09-2 Flashcards
excoriate
严厉批评:criticize harshly publicly
excrete
排泄:discharge
excruciate
折磨,使痛苦:pain
exculpate
声明无罪;开脱,使无罪:clear fault guilt
excursive
离题的;散漫的:passing
execrate
谴责:morally wrong or evil;痛恨:dislike strongly
exemplary
榜样的,值得效仿的:being a pattern, imitated;作为警告的:warning
exempt
使免除:release liability
exhaust
耗尽:consume entirely, complete use of;筋疲力尽:wear out
exhilarate
使高兴;使兴奋:cheerful, excited
exhort
敦促,力劝:urge strong
exigent
紧急的:immediate
exodus
大批离去:departure
exonerate
免除责备:free from blame
exorbitant
过度的:exceeding the customary or appropriate limits
exotic
外来的,不同寻常的:unusual
expansive
广阔的:great expanse;健谈的,外向的:open, talkative, effusive
expedite
加快进程:speed up the progress
expedition
动作迅速:speed
expiate
赎罪,纠正:extinguish the guilt
expire
断气,死亡:die;到期:come to an end
explicit
表达清晰的:fully revealed or expressed;成熟的,完全形成的:fully developed
exploit
英雄行为:notable act;最大程度地利用:employ
exponent
倡导者,支持者:advocates;实践者,典型代表:full realization
expurgate
净化(书等),删去(不当处):remove
exquisite
成都强烈的:extreme;精致精巧的:refined taste
extant
现存的:not destroyed, extinct
extemporize
即兴表现:without prior preparation
extenuate
减轻罪过:lessen the seriousness
extinct
灭绝的:no longer existing
extinguish
熄灭:put out;终止:bring to a complete end
extol
赞美;吹捧:praise
extort
勒索:force, intimidation
extract
用力拔出:take out
extraction
血统:origin, ancestry
extraneous
无关的:no relevance;非主要因素的:not essential
extravagant
挥霍的:spending money freely;过度的,不必要的:beyond normal acceptable limit
extricate
使解脱,救出:free entanglement
exuberant
非常高兴的,热情洋溢的:joyously, unrestrained;大量的,充分的:abundance
exude
分泌,流出:flow forth
exult
感到欢喜:rejoice
fable
寓言故事:story teach a basic truth;神话,传说:story of supernatural happenings;谎言,虚构:statement in order to deceive
fabricate
捏造:make up;搭建,组建,打造:bring into being by combining
facetious
喜欢开玩笑的,轻浮的:joking
facile
表面的,浅尝辄止的:lack of depth;容易的,唾手可得的:easily accomplished
facilitate
使变容易,促进:make easy
faction
派系:a party that is often contentious
fallacious
谬误的,不合逻辑的:containing fallacy;欺骗性的:tending to deceive
fallow
休耕的:untilled;闲置的:not being in a state of use
fail-safe
保险措施:to preclude loss or injury;万无一失的:no chance of failure