adolescence [??d??les?ns] n. 青春期
slur [sl??] n. 詆毀
【擴】slander 詆毀,中傷
【搭】throw a slur on 破壞……的名譽
disloyalty [dis?l?i?lti] n. 不忠實
【例】He felt deeply wounded by their disloyalty.
因為他們不忠,他十分傷心。
spite [spait] n. 惡意,懷恨
【擴】malice 惡意 maliciousness 惡意
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A: I'm sure he took my parking space just out of spite.
B: Maybe you worried too much.
A:我認為他侵占我的停車位肯定是有意和我作對。
B:也許你多慮了。
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disillusionment [?disi?lu???nm?nt] n. 幻滅感
evaluation [?iv?lju?ei??n] n. 評價
【擴】valuation 評價
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A: I am not satisfied with this evaluation.
B: You should work harder, I mean.
A:這個評價讓我很不滿。
B:我的意思是,你需要更加努力地工作。
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infallibility [in?f?l??biliti] n. 一貫正確
【例】No one can claim infallibility.
誰也不能說自己是一貫正確的。
resent [ri?zent] v. 怨恨
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A: His father seems to resent my being here.
B: Don't think it that way.
A:我呆在這里他的父親似乎不大高興。
B:你別那么想。
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sincerity [sin?seriti] n. 誠摯
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A: Your sincerity is not in dispute.
B: Then what made you disgruntled?
A:你的誠懇是無可置辯的。
B:那是什么讓你不滿呢?
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Victorian [vik?t??ri?n] adj. 維多利亞式的
retreat [ri?tri?t] v. 后退
【擴】fall back 后退
【搭】in full retreat 逃跑
【例】The defeated army had to retreat hastily from the field of the battle to the coast.
敗軍被迫倉皇地從戰(zhàn)場向海岸撤退。
unreasoning [?n?ri?z?ni?] adj. 不理智的
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A: It's very unreasoning to quit it right now.
B: But I don't have any other choice.
A:現(xiàn)在放棄是很不理智的。
B:但是我沒有別的選擇。
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authoritarian [??θ??ri?t??ri?n] adj. 專制的
【派】authoritarianism 專制主義
【擴】absolute 專制的,完全的
【例】He is a strict authoritarian.
他是一個絕對的權(quán)利主義者。
cow [kau] v. 嚇唬