| Term | Definition |
|---|
| detrimental | 有害的 |
| superfluous | 過剩的;多餘的 He had already been told, so our comments were superfluous. |
| encumbering | 妨礙;拖累 She was encumbered with debts. |
| jockeying | 欺騙;耍手段使 Although Johnson's and Smith's initial fascination with the fortunes of those jockeying for power in the law firm FLAGGED for a few months, the two paid sufficient attention to determine who their lunch partners should be. |
| revived | 甦醒 The half-drowned swimmer has revived. |
| regimentation | 組織化;系統化 A war, even if fought for individual liberty and democratic rights, usually requires that these principles be SUSPENDED, for they are INCOMPATIBLE with the regimentation and discipline necessary for military efficiency. |
| riveting | 吸引 Something in his appearance riveted our attention. |
| cult | 崇拜 The English novelist William Thackeray considered the cult of the criminal so dangerous that he criticized Dickens' Oliver Twist for making the characters in the thieves' kitchen so RIVETING. |
| upholstery | :sofa 室內裝潢品;(沙發等的)墊襯物 |
| veil | :face 面紗,面罩 The bride's face was covered in a white veil. |
| hemophilia | :bleed 血友病 |
| jeer | :derision 嘲笑 He jeered at my mistakes. |
| fidget | :restraint 坐立不安;煩躁 Stop fidgeting, children; just sit still and listen to the music. |
| cower | :menace 蜷縮;畏縮 The dog cowered when its master beat it. |
| menace | :cower 恐嚇 |
| slouch | :vigilance 無能的人,低頭垂肩的姿勢;沒精打采的姿態 |
| vigilance | :slouch 警覺,失眠症;驚醒症 |
| reprimand | :censure 譴責 The policeman reprimanded the driver for turning without a signal. |
| censure | :reprimand 譴責He received a public censure for his dishonourable behavior. |
| frown | :adversity 皺眉;表示不滿 The father frowned on his son's behavior. |
| supplicant | :humility 謙卑,謙遜 懇求者 |
| felon | :espionage 重罪犯 |
| dilettantism | :connoisseur 愛好文藝, 業餘愛好者 |
| gregariousness | :teammate 合群 |
| inveigle | :interest 誘騙, 騙取 |
| barter | :commodities 以(等價物或勞務)作為交換;拿...進行易貨貿易 We will never barter away our honor. |
| arbitrate | :disputes 仲裁 |
| parry | :question 避開 He parried the sword with his dagger. |
| shirk | :duty 逃避義務(或責任等),偷懶 He never shirked his duty. |
| hurl | :insult 猛力投擲 |
| fallout | (政治)餘波;附帶結果 There was a lot of fallout after the police bribes were made public. |
| dwarf | 侏儒, 阻礙...的生長 |
| stringent | 迫切的 |
| taboos | 禁忌,忌諱 |
| fracas | 吵鬧;搔亂 |
| relic | 遺物;遺風,遺俗 紀念物 |
| soothe | :grate (使人煩躁,刺激)安慰,撫慰;使平靜,緩和 |
| inerrancy | fallibility 無誤 |
| parch | steep (急劇升降的,大起大落的)使乾透;使燥熱 |
| recumbent | 斜倚的;橫臥的;休息的 |
| natty | :sloppy (草率的) 整潔的;敏捷的 |
| exigent | :deferrable 緊急的 |
| platitude | :orginial observation 平凡;陳腐;陳詞濫調 |
| grudging | 勉強的;吝嗇的;不情願的 Noting that few employees showed any ENTHUSIASM for complying with the corporation's new safety regulations, Peterson was forced to conclude that acceptable |
| errant | 漂泊的; 走入歧途的 She went to New York to bring back her errant daughter. |
| depraved | 墮落的;頹廢的;邪惡的 |
| allusive | 暗指的, 含典故的 |
| disguise | :identification 假扮 |
| camouflage | :detection 掩飾手段;保護色 |
| corpuscle | :blood 血球 |
| endow | :income 捐贈 |
| endorse | :approval 批註(公文等) |
| pompous | :bombast 愛炫耀的;浮誇的;自負的 a pompous speech |
| verbiage | :mundane 廢話;冗詞 |
| mundane | :verbiage 世俗的 |
| tirade | :critical 長篇的攻擊性演說;激烈的發言 |
| caret | :insertion 脫字符號(︿) |
| querulous | :complain 愛發牢騷的;易怒的;愛挑剔的 |
| prodigal | :spend 揮霍者;浪蕩子[ |
| treacherous | :trust 背叛的;不忠的;奸詐的 He was cruel, treacherous and unscrupulous. |
| laconic | :talk 簡潔的,簡明的 |
| unwarranted extrapolations | ;無根據的 |
| ascertaining | 查明,確定,弄清 |
| predestine | :leave to chance 預先確定,預先指定 |
| seemly | :indecorous 適當的;有禮的 |
| tenuous | :substantial |
| gratuitous | :warranted |
| deleterious | 有害的;有毒的 |
| superfluous | 過剩的;多餘的,不必要的 |
| immanent | 內在的 |
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