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crater to collapse, plunge, or fail suddenly; crash e.g. The company’s stock has cratered 35% this year.
in the driver’s seat 해고니 뭐니 해도 회사는 여전히 원하는 인재를 못 찾아서 안달남 즉, 구직자들은 여전히 갑의 입장이다(주도권을 가지고 있다)
inlet, slight, perennial inlet [in-let]: 좁은 물줄기 2. 주입구 1. an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm. 2. a narrow passage between islands. 3. a place of admission; entrance. 4. something put in or inserted. verb (used with object), in·let, in·let·ting. 5. to put in; insert. e.g. God sends ten thousand truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so t..
vagary, ingress, board something up, venture, lackey, unheeded vagary [ vuh-gair-ee, vey-guh-ree ]: 1. (날씨 등의) 예측 불허의 변화 2. 엉뚱한 짓, 괴팍한 언행; 변덕 noun, plural va·gar·ies. 1. an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene. 2. a whimsical(엉뚱한), wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action. e.g. Ironically enough, the vagaries of life move us on surely as much as its blessings, and somet..
afflict, affliction, solace afflict [ uh-flikt ]: 1. 괴롭히다 2. 피해를 입히다 1. to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with migraine headaches. 2. Obsolete. to overthrow; defeat. to humble. affliction [ uh-flik-shuhn ]: 격식 고통, 고통의 원인 1. a state of pain, distress, or grief; misery: They sympathized with us in our affliction. 2. a cause of mental or bodily pain, as sickness, loss, cala..
graspable, ebb and flow, flux, lurch, edifice graspable: 붙잡을 수 있는; 이해할 수 있는 ebb and flow: (조수처럼) 밀려 왔다 밀려 갔다 하다, 성쇠를 되풀이하다, 변동하다 I saw the ebb and flow at the seaside. ebb: 1. 동사 격식 빠지다, 썰물이 되다 (=go out), (↔flow) 2. 동사 서서히 사그라지다[약해지다] (=decrease) 1. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow). 2. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay: the ebb of a once great nation. 3. a point of decline: His..
enchant, grail, lounge, listless enchant [ en-chant, -chahnt ]: 1. 황홀하게 만들다 2. 마술을 걸다 verb (used with object) - to subject to magical influence; bewitch: fairytales about witches who enchant handsome princes and beautiful maidens. - to delight to a high degree: Her gaiety and wit have enchanted us all. - to impart a magic quality or effect to. e.g. They enchant us, seduce us, tempt us, promise us that there is more to life than..
timbre, murky, mirage, facade timbre [ tam-ber, tim-; French tan-bruh ]: 음색 1. Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance. 2. Music. the characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular..
perilous, grapple with, compartmentalize perilous: 아주 위험한 involving or full of grave risk [중대한 위험] or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat. grapple with: ~을 해결하려고 노력하다 struggle[grapple] with adverse circumstances: 역경에서 악전고투하다 compartmentalize: (특히 서로 영향을 주지 않도록) 구분하다 compartmentalize into: …으로 분류[구분]하다. Life today is rigidly compartmentalized into work and leisure.
shrift, navel-gazing shrift: Noun [UC/] [고어] (사제 앞에서 하는) 고해[참회], 임종 고해, 고해에 의한 사죄 give somebody/something/get short shrift ~을 대수롭지 않게 여기다/별로 관심을 받지 못하다 navel-gazing: (다른 고려 사항들은 무시하고) 한 가지만 지나치게 생각함 NOUN somewhat humorous the activity of thinking too much or too deeply about yourself, yourexperiences, your feelings, etc.

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