petrochem complex, ethylene, cognoscente, connoisseur.

Taiwan mulls overseas site for petrochem complex
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A senior official says Taiwan may scrap a contentious plan to build a $20 billion petrochemical complex on reclaimed land on its western coast. The plan to build the complex to refine crude oil and produce ethylene has been stalled for five years amid ...乙稀
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co·gno·scen·te (kŏn'yə-shĕn'tē, kŏg'nə-)

n., pl., -ti (-tē).

A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur.

[Obsolete Italian, from Latin cognōscēns, cognōscent-, present participle of cognōscere, to know. See cognition.]

connoisseur

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Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnəˈsəː

 

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• An expert judge in matters of taste: a connoisseur of music

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connoisseurship

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early 18th century: from obsolete French, from conoistre 'know'.