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Vocabulary

著

zhù — written by; to author or compose a work

年

nián — year; unit of time

或

huò — or; either; perhaps

教会

jiàohuì — church; Christian religious organization or institution

国家

guójiā — country; nation; state

与

yǔ — and; with; together with

世俗

shìsú — secular; worldly; pertaining to non-religious matters

的

de — structural particle indicating possession or modification

实质

shízhì — substance; essence; the true nature of something

形式

xíngshì — form; shape; manner or mode of something

和

hé — and; together with; peaceful

权力

quánlì — power; authority; political or governmental control

为

wèi — for; by; on behalf of

印刷

yìnshuā — to print; printing of books or documents

地址

dìzhǐ — address; location of a place

位于

wèiyú — to be located at; situated in a place

教堂

jiàotáng — church; Christian place of worship

院内

yuàn nèi — within the courtyard or compound

书店

shūdiàn — bookstore; shop selling books

电子

diànzǐ — electronic; digital; relating to electrons

文本

wénběn — text; written document or version

转录者

zhuǎnlùzhě — transcriber; person who transcribes a text

注

zhù — note; annotation; remark added to a text

本

běn — this; classifier for books or volumes

依据

yījù — based on; according to; relying on as basis

经典版

jīngdiǎn bǎn — classic edition; authoritative or standard version

整理

zhěnglǐ — to organize; to sort out and compile material

而成

ér chéng — resulting in; formed or completed through a process

而

ér — and; but; yet; connecting clauses or ideas

该

gāi — that; the said; referring to previously mentioned thing

版本

bǎnběn — version; edition of a book or document

本身

běnshēn — itself; in itself; the thing itself

亦

yì — also; too; likewise (literary usage)

初版

chūbǎn — first edition; original published version of a work

我

wǒ — I; me; first person singular pronoun

尽力

jìnlì — to do one's best; to make every effort

尽可能

jǐn kěnéng — as much as possible; to the greatest extent

忠实

zhōngshí — faithful; loyal; true to the original

地

de — adverbial particle linking adverb to verb

遵循

zūnxún — to follow; to adhere to rules or principles

原文

yuánwén — original text; source text in its original form

力求

lìqiú — to strive for; to make every effort to achieve

呈现

chéngxiàn — to present; to show; to display or manifest

本人

běnrén — the person himself; oneself; in person

亲自

qīnzì — personally; in person; by oneself directly

校对

jiàoduì — to proofread; to check and correct a text

过的

guò de — particle indicating completed past experience

风貌

fēngmào — style and appearance; overall look and character

但

dàn — but; however; nevertheless

以下

yǐxià — the following; below; the items listed after

差异

chāyì — difference; discrepancy; variation between things

在所难免

zài suǒ nán miǎn — unavoidable; impossible to prevent completely

大量

dàliàng — a large amount; in great quantities

使用

shǐyòng — to use; to employ; to make use of

大写

dàxiě — uppercase; capital letters; also Chinese for capitalization

字母

zìmǔ — letter; alphabet character in a writing system

斜体字

xiétǐzì — italic typeface; slanted style of printed letters

用于

yòng yú — used for; applied to a particular purpose

强调

qiángdiào — to emphasize; to stress the importance of something

专有

zhuānyǒu — proper; exclusive; belonging to a specific entity

名词

míngcí — noun; proper noun; a naming word

引文

yǐnwén — quotation; cited text from another source

有时

yǒushí — sometimes; occasionally; at certain times

似乎

sìhū — it seems; apparently; as if

只是

zhǐshì — merely; just; only; simply

随意

suíyì — casually; arbitrarily; at will without care

为之

wéi zhī — to do so; acting in such a manner

原版

yuánbǎn — original edition; the first printed version

有

yǒu — to have; there is; to exist

页边

yèbiān — page margin; the blank space at page's edge

标示

biāoshì — to mark; to indicate; to label something clearly

他

tā — he; him; third person singular masculine pronoun

引入

yǐn rù — to introduce; to bring in a term or concept

词语

cíyǔ — word; term; vocabulary item or phrase

概念

gàiniàn — concept; notion; abstract idea or principle

定义

dìngyì — definition; to define the meaning of a term

之处

zhī chù — the place where; the point at which

简要

jiǎnyào — brief and to the point; concise summary

说明

shuōmíng — to explain; explanation; description of something

某

mǒu — a certain; some; a particular unspecified one

段落

duànluò — paragraph; passage; section of written text

章节

zhāngjié — chapters and sections; divisions of a book

所

suǒ — particle used before verbs to nominalize them

讨论

tǎolùn — to discuss; discussion; to talk over a topic

主题

zhǔtí — theme; main topic; subject matter of discussion

并

bìng — and; also; moreover; furthermore

其

qí — its; their; his or her (literary pronoun)

提供

tígōng — to provide; to supply; to offer something

参考

cānkǎo — reference; to consult; used for comparison or guidance

出处

chūchù — source; origin; where something comes from

这些

zhèxiē — these; referring to previously mentioned items

大多

dàduō — mostly; for the most part; the majority

并非

bìng fēi — not at all; it is not the case that

全部

quánbù — all; entire; the whole of something

来自

láizì — to come from; originating from a source

圣经

Shèngjīng — the Bible; the holy scripture of Christianity

在

zài — at; in; on; to be present somewhere

某种

mǒu zhǒng — a certain kind; some sort of; a particular type

程度上

chéngdù shang — to some extent; to a certain degree

本是

běn shì — originally was; fundamentally intended to be

为了

wèile — in order to; for the purpose of

替代

tìdài — to replace; to substitute; to stand in for

索引

suǒyǐn — index; alphabetical reference list in a book

而设

ér shè — designed for; set up for a particular purpose

因为

yīnwèi — because; since; due to the reason that

并无

bìng wú — there is none; there is absolutely no such thing

注释

zhùshì — annotation; footnote; explanatory note in a text

以

yǐ — by means of; using; with (literary particle)

斜体

xiétǐ — italics; slanted typeface style

书写

shūxiě — to write; to inscribe; act of writing text

还

hái — also; still; in addition; furthermore

对

duì — toward; for; regarding; correct

非

fēi — non-; not; to be not; negation prefix

英语

Yīngyǔ — English language

外来语

wàiláiyǔ — loanword; foreign word borrowed into a language

词汇

cíhuì — vocabulary; lexicon; collection of words

文中

wén zhōng — within the text; in the document or writing

亦有

yì yǒu — there are also; also contains (literary)

若干

ruògān — several; some; a certain number of

希腊

Xīlà — Greece; the country Greece

希腊语

Xīlàyǔ — Greek language; the language of Greece

纯

chún — pure; purely; entirely; only

限制

xiànzhì — restriction; limitation; to restrict or constrain

范围

fànwéi — scope; range; boundary of an area or topic

内

nèi — within; inside; interior of something

处理

chǔlǐ — to handle; to deal with; to process

问题

wèntí — problem; question; issue to be resolved

采取

cǎiqǔ — to adopt; to take (measures or actions)

了

le — particle indicating completed action or change

措施

cuòshī — measure; step; action taken to address a problem