混亂,無秩序:lack order;使混亂:undo order, arrangement
prestige
聲望,威望:respect
fertilize
使肥沃,使多產(chǎn):make fertile
half-baked
不明智的:lack of good sense or judgment
lamentable
值得惋惜的,悲哀的:deplorable
pittance
少量津貼:small portion
herald
告知,宣佈:make known;預(yù)示,預(yù)兆:indication of beforehand
bewitching
迷人的,令人著迷的:attract
cohesive
有粘性的;有凝聚力的:cohesion or coherence
lethal
非常有害的,致命的:extremely harmful
gullible
易受騙的,易被利用的:cheated
strident
刺耳的:harsh sound
palliate
平息,減輕:less severe intense
bumble
含煳不清地說,雜亂無章地說:rapidly, inarticulately;笨拙地行動:clumsily
stigma
恥辱,污名:mark of shame
feral
野生的:not domesticated;動物性的:nature of a lower animal
gamble
賭博,孤注一擲:bet;(使)受到威脅,冒險:in danger
insensitive
缺乏機智圓滑的,缺乏社交技巧的:lacking tact;不敏感的,麻木的:not responsive
bluster
狂妄自大地大聲說:loudly arrogant;大聲吹噓,恐嚇:loudly;喧鬧的狀態(tài):noisy
balm
香油,止痛膏,安慰物:sweet-smelling oil, soothe;香氣:pleasant smell
shallow
淺顯的,淺薄的:lack of depth of understanding
inure
使習慣接受不好的東西:accustom;使堅強:withstand physical hardship
sensation
感覺,知覺:sense;轟動事件:intense interest
bathetic
平凡的,陳腐的:commonplaceness
feign
製造假像,裝出…的樣子:give a false appearance
discharge
解雇:dismiss;釋放:free;不承擔責任:freeing obligation, responsibility
divestiture
剝奪:taking away
complicate
使復(fù)雜化:complex or difficult
blurt
突然說出,衝動地說:abruptly
crucial
非常重要的,決定性的:extremely significant
promulgate
校對:find errors and mark corrections
nourish
養(yǎng)育,培養(yǎng):provide with food;培養(yǎng),促進:help with growth
superfluous
多余的,過剩的:exceeding sufficient
debilitate
使衰弱:impair strength
redolent
芳香的:fragrance
scrimp
節(jié)儉:avoid waste
montage ?
大雜燴:collection
consign
轉(zhuǎn)交,轉(zhuǎn)移(給他人):control of another
temperate
(言行舉止)有分寸的:avoiding extremes;有節(jié)制的:restraint
slipshod
粗心的,隨意的:indifference to exactness, precision, and accuracy
specious
似是而非的,欺騙性的:false look of truth
resilience
彈力:resume original shape;恢復(fù)能力:ability to recover quickly
detain
拘留,扣留:hold, keep
nil
不存在,零:nothing
accelerate
加速:faster;使提前發(fā)生:earlier;變大,變多:greater
accumulate
逐漸增長:increase gradually
bland
味道平淡的,不刺激的:soothing;無趣的:dull;溫和的,和藹的:not harsh
strength
力量:ability to exert effort;(抵抗攻擊、壓力的)強度:ability to withstand force
petition
請愿,正式的申請,申請書:supplication or request;(尤指正式地)請求:,make a request
accessible
可以達到的:within easy reach;可以理解的:understood;能夠獲得的:get
ambiguous
有多種理解方式的,不確定的:more than one, doubt, uncertain
bawdy
下流的,猥褻的:indecent
premeditate*
預(yù)謀:think about beforehand
excavate
挖掘,挖空:dig out
contract
契約,合同:binding agreement;收縮:reduce size;感染疾?。篵ecome affected
credulous
輕信的,易受騙的:gullible
opaque
不透光的:impenetrable by light, neither transparent translucent;晦澀的:obscure
oust
免職:remove from;驅(qū)逐:drive out
apprehension
憂慮,恐懼:suspicion, fear;逮捕:arrestment;理解:understand
monotonous
(聲音)單調(diào)的:unvarying tone;清一色的,無聊的:tediously unvarying
exacting
嚴格的,苛求的:rigorous;費時間心思的:requiring time, effort, attention
dogma
教條,信條:doctrine stated authoritatively
philistine
市儈(注重物質(zhì)而鄙視智慧或藝術(shù)的人):guided by materialism
demonstrate
(通過證據(jù))證明,表明:make clear using examples;使明白易懂:make plain or understandable;表現(xiàn),表露:make known
clout
權(quán)力,影響力:influence
bash
勐?lián)簦篺orceful blow;攻擊,用力擊打:strike violently;抨擊,嚴厲批評:criticize harshly
illuminate
照明:make shining;闡明:make plain;啟迪,啟發(fā):spiritual understanding
muffle
使消聲:deaden the sound
tame
被馴化的:reduced from a state of native wildness;無聊的,乏味的:lacking spirit;控制,抑制:keep from exceeding
dichotomy
一分為二,分割:division into two
ferocious
極端的,劇烈的:unrelenting intensify;激烈的,爆發(fā)性的:bursts of destructive force;兇勐的,殘暴的:unfriendly or aggressive