amorphous
無固定形狀的:definite, shapeless;不可歸類的:unclassifiable
gaffe
(社交上)失禮,失態(tài):social blunder;明顯的錯誤,錯誤判斷:blatant mistake
articulate
清晰地表達:clearly, distinctly;表達清晰的:able, express, clearly
drudgery
苦工;單調(diào)、卑賤或無趣的工作:tedious work
tentative
暫時性的,嘗試的:not fully developed
inveigh
激烈抗議,表示強烈不滿:protest vehemently
victimize
使受騙:subject to deception
ennui
倦怠;缺乏興趣:listlessness, lack of interest
reactionary
反對改革的,極保守的:opposition to progress
apprehensive
知曉的,理解的:impressed on the mind;恐懼的,害怕的:anxious, fearful
recant
撤回,放棄,改變:withdraw a statement
gaudy
俗麗的:excessively showy
truss
系緊,扎緊:into a tight mass
eleemosynary?
慈善的:charity
jolt
突然移動:move sudden;驚嚇:unpleasant surprise
confluence
匯合,混合:together same
discriminate
區(qū)分:perceive distinguishing, recognize;歧視:difference
pleat
打褶:fold
vigilant
警醒的,警惕的:alertly watchful
stentorian
聲音洪亮的:loud
flatter
拍馬屁,奉承,討好:praise excessively;自我感覺良好:think highly of;使顯得更漂亮:show advantageously
interlock
連鎖,連結:joined closely
leer
一瞥,斜眼看:sidelong
unflappable
鎮(zhèn)定的,從容不迫的:not easily upset
abreast
并排地:in line;熟知的:knowledge of recent developments
philanthropic
博愛的,為他人著想的:welfare of others
doodle
(無目的)地亂涂亂畫:aimlessly;漫無目的地打發(fā)時光:aimless activity
arcane
(語言)晦澀的,隱晦的:veiled, uncertain;深奧的,難以理解的:difficult to understand
petrify
使僵化,使失去活力:become stiff
mutate
(使)改變,(使)變異:undergo mutation
ungainly
笨拙的,不雅的:inability in a graceful manner
piddling
微不足道的:trifling or trivial
sedulous
勤奮認真的:careful perseverance
fable
寓言故事:story teach a basic truth;神話,傳說:story of supernatural happenings;謊言,虛構:statement in order to deceive
attest
證實,為...作證:give evidence
gash
深長的傷口或切口:deep cut;砍傷,切開:make gash
pen
監(jiān)獄:confinement;關押,監(jiān)禁:close
commiserate
表示憐憫,同情:sympathy
arrogance
傲慢,自大:overbearing pride
lachrymose
催人淚下的,悲傷的:mournful
demur
表示異議,反對:opposition, objection;猶豫:doubt acceptability qualm
omniscient
無所不知的:complete knowledge
venom
毒液:poisonous matter;惡意,惡毒的用心:desire to cause pain
calamity
大災難:disastrous event
variegated
雜色的,斑駁的:different colors
potable
飲品,尤指有酒精飲料:beverage;適于飲用的:suitable for drinking
hoard
貯藏,秘藏:keep hidden
skirmish
小衝突,爭論:minor
mobile
可移動的:capable moving;可變的:changeable
sere
乾枯的,凋萎的:dried, withered
jaunty
輕快呃,活潑的:sprightly
striate
加條紋:mark with striations
lassitude
乏力,沒精打采:diminished energy
trespass
非法入侵;違反;冒犯:enter unlawfully offense
plangent
轟鳴的:loud sound;凄涼的,哀傷的:plaintive
refractory
倔強的,不順從的:resisting control
chicanery
詭計多端的,欺騙:deception
off-key
不尋常的,不合適的:out of accord with
roil
攪渾,使混亂:stir up;激怒:displease
spontaneous
自發(fā)的,不經(jīng)思索的:without apparent thought
coax
哄騙:pleading, flattery, cajole
advert
引起注意,提到:refer
raffish
低俗的:crudeness
clumsy
笨拙的:lacking, nimbleness, lack, skill;不文雅的:lacking, grace, inability, graceful;不精緻的:roughly
gadfly
刺激物:provocative stimulus;令人反感的人:annoys
mite
微小的東西,很少的錢:small object
particularize
詳述:give details
implode
(使)劇烈收縮,(使)坍塌,(使)內(nèi)爆:collapse inward
denude
脫去,使赤裸:bare
din
喧鬧聲,嘈雜聲:loud noise;重復,使人厭煩地反復灌輸:again
divert
使轉向:turn, deflect;使消遣:agreeably;使分心:draw something else
understudy
替補演員:take another's duties
intimidate
威嚇:frighten
elliptical
含煳不清的:obscurity;橢圓的:ellipse
elicit
激起,喚起:bring out
truce
休戰(zhàn),休戰(zhàn)協(xié)定:suspension fighting
accede
贊成:approval, consent;就任,就職:come into an office
trepidation
恐懼,戰(zhàn)慄:apprehension
exalt
提升,提拔:raise;讚揚:praise
propriety
禮節(jié):conformity socially acceptable;適當,得體:suitable or fitting
excrete
排泄:discharge
ramble
漫步,漫游:move aimlessly;漫談,長篇大論(并經(jīng)常離題)地說或?qū)懀簑ithout a topic
balk
阻礙:check, obstacle;不愿接受,拒絕:unwillingness
shroud
隱蔽物,可起隱蔽、保護或屏護作用的物體:conceals, protects, screens;將...從視線中隔離,遮蔽:shut off from sight
blazon
使知名:make known openly;修飾,裝扮:make more attractive
sprawl
雜亂無序地發(fā)展;蔓生,蔓延:irregularly
ominous
兇兆的:omen, evil
canonize
過分寵愛,過分崇拜:admire too much;使崇高,使神圣:high status or value
ethos
道德準則:code of good conduct
excursive
離題的;散漫的:passing
fluent
表達流利的:able to express well;不費力的:minimal difficulty
diversity
多樣性:variety, multiformity;分歧,不同點:different
reckless
不考慮后果的,大膽魯莽的:careless
requisite
必需品:something necessary;必不可少的,必備的:necessary
ingenuous
天真純樸的:lacking cunning;坦白的:straightforward
diplomatic
使用策略的,機智的:tact
indigenous
土產(chǎn)的,本地的:originating;與生俱來的,先天的:innermost nature
disseminate
散播,傳播:spread, promulgate
mar
污點,壞點:spoils the appearance;破壞,削弱:impair
anterior
前面的:before