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by 유엔이방인 김상엽 Jul 12. 2023

[UN 영어] 유엔 영어 단어(Q-T)

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 Q부터 T까지 알아보자.


Q

qadi

quater

quinquies or quinquiens

Qur'an

Qur'anic


R

radioactive

radioisotope

rain-fed

rainforest

rainwater

raison d'être

range area

rangeland(s)

rapprochement

rateable

ratepayer

re-: combinations are closed except:

re-advertise

re-edit

re-educate

re-elect

re-emerge

re-emphasize

re-employ

re-enact

re-enforce

re-engage

re-engineer

re-enrol

re-enter

re-equip

re-erect

re-establish

re-evaluate

re-examine

re-export

read-only memory

readout (noun)

record-breaking (adj.)

referendums

reflection

refoulement

regime

region-wide

reroute

results-based (adj.)

results-oriented (adj.)

résumé

retro: combinations are closed

reversible

right to life (noun)

right-to-life (adj.)

rigorous

rigour

risk reduction (noun and adj.)

riverbed

river water

roadbed

roadblock

road map

roadwork

rollback (noun)

roll call (noun)

roll-call (adj.)

roll out (verb)

roll-out (noun)

roll over (verb)

rollover (noun)

round table (noun)

round-table (adj.)

routing

RU486

rule-making

rule of law (not hyphenated)

rumour

run-off (noun and adj.)

run-up (noun)

rural-urban (demographic movement)

rural/urban (comparison)


S

safe-period method

salary earner

saleable

salt water (noun)

saltwater (adj.)

satphone

savings bank

sceptic, sceptical, scepticism

school-age (adj.)

schoolbook

schoolchild

schoolday

schoolroom

schoolteacher

schoolwork

seabed

sea floor

sea level (not hyphenated)

seaport

seawater

Secretary-General (plural: SecretariesGeneral)

sectoral

security sector (not hyphenated)

self-: compound forms are hyphenated

sell off (verb)

sell-off (noun)

semi-annual (twice a year)

semi-automatic

semi-autonomous

semicircle

semicolon

semiconductor

semi-conscious

semi-cylinder

semi-darkness

semi-detached

semi-final

semi-finished

semi-independent

semi-invalid

semi-literate

semi-monthly (twice a month) (see also “Ambiguous terms” under Numbers, dates and time)

semi-official

semi-permanent

semi-precious

semi-professional

semi-retired

semi-rigid

semi-skilled

semi-solid

semi-trailer

semi-weekly (twice a week) (see also “Ambiguous terms” under Numbers, dates and time)

septicaemia

septies or septiens

seroprevalence

serostatus

set back (verb)

setback (noun)

set up (verb)

set-up (noun)

sewage (waste matter)

sewerage (system of drains)

sexies or sexiens

sex-selective (adj.)

shake up (verb)

shake-up (noun)

shanty town

sharia

sheikh

shellfire

Shia

Shiite

shopkeeper

shortcoming

shortfall

shortlist

short-lived

side effect

sine qua non

sizeable

size class

skilful

skill set

slow down (verb)

slowdown (noun)

slum dweller

smartphone

sociobiology

sociocultural

sociodemographic

socioeconomic

sociomedical

sociopolitical

soft-walled (adj.)

solicitor general (plural: solicitors general)

sombre

south(ern), south-east(ern), south- west(ern) (a geographical direction or an area within a country)

South(ern), South-East(ern), SouthWest(ern) (a continent or major region, e.g. South America, Southern Africa, Southern Europe, South-East Asia; exception: Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

South-South cooperation

southward

spatial-profile model

specialize

speed-dial (verb)

speed dial (noun)

spelled (not “spelt”)

spillover (noun and adj.)

stabilization

stabilize

staff-day, staff-hour

staff member

stakeholder

stalemate

standby (noun and adj.)

stand-alone (adj.)

stand in (verb)

stand-in (noun)

State-building

stationary (not moving)

stationery (paper)

status-conscious

status-of-forces agreement

status quo

steady-state (adj.)

step: compound forms are closed except:

step-parent

stillbirth

stillborn (adj.)

stockbreeder

stockbroker

stockholder

stock market

stockpile

stocktaking

storefront

storekeeper

storey (of a building)

straightforward

strikebreaker

strike-slip fault

strip-search

sub: compound forms are closed except:

sub-account

sub-amendment

sub-aquatic

sub-area

sub-assembly

sub-block

sub-body

sub-bottom

sub-branch

sub-bureau

sub-calibre

sub-centre

sub-clan

sub-discipline

sub-element

sub-entry

sub-folder

sub-interval

sub-issue

sub-item

sub-lessee

sub-lessor

sub-let

sub-munitions

sub-office

sub-prefect

sub-prefecture

sub-prime

sub-province

sub-Saharan

sub-theme

sub-working group

sub-zero

subject matter (noun)

subprogram (computing only)

subprogramme

subunit

succour

sulfur (and related words)

summarize

Sunna (traditional Muslim law)

Sunni (adj. and noun, singular and plural)

Sunnite

super-Power

supersede

superstructure

supervisor

surface water (noun)

surface-water (adj.)

suspense account

syllabuses

symposiums

system-wide


T

takeover (noun)

takfirism, takfirist

Taliban

targeted, targeting

tariff

task force

taxpayer

tele-health

telemedicine

ter

test-ban (adj.)

text-processing

text processor

therefor (for that purpose)

therefore (consequently)

think tank

time-consuming

time deposit

time frame

time-horizon

timekeeper

time lag

time limit

timeline

time period

time-release (adj.)

timescale

time series

time sheet

timespan

timetable

title page

ton (i.e. metric ton)

topsoil

totalled, totalling

towards

town hall meeting

toxaemia

tradable

trade-off (noun)

traffics, trafficked, trafficking

training ground

tranquillity

tranquillizer

transalpine

transatlantic

transboundary

transcontinental

trans-fat, trans-fatty acid

transferable, transference

transferred, transferring

transgender

transglobal

transmigrant

trans-Pacific

transracial

transsexual

trans-ship, trans-shipment

travelled, travelling

tripwire

troop contributor

troop-contributing

T-shirt

tsunamis

tunnelled, tunnelling

turn around (verb)

turnaround (noun)

turning point

turnkey (adj.)

turn off (verb)

turn-off (noun)

turn out (verb)

turnout (noun)

turn over (verb)

turnover (noun)

two-faced

twofold

typeset, typesetting, typesetter

tyre


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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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