(政治上的)統(tǒng)治:lawful control
resplendent
華麗輝煌的:brilliantly
evasive
難以發(fā)現(xiàn),捕捉,分離的;含煳其辭的:equivocal
fortify
加固,鼓勵:give physical strength;做好心理準備:prepare mentally
precipice
懸崖峭壁:steep
relapse
故態(tài)復萌,再犯:fall back
husk
(果類或谷物的)外殼:outer covering;剝?nèi)ィ簉emove
palatial
宮殿般奢華的:ornateness
decorum
禮儀,得體:appropriateness, propriety
temporal
世俗的,塵世的:earthly life
waylay
埋伏,伏擊:attack
plausible
看似有理的:superficially reasonable
banish
驅(qū)逐出境:leave, country;趕出:force out
slovenly
邋遢的,不整潔的:lacking neatness
condole
表達同情:sympathetic
susceptibility??
易受感染的性質(zhì)或狀態(tài):little resistance
conceal
隱藏,隱瞞:prevent disclosure
hodgepodge
大雜燴:mixture dissimilar
finale
終場,結(jié)局:closing part
mournful
悲傷的:expressing sorrow
opprobrious
辱駡的:reproach;臭名昭著的,令人鄙視的:infamous
epithet
外號,綽號:descriptive name
relinquish
放棄(職位,權力等):give up;移交,交出:give control or possession
distain
貶損,傷害(某人的)名譽:lose honor, respect, reputation;弄臟:dirty
filibuster
拖延議事:for the purpose of delaying legislative action
grieve
(使)感到悲傷:deep sadness
terminology
專業(yè)術語:special terms or expressions
vitality
活力,生命力:vigor
decode
解碼:change into ordinary language;對…有清晰的想法,理解,解讀:clear idea
deference
尊崇,順從:yield to
disparate
迥然不同的:distinct, different dissimilar
bargain
協(xié)議:agreement;討價還價:negotiate
personable
風度翩翩的,吸引人的:attractive
bluff
直率的,(說話)直截了當?shù)模篸irect, brief, potentially rude;欺騙:deceive
scurrilous
說粗話的:vulgar
judicious
明智的,慎重的:judgment prudent
ascetic
苦行的,克己的,禁欲的:self-denial;禁欲者:person, self-discipline
boor
粗魯?shù)娜耍幻舾械娜耍簉ude
ruminate
沉思:go over in the mind
demote
降職,降級:a lower grade
primordial
塬始的,最初的:happening first
lance
長矛,標槍:long straight handle and sharp head or blade;刺穿,刺破:penetrate
zealot
狂熱者:a fanatical partisan
detach
使分離:separate
calculated
經(jīng)過計算(成敗得失)的,經(jīng)過深思熟慮的:reckoning or estimating
subordinate
下級的,次要的:lower rank;征服:under one's control
apocryphal
假的:doubtful authenticity, spurious
truculent
尖酸刻薄的:harsh insulting;好戰(zhàn)的,好斗的:eagerness to fight
pathological
不正常的,病態(tài)的:markedly abnormal
pigment
顏料:color;給…上顏色:color
latitude
(行動或言論)自由:freedom
mettle
勇氣:strength of spirit;毅力,耐力:stamina
precedent
先例,前例:earlier occurrence;先前的:prior
harangue
(發(fā)表)長篇大論:long pompous
figment
虛構(gòu)的事物,幻覺:made up
stint
吝惜,節(jié)?。篵e frugal
ramshackle
搖搖欲墜的:ready to collapse
dehydrate
去除水分,使乾燥:remove water;使失去活力:deprive of vitality
dashing
愛好冒險的,大膽的:take risks
voracious
有很大食量的,貪吃的:huge appetite;貪婪的,如饑似渴的:insatiable
preface
序言:preliminary statement
scrutable
可以理解的:understood comprehensible
extant
現(xiàn)存的:not destroyed, extinct
obfuscate
使困惑,使模煳:confused, opaque
pervade
彌漫,充滿:throughout
tender
正式提出:offer;考慮周到的,關心同情的:sympathy consideration
rabid
狂熱的,不冷靜的:fanatical
engender
引起,使發(fā)展:cause;產(chǎn)生,出現(xiàn):come into existence
mawkish
過度傷感的:sentimental
minatory
帶來威脅的,有兇兆的:a sign of evil
restless
不平靜的:lack of quite
ruffle
皺褶,褶裥花邊:strip edge;使粗糙:destroy smoothness;擾亂,打擾:disturb
piebald
雜色的:different colors;混合的,雜糅而成的:different sorts
converge
匯集,交匯于一點:move toward one
milk
榨取(財富、資訊等):coerce profit
cessation
終止,暫停:stopping of a process
refreshing
令人身心振奮的,提神的:renewing effect
provident
節(jié)儉的:frugal, economical;有遠見的:awareness for the future
dodder
蹣跚,顫巍巍地行進:progress unsteadily
equivocate
(帶有欺騙目的地)模棱兩可地說,說謊話:equivocal
psychology
心理學:science mental process and behavior;心理戰(zhàn)術:subtle tactical action influence
conducive
有益的,有促進作用的:promote
pitfall
陷阱:capture and hold animals;(不易察覺的)危害:hidden danger
annotate
給...作注解:commentary or explanatory notes
damper
抑制因素:restrains, depresses
revive
恢復意識:return to consciousness;再獲新生:active again
skimp
缺乏的,不足的:less plentiful;節(jié)省花費,吝嗇:give insufficient funds
slur
恥辱:mark of guilt;含煳地發(fā)音:indistinctly;疏忽,忽略:without due, consideration
favoritism
偏愛,偏袒:special favor
trudge
吃力而笨拙地走:heavily or clumsily
caustic
腐蝕性的:destroying, eating away;挖苦諷刺的,刻薄的:incisive sarcasm
recessive
(基因等)隱性的,由隱性基因控制的:does not produce a characteristic effect when present with a dominant allele;內(nèi)向的,內(nèi)斂的:not comfortable around people
incursion
入侵:hostile entrance
pillar
柱子:support;(物質(zhì)、精神等方面的)支柱:support
noxious
有害的,有毒的:harmful, injurious to health;產(chǎn)生強烈厭惡的:causing intense displeasure
agape
急切盼望的:eagerly awaiting
ineluctable
無法逃避的,必然的:not to be avoided
stoke
添加燃料:supply fuel;增大,促進:make greater
elaborate
詳細的,復雜的:complexity;詳細闡述:in detail
interdict
禁止:forbid;阻止:stop, seize or interrupt