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by 유엔이방인 김상엽 Jul 03. 2023

[UN 영어] 유엔 영어 단어(A-D)

유엔 문서에서 자주 사용되는 영어 단어(Words frequently found in united nations documents showing the prescribed spelling and hyphening)를 모아봤으니, 나중에 유엔 관련 업무를 하는 이들에게 좋은 참고 자료가 될 듯하다. 오늘은 A부터 D까지 알아보자.


A

above-mentioned

abridgement

acknowledgement

addenda

ad hoc

ad infinitum

ad litem

adviser

aeroplane

aesthetic

aforementioned

Afrodescendant (noun) (preferred: person of African descent)

Afrodescendent (adj.) (preferred: of African descent)

after: compound forms are closed except:

after-effect

after-image

age-appropriate (adj.)

ageing

ageism

age-selective (adj.)

age-specific (adj.)

agribusiness

agrifood

agriscience

agritourism

agroecological

agroecosystem

agroforestry

agro-industry

agropastoral

agroprocessing

agroterrorism

aides-memoires

AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)

airbag

air conditioner, air conditioning (noun)

air-conditioned, air-conditioning (adj.)

aircraft (singular and plural)

aircrew

airdrop

airfare

airfield

airfreight

airlift

air raid

airspace

air strike

air traffic control

AK-47

allot, allotted, allotment

Al-Qaida

aluminium

among (not “amongst”)

anaemia

anaesthetic

analogue (but analog in computer

technology)

analyse

antenatal

antennae (insects)

antennas (aerials)

anti-abortion

anti-aircraft

antifertility

anti-inflammatory

antimalarial

antimicrobial

anti-money-laundering (adj.; not to be used as a noun)

antinatalism, antinatalist

anti-poverty

antisemitism

apartheid

a posteriori

appal, appalled, appalling

appendices

a priori

armoury

artefact

Assistant Secretary-General (plural: Assistant Secretaries-General)

asylum seeker

asylum-seeking (adj.)

attaché

attorney general

audiobook

audiovisual

auditor general

avant-garde

awareness-raising (noun and adj.)

ayatollah


B

Baath party, Baathist

baby boom (noun)

baby-boom (adj.)

back-calculation procedure

backstop (verb and noun)

back up (verb)

backup (noun and adj.)

backward (adj.)

backwards (adv.)

balance of payments (noun)

balance-of-payments (adj.)

balance sheet

bandwidth

baseline

base-year (adj.)

bednet

Bedouin (singular and plural)

beforehand

behaviour

behove

benefited, benefiting

benefit-sharing

bi: compound forms are closed (see also “Ambiguous terms” under Numbers, dates and time):

biannual (twice a year)

biennial (every second year)

bienniums

bimonthly (every two months)

biweekly (every two weeks)

biased

bio: compound forms are closed

biocoenosis

birth control

birth rate

bis

bitcoin

BlackBerry

blacklist (verb and noun)

blockchain

blood-borne

blood-brain barrier

bond market

bookkeeping

bottleneck

brain drain

break away (verb)

breakaway (noun and adj.)

break down (verb)

breakdown (noun)

breakthrough

break up (verb)

break-up (noun)

breastfeed

bride price

bride wealth

Brigadier General

broad band, broad banding (verb and noun, in ICSC documents)

broad-banded, broad-banding (adj., in ICSC documents)

broadband (telecommunications)

build up (verb)

build-up (noun)

bureaux

burka

burned (not “burnt”)

businessperson

buy-back (noun)

buy-in (noun)

by-catch

by-law

by-product

bystander


C

calibrecancelled, cancelling

canvas (cloth)

canvass (to solicit)

capacity-building (noun and adj.)

capital (city, money)

Capitol (building)

caregiver

care provider

caretaker

CarLog

carry over (verb)

carry-over (noun)

carte blanche

case-by-case (adj.)

case-fatality rate

case law

caseload

case study

cash flow (noun)

cash-flow (adj.)

catalogue

catalyse

cathode ray tube

CD-ROM

ceasefire (noun and adj.)

cellmate

cell phone

cellular phone

centre, centred, centring

centrepiece

chador

Chair-designate

changeover (noun)

channelled, channelling

charge-back

chargé d’affaires (singular invariable; plural: chargés d’affaires)

chat room

checklist

checkpoint

check-up (noun)

chef de cabinet (plural: chefs de cabinet)

cheque (bank)

chequebook

childbearing

childbirth

childcare

child-rearing

child-sensitive

child spacing

chlorofluorocarbons

classroom

clearing house (n); clearing-house (adj.)

closed-end (adj.)

co-chair

coequal

coexist

cofactor

cogeneration

cohort-component projections

cold war

co-locate

colloquiums

colour

combatant

combated, combating

Commissioner-General

common law (noun)

common-law (adj.)

communiqué

comorbidity

compel, compelled

compendiums

confidence-building (noun and adj.)

connection

consensus

consortiums

contingent-owned equipment

contraceptive-calendar method

cookstove

cooperate, cooperation

coordinate, coordination

co-payment

copy-edit

copy editor

cornerstone

corrigenda

cost accounting

cost-effective

cost-efficient

cost-of-living index

cost recovery (noun)

cost-recovery (adj.)

councillor

counsel (verb and noun, singular and plural)

counselling, counsellor

counteract

counterargument

counter-attack

counterbalance

countercharge

counterclaim

counterclockwise

counterculture

countercyclical

counterdemonstration

counter-espionage

counter-example

counter-guarantee

counter-insurgency

counter-intelligence

counter-intuitive

countermeasure

counter-narcotics

counteroffensive

counterpoint

counterproductive

counterproliferation

counterproposal

counter-revolution

counter-terrorism

countertrade

counter-urbanization

countryside

countrywide

coup d'état (plural: coups d'état)

couple-years

co-worker

creditworthiness

cropland

cross-country

cross-cutting

cross-reference (verb)

cross reference (noun)

cross section

cross-sectoral

cross-tabulation

crowdsourced, crowdsourcing

crowdwork, crowdworker, crowdworking

crypto: compound forms are closed

curricula

curriculum vitae (plural: curricula vitae)

cut back (verb)

cutback (noun)

cut off (verb)

cut-off (noun and adj.)

cyber: compound forms are closed


D

darknet

databank

database

data-collection (adj.)

data processing (noun)

data-processing (adj.)

data processor

data set

day care (noun)

day-care (adj.)

dead weight

deafblind

death rate

decies or deciens

decision maker

decision-making (noun and adj.)

de-emphasize

de facto

defence (but United States Department of Defense, Israel Defense Forces)

de jure

delink

delist

demagogy

démarche

demining

demographic-economic model

dependant (noun)

dependent (adj.)

depositary (person or entity with which a treaty is deposited)

depository (warehouse)

derestricted

desiccate

desktop

détente

diarrhoea

dieback (noun)

digitize

diktat

Director General (plural: Directors General) (but Director-General of the United Nations Offices at Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi)

disc (but disk in computer technology)

discreet (prudent)

discrete (separate)

dispatch

donor dependence

donor-dependent (adj.)

donor-funded (adj.)

dot-com

dot-org

doubling time

down payment

downstream

downward (adj. and adv.)

draft (text)

draught (air and animal)

draw down (verb)

drawdown (noun)

drift net (noun)

drift-net (adj.)

drinking water

drop out (verb)

dropout (noun and adj.)

drug dealer

drug dealing

drug-taking

drug trafficking

drug user

drug-using (adj.)

dry land (land as opposed to sea)

dryland(s) (type of ecosystem)

dunum

dwelling unit

dysfunctional


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Disclaimer - This post was prepared by Sang Yeob Kim in his personal capacity. The opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not reflect the view of his employer.


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