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Question 1

anthropogenic

Answer 1

from the influence of human being, 人为的

anthropogenic green house gases

Question 2

deify

Answer 2

to treat like a god or godess,神化

Question 3

malinger

Answer 3

装病 (in order to escape duty or work)

so is he sick or just malingering

Question 4

figurative

Answer 4

比喻的，象征的

Question 5

disinclination

Answer 5

不情愿

I have a strong disinclination to do any work.

Question 6

indebted

Answer 6

感激的

I am forever indebted to you

Question 7

brook

Answer 7

容忍

they would brook no compromise.
I will brook no argument on this topic.

Question 8

encomium

Answer 8

赞美

they boasted that 他们最棒… but they didn’t merit that encomium

I feel utterly unqualified to provide a proper eulogy, or even the requisite encomium for one of the 20th centuries most important religious thinkers.

Question 9

proclivity

Answer 9

倾向，嗜好, liking for something, especially something morally wrong

proclivity for…

Question 10

enfeeble

Answer 10

使衰弱, debilitate, drain

isolation can enfeeble rats, monkeys, rabbits, squirrels…

He is the party’s presumptive nominee, after all, because the political forces that once might have halted his rise have been enfeebled.

Question 11

limpid

Answer 11

清晰的, clearly expressed and easily understood

limpid prose

清澈的, clear and transparent

His limpid baritone soars amid the sumptuous rearrangement, as he conveys the song’s themes of unspeakable hurt, disappointment and the thorny process of forgiveness and liberation.

Question 12

plaintive

Answer 12

悲伤的

“What about me?” came a plaintive voice.

Question 13

hamper

Answer 13

阻碍, prevent, impede

Fierce storms have been hampering rescue efforts

Question 14

cede to

Answer 14

让给 especially unwillingly or because you are forced to do so

Hong Kong was ceded to Britain after the Opium War.

Question 15

recondite

Answer 15

晦涩难懂的, not known about by many people and difficult to understand

We had to work from material that was both complex and recondite.

Question 16

obdurate

Answer 16

固执的；冷酷的
extremely determined to act in a particular way and refusing to change despite what anyone else says

The president remains obdurate on immigration.
Union leaders remain obdurate that working conditions and pay improve.

Question 17

equable

Answer 17

平和的，稳定的

always being pleasant, calm:
Graham has a fairly equable temperament - I haven’t often seen him really angry.

not changing suddenly:
The south of the country enjoys an equable climate.

Question 18

canny

Answer 18

精明的

He is a canny investor.

Question 19

discordance

Answer 19

不一致, disagreement

Perhaps this incident will allow us to move on from current political discordances.

Question 20

infallibility

Answer 20

无过失, the fact of never being wrong

His stubborn belief in his own infallibility kept him from listening to others.

Question 21

pristine

Answer 21

原始的；崭新的

Question 22

deride

Answer 22

鄙视

He derided my singing as pathetic :(

Question 23

deplorable

Answer 23

可悲的
The children were raised in deplorable conditions.

very bad

应受谴责的
I thought his behavior was absolutely deplorable.

Question 24

conundrum

Answer 24

complex problem

Question 25

downplay

Answer 25

不予重视

Question 26

discursion

Answer 26

漫谈离题

talking/writing about many different things in a way that is not highly organized. scattered

Question 27

aplomb

Answer 27

镇定，泰然自若

Rosalind conducted the meeting with her usual aplomb.

Question 28

inert

Answer 28

不活动的；惰性的, not moving or not able to move:
The inert figure of a man could be seen lying in the front of the car.

not energetic or interesting:
The narrative is inert and sloppy, as if the author had been writing half-asleep.

Question 29

endemic

Answer 29

地方性的, especially of a disease or a condition (versus pandemic)

Some of these problems are endemic to big US cities.
Malaria is endemic in many of the hotter regions of the world.

Question 30

inferable from

Answer 30

能从…推断的

Question 31

enterprising

Answer 31

有进取心的, good at thinking of and doing new and difficult things, especially things that will make money

Question 32

baffle

Answer 32

使困惑

She was completely baffled by his strange behavior.

Question 33

genial

Answer 33

友善的 [affable, amiable]

The teacher is very genial

Question 34

commendation

Answer 34

称赞

Several of the firefighters received commendation for their bravery.

Question 35

pugnacious

Answer 35

pug eheh

好斗的, wanting to start an argument or fight, or expressing an argument or opinion very forcefully:

I found him pugnacious and arrogant.

Question 36

circuitous

Answer 36

拐弯抹角的, a circuitous (= long and indirect) explanation

or
a circuitous route/path

Question 37

avert

Answer 37

转移；防止,to prevent something bad from happening:

to avert bankruptcy

Question 38

homogeneity

Answer 38

同质, consisting parts of same/similar type

Question 39

peregrinate

Answer 39

旅行

Question 40

balanced

Answer 40

公正的；沉着冷静的

Question 41

allay

Answer 41

减轻

The government is trying to allay public fears/concern about the spread of the disease.

[ameliorate, alleviate]

Question 42

precipitate

Answer 42

引发，加速, to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected:
An invasion would certainly precipitate a political crisis.

冲动的，鲁莽的
[impetuous]

Question 43

conspicuous

Answer 43

显眼的

In China, her blonde hair was conspicuous.

He tried not to look conspicuous and moved slowly along the back of the room.

Question 44

mutable

Answer 44

易变的, able or likely to change

Language is not static, it is mutable.

Question 45

portend

Answer 45

预言, to portend: to be a sign that

It was a deeply superstitious country, where earthquakes were commonly believed to portend the end of dynasties.

Question 46

irenic

Answer 46

和平主义的

Question 47

preoccupy

Answer 47

使全神贯注, to be the main thought in someone’s mind

Economic concerns are preoccupying the voters in this election.

Question 48

forerunner

Answer 48

先驱；预兆

Question 49

adulation

Answer 49

吹捧，谄媚

He couldn’t deal with the adulation of his fans.

Question 50

Disgruntle

Answer 50

使不高兴

[crestfallen]