Veelvoorkomende TOEIC-woordenschat - product defects & damages & broken things
In dit artikel leer je 5 TOEIC-woorden die verband houden met het onderwerp product defects & damages & broken things. Een goede beheersing van de Engelse woordenschat is uiterst belangrijk om goed te scoren op alle onderdelen van de TOEIC. We raden sterk aan deze woorden te bestuderen ter voorbereiding op het TOEIC-examen. Terwijl je woorden leert, moet je ze in een notitieboek schrijven, de woorden en zinnen vaak hardop zeggen en proberen je eigen zinnen met deze woorden te maken.
malfunction
/malˈfʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/ play_circle_filledIf a machine or part of the body malfunctions, it fails to work properly. Malfunction can also be a noun.
- A software problem is causing the system to malfunction.
- The copy machine is malfunctioning.
- A female Tesla owner climbed on top of a car's roof at the Tesla booth to protest her car's brake malfunction at the Shanghai auto show Monday.
Malfunction as a noun
- Shortly before the crash, the pilot had reported a malfunction of the aircraft's navigation system.
act up
/ækt/ /ʌp/ play_circle_filledIf something is acting up, it is not working properly.
- My sister's laptop has also been acting up recently even though she just bought it a year ago.
- If your car has been acting up recently, it is time to pay a mechanic a visit.
- The copy machine is acting up again.
- My car always acts up in cold weather.
- I'm not going to play basketball tomorrow. My shoulder has been acting up recently.
defective
/dɪˈfek.tɪv/ play_circle_filledIf something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
- I bought a pair of headphones at the store yesterday, but they only play sound out of one ear, so they must be defective.
- I have a defective phone charger that will only charge my phone if I have it rest in a certain position.
- Our car brakes are defective, so we had them replaced.
- The plaintiffs allege that Google knowingly sold defective Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, which had problems with the microphones that prevented users from calling or using voice assistant functionality.
- Samsung recalled around 3 million Galaxy Note 7 after multiple Galaxy Note 7 caught fire due to defective batteries that were prone to overheating.
- Xbox promised customers it would repair any defective systems and extend their warranties if their consoles malfunctioned in the future.
faulty
/ˈfɔlti/ play_circle_filledThe adjective "faulty" describes something that has defects, is imperfect, or malfunctions.
The car was returned due to a faulty engine.
This device is faulty and needs to be replaced.
The argument was based on faulty reasoning.
out of order
play_circle_filledIf a machine or piece of equipment is out of order, it is not working.
- The elevator's out of order again. We'll have to take the stairs.
- The sign on the vending machine says “out of order.”
- Hi, Edward! This is Jody from the Personnel Department. I just wanted to let you know that the projector in meeting room 5B is out of order.
- The toilet on the second floor is out of order again. The toilet is clogged and it won't flush.
TOEIC-woordenschattraining
Nadat je de woorden hierboven en hun gebruik goed hebt bestudeerd, wil je waarschijnlijk het resultaat van je studie testen. Daarom hebben we speciaal een woordenschattrainingscursus gemaakt waarmee je je luister- en schrijfvaardigheid kunt oefenen. In deze cursus luister je naar Engelse zinnen en typ je ze zo nauwkeurig mogelijk uit. Regelmatige luisteroefeningen versterken niet alleen je woordenschatgeheugen, maar verbeteren ook effectief je spreek- en schrijfvaardigheid in het Engels. Zo voel je je zelfverzekerder op toetsen en in echt taalgebruik.
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