10-12 Flashcards
falsehood
谎言:untrue, made in order to deceive
falter
蹒跚:walk unsteadily;犹豫踌躇:unsteady in purpose or action
fanatic
狂热者:unreasoning enthusiasm;狂热的;盲信的:intense uncritical devotion
fantasy
幻想:imaginative fiction;产生幻想:form a mental picture
farce
(带有嘲讽元素的)滑稽戏:broadly satirical comedy;闹剧:ridiculous
fascinate
强烈吸引,使入迷:hold an intense interest
fast
绝食,斋戒:abstaining from food;快速的:quick;忠诚的:firm in one’s allegiance;稳固的,难以拆卸的:firmly positioned
fastidious
挑剔的,极仔细的,追求完美的:meticulous attention to detail
fateful
意义重大的:momentous;带来灾难的,毁灭性的:bringing death
fathom
测量(深度):measure the depth;彻底理解,弄懂:come to understand
fatigue
疲惫:weariness or exhaustion;(让人厌倦的)苦差事:causes weariness
fatuous
愚笨的,昏庸的:foolish
faultfinder
吹毛求疵的人:petty criticism
favorable
赞许的:expressing approval;有利的:promote
fawn
阿谀奉承:seek favor by flattery
faze
打扰,使尴尬:disturb the composure
feckless
无成果的,没有价值的:having no worth;粗心不负责任的:careless
fecund
多产,肥沃的:fruitful
feeble
衰弱的:lacking in strength
feign
制造假象,装出…的样子:give a false appearance
fender
缓存装置:cushioning device
feral
野生的:not domesticated;动物性的:nature of a lower animal
fertilize
使肥沃,使多产:make fertile
fervid
酷热的:high temperature;热情的:great passion
fervor
热情,狂热:great warmth
fester
感染,溃烂,腐烂:corrupt
fetid
恶臭的:offensive smell
fetter
枷锁,限制:limits one’s freedom;束缚:restrain from motion
fiasco
大失败:complete failure
fickle
易变的:likely to change;不忠诚的:not true in one’s allegiance
fictitious
虚构的:not real
fidelity
忠诚:being faithful
figurative
比喻的:denoting another
figurine
小雕塑:small statue
filibuster
拖延议事:for the purpose of delaying legislative action
filter
过滤:pass through a filter;去除杂质:remove impurities
finale
终场,结局:closing part
finesse
娴熟技巧:skill;精心策划:plan out with subtle skill;(巧妙地)躲避:keep away from
finicky
过分讲究的,挑剔的:extremely meticulous
flaccid
不结实的,松弛的:lacking firmness
flag
旗帜,象征:symbol;变得衰弱:become feeble
flamboyant
艳丽夺目的,炫耀的,充满装饰的:strikingly elaborate
flatter
拍马屁,奉承,讨好:praise excessively;自我感觉良好:think highly of;使显得更漂亮:show advantageously
flaw
瑕疵,缺点:imperfection;降低,破坏,使不完美:reduce perfection
fledgling
新生:starting out in a field
fleet
舰队,车队:group of a vehicles;迅速的:with great speed;快速涌过:pass swiftly
flexible
灵活的,可变的:readily changed;易受影响的:susceptible to influence
flinch
畏缩;退缩:draw back
flippancy
轻率,无礼:unbecoming levity
flirt
调情:behave amorously;无规则地快速运动:make irregular movements
flit
快速或突然地经过:pass quickly
flock
人群,兽群:creatures massed together;聚集,集体行动:travel in a flock
florid
辞藻华丽的,花哨的:fancy expressions;装饰华丽的:elaborately decorated
flounder
笨拙地行动,挣扎:act clumsily
flourish
茂盛,繁荣:achieve success;装饰:ornamentation
flout
嘲弄性不理会,蔑视:treat with disregard
fluctuate
波动,无规则地变动:shift back and forth
fluent
表达流利的:able to express well;不费力的:minimal difficulty
fluky
侥幸的:happening by good luck;偶然的:by chance
flush
(肤色)健康红润的:healthy reddish;富有的:money in abundance;大量的:abundance;冲洗:pour liquid
fluster
使慌乱:put into agitated confusion
foible
小缺点:minor flaw
foil
挫败:prevent from being successful
foment
助长,煽动:promote the growth
foolproof
十分简单以至于不会失败的:leave no opportunity for error, misuse or failure
footloose
无拘无束的,自由的:having no attachments
forbearance
克制,忍耐:tolerance and restraint;友好仁慈的态度:kind, gentle or compassionate treatment
forebear
祖先:an ancestor
forestall
预先阻止:prevent beforehand
foreword
前言:preface
forge
伪造:imitate falsely;铸造,铸就:form;
formidable
令人害怕的:causing fear;艰难的:requiring effort
forthright
直率的,说话率真的:free in expressing opinions;直接的,不绕弯子的:free from ambiguity or evasiveness:going straight to the point
fortify
加固,鼓励:give physical strength;做好心理准备:prepare mentally
foster
促进,鼓励,培养:help the growth;养育:bring to maturity
founder
建立者:one establishes;完败:fail utterly;沉没:become submerged
fracas
争吵,吵闹:physical dispute, noisy fight
fracture
破裂:breaking;打碎,破坏:separate into pieces
fragile
易碎的:broken;易受伤的,脆弱的:easily injured
frail
虚弱的:weak;(意志)薄弱的:weak;(希望)渺茫的:slight
fraudulent
欺诈的:fraud
fraught
充满的:full;令人忧虑的:emotional distress
frenzy
疯狂,狂怒:mental agitation
frequent
时常拜访:often;时常发生的,重复再现的:short intervals
fretful
易怒的,烦躁的:vexed
friable
易碎的:easily crumbled
friction
摩擦:rubbing;冲突,不和:clashing;
frigid
严寒的:cold;冷漠的:lacking warmth
fringe
边缘:border;与…接壤,位于…的边缘:be adjacent
frivolous
轻浮的:unbecoming levity;不重要的:little importance
frothy
用轻薄材料制作的:light;(内容等)快乐轻佻、不严肃的:gaily frivolous
frowsy
邋遢的:slovenly;味道难闻的:unpleasant smell
frugal
节约的:economy
frustrate
挫败,阻挠:prevent;使沮丧:lessen the courage
full-bodied
重要的:importance;味道浓烈的:richness flavor
fulminate
大声斥责:thunderous denunciation
fumble
笨拙地做:awkward attempts;(无意识的)失误:departure from truth
furor
喧闹,狂怒,激动,狂热:intense excitement
furtive
鬼鬼祟祟的;秘密的:stealth
fury
暴怒:rage
fussy
谨慎的:involving great care;过分雕琢的:excessively decorated;挑剔的:hard to please
fusty
过时的:old-fashioned;腐臭的:stale odors
futile
无效的,无用的:ineffective;不严肃的:lacking in seriousness
gadfly
刺激物:provocative stimulus;令人反感的人:annoys
gaffe
(社交上)失礼,失态:social blunder;明显的错误,错误判断:blatant mistake
gainsay
否认:declare false;反对:oppose
gall
(使)焦躁,激怒:irritate;深深的敌意:ill will;大胆,无耻:boldness
gallant
英勇的:brave, chivalrous;高贵的,慷慨的:dignified and generous
galvanize
(好似用电击)刺激:stimulate excite
gamble
赌博,孤注一掷:bet;(使)受到威胁,冒险:in danger
gambol
欢跳,雀跃:playfully
gangly
身材瘦长的:tall
garble
曲解,篡改,混淆(以至使无法理解):distort misleading;筛选,除杂:remove
gargantuan
巨大的:tremendous;
garish
过于鲜艳的,过于张扬的:strident color
garment
衣服:clothing
garrulous
啰嗦的,话多得令人厌烦的:tiresomely, talkative
gash
深长的伤口或切口:deep cut;砍伤,切开:make gash
gasification
气化:gas;
gauche
笨拙的,缺乏社交经验的:lacking grace