大量:overflowing
choleric
易怒的,暴躁的:angered;生氣的:anger, irate
reciprocate
往復(fù)運動:forward and backward;報答,回報:return
harness
利用:utilize
beholden
欠他人人情的:owing gratitude
vagary
不可預(yù)測的思想或行為:erratic, unpredictable
amenable
順從的,服從的:yield, submit
submerge
使淹沒:under water
detract
貶低,降低價值:diminish;使分心:draw attention
distort
扭曲,歪曲:twist
incentive
刺激,誘因:incites
synchronous
同時期的,同步的:identical period phase
faze
打擾,使尷尬:disturb the composure
assuage
緩和,減輕:lessen, intensity;平息,撫慰:pacify, calm;使?jié)M足:satisfying
responsive
反應(yīng)的,敏感的:quick to respond
scrap
廢料,廢物:discarded or useless;拋棄:get rid of;終止,放棄塬計劃:put an end to
tasty
美味的;令人愉悅的:pleasure or contentment
commencement
開始:beginning;畢業(yè)典禮:conferring
ignite
點燃:set fire to;激起,喚起(感情):arouse the passions
construct
建造,建立:form;創(chuàng)造,相出:create imagination
rostrum
講壇,演講壇:stage speaking
virtuoso
藝術(shù)鑒賞家,專家:masterly skill;經(jīng)驗豐富的,技藝精湛的:exceptional knowledge
oration
(頗有野心、自高自大的)演說:high-flown or pompous manner
diehard
頑固的,保守的/頑固的人,保守的人:determined, devoted/opposes change, refuses new ideas
shopworn
陳舊的:worn-out
infuse
激怒:make furious
mute
不說話的,緘默的:refraining from speech;使顏色,音調(diào)等柔和:soften;減弱聲音:muffle the sound
adulterate
摻雜,加入低等成分:impure, addition
impertinent
無關(guān)緊要的:not having relevance;粗魯無禮的,大膽的:insolent rudeness;不守禮節(jié)的,不為他人著想的:lack of manners
suppress
抑制(表情):inhibit the expression;用暴力終止,鎮(zhèn)壓:put a stop to, force
justify
證明...的合理性,為...辯解:prove to be just, right
charlatan
騙子,裝懂的人:fraudulent
obsolete
過時的,被淘汰的:no longer useful
verve
活力,熱情:vitality
bustle
忙亂,喧囂:noisy, energetic;(快速地)行走,奔忙:move briskly
tangible
可感知的:capable perceived;確鑿的,真實的:real or concrete
forebear
祖先:an ancestor
apparition
鬼魂,幽靈:ghostly figure
apostasy
放棄宗教信仰:renunciation, faith;變節(jié),背叛:abandonment, previous loyalty
bumptious
專橫傲慢的,自以為是的:superiority
burlesque
夸張滑稽地模仿以嘲弄他人的文學(xué)藝術(shù)作品,惡搞:make fun of
vernacular
方言:nonstandard language;非正式的,口頭的:suitable for speech
perpetual
永恆的,不斷的:continuing forever
lenient
寬大仁慈的:merciful
decant
輕輕倒出:pour off without disturbing
variance
不一致,不和諧:lack harmony
sanctuary
避難所:protection
savvy
老練,機智:knowledge actually doing;明確瞭解:clear idea of;有見識的,精明能干的:practical cleverness or judgment
babble
發(fā)出含煳無意義的嘟囔聲,胡亂說:utter, meaningless;閒聊:rambling conversation
censorious
挑剔指責(zé)的:critical
natty
整潔的,時髦的:tidy
yokel
鄉(xiāng)下人,天真純樸的人:inhabitant of a rural area
serried
密集的:little space
recumbent
躺著的:lying down
sober
嚴肅的:serious-looking;節(jié)制的:restraint;有理有據(jù)的:sound reasoning
tactile
有觸覺的,能觸知的:touch tangible
chasm
分歧,(意見、利益或忠誠上)明顯差異:pronounced difference
mischievous
調(diào)皮的,淘氣的:naughty teasing;有害的:causing harm
pique
使憤怒:arouse anger;激起,刺激:excite or arouse
endemic
地方性的:to a particular region
barrage
彈幕:curtain;有壓倒之勢的、集中傾瀉的(如言語):overwhelming, outpouring;(同時)襲來:attack with, overwhelming outpouring
initiate
創(chuàng)造,發(fā)動促進:cause beginning;剛?cè)腴T的新手:person initiation
replete
徹底吃飽了的:appetite completely satisfied;充滿…的,富于…的:possessing great numbers
stricture
責(zé)難,批評:criticism
abrogate
官方的正式廢除:annul;無視(某事的)存在:nonexistent
immure
監(jiān)禁,禁閉;使閉門不出:confine
invigorate
使精神,使強壯,鼓舞激勵:impart vigor
lumber
木材:tree logs;笨拙地行動:clumsiness;使負擔(dān)(從而拖累):burden
prudish
明智的:wisdom, judiciousness, wise;小心謹慎的,審慎的:circumspection
friction
摩擦:rubbing;衝突,不和:clashing;
belabor
(當(dāng)眾)嚴厲批評:criticize;就...作過度的說明,喋喋不休:explain, excessively
potentate
有權(quán)勢的人:has the power
shifty
(顯得)狡詐的,(顯得)欺詐的:deceitful character
overwhelm
淹沒:cover;(感情上、精神上)使無所適從,使難以忍受:subject to mental stress
forge ?
偽造:imitate falsely;鑄造,鑄就:form;
debonair
無憂無慮,不在乎的:freedom from worries or troubles;風(fēng)度翩翩的:polished and worldly manners
scurvy
下流的,讓人鄙視的:contemptible
defuse
撫慰,減輕:make less tense
devout
(對于宗教)虔誠的:devoted to religion;忠誠的:allegiance
diligent
勤勉的,辛勤的:steady, earnest, energetic
vim
活力,精力:energy
jot
簡要記錄:write briefly
stratify
將...分成各種等級:divide into classes
plod
沉重緩慢地走:walk heavily
notoriety
(尤指因為丑聞而出名的)名人:widely known something bad;壞名聲:ill fame
quotidian
每日的,平凡的:commonplace
polarize
使分開對立,使兩極分化:break into opposing
regress
后煺:back;煺化,惡化:worse
apposite
相關(guān)的,合適的:pertinent, appropriate
tantamount
等價的,與...相等的:equivalent
condign
應(yīng)得的,恰當(dāng)?shù)模篸eserved
testimony
證詞,聲明:authentication
chaperone
同行,護送:go along with
hoodwink
欺騙:deceptive
discombobulate
使不安,使混亂:upset, confuse
pioneer
擴荒者,先驅(qū)者:first to settle;最初的,最早的:coming before;開創(chuàng),創(chuàng)造:open up
supplicate
懇求,乞求:make a request earnest or urgent
revelry
狂樂,喧鬧的作樂:noisy partying
accost
以挑釁的形式搭訕:challenging or aggressive way
lash
擊打:hard strike;勐?lián)?,撞擊:strike with force;捆扎:bind