10月

Question 1

Aberration

Answer 1

罕见的奇怪现象
Something strange that rarely occurs.
Different from the norm.
A disorder in one’s mental state.
An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image.

Question 2

Abstinence

Answer 2

节制，禁欲，克制
Restraint, restraining.
Self-control.

Question 3

Archaic

Answer 3

古老
Something outmoded 过时，belonging to an earlier period.
Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type.

Question 4

Arid

Answer 4

干燥，干旱
So dry that nothing will grow.
Terribly dull or lifeless.
Lack of water or rainfall.
Lack of vitality or spirit 没精神.

Question 5

Capitulate

Answer 5

投降
Give in to something.
Agreeing to something you don’t really want.
Surrender under agreed conditions.

Question 6

Condescending

Answer 6

居高临下的，看不起某人
Looking down on someone.

Question 7

Cordial

Answer 7

亲切，友好，真诚，甜酒
A relationship that is friendly and sincere but not overly close.
Perfectly pleasant but doesn’t involve lots of hugging or excessive emotion.
Cordial relationship with most of the kids in your close, but only confide in your closest friend.
Medicine or drink that stimulates the heart, liqueur.

Question 8

Deference

Answer 8

尊重，礼貌
Respect, courteous regard for people’s feelings, courteous expression of esteem or regard, yield.

Question 9

Denounce

Answer 9

谴责，散布或泄露或公开反对某事
Tattle, rat out, or speak out against something.
Official end or termination of something, treaty.
Accuse or condemn openly or formally as disgraceful.
Give away information about somebody.

Question 10

Dichotomy

Answer 10

二分法，一分二的想法或分娄，清楚地分了两件事
Idea or classification split in two.
Draw distinction between two things.
Contrast between two things.
War and peace, love and hate.
Twofold, two opposed parts or subclass.

Question 11

Digression

Answer 11

题外话，跑题
Strayed from the main topic .
Departs from the main subject.
Turning aside.

Question 12

Diligent

Answer 12

勤奋，认真，努力
Works hard, carefully.
Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness.

Question 13

Edifice

Answer 13

大厦
Important building.
A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.

Question 14

Egregious

Answer 14

令人震惊的，引人注目
Stand out, but not in a good way - really bad or offensive 反感.
Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.

Question 15

Enervating

Answer 15

使人衰弱
Drain you of physical and emotional energy.
Causing weakness or debiliation.

Question 16

Elusive

Answer 16

难以捉摸
Hard to find, pin down, or remember.
Slip right out of your grasp.
Skillful at eluding capture躲避追捕.
Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze.
Difficult to describe.
Making great mental demands, hard to comprehend or solve or believe.

Question 17

Fortuitous

Answer 17

偶然
By chance, lucky accident.
No downside, good thing.
No cause.

Question 18

Heretic

Answer 18

异教徒
Religious beliefs are in contrast 相反 to the fundamental beliefs of the church.
Against the law, rules, or beliefs of some specific religion.
Someone whose ideas go against the norm.
Unorthodox opinions in any field.

Question 19

Indifference

Answer 19

漠不关心，冷漠
Lacking interest or enthusiasm 热情 in things.
Neither like it nor dislike it.
Remaining clam and seeming not to care or concern.
Unbiased, impartial, unconcern.

Question 20

Listless

Answer 20

无精打采，疲劳
Lethargic, low spirited, and limp.
Lack zest or vivacity.

Question 21

Opulent

Answer 21

丰富的，华丽
Rich people looking to show off.
Rich and superior in quality.

Question 22

Prominent

Answer 22

著名的，突出
Stick out above the rest, famous.
Big star, head honcho, top dog.
Conspicuous in position or importance.
Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.

Question 23

Rancorous

Answer 23

怨恨的，苦涩
Describing someone’s bitter grudge.
Full of resentment and bitter and angry.
Bitterness or rancidness.

Question 24

Unobtrusive

Answer 24

不引人注目的
Something that doesn’t attract much attention.
Not obtrusive or undesirablely noticeable.

Question 25

Venerable

Answer 25

可敬，受人尊敬
Admired and respected because of your status or age.
Profoundly honored.
Impressive by reason of age.