convalesce
漸漸康復(fù),漸愈:recover gradually
desiccate
使(食物)脫水以保存,使乾燥:drying;使缺乏活力:deprive vitality
kidnap
綁架勒索:detain unlawful force
corroborate
用證據(jù)或權(quán)威證實:support with evidence;為…提供證據(jù),支援:provide evidence
argument
爭吵,爭論:expression of differing opinions;(邏輯上的)論證:from a premise to a conclusion;觀點,論點:idea, opinion
beige
缺乏特徵的:lacking distinction
tarnish
玷污:morally bad
facile
表面的,淺嘗輒止的:lack of depth;容易的,唾手可得的:easily accomplished
precipitous
非常陡峭的:steep;匆忙的:careless speed
prevaricate
支吾其詞,撒謊:evade truth
pulchritude
美麗:beauty
quaff
大口地喝:drink heartily
antic
滑稽可笑的:clownish
exhaust
耗盡:consume entirely, complete use of;筋疲力盡:wear out
distill
對…用蒸餾法提高純度:increase, purify;(使)滲出;(使)滴下:fall drops
principal
主要的,重要的:highest importance, rank
stoic
隱忍的,冷靜的:unaffected by pleasure or pain
hovel
茅屋:small wretched dirty
cavort
歡快地蹦跳或行走,雀躍:sprightly
amity
友好關(guān)係,親善和睦:friendship, friendly
squabble
口角,小爭吵:quarrel
enamored
迷戀的,熱愛的:intense or excessive love
scion
子孫:descendant
glut
使過量,使充滿:beyond capacity
surmise
(根據(jù)不足的)推測,揣測:based on scantly evidence
ostracize
驅(qū)逐:exclude
contaminate
污染,感染:stain
detour
偏離正常標(biāo)準(zhǔn):away from standard;改變方向或者路線,繞道:change direction
influx
涌入:coming in
devoted
投入的,忠誠的:loyalty, devotion;示愛的,恩愛的:love
persiflage
打趣:teasing
roisterer
喝酒喧鬧的人:engages in merrymaking
hoax
欺騙:cause to believe untrue
buoy
使充滿勇氣和力量,使振作:courage or strength
vociferous
喧嘩的,大叫大嚷的:vehement outcry
egoistic
利己的,以自我為中心的:centered in oneself
pedestrian
行人:traveling on foot;平庸無奇的,令人厭倦的:causing weariness
pliable
易彎曲的,柔軟的:supple;易受影響的,溫順的:easily influenced
assertive
自信的:bold, assertion, self-assured
antedate
比...早,早于:earlier date
heckle
起哄,使難堪:harass
ratiocination
推理:thought processes
awe
敬畏:dread, veneration, wonder
revenge
報復(fù),復(fù)仇:retaliating;為...復(fù)仇:retaliating in kind
infatuate
使迷戀:inspire unreasoning love
jeopardy
危險: risk, danger
censor
審查并刪除不良的東西:examine, delete
cloudburst
突然的一場暴雨:sudden copious rainfall
pitiless
沒有同情心的:devoid of pity
bifurcate
(使)分成兩支:two branches
unassailable
無可爭辯的,無法否認(rèn)的,不可褻瀆的:not to be violated
conserve
保存,避免浪費:keep avoid wasteful
stasis
平衡,停滯:balance
repartee
機(jī)智的回答:witty response;打趣,善意的玩笑:good-natured teasing
wag
詼諧幽默的人:humorous;擺動:move to and fro or up and down
enthusiasm
熱情,興趣:desire or interest
dispatch
迅速:promptness;發(fā)送,派遣:one place to another;使死亡:deprive life;獲勝,勝過…:victory
stickler
堅持細(xì)節(jié)的人,一絲不茍的人:insist on exactness
padding
夸張,廢話:go beyond the facts
acumen
不同尋常的洞察力和鑒別力:exceptional discernment and judgment
ensconce
安置:settle securely;隱藏:hiding
eulogize
稱讚,頌揚:speak in high praise of
notch
刻痕:cut;通過努力獲得:obtain
haunt
常去拜訪:frequent;不斷地想起,縈繞心頭:obsess
arrest
使不活躍:inactive;停止:stopping, standstill;逮捕:keep;吸引(某人)注意力:hold, attention
lofty
崇高的:elevated;高的:rising;自大的:superiority
taxing
繁重的,費力的:requiring much time, effort
perish
死亡,消亡:cease to exist
inception
開端,開始:beginning
outmoded
過時的,廢棄的:no longer usable
barefaced
公然的,厚顏無恥的:brazen
indemnity
(損害、傷害等的)保險賠償:compensation
derivative
非塬創(chuàng)的:originality
revere
(尤指對神的)尊崇,尊敬:respect
windbag
健談的人:talkative
debunk
揭穿…的真面目:true nature;證明…為假:false
reiterate
重申:state again
dissuade
勸阻,反對:deter persuasion, exhortation
restive
急躁的,憂慮的:impatience, uneasiness;難以管束的:resisting control
grin
咧嘴笑,咧嘴笑著表示:express an emotion
stunt
阻礙(成長):hinder growth
sweltering
酷熱的:hot
seminal
有發(fā)展性的:contributing later development;創(chuàng)新的:creative
fussy
謹(jǐn)慎的:involving great care;過分雕琢的:excessively decorated;挑剔的:hard to please
gloomy
黯淡無光的:without light;憂郁的:low spirits
contrived
不自然的,刻意的:lacking spontaneous quality
stock
庫存,儲備:inventory;普通的,常備的:commonly used
fervent
充滿感情的,熱情洋溢的:great intensity of feeling
sacrilege
褻瀆圣物:profanation sacred
solder
連接,聯(lián)合:unite
redoubtable
杰出的,值得尊敬的:worthy of respect;可怕的:arousing fear
dyspeptic
脾氣壞的:bad-tempered;消化不良的:dyspepsia
propagate
繁殖:increase;傳播,宣傳:spread out
sedentary
固定不動的:not migratory
antithetical
完全對立的,相反的:direct and unequivocal opposition
emulate
效仿并努力超越:excel through imitation
supine
懶散的,倦怠的,消極的,漠不關(guān)心的:lethargy, indifference
vicarious
代理的,取代的:substitute for another
worship
崇拜,敬仰:respect;崇拜,膜拜:offer honor or respect
transparent
透明的:capable of transmitting light;沒有歧義的,清晰易懂的:not subject to misinterpretation