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同义词反义词


abrupt [
E5brQpt
]
adj
.
突然的
,
陡峭的

<
例
> The bus came to an
abrupt
halt.
<
同
> sudden, steep

absolute [
5AbsElu:t
]
adj
.
完全的，肯定的

<
例
> I wonder if ever again Americans can have that experience of returning
to a home place so intimately known, profoundly felt, deeply loved, and
absolutely
submitted to?
<
同
> complete; totally unlimited; certain

absorb [
Eb5sC:b
]
v
.
吸收，合并

<
例
>
Absorbed
in her child and in the writing of her book, she was sunk in her
affection for home.
<
同
> assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; wholly engage

abstract [
5AbstrAkt
]
adj
.
抽象的

<
例
> Among the Plains Indians, two separate strains of decorative art evolved:
the figurative, representational art created by the men of the tribe, and the
geometric,
abstract
art crafted by the women.
<
同
> theoretical; nonrepresentational

abundant [
E5bQndEnt
]
adj
.
丰富的，富足的

<
例
> There is an
abundant
supply of cheap labour.
<
同
> plentiful

abuse [
E5bju:z
]
n
.
滥用
,
虐待
,
恶习
,
辱骂

<
例
> Across the world, dissidents have used video equipment to gather visual
evidence of human rights
abuses
.
<
同
> maltreatment, insult

academic [
7AkE5demik
]
adj
.
学术的

<
例
> I was terrible at school and left with few
academic
qualifications.
<
同
> scientific

access [
5Akses
]
n
.
通路
,
入口
,
接近

<
例
> Queens had
access
to power not only through their husbands but also
through churchmen and secular officials whom they patronized.
<
同
> entrance, approach

accessible [
Ek5sesEbl
]
adj
.
可得到的

<
例
> Reproduction fatally weakens the force of art, reducing its presence to
mere information and thus rendering it
accessible
in a way that makes it easy
to miss the point of it.
<
同
> obtainable

accomplish [
E5kCmpliF
]
v
.
完成
,
达到
,
实现

<
例
> He nevertheless, at the end of six months, accepted his sister's
permanent presence as an
accomplished
fact.
<
同
> complete; achieve

accord [
E5kC:d
]
n
.
一致

<
例
> They were in
accord
to the man's opinion.
<
同
> agreement

accumulate [
E5kju:mjuleit
]
v
.
积聚
,
堆积

<
例
> New rock is born as layer after layer of dust
accumulates
on the bottom.
<
同
> amass; compile; hoard

autobiography [
7C:tEbai5C^rEfi
]
n
.
自传

<
例
> In his
autobiography
Douglass describes his journey from
house of slavery
<
同
> biography

banquet [
5bANkwit
]
n
.
宴会

<
例
> Last night he attended a state
banquet
at Buckingham Palace.
<
同
> feast

bare [
bZE
]
adj
.
裸的
,
坦率的

<
例
> She had
bare
arms and a
bare
neck.
<
同
> naked, bald

bargain [
5bB:^in
]
v
.
讲价
,
交易

<
例
> The treaty was based on a
bargain
between the French and German
governments. negotiate,
<
同
> haggle

beneficial [
beni5fiFEl
]
adj
.
有用的

<
例
> Using computers has a
beneficial
effect on children's learning.
<
同
> helpful; useful

cabin [
5kAbin
]
n
.
小屋
,
客舱

<
例
> As soon as he left the
cabin
, a raven was there to
<
同
> compartment

cabinet [
5kAbinit
]
n
.
橱柜
,
内阁

<
例
> Ladylike veils and costumes, mirrors, paintings, statues, locked
cabinets
,
drawers, trunks, strongboxes, and other domestic furnishings appear and
reappear in women's novels and poems.
<
同
> cupboard, ministry

campaign [
kAm5pein
]
n
.
战役
,
运动
,
竞选运动

<
例
> He should avoid involving himself in disastrous
campaigns
.
<
同
> race, crusade

candidate [
5kAndidit
]
n
.
候选人
,
投考者

<
例
> I was also excited that I had beat out several hundred
candidates
in
literature and other fields for one of the six spots.
<
同
> applicant, campaigner

canoe [
kE5nu:
]
n
.
独木舟
,
轻舟

<
例
> A
canoe
is a small, narrow boat that you move through the water using a
stick with a wide end called a paddle.
<
同
> boat

casualty [
5kAVjuElti
]
n
.
严重的事故
;
伤亡

<
例
> Troops fired on demonstrators near the Royal Palace causing many
casualties
.
<
同
> accident

catalog [
5kAtElC^
]
n
.
目录

<
例
> The first drug
catalog
, or pharmacopoeia, was written at that time by an
unknown Sumerian physician. list,
<
同
> contents, directory

category [
5kAti^Eri
]
n
.
种类
,
类项

<
例
> The
category
did not include numerous adults of the community.
<
同
> class, family

causal [
5kC:zEl
]
adj
.
因果关系的

<
例
> He would dearly love to show a
causal
relationship between culture and
imperialism, but cannot.
<
同
> causative

celebrity [
si5lebriti
]
n
.
名声
,
名人

<
例
> Interrupted by commercials, presented by newscasters with
celebrity

status, and advertised like any other product, television newscasts transmit
news without context, without consequences, without values, and therefore
without essential seriousness.
<
同
> renown, star

centigrade [
5senti^reid
]
adj
.
百分度的
,
摄氏的

<
例
> The temperature now is 40 degrees
centigrade.

<
同
> Celsius

champion [
5tFAmpjEn
]
v
.
拥护

<
例
> He passionately
championed
the poor.
<
同
> support militantly

charity [
5tFAriti
]
n
.
慈悲
,
博爱

<
例
> The National Trust is a registered
charity
.
<
同
> benevolence, mercy

debunk [
di:5bQNk
]
v
.
揭穿
;
奚落

<
例
> Historian Michael Beschloss
debunks
a few myths.
<
同
> expose; ridicule

deceit [
di5si:t
]
n
.
欺骗
,
谎言

<
例
> They have been involved in a campaign of
deceit
.
<
同
> deception, dissemblance

decent [
5di:snt
]
adj
.
有分寸的
,
得体的
,
大方的

<
例
> You've got to have confidence in that seat belt, or you'll never do a
decent
loop.
<
同
> decorous, proper, fit

declare [
di5klZE
]
v
.
宣布
,
声明

<
例
> While Mark Twain has
declared
that humor is a
never had much interest
regarding him.
<
同
> announce, assert

decline [
di5klain
]
v
.
使降低
,
衰落

<
例
> The following passage is excerpted from a book published in 1991 on the
unexpected
decline
of leisure in American life.
<
同
> worsen, refuse

decorate [
5dekEreit
]
v
.
装饰

<
例
> According to Dunn and High-water, the artist's sex governed both the
kind of article to be
decorated
and the style to be followed in its
ornamentation.
<
同
> adorn, ornament

dedicate [
5dedikeit
]
v
.
献出
,
贡献

<
例
> Bessie has
dedicated
her life to caring for others.
<
同
> consecrate, commit

definitive [
di5finitiv
]
adj
.
完全的
;
最终的

<
例
> No one has come up with a
definitive
answer as to why this should be so.
<
同
> final; complete

deform [
di:5fC:m
]
v
.
使残缺
,
使变形

<
例
> They loosen our hold on reality,
deform
and falsify our understanding of
the past.
<
同
> distort, strain

dual [
5dju(
El
]
adj
.
双重的
,
双的

<
例
> Rob may be entitled to
dual
nationality.
<
同
> double

edge [
edV
]
n
.
边缘
,
尖锐

<
例
> A river is an
edge
, for one thing, and not simply in the cartographer's
sense that it divides one piece of ground from another.
<
同
> border, boundary, bound

editorial [
edi5tC:riEl
]
n
.
社论
,
评论

<
例
> Perhaps the editor had written more than he intended in using the word

editorial
showed no diminution in its
criticism of racism.
<
同
> column, commentary

egoism [
5i:^EJIz(E)m
]
n
.
自我中心，利己主义

<
例
> His
egoism
prevented him from really loving anyone but himself.
<
同
> selfishness; individualism

elaborate [
I5lAbErEt
]
v
.
详细地说明
,
用心地制作

<
例
> Hidden in their sleek bodies is an impressively
elaborated
instrument,
the reason for whose appearance is a complete enigma.
<
同
> expatiate, exposit, refine

electron [
I5lektrRn
]
n
.
电子

<
例
> The once-indivisible atom, split, was revealed to consist of a nucleus
made up of protons and neutrons around which
electrons
orbited.
<
同
> negatron

embody [
im5bCdi
]
v
.
具体化
;
包含，收录

<
例
> Jack Kennedy
embodied
all the hopes of the 1960s.
<
同
> personify; incorporate

emigrate [
5emi^reit
]
v
. (
使
)
移居
, (
使
)
移民

<
例
> They planned to
emigrate
.
<
同
> migrate, expatriate

fable [
5feibl
]
n
.
寓言
,
神话

<
例
> A parable is a symbolic story that, like a
fable
, teaches a moral lesson.
<
同
> fabrication, fiction

fabric [
5fAbrik
]
n
.
织物
,
布
,
结构

<
例
> Einstein introduced a new
did not come from any particular source, but was built into the very
fabric
of
space-time.
<
同
> textile, structure

facial [
5feiFEl
]
adj
.
脸的
,
表面的

<
例
> A mime is a performer who, without speaking, entertains through
gesture,
facial
expression, and movement.
<
同
> exterior, ostensible

faculty [
5fAkElti
]
n
.
才能，教职员工

<
例
> He was drunk and not in control of his
faculties
.
<
同
> capacity; teaching staff

forth [
fC:W
]
adv
.
向前
,
向外

<
例
> Girded by its walls, a medieval town stood
forth
as a compact whole,
bristling with innumerable turrets.
<
同
> forward

galaxy [
5^AlEksi
]
n
.
星系
;
一群显赫的人
;
一系列重要的人或物

<
例
> In the paper Jansky proposed the center of the Milky Way
galaxy
as one
possible origin of the static.
<
同
> large, isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; any collection of
brilliant personalities

gay [
^ei
]
adj
.
欢迎的
,
色彩鲜艳的

<
例
> I like
gay
, relaxing paintings.
<
同
> cheery

gravity [
5^rAviti
]
n
.
重力
;
严重，庄严，严肃

<
例
> I could feel
gravity
clawing at me, pulling me out into the mile of empty
space between me and the ground.
<
同
> seriousness

habitat [
5hAbitAt
]
n
. (
动植物的
)
产地
,
栖息地

<
例
> It is the elephant's metabolism and appetite that make it a disturber of
the environment and therefore an important creator of
habitat
.
<
同
> home, locality

icon [
5aIkRn
]
n
.
偶像，象征
;
图标

<
例
> Only Marilyn has proved as enduring a fashion
icon
.
<
同
> religious image; idol

idealistic [
ai7diE5listik
]
adj
.
理想主义的

<
例
> The drama takes an
idealistic
, even a naive view of the subject.
<
同
> utopian

identical [
ai5dentikEl
]
adj
.
相同的
,
同一的

<
例
> they are everywhere in the islands, sparrow-like, and almost
identical

but for their differing beaks.
<
同
> uniform

idiom [
5idiEm
]
n
.
习语
;
成语

<
例
> McCartney was also keen to write in a classical
idiom
, rather than a pop
one.
<
同
> dialect, phrase

ignore [
i^5nC:
]
v
.
不顾
,
不理
,
忽视

<
例
>Such arguments
ignore
the question of where ultimate responsibility lay.
<
同
> neglect

illustrate [
5ilEstreit
]
v
.
举例说明
,
作图解

<
例
>Let me give another example to
illustrate
this difficult point.
<
同
> exemplify

imitate [
5imiteit
]
v
.
模仿

<
例
> There was little intent to
imitate
the male fashion for exploration, which
was such a feature of the time.
<
同
> mimic

immigrant [
5imi^rEnt
]
n
.
移民
,
侨民

<
例
> the Mexican- American writer Richard Rodriguez speaks of lessons he
learned as the child of working- class
immigrant
parents.
<
同
> migrant

jury [
5dVuEri
]
n
.
陪审团

<
例
> The prosecution had told the
jury
that finding for the innocence of the
defendants would be similar to promoting communism.
<
同
> panel

knit [
nit
]
v
.
编织
;
结合

<
例
> She pushed up the sleeves of her grey
knitted
cardigan and got to work.
<
同
> interwine; combine

launch [
lC:ntF, lB:ntF
]
n
.
发射
,
开始
,
升天

<
例
> It was a risk for my father to take the Oracabessa
launch
across the
straits in September.
<
同
> setup

magnificent [
mA^5nifisnt
]
adj
.
壮丽的
,
宏伟的

<
例
>The artistic legacy of the Roman world continues to be judged widely as
an echo of the
magnificent
Greek traditions that preceded it.
<
同
> glorious

maintain [
men5tein
]
v
.
维持
,
维修
,
保养
,
坚持

<
例
> The writer Mary Astell was a rare phenomenon, a single woman who
maintained
and even enhanced a respectable reputation while earning a living
by her pen.
<
同
> preserve

majority [
mE5dVCriti
]
n
.
多数
,
大多数

<
例
> The
majority
of cat-lovers are female.
<
同
> bulk

mammal [
5mAmEl
]
n
.
哺乳动物

<
例
> When a leopard or other large carnivorous
mammal
approaches, the
monkeys give one type of alarm call.
<
同
> mammalian

manage [
5mAnidV
]
v
.
处理
,
维持
,
达成

<
例
> Despite the ridicule of many, he
managed
to recover numerous names
and stories.
<
同
> cope

manifest [
5mAnifest
]
adj
.
明白的，显然的
;
证明，表现

<
例
> There may be unrecognised cases of
manifest
injustice of which we are
unaware.
<
同
> visible; obvious

manipulative [
mE5nipjulEtiv
]
adj
.
用手处理的
,
巧妙处理的
,
窜改的

<
例
> One of the surprising things about the dolphin is that his superior brain
is unaccompanied by any type of
manipulative
organ.
<
同
> skillful

mannered [
5mAnEd
]
adj
.
做作的，矫饰的

<
例
> If you arrange your picture too systematically the results can look very
mannered
and artificial.
<
同
> affected

negotiate [
ni5^EuFieit
]
v
.
商议
,
谈判
,
交涉

<
例
>It is not clear whether the president is willing to
negotiate
with the
democrats.
<
同
> overlook, ignore

objective [
Eb5dVektiv
]
adj
.
不为情所动的
;
公平的

<
例
> Even though he was her son, she tried to be
objective
about his behavior.
<
同
> fair

obstacle [
5CbstEkl
]
n
.
障碍

<
例
> British indifference to contemporary art has been an
obstacle
even for
modem artists now revered as great, such as Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud,
who were dismissed for years before winning acceptance.
<
同
> obstruction

obtain [
Eb5tein
]
v
.
获得
,
得到

<
例
> Instead of
obtaining
exact pitches, the players glide freely from one note
to another and frequently fluctuate the pitches.
<
同
> receive

pacify [
5pAsifai
]
v
.
安抚
;
平静

<
例
> Is this a serious step, or is this just something to
pacify
the critics?
<
同
> soothe; subdue

package [
5pAkidV
]
v
.
包装

<
例
>A city has to be
packaged
properly to be attractive to tourists.
<
同
> box; bundle; encase

painstaking [
5peinsteikiN
]
adj
.
辛勤的

<
例
> It is fashionable now to disparage Darwin's originality; not even the
surliest of his detractors, however, faults his
painstaking
methods or denies
his impact.
<
同
> arduous; industrious

panic [
5pAnik
]
n
.
恐慌
,
惊惶

<
例
> An earthquake hit the capital, causing
panic
among the population.
<
同
> scared

parable [
5pArEbl
]
n
.
寓言
,
比喻
,
谜

<
例
> The story is a pleasing
parable
of the problems created by an excess of
wealth.
<
同
> fable

parallel [
5pArElel
]
v
.
与
...
平行

<
例
> Often there are emotional reasons
paralleling
the financial ones.
<
同
> collimate

passion [
5pAFEn
]
n
.
激情
,
热情

<
例
> the ruling
passion
in America is the love of money.
<
同
> ardor

passive [
5pAsiv
]
adj
.
被动的
,
消极的

<
例
> Toni Cade Bambara's novels are engrossing because the protagonists, in
striving to achieve goals, are not simply
passive
characters.
<
同
> inactive

pebble [
5pebl
]
n
.
鹅卵石

<
例
> At the beginning of the twentieth century, was the atom imagined as a
tiny billiard ball or a granite
pebble
?
<
同
> cobble; shingle

racial [
5reiFEl
]
adj
.
种族的

<
例
> Garvey's fixed belief in the idea of Black
racial
purity, differed greatly
from Du Bois's ideals.
<
同
> ethnic

racism [
5reisizEm
]
n
.
民族的差别主义
,
人种偏见

<
例
> Crisis before and after the editorial showed no diminution in its
criticism of
racism
.
<
同
> racialism

rage [
reidV
]
n
.
愤怒
,
情绪激动

<
例
>He was red- cheeked with
rage
.
<
同
>anger; fury

random [
5rAndEm
]
adj
.
任意的
,
随便的
,
胡乱的

<
例
> The speech was a hodgepodge of
random
and contradictory information
that could not be integrated into a coherent, consistent whole.
<
同
> haphazard

realistic [
riE5listik
]
adj
.
现实的
,
现实主义的

<
例
> Although he is
realistic
about the problems that still confront blacks in
ballet, Mitchell nevertheless is optimistic about the future, especially that of
his own dance company.
<
同
> pragmatic

realm [
relm
]
n
.
王国
,
领域

<
例
> Mickey Mouse had passed out of the
realm
of commercially generated
image into that of artifact.
<
同
> domain

ridiculous [
ri5dikjulEs
]
adj
.
荒谬的
,
可笑的

<
例
>He finds every custom
ridiculous
that does not conform with the
standard of the United States.
<
同
> absurd, ludicrous

sacred [
5seikrid
]
adj
.
神圣的

<
例
> The landscape is somehow
sacred
, and to meddle with it sacrilegious.
<
同
> consecrated

sacrifice [
5sAkrifais
]
n
.
牺牲
,
供俸
,
祭品

<
例
> Success in your job is not worth the
sacrifice
of your health.
<
同
> forfeit

satellite [
5sAtElait
]
n
.
卫星

<
例
> The rocket launched two communications
satellites
.
<
同
> small body revolving around a larger one

savage [
5sAvidV
]
n
.
野性
,
凶猛
,
粗鲁
,
荒野

<
例
> These civilizations flourished while Europeans were still
savages
living
in caves.
<
同
> barbarian

scale [
skeil
]
n
.
刻度
,
衡量
,
数值范围

<
例
>He was one of the first to perceive that nature on a sufficiently small
scale
might be qualitatively different in a striking way from the world of our
ordinary experience.
<
同
> dimension

scarce [
skZEs
]
adj
.
缺乏的
,
不足的
,
稀少的
,
罕见的

<
例
> Each level above the plants diminishes thereafter in biomass until you
come to the top carnivores, which are so
scarce
that the very sight of one in
the wild is memorable.
<
同
> deficient

scared [
skZEd
]
adj
.
害怕的

<
例
> I have never been so
scared
in all my life.
<
同
> frightened

table [
5teibl
]
v
.
搁置

<
例
> They've
tabled
a motion criticising the Government for doing nothing
about the problem.
<
同
> lay aside

talent [
5tAlEnt
]
n
.
才能
,
人才
,
天资

<
例
> As the most entertaining of monuments to the wayward
talents
of
generations of gifted rogues, they certainly claim our reluctant admiration.
<
同
> gift

ultimate [
5Qltimit
]
adj
.
终极的

<
例
> Linnaeus himself would probably have been the first to admit that
classification is only a tool, and not the
ultimate
purpose, of biological inquiry.
<
同
> final

universal [
7ju:ni5vE:sEl
]
adj
.
通用的

<
例
> Maxine Hong Kingston presents
universal
themes in the context of
Chinese American culture.
<
同
> current

variation [
7vZEri5eiFEn
]
n
.
变化
,
变动
,
变种
,
变异

<
例
> Every day without
variation
my grandfather ate a plate of cold ham.
<
同
> fluctuation,variance

venture [
5ventFE
]
v
.
敢尝试
,
冒险一试

<
例
> He enjoyed little success when he
ventured
into business.
<
同
> hazard

verbal [
5vE:bEl
]
adj
.
动词的
,
口头的
,
用言辞的
,
用文字的

<
例
> Another form of
verbal
artistry was oratory, the words of a gifted
speaker that could move contentious men to reach consensus or the timid and
hesitant to go against the enemy.
<
同
> literal

weather [
5weTE
]
v
.
侵蚀
;
风化

<
例
> This rock has been
weathered
and eroded.
<
同
> endure the effects of weather or other forces

]
????????
accurate [
adj.
正确的
,
精确的

<
例
> Police have stressed that this is the most accurate description of the killer to date.
<
同
> exact; precise
]
???????
accuse [
v.
指责
,
控告
,
归咎于

<
例
>
The
doctor
vacillated
so
frequently
on
disease- prevention
techniques
that
her
colleagues accused her of inconsistency.
<
同
> impeach, incriminate
acknowledge ]
?????????
[
v.
认可，承认

<
例
>
we
must
acknowledge
that
the
characteristics
that
we
regard
as
rudimentary
evidence
of
intelligence
are
held
more
commonly
by
many

animals
than
we
previously thought.
<
同
> recognize; admit
]
????????
acquaint [
v.
使认识
,
介绍

<
例
>
Scholars
are
unwilling
to
acquaint
themselves
sufficiently
with
the
artistic
and
recreational forms of the Southeastern Indians.
<
同
> familiarize, present
acquire ]
???????
[
v.
获取

<
例
> In
the
United States, wealth was
also acquired
by stealing, but the
real exploited
victim
was
not
a
human
being
but
poor
Mother
Earth
and
her
creatures
who
were
ruthlessly plundered.
<
同
> obtain; get
]
???????
acute [
adj.
尖锐的
,
敏锐的
,
激烈的
,
严重的

<
例
> Most animals exhibit an acute sense of hearing when sensing predators.
<
同
> incisive, keen,sense
]
??????
adapt [
v.
使适应
,
改编

<
例
> Common to all these brain scientists is a willingness to adapt innovative attitudes as
well as pursue unorthodox lines of inquiry.
<
同
> accommodate, adjust, conform
]
??????
address [
v.
发表（演讲）
，处理，讨论

<
例
> Health care issues affecting the United States have not yet been addressed by other
nations.
<
同
> lecture; discuss
]
????????
adequate [
adj.
适当的
,
足够的

<
例
>
We
have
not
devised
adequate
tests
to
permit
us
to
detect,
measure,
and
rank
intelligence as a measure of a given species' ability to communicate.
<
同
> sufficient
]
???????
adjust [
v.
调整
,
使适应于
,
校准

<
例
> People are by now so thoroughly adjusted to the world of television news-a world of
fragments, where events stand alone, stripped of any connection to the past, future, or
other events.
<
同
> set, correct, modify, adapt
]
?????????????
administrate [
v.
管理
,
支配

<
例
> Wives of magnates had greater power to administrate their own households than did
wives in the dependent classes.
<
同
> administer; deal
]
??????
adopt [
v.
采用
,
收养

<
例
> By the
seventh
century B.C.,
the
Greeks
had adopted
a
sophisticated
mind-body
view of medicine.
<
同
> assume; foster;view
]
??
awe [
n.
敬畏

<
例
> She gazed in awe at the great stones.
<
同
> reverence
]
???????????
benevolent [
adj.
慈善的

<
例
> The company has proved to be a most benevolent employer.
<
同
> generous; charitable
]
???????
betray [
v.
出卖
;
背叛

<
例
> I had been outsmarted by Waverly once again, and now betrayed by my own mother.
<
同
> reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly)
biased ]
???????
[
adj.
偏见的，偏差

<
例
> He seemed a bit biased against women in my opinion.
<
同
> slanted; prejudiced
]
???????????
bilingual [
adj.
双语的

<
例
> It is like a child that grows up in a foreign country and as a consequence becomes
bilingual.
<
同
> multilingual
chronic ]
???????
[
adj.
慢性的

<
例
> Most of them were chronically ill.
<
同
> confirmed; habituated
]
?????????
circular [
adj.
圆形的
,
循环的
,
间接的

<
例
> Place your hands on your shoulders and move your elbows up, back, and down, in a
circular motion.
<
同
> rounded, periodic, oblique
]
????
cite [
v.
引用
;
掌握

<
例
> She cites a favourite poem by George Herbert.
<
同
> quote; command.
]
?????
civil [
adj.
民事的
;
国民的

<
例
> They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.
<
同
> civilian; polite; civic
]
?????????
civilian [
adj.
平民的
,
百姓的
,
民用的

<
例
> The stoic former general led his civilian life as he had his military life, with simplicity
and austere dignity.
<
同
> civil, democratic
]
????
claw [
v.
用爪抓
,
挖
,
搜刮

<
例
>
I
could
feel
gravity
clawing
at
me,
pulling
me
out
into
the
mile
of
empty
space
between me and the ground.
<
同
> scratch, scrabble
]
????
clay [
n.
泥土

<
例
> Increasingly, fly ash is being used to replace part of the clay in making cement.
<
同
> mud, soil, dirt
]
?????
clime [
n.
地域
;
气候

<
例
> We always take our holidays in foreign climes.
<
同
> region; climate
]
????
coin [
v.
铸币
;
发明
;
杜撰

<
例
> If we tried to coin words, we might come up with something like
<
同
> make coins; invent; fabricate
]
???????
collapse [
v.
崩溃
,
倒塌

<
例
> The Austro- Hungarian Empire collapsed after the first Great War.
<
同
> blow up, crash
]
???????????
colloquial [
adj.
口语的

<
例
> His stumbling attempts at colloquial Russian amused her.
<
同
> spoken
colonial ]
??????????
[
adj.
殖民的
,
殖民地的

<
例
>
Historians
who
study
the
operation
of
the
town
meetings
have
revealed
that
the
people in the colonial era exercised little control at all over their own affairs.
<
同
> occupied
columnist ]
??????????
[
n.
专栏作家

<
例
> The columnist was almost reverential when he mentioned his friends, but he was
unpleasant and even acrimonious when he discussed people who irritated him.
<
同
> editorialist, journalist
]
????????
delete [
v.
删除

<
例
> He also deleted files from the computer system.
<
同
> erase; strike out
delicate ]
????????
[
adj.
细致优雅的
,
微妙的

<
例
>
As
delicate
and
fragile
as
insect
bodies
are,
it
is
remarkable
that
over
the
ages
enough of them have survived, preserved in amber, for scientists to trace insect evolution.
<
同
> tender, exquisite, sensitive
]
??????????
democracy [
n.
民主政治
,
民主主义

<
例
> Berger argues that publicity turns consumption into a substitute for democracy.
<
同
> commonwealth, democratism
demonstrate ]
????????????
[
v.
示范
,
证明

<
例
> Although they have demonstrated that dolphins do have the primary skills necessary
to support understanding and use of a language, they have not distinguished the dolphins
from other animals in this respect.
<
同
> exhibit, prove
]
??????
deny [
v.
否认
,
拒绝

<
例
> No theorist today would deny that the plates do move.
<
同
> disclaim, renounce, abnegate
]
???????
depress [
v.
使沮丧
,
压低
,
使萧条

<
例
> The stronger U.S. dollar depressed sales.
<
同
> deject, dismay, droop
]
????????
deprive [
v.
剥夺
,
使丧失

<
例
> In the United States, television news does not deliberately aim to deprive viewers of
a coherent understanding of their world.
<
同
> strip, divest, impoverish
]
????????
deputy [
n.
代理人
,
代表

<
例
> In some parliaments or law-making bodies, the elected members are called deputies.
<
同
> attorney, agent
]
???????
derive [
v.
得自
,
起源

<
例
> The most salient features of jazz derive directly from the blues
<
同
> deduce, infer, evolve
]
?????????
durable [
adj.
持久的
,
耐用的

<
例
>
It
is
difficult
to
tell
whether
the
attention
new
rock
bands
are
receiving
from
audiences is that associated with novelty or that which indicates a durable popularity.
<
同
> lasting, enduring
]
?????????
encounter [
v.
遇见
,
邂逅

<
例
> You can drive on an interstate across the most endlessly enchanting of countryside
and encounter only an unrelieved monotony.
<
同
> confront
]
???????
endeavor [
v.
努力
,
尽力

<
例
> After many years of unsuccessfully endeavoring to form his own orchestra.
<
同
> attempt, strive, undertake
]
??????
endow [
v.
捐赠
,
捐助
,
赋予

<
例
> You are endowed with wealth, good health and a lively intellect.
<
同
> empower, bestow
]
??????????
enduring [
adj.
持久的
;
不朽的

<
例
>
It
speaks
of
the
enduring
struggle
of
those
who
have
been
unjustly
judged
and
restricted and yet have sought to evolve humane standards of existence.
<
同
> lasting; surviving
]
?????????
energize [
v.
鼓舞

<
例
> He helped energize and mobilize millions of people around the nation.
<
同
> invigorate
]
????????
engage [
v.
吸引
;
雇佣
;
答应
;
结合
;
订婚

<
例
> The man who was engaged in being hanged was apparently about thirty-five years
of age.
<
同
> attract; hire; pledge; confront
]
????????
enhance [
v.
增加
;
改进

<
例
>
The
ideology
of
modem
economics
suggests
that
material
progress
has
yielded
enhanced satisfaction and well-being.
<
同
> increase; improve
]
??????
fancy [
n.
爱好
;
奇特
;
想象

<
例
> An article on interior decoration described how a copy of the painting ornamented a
sophisticated
modem
kitchen
where
fancy
meals
were
concocted
for
bright
and
brittle
guests.
<
同
> notion; whim; inclination
]
??????
fatal [
adj.
致命的
,
重大的
,
命运注定的

<
例
>
The
fatal
poison
of
irresponsible
power
was
already
in
her
hands,
and
soon
commenced its infernal work.
<
同
> deathly, lethal, mortal
feasible ]
????????
[
adj.
可行的

<
例
> She questioned whether it was feasible to stimulate investment in these regions.
<
同
> practical
federal ]
????????
[
adj.
联邦的
,
联合的
,
同盟的

<
例
> This police officer twice violated the federal Constitution while a prosecuting attorney
was standing by.
<
同
> confederative, affined
]
??????????
forthcoming [
adj.
即将到来的

<
例
> I believe that he would be the best possibility to
recapture
the
centre vote in
the
forthcoming election.
<
同
> approaching
gaze ]
????
[
v.
注视
,
凝视

<
例
> Zebras gaze across vistas arranged to appear nearly as broad as an African plain.
<
同
> stare; contemplate
]
????????????
generalize [
v.
一般化
,
概括
,
推广

<
例
> The author draws on her experiences as a mime to generalize about her art.
<
同
> infer, spread, extend
]
?????????
gymnast [
n.
体操运动员

<
例
> The plane looped the loop, seeming to arch its back like a gymnast.
<
同
> athlete; tumbler
]
??????????
habitual [
adj.
习惯的
,
惯常的

<
例
>
He
was
habitually
so
docile
and
accommodating
that
his
friends
could
not
understand his sudden outburst against his employers.
<
同
> accustomed, customary
]
???????
immortal [
adj.
不朽的

<
例
>Geneticist Olivia M. Pereira-Smith has published her findings on
is, cells that reproduce by dividing indefinitely.
<
同
> enduring; imperishable
]
???????
impose [
v.
课征
,
强迫
,
征收
(
税款
)
<
例
> A law required the selection of moderators, gave them the power to impose fines on
those who spoke without permission during meetings
<
同
> force
inclusion ]
??????????
[
n.
包含

<
例
> This will cost money, but if social inclusion is to succeed, it must be spent.
<
同
> comprehension
industrious ]
???????????
[
adj.
勤奋的，努力的

<
例
> She was an industrious and willing worker.
<
同
> diligent; hard-working
]
????????
infamous [
adj.
臭名昭著的，恶名远扬的

<
例
> He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.
<
同
> notorious
]
???????
infant [
n.
婴儿
,
幼儿

<
例
> Many infants do not cut their first tooth until they are a year old.
<
同
> baby
]
??????
infer [
v.
推导，总结

<
例
>
By
measuring
the
motion
of
the
galaxies
in
a
cluster,
astronomers
can
infer
the
cluster's mass.
<
同
> deduce; conclude
]
?????????
inference [
n.
推论

<
例
>There were two inferences to be drawn from her letter.
<
同
>implication
]
??????????
justify [
v.
替
...
辩护
,
证明
,
证明正当

<
例
>Ministers agreed that this decision was fully justified by economic conditions.
<
同
> warrant; excuse
legacy ]
???????
[
n.
祖先传下来之物
,
遗赠物

<
例
>The artistic legacy of the Roman world continues to be judged widely as an echo of
the magnificent Greek traditions that preceded it.
<
同
> bequest
]
???????
legal [
adj.
法律的
,
合法的
,
法定的

<
例
>At first, the meetings seem to have been confined to men labeled
who satisfied the legal requirements for voting in the colony.
<
同
>lawful
]
????????
manual [
n.
手册
,
指南

<
例
> Too often he only absorbs half the information in the manual.
<
同
> handbook
]
?????????????
manufacture [
v.
制造
,
加工

<
例
> We import foreign manufactured goods.
<
同
> fabricate
]
?????
marked [
adj.
有记号的
,
显著的
,
醒目的

<
例
> Between town and country, too, the contrast was very marked.
<
同
> noticeable; pronounced; striking
]
????
marsh [
n.
沼泽
,
湿地

<
例
> You are forced to reduce your own speed to the local standard, and so you see the
marsh hawk circling above a pothole.
<
同
> fenland
]
??????
massive [
adj.
巨大的

<
例
>With its astonishing heft, the top quark should help clarify the hidden mechanisms
that make some particles massive while others have no mass at all.
<
同
>huge
mastery ]
?????????
[
n.
征服
,
统治权
,
技巧

<
例
>The mastery of polite prose is a moral accomplishment to which we will be moved by
appeals of our highest instincts.
<
同
> domination
]
??????????
material [
adj.
物质的
;
重要的

<
例
> Nuclear power plants are some of the largest producers of hazardous wastes, with
each
plant
producing
barrels
of
radioactive
material
that
must
be
stored
in
special
protective containers.
<
同
> unspiritual; important
]
???????
maxim [
n.
至理名言
;
格言

<
例
> A good maxim is never out of season.
<
同
> proverb
]
?????????
neutral [
adj.
中型的
;
自然的
;
中庸的，公允的

<
例
> One school of thought holds that the museum building itself is not sufficiently neutral,
that
a
museum
ought
not
to
be,
of
itself,
a
work
of
art,
competing
with
the
collection
displayed therein.
<
同
> impartial
]
??????????????
obvious [
adj.
明显的
,
显而易见的

<
例
> The effect of the weather on the inhabitants of Provence is immediate and obvious.
<
同
> self-evident
]
????????
occasion [
n.
场合
,
机会
,
理由

<
例
> The Mickey Mouse of the thirties shorts was a whirlwind of activity, with a host of
unsuspected skills and a reluctant heroism that rose to every occasion.
<
同
> opportunity; affair
occupation ]
????????????
[
n.
职业

<
例
> You will be asked to fill in a form with details of your birth and occupation.
<
同
> business,job
peculiar ]
??????????
[
adj.
奇怪的
,
古怪的
,
特殊的
,
独特的

<
例
> Margaret greeted Henry with peculiar tenderness.
<
同
> particular, special
]
???????
penalty [
n.
处罚
,
惩罚

<
例
> The maximum penalty is up to 7 years imprisonment or an unlimited fine.
<
同
> punishment
]
??????????
penetrate [
v.
穿透
,
渗透
,
看穿

<
例
> The sun's rays can penetrate water up to 10 feet.
<
同
> fathom
]
???????
perceive [
v.
察觉
,
感觉
,
认知
,
理解

<
例
> He was one of the first to perceive that nature on a sufficiently small scale might be
qualitatively different in a striking way from the world of our ordinary experience.
<
同
> comprehend
]
??????????
performance [
n.
表演
,
表现

<
例
>
John
Gielgud
crowns
a
distinguished
career
of
playing
Shakespearean
roles
by
giving a performance that is unsurpassable.
<
同
> enactment
]
??????????
permanent [
n.
永久的
,
持久的

<
例
> He nevertheless, at the end of six months, accepted his sister's permanent presence
as an accomplished fact.
<
同
> lasting
]
???????????
permission [
n.
同意
,
许可
,
允许

<
例
> A law required the selection of moderators, gave them the power to impose fines on
those who spoke without permission during meetings.
<
同
> approval; permit
]
??????????
perpetual [
adj.
永久的

<
例
>
All
things
presenting
themselves
to
the
mind
in
violent
contrasts
and
impressive
forms, lent a tone of excitement and of passion to everyday life and tended to produce the
perpetual
oscillation
between
despair
and
distracted
joy,
between
cruelty
and
pious
tenderness which characterizes life in the Middle Ages.
<
同
> everlasting
]
????????
perplex [
v.
使
...
困惑
,
使
...
更复杂
,
使
...
为难

<
例
> It perplexed him because he was tackling it the wrong way.
<
同
> complicate
]
?????????
receptive [
adj.
善于接受的

<
例
>
The
finest
films
of
the
silent
era
depended
on
two
elements
that
we
can
seldom
provide today-a large and receptive audience and a well- orchestrated score.
<
同
> quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions, etc.
]
???????
recipe [
n.
食谱
,
处方
,
秘诀

<
例
> Large-scale inflation is a recipe for disaster.
<
同
> formula
recite ]
???????
[
v.
背诵
,
朗读
,
叙述

<
例
> Although he is able to recite information, he cannot make sense of it.
<
同
> retell, narrate
reflection ]
??????????
[
n.
反映
,
沉思
,
映像

<
例
>
Even
such
postulated
injunctions
would
be
more
than
a
simple
reflection
of
the
internal state of the communicator.
<
同
> comment; contemplation
]
???????
reform [
v.
改革
,
改过自新
,
改善

<
例
> You have had every chance to reform.
<
同
> rectify
]
?????????
refuge [
n.
避难处
,
庇护所

<
例
>Monasteries served as places of refuge for married women as well.
<
同
> asylum
rouse ]
????
[
v.
唤醒
,
鼓舞
,
激动

<
例
> When I put my hand on his, he stirs but doesn't quite rouse.
<
同
> stir
]
?????
scheme [
n.
方案
,
计划
,
阴谋

<
例
> Many years later there is something called bilingual education-a scheme proposed
in the late 1960s by Hispanic-American social activists, later endorsed by a congressional
vote.
<
同
> outline; schema
]
??????
script [
n.
原稿
,
手稿
,
手迹
;
脚本

<
例
> Preserved in
cuneiform script on
a single
clay tablet are the
names of dozens
of
drugs to treat ailments that still afflict us today.
<
同
> screenplay
seasoned ]
???????
[
adj.
老练的

<
例
> He began acting with the confidence of a seasoned performer.
<
同
> experienced
]
????????
secular [
adj.
世俗的
;
现世的
;
永久的

<
例
>
Queens
had
access
to
power
not
only
through
their
husbands
but
also
through
churchmen and secular officials whom they patronized.
<
同
> worldly; temporal
]
?????
shrink [
v.
收缩

<
例
>
Mrs.
Penniman
shrunk
from
presenting
herself
to
her
brother
as
a
fountain
of
instruction.
<
同
> dwindle
simplistic ]
???????????
[
adj.
过分单纯化的

<
例
> Tthe impression that the town meetings of old were free, democratic, and civilized is
far too simplistic.
<
同
> oversimplified
]
???????
sleeper [
n.
睡眠
;
卧铺
;
枕木
;
冬眠的动物

<
例
>
Some
loose
boards
laid
upon
the
sleepers
supporting
the
metals
of
the
railway
supplied a footing for him and his executioners.
<
同
> slumberer; crosstie
]
??????
temper [
v.
中和
;
调剂
;
锻炼

<
例
> He had to learn to temper his enthusiasm.
<
同
> moderate; tone down; restrain; toughen (steel)
]
????????????
temperament [
n.
气质
;
性情

<
例
> In general effect, his impersonator must achieve suppleness and subtlety of nature,
a highly complex, compressed, yet well restrained intensity of temperament.
<
同
> disposition
]
???????????
underlying [
adj.
根本的
;
在下面的
;
潜在的

<
例
> Despite the diversity of the physical world, all matter may have a single underlying
component.
<
同
> fundamental; potential
]
??????????????
unprecedented [
adj.
空前的

<
例
> Some economists showed their anxiety on unprecedented level of unemployment.
<
同
> novel
]
????????
verify [
v.
查证
,
核实

<
例
> The government has not verified any of those reports.
<
同
> affirm; confirm
]
???????
victim [
n.
受害者

<
例
>
The
real
exploited
victim
was
not
a
human being
but
poor
Mother Earth
and
her
creatures who were ruthlessly plundered.
<
同
> dupe
]
?????????
violate [
v.
违犯
,
亵渎
,
干扰

<
例
> They went to prison because they violated the law.
<
同
> breach; break
]
????
weird [
adj.
怪异的

<
例
> Drugs can make you do all kinds of weird things.
<
同
> bizarre

]
??????????
advisory [
adj.
顾问的
,
咨询的
,
劝告的

<
例
> He was employed in a purely advisory role.
<
同
> consultative
]
????????
advocate [
v.
主张
,
提倡

<
例
> The responsibility of Crisis was to arbitrate between those who advocated race pride
and those who denied any differences between the races.
<
同
> recommend; urge
]
?????????
aesthetic [
adj.
审美的

<
例
>
The
obvious
aesthetic
value
of
the
instrument
does
not
supplant
the
human
and
cosmic concern.
<
同
> artistic
affection ]
????????
[
n.
喜爱
,
情感

<
例
> Absorbed in her child and in the writing of her book, she was sunk in her affection for
home.
<
同
> fondness, tenderness
]
???????????
affirmation [
n.
正面肯定，确认

<
例
> Despite of T
ony's affirmations of innocence, his mother still suspected he had stolen
the keys.
<
同
> positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
]
??????
afford [
v.
买得起
,
足以
,
给予

<
例
> They can afford it if you members of the jury can.
<
同
> spend, expend, yield
]
????????
agenda [
n.
议程

<
例
> When meetings were called, it was the selectmen who set the agenda and they who
controlled the discussion.
<
同
> schedule
]
????????
aggression [
n.
侵犯
,
侵略

<
例
> The Iroquois were able to respond effectively to French acts of aggression.
<
同
> hostility, combat, invasion
alliance ]
????????
[
n.
联盟
,
联合

<
例
> The two parties were still too much apart to form an alliance.
<
同
> confederation, alignment, alinement
]
?????????
allocate [
v.
分配，制定

<
例
> Tickets are limited and will be allocated to those who apply first.
<
同
> assign
]
????????????
alternative [
adj.
两者择一的
,
供选择的

<
例
> For those who wished to free their bodies, souls, and brains from male domination
and devote their lives to the service of God, Christianity provided an alternative way of life.
<
同
> alternate
]
????????
amiable [
adj.
可爱的，友好的，惬意的

<
例
> Lady Elliot had been an excellent woman, sensible and amiable.
<
同
> agreeable; lovable; friendly
]
??????
bizarre [
adj.
怪异的

<
例
> The ceremonies and rituals of the Southeastern Indians seem bizarre, outlandish,
even irrational, until viewed against the background of their belief system.
<
同
> fantastic
]
?????
blade [
n.
叶片
,
刀锋
,
刀口

<
例
> He was an edge-of-the-world dweller, caught between a vanishing forest and a deep
lake preempted by unpredictable machines full of chopping blades.
<
同
> vane, knife-edge
]
?????
bleak [
adj.
萧瑟的
,
荒凉的
,
阴冷的

<
例
>
I
dragged
myself,
or
rather
I
let
myself
be
dragged,
listlessly
through
my
bleak
existence in the snail's pace of days.
<
同
> dim, bare, barren, desolate
]
???????
booming [
adj.
快速增长的，欣欣向荣
;
深刻的

<
例
> The development of new business is rather booming
<
同
> flourishing, thriving
]
???????
combat [
v.
战斗
,
争斗

<
例
> Yesterday saw hand-to- hand combat in the city.
<
同
> battle, fight, struggle
combine ]
????????
[
v. (
使
)
联合
, (
使
)
结合

<
例
> They combine worldly and spiritual elements in a celebration of love
<
同
> compound, unite, interact
]
??????????????????
comedic [
adj.
喜剧的

<
例
> Comedic means relating to comedy.
<
同
> comic
]
??????
comic [
adj.
滑稽的
,
有趣的
,
喜剧的

<
例
> Contemporary humorists are never as insightful as
the
great comic
writers of the
past.
<
同
> amusing, comical, funny
commentary ]
??????????
[
n.
注释
,
评论
,
说明

<
例
> Dylan betrayed his fans' faith in him by turning away from political commentary.
<
同
> comment
committee ]
???????
[
n.
委员会

<
例
>
The
congresswoman
is
very
powerful:
she
has
more
influence
than
any
other
member of the committee.
<
同
> commission, council
]
?????????
commodity [
n.
农产品
,
商品

<
例
> Simply said, the women travelers brought back a powerful commodity-knowledge.
<
同
> goods, merchandise
]
????????
communal [
adj.
公共的

<
例
> Communal violence broke out in different parts of the country.
<
同
> common; public
]
??????????
comparable [
adj.
相似的

<
例
> A body can muster some 200,000,000 cells, making the immune system comparable
in mass to the liver or brain.
<
同
> similar
]
?????????
complain [
v.
抱怨
,
抗议

<
例
> `I do everything you ask of me,' he complained.
<
同
> grumble
]
???????????
complement [
v.
补足
;
完善

<
例
> That the two coastlines complement one another is beyond dispute
<
同
> complete; consummate; make perfect
]
?????????
compute [
v.
计算

<
例
> I tried to compute the cash value of the ponies and horse boxes.
<
同
> reckon; calculate
]
????????
conceal [
v.
隐藏
,
掩盖
,
隐瞒

<
例
>
The
government
need
not
conceal
anything
from
a
public
that
has
become
insensible to contradiction.
<
同
> hide, veil
]
??????
cunning [
adj.
狡猾的
,
巧妙的
,
可爱的

<
例
> I am really a very terrible and cunning beast.
<
同
> crafty, cute
]
???????
desert [
v.
放弃
,
遗弃
,
擅离

<
例
> Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking for jobs.
<
同
> abandon, forsake, desolate
]
???????
despair [
v.
绝望

<
例
> While his writing demonstrated the difficulties of living a moral life within the confines
of a corrupt society, Darius Holmes never despaired, and he continued to pursue his ideal
of virtue.
<
同
> despond
]
????????
despise [
v.
轻视

<
例
> You have been told that if you acquit these defendants you will be despised because
you will endorse everything they believe.
<
同
> belittle
]
???????????????
determination [
n.
决定
;
测量，计算
;
解决

<
例
>
As
the
risks
to
our
children
intensify,
so
must
our
determination
to
enact
family-centered programs and policies to ensure all of our youngest children the decent
start that they deserve.
<
同
> resolve; measurement; calculation; decision
]
???????
devote [
v.
投入于
,
献身

<
例
> Being a slave-owner, and, like other slave-owners, a politician, he was naturally an
original secessionist and ardently devoted to the Southern cause.
<
同
> dedicate, consecrate
]
?????????????
diagnosis [
n.
诊断

<
例
>
They
believed
that
a
physician
must
pursue
the
diagnosis
and
treatment
of
the
physical
(body)
causes
of
disease
within
a
scientific
framework,
as
well
as
cure
the
supernatural (mind) components involved.
<
同
> diagnosing
diagram ]
?????????
[
n.
图表

<
例
> You can reduce long explanations to simple charts or diagrams.
<
同
> chart, graph, illustration
diameter ]
?????????
[
n.
直径

<
例
> Only one millimeter in diameter, this tiny dew drop is composed of a billion trillion
molecules of water.
<
同
> dia, radius
]
????????
diffuse [
v.
散播
,
传播

<
例
> As agriculture developed, agricultural ideas diffused across Europe.
<
同
> spread, distribute
]
?????
dwarf [
v.
使看上去矮小

<
例
> His figure is dwarfed by the huge red McDonald's sign.
<
同
> stun; suppress
enmity ]
???????
[
n.
憎恨
;
仇恨

<
例
> I think there is an historic enmity between them.
<
同
> hatred
]
????????
enormous [
adj.
巨大的
,
庞大的

<
例
>
Despite
enormous
strides
in
medical
science,
many
of
the
latest
sophisticated
additions to our medicine chest shelves were accidental finds.
<
同
> tremendous, gigantic
]
???????
enrich [
v.
使富足
,
使肥沃

<
例
> It is important to enrich the soil prior to planting.
<
同
> richen
]
???????????
enrollment [
n.
登记
,
注册
,
入伍

<
例
> He signed the enrollment at the hotel.
<
同
> register
enterprising ]
????????????
[
adj.
有魄力的

<
例
> Debra is a very enterprising young black business-woman who is involved in a lot of
activities.
<
同
> aggressive
]
?????????????
entrepreneur [
n.
企业家
,
主办人

<
例
> An entrepreneur is a person who sets up businesses and business deals.
<
同
> enterpriser
]
???????
envious [
adj.
嫉妒的
,
羡慕的

<
例
> Do I sound envious I pity them, actually.
<
同
> covetous, jealous
feminism ]
??????????
[
n.
女权主义
,
男女平等主义

<
例
> Feminism is the belief and aim that women should have the same rights, power, and
opportunities as men.
<
同
> feminist movement
]
??????
fervor [
n.
热情
;
激情

<
例
> He spoke with fervor.
<
同
> ardor; enthusiasm
]
???????
festive [
adj.
欢乐的
;
庆祝的

<
例
> The town has a festive holiday atmosphere.
<
同
> joyous; celebratory
]
??????
fiber [
n.
纤维
,
构造

<
例
> Ancient cloth makers probably could not twist flax fibers until they had dipped the
fibers into water to make them supple.
<
同
> fabric, texture
]
???????
forum [
n.
论坛

<
例
>
Just
as
attention
to
rules
of
written
usage
helps
us
to
read
intelligently,
so
an
awareness of die abuse of you know in public forums makes us better listeners.
<
同
> meeting; assembly
generate ]
???????????
[
v.
产生
;
创造

<
例
> Once the antigen binds to the receptor it stimulates the lymphocyte to divide, which
generates more identical copies of itself.
<
同
> cause; produce; create
]
?????
genre [
n.
风格（文学、艺术）

<
例
> Both a short story writer and a poet, Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled
in either genre.
<
同
> sort, form, variety
]
????????
harmony [
n.
协调
,
和睦
,
调和

<
例
> Miranda, in her desire to foster harmony, often felt compelled to acquiesce readily to
others in tense situations.
<
同
> concord
]
??????????
hospitable [
adj.
好客的，热情的

<
例
> In such situations, the rain forest becomes hospitable to large plant-eating mammals.
<
同
> friendly; generous
inferior ]
?????????
[
adj.
次等的
,
较低的

<
例
>He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy.
<
同
> secondary
infinite ]
????????
[
adj.
无限的
,
无穷的

<
例
>The turmoil represents only the nearly infinite arrangements of a smaller number of
constituents.
<
同
> boundless; limitless
]
???????
inform [
v.
告诉
,
通知

<
例
> They would inform him of any progress they had made.
<
同
> notify
informal ]
?????????
[
adj.
非正式的
;
不拘礼节的

<
例
> Informal speech or behavior is relaxed and friendly rather than serious, very correct,
or official.
<
同
> unofficial; casual
]
????????
inherit [
v.
继承

<
例
>Whether
they
contracted
a
formal
union
or
entered
into
a
quasi-marriage,
their
children could inherit.
<
同
> accede; come into
]
???????
initial [
adj.
开始的
,
最初的
,
字首的

<
例
>
Dillard's
initial
portrayal
of
Darwin
primarily
conveys
a
sense
of
his
youthful
playfulness.
<
同
> beginning, inceptive, initiative
innate ]
??????
[
adj.
天生的
,
固有的

<
例
>The
clone
selection
theory
suggested
that
the
innate
immune
system
was
not
a
homogeneous mass of more or less identical lymphocytes, but rather
was
made
up
of
millions of different families called clones.
<
同
> inborn
]
???????
insight [
n.
洞察力

<
例
>
Anyone
who
possesses
perceptiveness,
insight,
and
unflagging
vitality
has
invaluable gifts.
<
同
> penetration
]
????????
legend [
n.
图例

<
例
>
For
those
who
admire
realism,
Louis
Malle's
recent
film
succeeds
because
it
consciously shuns the stuff of legend and tells an unembellished story as it might actually
unfold with fallible people in earthly time.
<
同
> cutline
]
???????????
legendary [
adj.
传说的

<
例
>I should point out that my singing talents, which are legendary, had no bearing on my
selection.
<
同
> fabled
]
???????????
medieval [
adj.
中世纪的

<
例
> Writings
by
early
medieval
nuns
reveal
that
female
ideals
and
modes
of
conduct
were upheld as the way to salvation and as models of sanctity in the monasteries led by
women.
<
同
> old- fashioned
medium ]
????????
[
n.
媒体
,
方法
,
媒介

<
例
> I am a physical medium, the instrument upon which the figures of my imagination
play their dance of life.
<
同
> average
]
?????????
memorable [
adj.
值得纪念的

<
例
>Movie music can be made memorable because its themes are repeated throughout
the film.
<
同
> worth remembering
]
?????????
merciful [
adj.
仁慈的
,
宽大的

<
例
> Eventually the session came to a merciful end.
<
同
> gracious
merge ]
?????
[
v.
合并
,
消失
,
吞没

<
例
> He sees sense in merging the two agencies while both are new.
<
同
> unite, unify
]
?????????
merriment [
n.
欢乐

<
例
> We celebrated the New Year with merriment.
<
同
> gaiety
]
????????????
methodical [
adj.
方法论的
;
系统化的

<
例
> It is the deliberate detachment of a methodical man who collects his thoughts and
emotions into the most compact and formidable shape-that when he strikes, he may strike
with the more efficient and devastating force.
<
同
> systematic
]
?????????
migrant [
adj.
移居的
;
候鸟的

<
例
> These migrant birds return every spring from the southern part of China.
<
同
> wandering
]
??????????
nobility [
n.
贵族
,
高尚
,
贵族阶级

<
例
>It was this detachment, this objectivity that made it possible for many of the writers of
the Harlem Renaissance to achieve a nobility of expression and a poignancy of feeling in
their writings that placed them among the great masters of recent American literature.
<
同
> grandeur
]
?????
odor [
n.
气味
,
名声

<
例
>The taste is only slightly bitter, and there is little odor.
<
同
> scent
]
?????????????
odoriferous [
adj.
有香味的
,
芳香的

<
例
> The birds sang for them and for them the stars shone, and the whole verdant valley,
teeming with richness and increase, gave up its odoriferous vapors.
<
同
> scented
]
??????
offend [
v.
冒犯
,
违反

<
例
>
He
apologizes
for
his
comments
and
says
he
had
no
intention
of
offending
the
community.
<
同
> scandalize
persist ]
??????????
[
v.
坚持
,
固执
,
持续

<
例
> Despite official denials, the rumors still persist.
<
同
> endure; persevere
]
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persuasive [
adj.
有说服力的

<
例
> What do you think were some of the more persuasive arguments on the other side?
<
同
> convincing
]
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pesticide [
n.
杀虫剂

<
例
>It is futile to try to destroy pests completely with chemical poisons, for as each new
chemical pesticide is introduced, the insects gradually become resistant to it.
<
同
> insecticide
]
????
phase [
n.
相位
,
时期
,
局面
,
阶段

<
例
> When I was thirteen, at a phase that educators used to call the awkward age, my
parents were at their wits' end.
<
同
> stage
]
?????
pickle [
n.
腌汁
,
泡菜

<
例
> It bores wood for insect grubs and often uses a twig or cactus spine as a pickle fork
when the grub won't dislodge.
<
同
> kraut
]
????
pitch [
n.
程度
,
投掷
,
音高

<
例
> Their conduct both on and off the pitch was excellent.
<
同
> degree; cast
]
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poisonous [
adj.
有毒的

<
例
> Volcanoes erupted, spewing ash and poisonous gases into the atmosphere.
<
同
> venomous
polarize ]
??????????
[
v.
极化
;
分化
;
两极分化

<
例
>
I
had
some
of
the
same
magnetic
attraction
to
the
past
that
fueled
his
manic
genealogies, as if the molecules of our bodies were polarized in a way that drew us both
back in time, back, inexorably, toward the ancestors.
<
同
> separate
]
??????
polish [
v.
擦亮
,
磨光
,
推敲

<
例
> Each morning he shaved and polished his shoes.
<
同
> smooth
]
???????
pursue [
v.
追捕
,
追求
,
继续从事

<
例
> A physician must pursue the diagnosis and treatment of the physical (body) causes
of
disease
within
a
scientific
framework,
as
well
as
cure
the
supernatural
(mind)
components involved.
<
同
> chase; engage
refugee ]
??????????????
[
n.
难民

<
例
>The linguistic adaptability of refugee children is reflected in their readiness to adopt
the language of their new homeland.
<
同
> exile
]
????????
refute [
v.
反驳

<
例
> It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute.
<
同
> disprove
]
????????
region [
n.
地区
,
地域
,
地带

<
例
> If I had had some desire to swim or to canoe in the older ways of the great forest that
once lay about this region, either notion would have been folly.
<
同
> area; domain
]
???????????
reinforce [
v.
加强
,
增援

<
例
> The delegation hopes to reinforce the idea that human rights are not purely internal
matters.
<
同
> strengthen
]
????????
relative [
adj.
相对的
,
比较的

<
例
>
Earth
scientists
have
constructed
the
relative
motion
of
the
plates
carrying
the
continents in detail.
<
同
> comparative
]
???????
release [
n.
释放
,
让渡
,
发行

<
例
> He chafed under the inglorious restraint, longing for the release of his energies, the
larger life of the soldier, the opportunity for distinction.
<
同
> relinquish
]
??????
solid [
adj.
固体的
,
结实的
,
可靠的

<
例
> Humor as a solid quality and a lucrative trade is of modern invention.
<
同
> substantial; strong
]
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spatial [
adj.
空间的

<
例
>
One
is
also
able
to
see
how
specific
acts
are
related
to
a
temporal
and
spatial
context.
<
同
> dimensional
]
??????????????
speculation [
n.
沉思
,
推测
,
投机

<
例
>The atomic theory remained a popular speculation among physicists
<
同
> meditation
]
?????
spoil [
v.
宠坏
,
溺爱

<
例
> Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren whenever they come to
visit.
<
同
> indulge
]
????
spot [
n.
污点
,
地点
,
斑点

<
例
>
The
Hawaiian
Islands
came
into
being
when
the
northwest-moving
Pacific
plate
passed over a relatively stationary hot spot.
<
同
> speckle; stain
]
??????
squeeze [
v.
紧握
,
挤

<
例
> He could squeeze himself into constricted spaces that more ungainly men would find
inaccessible.
<
同
> squash
stability ]
??????????
[
n.
稳定性

<
例
> It was the keystone, the last piece to go in, that ensured the structure's stability.
<
同
> constancy
symbolic ]
?????????
[