08-2 Flashcards
effluvium
难闻的气味:offensive smell;没有的副产品,废品:by-product waste
effrontery
厚颜无耻,放肆大胆:disregard, courtesy
effulgent
光辉灿烂的:resplendent
effusive
感情泛滥的/溢于言表的;感情表达不节制的/过度的;过分多情的:unrestrained in emotional expression
egalitarian
平等主义的:promoting equal rights
egoistic
利己的,以自我为中心的:centered in oneself
elaborate
详细的,复杂的:complexity;详细阐述:in detail
elastic
有弹性的:resuming shape;能(迅速从伤痛中)恢复的:recovering from depression
elate
使开心,使自豪:fill with joy
eleemosynary
慈善的:charity
elegy
哀歌(诗),挽歌(诗):expressing sorrow
elephantine
巨大的:enormous size;笨拙的:clumsy
elevate
(在道德、智力、文化水平上)提升:improve;使兴奋:raise spirits
elicit
激起,唤起:bring out
elliptical
含糊不清的:obscurity;椭圆的:ellipse
elucidate
阐明:make lucid
emaciate
使消瘦,使衰弱:become thin;削弱:feeble
emancipate
解放,解除束缚:free
embargo
贸易禁止令:prohibition on commerce
embark
上船:go abroad;开始从事:start
embarrass
使尴尬:experience distress;阻挠,制造障碍:create difficulty
embed
嵌入:enclose
embezzle
盗用:appropriate
embolden
鼓励,使大胆:instill courage
emboss
以浮雕效果妆点,装饰:ornament with raised work
embrace
乐于接受:willingly, eagerly;保围:surround
embroider
(时常伴有夸张和想象内容地)详细说明:give elaborate account
emigrate
移民,移居海外:leave
eminent
杰出:above others
emollient
起缓和作用的:less intense
emulate
效仿并努力超越:excel through imitation
enact
制定或颁布(法律):establish
enamel
涂亮漆;使具有光滑或亮泽的表面:give a glossy surface;用亮丽的表面装饰:adorn
encomium
赞颂之词:praise
encompass
组成,包含:include;包围:envelop
encumber
阻碍,妨碍:impede;给…增添负担:place burden
endemic
地方性的:to a particular region
endorse
公开支持,推崇:express approval
enervate
使衰弱:weaken;使麻木:deprive of emotional vitality
enfranchise
给予…权力(例如选举权):endow rights;解放:set free
engender
引起,使发展:cause;产生,出现:come into existence
engross
使全神贯注:occupy exclusively
enigma
难以理解或解释的事物,谜:hard to understand
enlighten
使知道,启发:inform, instruct;(在道德或精神上)进行教育:provide moral understanding
enmity
敌意:mutual hatred
ennoble
使尊贵:noble
ennui
倦怠;缺乏兴趣:listlessness, lack of interest
ensemble
合唱,合奏曲:two or move vocalists
ensconce
安置:settle securely;隐藏:hiding
ensue
紧随其后:afterward