supreme [su??pri?m] adj. 首屈一指的
【派】The decision of the Supreme Court shall not be appealed against.
最高法院的判決不容上訴。
【擴】endville 首屈一指的
protagonist [pr?u?t?ɡ?nist] n. 主角
outlaw [?autl??] n. 逃犯,亡命之徒
【構(gòu)】out(在……之外的)+law(法律)=outlaw(逃犯)
【例】The outlaw was caught by the police again.
逃犯再次被警察給抓住了。
【擴】lamster 逃犯
frame [freim] v. 陷害
vicious [?vi??s] adj. 惡毒的
【派】viciousness 邪惡
【擴】malicious 惡毒的
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A: That's a vicious smear.
B: I hope so, because I don't want to lose such a good assistant like you.
A:那是惡意中傷。
B:我也希望如此,因為我不想失去一個像你這么優(yōu)秀的助手。
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mythology [mi?θ?l?d?i] n. 神話
vanish [?v?ni?] v. 消失
【派】vanished 消失了的
【擴】disappear 消失 evanish 消失
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A: Everyone of us should protect the environment.
B: Yes, or more and more animals will vanish from the earth.
A:我們每個人都應該保護環(huán)境。
B:是的,不然將有更多種類的動物從地球上消失。
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absurdly [?b?s??dli] adv. 荒誕地
arena [??ri?n?] n. 競技場地
encroaching [in?kr?ut?i?] adj. 漸漸滲入的
Indian [?indi?n] n. 印第安人
bewilder [bi?wild?] v. 使手足無措
alien [?eili?n] adj. 外來的
taboo [t??bu?] n. 戒律
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A: In our country the subject is taboo.
B: Why? It's only a common subject.
A:在我們國家,這個話題是被禁止談論的。
B:為什么?這只是一個很普通的話題。
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disinherit [?disin?herit] v. 剝奪……繼承權(quán)
undeclared [??ndi?kl??d] adj. 未經(jīng)宣布的
【擴】unannounced 未經(jīng)宣布的
【搭】an undeclared war 未經(jīng)宣布的戰(zhàn)爭
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A: This is a piece of undeclared news.
B: Then how did you know it?
A:這是一條未經(jīng)宣布的消息。
B:那你是怎么知道的呢?
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hypocrisy [hi?p?krisi] n. 偽善
【例】His hypocrisy makes me sick.
我很討厭他那么虛偽。
chicanery [?i?kein?ri] n. 詐騙
impending [im?pendi?] adj. 迫近的,迫在眉睫的
【擴】impendent 迫近的,即將發(fā)生的
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A: I'm worried about the impending examination.
B: If I were you, I would go reading.
A:我很擔心即將到來的考試。
B:如果我是你,我會選擇去看書。
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immolation [?im?u?lei??n] n. 殺戮
code [k?ud] n. 準則
【擴】criterion 準則 guideline 準則
【搭】moral code 道德準則
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A: What is your dress code?
B: Ladies should wear dresses.
A:著裝有什么規(guī)定嗎?
B:女性必須穿禮服。
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