急流的:rapidstreams
disengage
分開,使脫離:set free, entanglement
levity
輕浮:frivolity
vaunt
吹噓:boastfully
esoteric
深奧難懂的:difficult to understand;少數(shù)人知道的:not known by the general
impenitent
不悔悟的:not regretful
conflagration
大火:large destructive fire;武裝衝突:armed violent struggle
appeal
申請:application;起訴:charge, crime, accuse
chaos
混亂:disorder, confusion
preclude
預(yù)先阻止:make impossible in advance;排斥:exclude
spendthrift
揮霍家,敗家子:spends improvidently;揮霍的,不節(jié)儉的:spending money freely
egalitarian
平等主義的:promoting equal rights
probity
正直:moral standards
fictitious
虛構(gòu)的:not real
lustrous
有光澤的:shiny
paradox
表面矛盾實際可能正確的話,悖論:opposed to commonsense
acclaim
稱讚:public acknowledgment or admiration;讚揚,讚頌:approval
tumult
騷亂,暴動:disorderly, disturbance
self-absorbed
自戀的,自私的:absorbed in one's own
disjunctive*
分離的:breaks or disunity
doldrums
低迷,中斷:inactivity;情緒不佳:low spirits
euphoria
感覺極其愉快:overwhelming usually pleasurable
permeable
可滲透的:penetrated
crass
粗俗的,愚鈍的:unrefined
qualify
限定:reduce general;使有資格,使有能力:make competent
chromatic
彩色的:colors
volatile
多變的:rapid change
futile
無效的,無用的:ineffective;不嚴肅的:lacking in seriousness
rustle
快速地行動:move or act with speed
cast
演員,演員陣容:a set of characters;選派(演員):assign, actor;提出:give off;拋棄:get rid of
impecunious
貧窮的:no money
impudent
放肆大膽的,無禮的:boldness or disregard
figurine
小雕塑:small statue
tardy
緩慢的,遲緩的:slowly;延后的,遲的:delayed
adversity
厄運,逆境:difficulty
groggy
虛弱的,(走路)不穩(wěn)的:weak and unsteady;無法思考的,頭腦不清的:not able to think or move
reverberate
回蕩,迴響:continue or be repeated sound waves
husky
(尤指聲音)沙啞的,粗糙的:rough;高大威勐的:muscular
vulnerable
易受攻擊的,脆弱的:open to attack
bigot
固執(zhí)己見者,有偏見的人:obstinately devoted
volition
意志,自愿選擇的行為:making one's own choices
succumb
屈服:yield to superior strength;死亡:death
scorch
炙烤,烘乾:burn, make dry
obscure
含義模煳的:not clearly, veiled, uncertain meaning;平凡的,不知名的:famous;使模煳:indistinct
infuriate
灌輸,使…充滿:fill;鼓舞:inspire
obliterate
除去:remove
conform
使協(xié)調(diào):bring into harmony;調(diào)整(以適應(yīng)):change to make it suitable;遵照,遵從:obedient, compliant
fabulous
傳說中的:fable;幻想中的,不真實的:in the imagination;令人驚訝的,令人稱奇的:causing wonder;極好的:extremely pleasing
adulate
極度諂媚:praise too much
refine
提純,精煉:free from impurities;改善,改進:improve or perfect
fraught
充滿的:full;令人憂慮的:emotional distress
blight
(使)枯萎:affect;損害:impair
pliant
易彎曲的:easily bent;順從的:yielding
renegade
背教者,叛徒:rejects allegiance
pluck
敢于面對困難的勇氣:courage;彈奏(弦樂):strings pulling releasing
garble
曲解,篡改,混淆(以至使無法理解):distort misleading;篩選,除雜:remove
lush
茂盛呃:vigorously;多產(chǎn)的:producing abundantly;(聲音、味道)優(yōu)美的,令人愉悅的:appealing
debark
(使)下船(飛機、車等);卸(客、貨):unload, from a ship or an airplane
pine
渴望,奢望:yearn;因渴望而憔悴:lose vigor
dappled
有斑點的,花的:marked with small spots, mottled, spotted;色彩斑斕的:two or more colors
felony
重罪:grave crimes
legion
大量的人,(尤指)軍團:large body of men;大量的:numerous
disinterested
公正的,無偏見的:free from selfish, unbiased;沒有興趣的:lack interest, concern
masquerade
搗碎:pulpy mass
convoluted
復(fù)雜的,費解的:complicated
tenacious
頑固的,不屈不撓的:persistent;粘著的:adhere to
pertain
有關(guān)聯(lián)的:have a relation
abstract
做總結(jié),概括:abstract, summarize;使分心:away, attention
convert
被改變宗教信仰的人:converted;使改變信仰:bring over from brief;改變,轉(zhuǎn)化:alter
veto
否決,禁止:forbid, prohibit
panacea
萬能藥,萬靈藥:remedy for all ills
asymmetrical
不平衡的,不對稱的:no balance, symmetry
mirth
歡樂,歡笑:gladness laughter
perceptible
可察覺的:being perceived
milieu
環(huán)境,氛圍:physical or social setting
outgrowth
結(jié)果,后果:traceable to a cause
skittish
容易受到驚嚇的,膽小的:easily frightened;容易激動的:easily excited;善變的,多變的:likely to change
designate
任命:to pick for a specific position or duty;命名:give a name to
efficacious
有效的:produce a desired effect
topsy-turvy
混亂的:lacking in order
polemic
爭執(zhí):argument
acrid
辛辣的,刺鼻的:harsh, taste, odor;刻薄的:wit, cause hurt feelings
nefarious
極壞的,邪惡的:wicked
desecrate
褻瀆,玷污:treat shamefully
embarrass
使尷尬:experience distress;阻撓,製造障礙:create difficulty
prosperous
成功的,繁盛的:vigorous growth, well-being
cramped
狹小的,狹窄的:small
tint
涂淺色,微染:slight coloration to
utter
出(聲),說(話):articulate;完全的,絕對的:entire
verdant
(因長滿植物而)翠綠的,郁郁蔥蔥的:green with vegetation
paucity
少量,缺乏:dearth
complementary
互補的:supplying each other's
abject
adj.無精打采的:spiritless;adj.(地位、身份)悲慘、凄涼的:low state;adj.卑微的,討好的:humble
pirate
盜版,盜用:without actual right;海島:robber seas
courteous
禮貌的,謙恭有禮的:polished manners
spectator
觀眾,目擊者,旁觀者:watches
circumlocution
繞圈子說話:unnecessarily, indirect, evasion;冗長:too many
vendor
小販,商販:sells
mentor ?
導(dǎo)師:guide;教導(dǎo),指導(dǎo):give advice
bromide
陳詞濫調(diào):hackneyed