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Abstain 禁绝abstain from drinking

Adhere 遵守adhere to the rules

Acrimony(asperity) asked with some asperity just what they were implying>

Amenable (指人)(对某事物)顺从的, 服贴的: amenable to kindness, advice, reason 屈服合作,readily brought to yield, submit, or cooperate change

articulate 清楚表达意思I'm a little deaf please articulate (your words) carefully 关节bones that articulate/are articulated with others

Assorted 混杂各种各样a tin of assorted biscuits

Astigmatic 无观察力,无分辨力showing incapacity for observation or discrimination fanaticism(狂热), a disregard for the facts ― N.Y. Herald Tribune>

散光

Asunder into parts apart from each other in position The house was ripped asunder by the explosion. 房子被炸得粉碎.

Attenuate 衰减1 : reduced especially in thickness厚度, density密度, or force 2 : tapering gradually usually to a long slender point

Augment 扩大增加the impact of the report was augmented by its timing augmented her scholarship by working nights

Averse 反对averse to strenuous exercise

Awkward 设计不当 It's an awkward door you have to bend down to go through it. 这扇门很不方便--得弯着腰才能过去. 不易处理的not easy to handle or deal with : requiring great skill, ingenuity, or care awkward load> diplomatic situation>

Baffle 难倒a baffling crime(难于侦破的)

Beleaguer harass (sb) continually 使(某人)苦恼不已: beleaguered by naughty children 受顽皮孩子的烦扰.

Bereave an accident which bereaved him of his wife and child 使他丧失妻儿的事故

Beset 困扰inflation besets the economy> to set or stud with or as if with ornaments(装饰品)

Bland 令人平稳的笑容a bland smile 无味的bland stories with little plot(谋划) or action

Blatant 厚颜无耻blatant disregard for the rules 显眼的

Braid 编织braid fact with fiction 穗带,发辫plait

Breed 繁殖产生despair often breeds violence 教养

Breach 突破breach a wall> 违反breach an agreement

Bulky 体积重量比例失调,笨重a bulky knit sweater>

Burgeon 萌芽 急速增长a burgeoning population

Buttress 支撑支持

Causal 原因的the relationship⋯was not one of causal antecedence so much as one of analogous growth ― H. O. Taylor> Cavil 吹毛求疵: He caviled at being asked to cook his own breakfast.

Chancy a chancy business 冒险的生意.

Clamor 吵闹clamored for his impeachment(控告)。

Coalesce 联合people with different points of view coalesce into opposing factions ― I. L. Horowitz>

Coerce(compel) 强迫religion in the past has tried to coerce the irreligious

Collaborate 合作She collaborated with her sister/She and her sister collaborated on a biography of their father. 她和姐姐合作写父亲的传记.

通敌He was suspected of collaborating (with the enemy). 怀疑他(与敌人)勾结.

Compose 镇定的free from agitation 由……组成

Confusion 骚乱 The room is in the state of confusion

Correlate * Researchers cannot correlate the two sets of figures. 研究者们看不出这两组数字有什麽联系.

Contradictory 矛盾的contradictory statements

Credulous 轻信的

Curt 简练的wrote curt precise sentences 简短失礼 a curt refusal

Default By default(哩语)win a case/a game by default 因对方未出席[未出场]而赢得诉讼[比赛].

不履行; 不到场; 不出庭: A party to the contract defaulted. Class

Deliberate 1 : characterized by or resulting from careful and thorough consideration decision> 谨慎的 2 : characterized by awareness of the consequences 蓄意的有意识的

Dichotomy 一分为二dichotomy of the population into two opposed classes>

Drone The chairman droned on for hours. 主席一直以沉闷的语调讲了几小时

Elapse four years elapsed before he returned> 过去

Entrench The enemy were strongly entrenched on the other side of the river. 敌军在河的对岸用坚

固的壕沟防守. 坚定地确立to establish solidly

Esoteric 只有内行才懂的; 神秘的; 难懂的: esoteric poetry, imagery, language, etc 难懂的诗﹑ 意象﹑ 语言等.

Evince 表明; 显示: a child who evinces great intelligence 表现出有极高智力的儿童

Exclusive The ship has a crew of 57 exclusive of officers. 这船上除高级船员外, 有57名普通船员. *

Excess 多出She was charged an excess of 4 over the amount stated on the bill. 向她索取的比帐

单上显示的数额多出4英镑.

Exposure 曝光How many exposures have you got left? 英 揭发暴露a politician seeks a lot of exposure>

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