因此特別設宴款待，表示歡迎。馬紹爾是我國友邦，查凱爾曾被馬英九總統稱為 birthday brother，因為他們兩人是同年同月同日生。

馬紹爾共和國與我國在 1998 年 11 月 20 日建交。目前兩國在農漁業、科技、醫療、教育與文化等方面都有密切合作，並獲具體成果。馬英九總統曾於今年 3 月率團訪問馬紹爾，由於查凱爾總統和馬總統同年同月同日生，因此馬總統曾暱稱他是 birthday brother，並邀請查凱爾擇期率團訪華，這位馬總統的 birthday brother 已答應將在適當時機訪問台灣。

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