D

• Q：英文中有不少字雖然拼字中有 “d” 或 “t”，但在讀音時卻不發音，如 pos(t)card, pos(t)pone，請問要如何知道這樣的 “d” 或 “t” 在說話時是不發音呢? 或者這只是一種經驗的累積呢?
• 靠爸族：daddy’s boy/girl (n.)
• Q： daresay 是拼成一個字還是兩個字 (即 dare say) ? dare say 和 daresay 的意思和用法是否相同? 另外，是否可以說明 dare 的用法?
• 行車記錄器：dashboard camera (n.)
• Day after day; day and night; day by day; day in, day out
• Dead center, dead on the target, dead reckoning, dead right
• Dead (adj.) / dead body / deadly, deathly
• 在書信稱呼中，Dear 後面不可有逗點，而 Hello 後面要有逗點
• Debut
• Decent vs. descent
• Decent、descent 和 dissent 之對與錯
• Decline (v.)
• Decry vs. descry
• Defensible, defensive (adjs.)
• Definite, definitive (adjs.), definitely, definitively (advs.)
• definitely 英人最常拼錯
• Defuse vs. diffuse
• Demand, insist 等動詞後接假設語氣子句
• Demur vs. demure
• Q：”department” 這個字在指大學院校的學系時是否要大寫呢?
• Dependant, dependent
• desert 和 dessert 之對與錯
• 與 detail 有關的三個實用句型
• 限定詞的位置
• Detract vs. distract
• Device vs. devise
• Devil’s advocate
• Devil’s food cake
• Dexterous, dextrous (adj.), dexterously (adv.), dexterity, dexterousness (nn.) / ambidextrous (adj.), ambidextrously (adv.), ambidexterity (n.)
• Dialectal vs. dialectical
• Diamond in the rough
• Diamond Jubilee
• Different from、different to 還是 different than 呢？
• Difficult, hard (adjs.)
• Digital Divide – 數位落差
• Dine and dash
• Discomfit vs. discomfort
• Discreet, discrete (adjs.)
• Discrepancy, disparity (nn.)
• discrete 和 discreet 之對與錯
• Disinterested, uninterested (adjs.)
• Dissatisfied, unsatisfied
• Dissertation, thesis (nn.)
• Distant, remote (adjs.)
• Distrust, mistrust (vv., nn.)
• Divide, divide up (vv.)
• Divorce (v., n.), divorced (adj.), divorcé, divorcée (nn.)
• D-list
• 己所不欲，勿施於人：do as you would be done by (v.)
• Do 和 make 後接名詞片語當受詞時的用法差異
• Do not animals 台大告示英文爛
• 盡地主之誼：do the honors (v.)
• D’oh!
• Dollars to doughnuts
• 少來這一套：Don’t patronize me.
• 怪字年年有 今年特別多：Doorer, phubbing 等字可能成為下一波流行語
• 老番癲；老糊塗：dotard
• 雙重否定並非文法錯誤，但應避免表錯意
• 英文中唯一含有連續三對各有兩個相同字母的單字
• 割雙眼皮：double eyelid surgery (n.)
• 一罪二罰；一事二罰；一頭牛剝兩次皮：double jeopardy (n.)
• Double vs. redouble
• Doubt 的用法
• Doubting Thomas
• Doubtless (adv., adj.), doubtlessly, indubitably, no doubt, undoubtedly, unquestionably, without doubt (advs.)
• 英文中只有四個常用單字以 “dous” 結尾
• Down in the mouth
• 尬車；飆車：drag, race (v.)
• Q：「我昨天買了 10 支 1G 的 DRAM」這句話可以這樣說 “I bought 10 1G DRAMs yesterday.” 嗎?
• 酒國做英雄 酒後的心聲
• 駕照是 driver’s license、driver’s licence、driving licence 還是 driving license 呢
• Drop a line
• Drop, fall (vv.)
• Drop-dead, drop dead, drop dead!
• 忙死了：drowning (adj.)
• Drunk, drunken (adjs.)
• 冷笑話：dry humor (n.)
• Due to 還是 because of 呢？
• Duty, responsibility (nn.)