大量:overflowing
choleric
易怒的,暴躁的:angered;生气的:anger, irate
reciprocate
往復运动:forward and backward;报答,回报:return
harness
利用:utilize
beholden
欠他人人情的:owing gratitude
vagary
不可预测的思想或行为:erratic, unpredictable
amenable
顺从的,服从的:yield, submit
submerge
使淹没:under water
detract
贬低,降低价值:diminish;使分心:draw attention
distort
扭曲,歪曲:twist
incentive
刺激,诱因:incites
synchronous
同时期的,同步的:identical period phase
faze
打扰,使尴尬:disturb the composure
assuage
缓和,减轻:lessen, intensity;平息,抚慰:pacify, calm;使满足:satisfying
responsive
反应的,敏感的:quick to respond
scrap
废料,废物:discarded or useless;抛弃:get rid of;终止,放弃塬计划:put an end to
tasty
美味的;令人愉悦的:pleasure or contentment
commencement
开始:beginning;毕业典礼:conferring
ignite
点燃:set fire to;激起,唤起(感情):arouse the passions
construct
建造,建立:form;创造,相出:create imagination
rostrum
讲坛,演讲坛:stage speaking
virtuoso
艺术鉴赏家,专家:masterly skill;经验丰富的,技艺精湛的:exceptional knowledge
oration
(颇有野心、自高自大的)演说:high-flown or pompous manner
diehard
顽固的,保守的/顽固的人,保守的人:determined, devoted/opposes change, refuses new ideas
shopworn
陈旧的:worn-out
infuse
激怒:make furious
mute
不说话的,缄默的:refraining from speech;使颜色,音调等柔和:soften;减弱声音:muffle the sound
adulterate
掺杂,加入低等成分:impure, addition
impertinent
无关紧要的:not having relevance;粗鲁无礼的,大胆的:insolent rudeness;不守礼节的,不为他人着想的:lack of manners
suppress
抑制(表情):inhibit the expression;用暴力终止,镇压:put a stop to, force
justify
证明...的合理性,为...辩解:prove to be just, right
charlatan
骗子,装懂的人:fraudulent
obsolete
过时的,被淘汰的:no longer useful
verve
活力,热情:vitality
bustle
忙乱,喧嚣:noisy, energetic;(快速地)行走,奔忙:move briskly
tangible
可感知的:capable perceived;确凿的,真实的:real or concrete
forebear
祖先:an ancestor
apparition
鬼魂,幽灵:ghostly figure
apostasy
放弃宗教信仰:renunciation, faith;变节,背叛:abandonment, previous loyalty
bumptious
专横傲慢的,自以为是的:superiority
burlesque
夸张滑稽地模仿以嘲弄他人的文学艺术作品,恶搞:make fun of
vernacular
方言:nonstandard language;非正式的,口头的:suitable for speech
perpetual
永恆的,不断的:continuing forever
lenient
宽大仁慈的:merciful
decant
轻轻倒出:pour off without disturbing
variance
不一致,不和谐:lack harmony
sanctuary
避难所:protection
savvy
老练,机智:knowledge actually doing;明确瞭解:clear idea of;有见识的,精明能干的:practical cleverness or judgment
babble
发出含煳无意义的嘟囔声,胡乱说:utter, meaningless;閒聊:rambling conversation
censorious
挑剔指责的:critical
natty
整洁的,时髦的:tidy
yokel
乡下人,天真纯朴的人:inhabitant of a rural area
serried
密集的:little space
recumbent
躺着的:lying down
sober
严肃的:serious-looking;节制的:restraint;有理有据的:sound reasoning
tactile
有触觉的,能触知的:touch tangible
chasm
分歧,(意见、利益或忠诚上)明显差异:pronounced difference
mischievous
调皮的,淘气的:naughty teasing;有害的:causing harm
pique
使愤怒:arouse anger;激起,刺激:excite or arouse
endemic
地方性的:to a particular region
barrage
弹幕:curtain;有压倒之势的、集中倾泻的(如言语):overwhelming, outpouring;(同时)袭来:attack with, overwhelming outpouring
initiate
创造,发动促进:cause beginning;刚入门的新手:person initiation
replete
彻底吃饱了的:appetite completely satisfied;充满…的,富于…的:possessing great numbers
stricture
责难,批评:criticism
abrogate
官方的正式废除:annul;无视(某事的)存在:nonexistent
immure
监禁,禁闭;使闭门不出:confine
invigorate
使精神,使强壮,鼓舞激励:impart vigor
lumber
木材:tree logs;笨拙地行动:clumsiness;使负担(从而拖累):burden
prudish
明智的:wisdom, judiciousness, wise;小心谨慎的,审慎的:circumspection
friction
摩擦:rubbing;衝突,不和:clashing;
belabor
(当众)严厉批评:criticize;就...作过度的说明,喋喋不休:explain, excessively
potentate
有权势的人:has the power
shifty
(显得)狡诈的,(显得)欺诈的:deceitful character
overwhelm
淹没:cover;(感情上、精神上)使无所适从,使难以忍受:subject to mental stress
forge
伪造:imitate falsely;铸造,铸就:form;
debonair
无忧无虑,不在乎的:freedom from worries or troubles;风度翩翩的:polished and worldly manners
scurvy
下流的,让人鄙视的:contemptible
defuse
抚慰,减轻:make less tense
devout
(对于宗教)虔诚的:devoted to religion;忠诚的:allegiance
diligent
勤勉的,辛勤的:steady, earnest, energetic
vim
活力,精力:energy
jot
简要记录:write briefly
stratify
将...分成各种等级:divide into classes
plod
沉重缓慢地走:walk heavily
notoriety
(尤指因为丑闻而出名的)名人:widely known something bad;坏名声:ill fame
quotidian
每日的,平凡的:commonplace
polarize
使分开对立,使两极分化:break into opposing
regress
后煺:back;煺化,恶化:worse
apposite
相关的,合适的:pertinent, appropriate
tantamount
等价的,与...相等的:equivalent
condign
应得的,恰当的:deserved
testimony
证词,声明:authentication
chaperone
同行,护送:go along with
hoodwink
欺骗:deceptive
discombobulate
使不安,使混乱:upset, confuse
pioneer
扩荒者,先驱者:first to settle;最初的,最早的:coming before;开创,创造:open up
supplicate
恳求,乞求:make a request earnest or urgent
revelry
狂乐,喧闹的作乐:noisy partying
accost
以挑衅的形式搭讪:challenging or aggressive way
lash
击打:hard strike;勐击,撞击:strike with force;捆扎:bind