dupe
復製品,復製:exactly like something else;易受騙的人:easily deceived;欺騙:deceive
abash
使尷尬,使羞愧:self-confidence,embarrass
thick-skinned
冷漠無情的,不顧他人感受的:unaffected
edifice
大廈;大建筑物:massive structure;基礎,基本結(jié)構(gòu):basic form
grandiose
自命不凡的,浮夸的:grandeur;宏大的:greatness
aspirant
有抱負者,有野心者:aspires;想成為...的:seeking
needy
貧窮的:impoverished
ream ?
怒斥,訓斥:criticize
descend
下降:downward;世代相傳:pass by inheritance
fatigue
疲憊:weariness or exhaustion;(讓人厭倦的)苦差事:causes weariness
apathy
冷漠,缺乏情感:lack, feeling, emotion;缺乏興趣,不關心:lack, interest, concern
taper
(使)逐漸變細:become narrower, thinner;逐漸減少,減弱:diminish gradually
impetuous
衝動的,性急的,輕率的:impulsive vehemence;劇烈的,勐烈的:violence of movement
extenuate
減輕罪過:lessen the seriousness
supposition
猜想,推測:little or no evidence
cryptic
秘密的:secret;含義模煳的:ambiguous meaning;超出理解能力的:beyond one's powers to know
waddle
搖搖擺擺地走:tilt the body from side to side
precarious
危險的,不穩(wěn)定的:lacking security, stability;可疑的,不明確的:uncertain
prolong
延長,拖延:lengthen
enact
制定或頒佈(法律):establish
denouement
(小說的)結(jié)局:final resolution
attenuate
降低(數(shù)量、力量、價值):lessen
sand
磨光:make smooth
don
穿上:put on
conservative
守舊的,不愿改變的:oppose change;不招搖的,低調(diào)的:not showy;謹慎小心的:close attentiveness
serene
安靜的:free from uproar;穩(wěn)重的,鎮(zhèn)靜的:unaffected, calm
flaccid
不結(jié)實的,鬆弛的:lacking firmness
ambivalent
(尤指感情、態(tài)度)矛盾的:opposing feelings
vouchsafe
允諾,給予:grant in a gracious or condescending manner
overbearing
專橫傲慢的:arrogant;壓倒一切的,(在力量或重要性上)勢不可擋的;支配的,顯著的:overwhelming in power
instate
任命:establish rank
inch
少量,很短的距離:small degree;(使)慢慢移動:move slowly
veteran
老兵;有豐富經(jīng)驗的人:knowledge through long experience;經(jīng)驗豐富的,資深的:knowledge, experience
remonstrance
抗議,抱怨:expression of protect, complaint
salubrious
有益健康的:promoting health
parity
相稱,同等,平等:being equal
epic
宏大的,超凡脫俗的:surpassing the usual
perfervid
非常熱情的:exaggerated emotion
rejoice
欣喜,喜悅:feel joy
abridge
縮短,縮?。簊horten;在不改變本意的條件下刪減詞語,縮寫:shorten
aggrandize
增加、提高(力量、財富、地位、聲譽)等:enhance
prescience
預知,先見:knowledge before
conciliate
平息,撫慰:lessen the anger;調(diào)解:compatible, reconcile
awash
被淹沒的:by water;(如洪水般)氾濫的:filled, covered, overrun
puerile
幼稚的,不成熟的:immature
slant
(看待問題、思考的)角度,看法:way of looking;傾斜的:slanting direction;歪曲(事實等):create a wrong impression
raffle
垃圾,廢物:discarded, useless
vivacious
活潑的,快活的:lively
belligerent
好斗的,好戰(zhàn)的:assertiveness, hostility, combativeness
agog
極度感興趣的:urgent desire or interest
tempestuous
突然的,劇烈的:sudden or violent
extraction
血統(tǒng):origin, ancestry
mesmeric
催命的,催眠術(shù)的:mesmerism;令人著迷的,難以抗拒的:attracting
restrain
限制,控制:limit, restrict
inimical
帶有敵意的:hostility;危及某人利益的,不利的:opposed to interests
coquette
調(diào)情的女子:flirt;調(diào)情,不認真對待:playfully
windy
冗長的:verbosity
credit
信任,信賴:mental conviction of the truth;表揚,讚揚:acknowledgment or admiration
decadent
墮落的,腐敗的:lowered moral character;放縱的人:devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures;道德上墮落的人:moral decay
contravene
違反,反對:violate, oppose
truant
逃避責任(的);逃避責任者:shirking responsibility, shirks duty
paunchy
大腹便便的,大肚子的:potbelly
hearken
傾聽,關注:attention
deliberate
深思熟慮的:careful
descendant
后代:deriving directly from
melodramatic
感情夸張的,傷感的:exaggeratedly emotional
xenophobe
仇視(或畏懼)外國人(或外國事物)者:fearful of what is foreign
respite
間歇,休息:rest
peremptory
不容反抗的:not allowing contradiction;愛發(fā)號施令的:ordering people;傲慢的:feeling of superiority
careen
蹣跚而行。不穩(wěn)定行走:to lurch or swerve;狂奔,快速運動:rush
nadir
最低點:lowest point
fleet
艦隊,車隊:group of a vehicles;迅速的:with great speed;快速涌過:pass swiftly
gourmand
嗜食者,大胃王:excessively fond of eating
practitioner
職業(yè)人士:profession
accomplish
實現(xiàn),完成:completion
impeccable
無罪的:free from sin;無暇的,無可挑剔的:free from fault
portentous
預兆性的,兇兆的:sign of evil;勾起興趣的,令人遐想的:eliciting amazement
abut
鄰接,毗鄰:adjacent
baffling
令人疑惑的,難以理解的:hard to comprehend
fluctuate
波動,無規(guī)則地變動:shift back and forth
crow
感到高興:joy or triumph;自鳴得意:pride in one's own possessions
lethargic
沒精打采的,行動遲緩的:sluggish
sophism
假推理,詭辯:deceptive argumentation
sepulchral
陰沉的,喪葬的:lacking in cheer
license
許可,認可:approval;自由:move freely;放蕩:disregard for standards;準許,授權(quán)使用:permit or authorize
shipshape
井然有序的:order
narcissism
自戀:admiration of oneself
puckish
淘氣的,頑皮的:mischievous, impish
proclivity
癖性,愛好:inclination
ken
視野範圍:vision;知道,瞭解(人或物):know
denigrate
詆毀,污蔑:scornfully
eavesdrop
偷聽:listen secretly
calumniate
誹謗,造謠,中傷:false statements
stipple
(雕刻時)點刻,用點標記:mark with small spots
furor
喧鬧,狂怒,激動,狂熱:intense excitement
effluvium
難聞的氣味:offensive smell;沒有的副產(chǎn)品,廢品:by-product waste
exotic
外來的,不同尋常的:unusual
hyperbole
夸張:exaggeration used for emphasis
approbation
同意:approval
complacency
自滿,無憂患意識:self-satisfaction, unawareness of trouble