| Term | Definition |
|---|
| tainted | pristine (清新的;純樸的) 污染的 |
| squalid | pristine 1. 髒的 2. 卑鄙的;惡劣的 |
| shiftiness | probity (誠實;廉潔) 1. 機智的 2. 慣耍花招的;詭詐的 |
| turpitude | probity 奸惡;卑鄙;墮落 |
| unscrupulousness | probity 不擇手段;無恥 [scrupulous- 1. 謹慎的 2. 一絲不苟的;認真做事的] |
| shifts | probity 手段,辦法;權宜之計 推託;哄騙 |
| squander | husbandry (節約,節儉) 浪費,揮霍 If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization. |
| provident | prodigal 1. 有先見之明的;深謀遠慮的 2. 節儉的 |
| frugal | prodigal 節約的,儉樸的 |
| parsimonious | prodigal 吝嗇的;過於儉省的 |
| dwindle | proliferate [增殖;(使)激增]漸漸減少;變小 His fortune dwindled to a few hundred pounds. Failing health dwindles ambition. |
| incense | propitiate [撫慰;勸解;取悅] 香;尊敬;恭維; 激怒,使憤怒 I was incensed by her rudeness. |
| antagonize | propitiate 1. 使對抗;使敵對 2. 對...起反作用;中和 |
| sanction | proscribe 認可;批准 Official sanction has not yet been given. |
| tumult | quiescence (靜止;沈默) 吵鬧;喧譁 The tumult in the streets awakened everyone in the house. |
| fathom | recondite 1. 徹底了解 2. 測水深的單位The harbor is four fathoms deep 3. 推測;揣摸 Your behavior is difficult to fathom. |
| aggrandize | relegate 加大;強化 A country should not aggrandize itself at the expense of its neighbors. |
| accolade | reproach 1. 稱讚;盛讚 2. 授爵典禮 |
| levy | rescind (廢止;取消;撤回) 1. 徵收(稅等) 徵集(兵員) 2. 發動(戰爭) levy war against a neighboring country |
| prolix | reticent (1. 無言的;沈默的 2. 謹慎的;抑制的) 冗長的;說話囉嗦的 |
| voluble | reticent 健談的;口若懸河般的 |
| vociferous | reticent 喊叫的;喧嚷的 They were supported by a vociferous group in the union. |
| baneful | salutary ( 有益的 The accident was a salutary lesson; I'll never drink and drive again. 有益健康的,強身的)有害的 |
| morbid | salubrious 疾病的;疾病所致的 |
| unwholesome | salubrious 不衛生的;不健康的;有害身心的 unwholesome food 不衛生的食品 |
| virulent | salubrious 劇毒的;致命的 |
| squalor | salubrious 1. 骯髒 2. 卑鄙 |
| virulent | salubrious 1. 劇毒的;致命的 2. 充滿敵意的;狠毒的 |
| tantalize | satiate (使充分滿足) 逗惹 |
| tenable | specious (華而不實的) 站得住腳的,經得起批判的 His new theory is tenable. |
| incorrigible | tractable (馴良的;易處理的) 根深蒂固的; 不可救藥的人 |
| equipoise | vacillate 動搖;猶豫;躊躇[(+between)] She is vacillating between hope and fear. 平衡;均勢;平靜 |
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