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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