| Term | Definition |
|---|
| bracing | insipid 令人振奮的,使人心曠神怡的 |
| exhilarating | insipid 令人振奮的;使人高興的[+to-v] We have just got some exhilarating news. |
| brisk | insipid 1.活潑的,生氣勃勃的 2. 輕快的,快的 He is a brisk walker. 3. 興旺的,繁榮的 Sales are amazingly brisk. |
| piquant | insipid 1. 辛辣的;夠刺激的;痛快的 2. 有趣的 |
| portentous | insipid 令人畏懼的,令人驚訝的 |
| cosmopolitanism | insularity 1. 世界主義;世界性 |
| amenable | intransigent 肯順從的 |
| tractable | intransigent 馴良的;易處理的 |
| affable | irascible 友善的;慈祥的 Granny smiled an affable smile. |
| voluble | laconic 健談的;口若懸河般的 |
| vim | lassitude 精力;生氣;精神 |
| conspicuous | latent 明顯的,易看見的;顯著的 |
| berate | laud 嚴責 |
| deplore | laud 譴責;強烈反對 |
| heinous | laud 可憎的 |
| malign | laud 惡意的;邪惡的 She gave him a malign look. |
| pejorative | laudatory 輕蔑的;貶抑的 |
| vituperative | laudatory 謾罵的;責罵的 |
| gravity | levity 嚴肅 |
| vindictive | magnanimous 惡意的 |
| badger | mollify 困擾 |
| beleaguer | mollify 1. 圍攻 2. 使...煩惱 |
| discommode | mollify 使不方便;使為難 |
| exasperate | mollify 使惱怒;激怒[(+by/at)] She was exasperated to find nobody at home. |
| harry | mollify 不斷煩擾,騷擾 The tax authorities have been harrying her for repayment. |
| ire | mollify 忿怒 |
| rankle | mollify 仍然令人怨恨難消 His behavior rankles with me still. 他的行為仍然令我怨恨難消。 |
| rouse | mollify 1.弄醒,叫醒 2.激起(情感等) 3. 驚起,嚇出(獵物等) |
| nettle | mollify 惹怒,使惱火 I was rather nettled by his rude questions. |
| pique | mollify 使生氣,激怒[H] Anna was piqued by Jack's rude remarks about her appearance. |
| rile | mollify 激怒;使煩躁 |
| droll | morose (脾氣壞的;陰鬱的;孤僻的) 滑稽的;離奇好笑的 a droll expression 滑稽可笑的人 |
| jocose | morose 開玩笑的;詼諧的 |
| jocund | morose 歡樂的,快活的,高興的 I could not but be gay in such a jocund company. |
| jovial | morose 天性快活的;愉快的 a jovial voice |
| sanguine | morose 懷著希望的;樂觀的[(+about/of)] His private expectations were not so sanguine. 他私下的期望並不是那麼樂. 血色好的 |
| bumptious | obsequious 自大的,傲慢的 |
| imperious | obsequious 專橫的;飛揚跋扈的;傲慢的 She spoke to me in an imperious voice. |
| haughty | obsequious 高傲的,傲慢的,自大的 He had an air of haughty aloofness. |
| supercilious | obsequious 高傲的;輕蔑的 |
| impertinent | obsequious 傲慢的;不禮貌的;莽撞的 It was impertinent of him to behave like that. 他那種舉止很不禮貌。 |
| profusion | paucity (缺乏) 充沛;豐富,大量;過分[U][S][(+of)] Grapes grow in profusion there. |
| slew | paucity 許多, 沼地, [旋轉-slay(p)] |
| plethora | paucity 1. 過多 2. 多血症 |
| scad | paucity 許多;巨額 |
| affluence | penury 1. 豐富;富裕 2. 流入,湧入 |
| fleeting | perennial 轉瞬間的;短暫的 I got only a fleeting glimpse of him. [Fleet- 疾飛;掠過 A plane fleeted over the top of the hill.] |
| frenetic | phlegmatic 1. 發狂似的;狂熱的 2. 精神錯亂的 |
| vivacious | phlegmatic 活潑的;快活的;有生氣的 She was young and vivacious. |
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