05-2 Flashcards
contentious
引起争论的:argumentative;好争论的,好战的:tendency quarrels
contiguous
接壤的,相邻的:sharing an edge
contort
扭曲:twist
contract
契约,合同:binding agreement;收缩:reduce size;感染疾病:become affected
contravene
违反,反对:violate, oppose
contrite
(因为有罪孽或过错而感到)后悔悲痛的:showing remorse
contumacious
不服从的,倔强的:disobedient
conundrum
无法解决的问题,迷:insoluble, dilemma
convalesce
渐渐康复,渐愈:recover gradually
convenience
便利,方便:fitness suitability
convention
常规,习俗:agreement, acceptance;公约,协议:agreement;大会,集会:coming together
converge
汇集,交汇于一点:move toward one
conversant
熟悉的:familiar
convert
被改变宗教信仰的人:converted;使改变信仰:bring over from brief;改变,转化:alter
convex
凸起的:curves outward
convey
运输:transport;传递,交流:communicate
conviction
深信,确信:being convinced;证明有罪:proved guilty
convoke
召集开会:bring together
convoluted
复杂的,费解的:complicated
convulsion
痉挛(强烈的、无法控制的肌肉收缩):involuntary contraction;骚乱:disturbance
coop
监禁,困于…之中:confine
copious
丰富的,大量的:abundant
coquette
调情的女子:flirt;调情,不认真对待:playfully
cordon
警戒线:line preventing;围成一道防线:form cordon
cornucopia
大量:overflowing
coronation
加冕,加冕礼:crowning
corporeal
肉体的:not spiritual;有形的,实体的:not immaterial
corroborate
用证据或权威证实:support with evidence;为…提供证据,支持:provide evidence
corrosive
腐蚀性的:destroy slowly;讽刺性的:sarcastic;
corrugated
褶皱的:folds
cosmopolitan
有世界性眼光的,包容的:worldwide
cosset
宠爱:pamper
countenance
容忍:put up with;赞成,推崇:favorable opinion;沉着,冷静:evenness
counterfeit
仿制的,假冒的:imitation;仿制:fraudulent replica;伪装成:false appearance
countermand
取消,撤销:revoke
court
追求,献殷勤:seek affections
covert
隐蔽的,秘密的:not shown;隐秘庇护所:avoid others
covetous
贪婪的,渴求财富的:inordinate desire
cow
恐吓,威胁:frighten
cowardice
懦弱,不坚定:lack courage
cower
畏缩:cringe
cozen
诱骗:mislead
cramped
狭小的,狭窄的:small
crass
粗俗的,愚钝的:unrefined
crave
热望:intense desire
craven
非常懦弱的,因胆小而遭人鄙视的:lacking courage
crease
折痕:folding
credence
坚信:firm brief
credulous
轻信的,易受骗的:gullible
creek
小溪,小河:smaller