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same period

1.NounSino-Korean: 同期

  1. 1

    same period

    The corresponding period.

    Korean definition: 같은 기간.

    • Gross domestic product grew eight percent compared to the same period last year.

    • The company's sales increased by nearly ten percent compared to the same period of the previous year.

  2. 2

    contemporary

    A person who joined a school, company, training center, club, etc. at the same time as someone else.

    Korean definition: 학교나 회사, 훈련소, 동아리 등을 같은 시기에 함께 들어간 사람.

    • About ten years after joining the company, roughly half of my fellow hires from that year had quit.

    • Army buddies from the same intake share a deep friendship because they go through hard times together in the military.

2.NounSino-Korean: 動機

  1. 1

    motive

    The cause or opportunity that causes one to do something.

    Korean definition: 어떤 일이나 행동을 하게 되는 원인이나 기회.

    • The reason Jisu first started writing was that she didn't want to forget her thoughts.

    • Mr. Kim used the inconveniences he felt in daily life as motivation to invent various things.