hermetic
深奧的:abstruseness
lapse
小過失:slight error;結(jié)束,終止:end
imprecise
不精確的:not precise
lionize
追捧,把...捧為名人:celebrity
sparing
節(jié)儉的,節(jié)約的:careful restraint;不足的,缺乏的:less plentiful
affable
和藹的,溫和的:ease, friendliness
insight
深刻的理解:apprehending nature
jabber
快而不清楚地說:talk rapidly, indistinctly
consent
同意:approval
retrospective
回顧的:looking back
wary
小心的,機警的,謹(jǐn)慎的:caution
evict
趕出,逐出:expel
dreary
單調(diào)乏味的:nothing cheer;令人不悅的:causing unhappiness
aspersion
誹謗,中傷:harm, reputation
beleaguer
包圍,圍攻:to surround;使困擾,使煩惱,使消沉:trouble
prevalent
流行的,普遍的:commonly accepted
labyrinthine
迷宮似的,復(fù)雜曲折的:extremely complex structure
boisterous
喧嚷的,吵鬧的:noisily
abbreviate
v.縮寫,縮短:briefer
avid
急切渴望的:enthusiasm;貪婪(錢財)的:eager, for material possessions
ravel
解開,鬆開:separate strands;闡明:clarity by separating;使糾纏,使復(fù)雜化:tangle
dank
陰濕的:wet
motley
混雜的,富于變化的:variety
genial
和藹親切的:easygoing;友好的,熱心的:kindly feeling;溫暖的:neither too high nor too low
regenerate
使重獲新生,使煥然一新:bring back to life;(使)洗心革面:better in character
quarry
採石場:stone is obtained;目標(biāo),獵物:pursuit
fantasy
幻想:imaginative fiction;產(chǎn)生幻想:form a mental picture
jingoist
極端愛國激進(jìn)分子(通常表現(xiàn)為好戰(zhàn)的對外政策):extreme nationalism belligerent
plagiarize
剽竊,抄襲:steal ideas
immutable
不可變的:not capable of changing
dispose
使傾向于:tendency incline;處理掉(與of連用,dispose of):get rid of, throw out;有序地佈置:orderly
dread
恐懼:fear
fervor
熱情,狂熱:great warmth
foreword
前言:preface
subsidiary
次要的:secondary importance;起輔助作用的:aid, support
illustrious
著名的,杰出的:distinguished
pinpoint
非常精確的:extreme precision;精確定位或確認(rèn):identify with precision
crutch
支撐,支柱:supports
avowal
承認(rèn),公開宣稱:declaration
clan
(有共同愛好的)團體,幫派:united by a common interest
canon
準(zhǔn)則,標(biāo)準(zhǔn):standard, criterion;真經(jīng),正典:authentic
protrude
突出:project
frustrate
挫敗,阻撓:prevent;使沮喪:lessen the courage
amalgamate
合併,混合:combine, unified, unite
aboveboard
無欺詐的,光明正大的:free from,deceit or duplicity
renege
放棄,摒棄:formally reject
sprightly
活潑的,充滿活力的:full of vitality
execrate
譴責(zé):morally wrong or evil;痛恨:dislike strongly
acerbic
(心情、心境或者語調(diào))尖酸的:wit, cause hurt feelings
depreciate
貶低…的價值:lower value;輕視:lower estimation, esteem
renounce
(正式地)放棄:give up;宣佈與…決裂:refuse to follow
bane
禍根:ruin;有害物質(zhì):kill or injure a living thing
shred
少量:small amount
intoxicant
使人陶醉的東西(尤指酒精飲料):intoxicates
liberal
思想前衛(wèi)的:not bound;慷慨的,大方的:generosity
run
(不間斷的)連續(xù)演出:course of performances
ostentatious
賣弄炫耀的:conspicuous, pretentious
inveterate
積習(xí)的:firmly established
stamina
耐力:moral strength;
tackle
著手處理:start work
worldly
世間的,世俗的:rather than spiritual;老練的:experienced
addict
沉溺,上癮:surrender, obsessively;對某事上癮的人:habitual liking
hallow
尊敬,把…視為神圣:respect
crouch
蹲伏:lower stance
correlate
使...相關(guān)聯(lián):mutual or reciprocal relation
insensible
無知覺的:lost consciousness;漠不關(guān)心的:not responsive;粗俗的,沒品味的:lacking in refinement
blithe
愉快高興的:happy lighthearted;無憂無慮的,漫不經(jīng)心的:freedom from worries
exonerate
免除責(zé)備:free from blame
featureless
缺乏特徵的:lacking distinguishing characteristics
catastrophe
大災(zāi)難:tragedy;徹底的失敗:utter failure
libertine
放蕩不羈者:without moral restraint
expire
斷氣,死亡:die;到期:come to an end
malodorous ?
惡臭的:unpleasant smell
meager
貧乏的:deficient
suffocate
使窒息:deprive of oxygen
palmy
繁榮的:prosperity
summit
頂點:highest point
disjunctive
分離的:breaks disunity
applause
鼓掌,認(rèn)可:approval
florid
辭藻華麗的,花哨的:fancy expressions;裝飾華麗的:elaborately decorated
deficiency
缺乏,不足:inadequate
engross
使全神貫注:occupy exclusively
inchoate
新生的,才開始的:early stage;未完全成型的:imperfectly formed
provisory
有附帶條件的;臨時的:conditional
immature
未完全發(fā)展的,未發(fā)育成熟的:lacking complete growth;(思維、舉止)不夠成熟的:lacking maturity
vigorous
精力旺盛的:active strength;強健的:withstand hardship
irradicable
不能根除的:impossible destroy
hortative
鼓勵的:exhortation
convex
凸起的:curves outward
reign
統(tǒng)治權(quán):right to command;占統(tǒng)治地位或盛行:be predominant
retaliate
報復(fù),反擊:pay back
arbitrary
專橫的,獨斷專行的:force one's will on others;獨裁的,擁有無限權(quán)力的:without interference by others;缺乏計畫的,隨意的:lacking a definite plan
rapt
狂喜的,狂熱的:pleasurable emotion;全神貫注的:deeply absorbed
sluggard
懶人:lazy person
parrot
(機械地)模仿,復(fù)製:imitate without understanding
inept
愚笨的,荒謬的:lack of judgment;不恰當(dāng)?shù)?,不合時宜的:not appropriate;不稱職的,無能力的:incompetent
toady
馬屁精;拍馬屁:flatters, gaining favors
speculate
推測,揣測:take to be true;投機倒買:from market fluctuations
malleable
可塑的:capable of being shaped;易控制的:capable of being controlled
restitution
補償,賠償:for some injury