18 Flashcards
mercenary
唯利是圖的,貪財的
He had some mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow.
他有個斂財的詭計,想娶個有錢的寡婦。
criterion
(作出評判、決定或處理的)標準,準則
The Health Service should not be judged by financial criteria alone.
公共醫療衛生服務不應僅僅以財務狀況的好壞爲標準來評判。
mollify
使平靜;撫慰
I tried to mollify her by giving her flowers.
我試圖送花來撫慰她。
repent
後悔;悔過,懺悔
He repented (of his sins) just hours before he died.
在臨死前數小時,他才(對自己的罪孽)做了懺悔。
vestige
殘餘;遺跡
These old buildings are the last vestiges of a colonial past.
這些舊建築是殖民歷史最後的痕跡。
pariah
為社會所拋棄者;受蔑視的人;不被信任者
aloof
不友善的;冷漠的
She seemed rather aloof when in fact she was just shy.
她看似孤傲不群,可實際上只是靦腆。
guise
(尤指為了欺騙而裝出的)外表,表現形式;偽裝
The men who arrived in the guise of drug dealers were actually undercover police officers.
以毒販身份到來的人實際上是臥底員警。
pragmatic
講究實際的,重實效的;實用主義的
In business, the pragmatic approach to problems is often more successful than an idealistic one.
在商界裡,用實際的方法來解決問題往往比空想更有成效。
futility
無益,徒勞[U]
the futility of their attempts
他們的嘗試無效
technology
工藝學;工藝;技術;科技[C][U]
Many people call the age we live in the age of technology.
許多人把我們生活的時代叫做工業技術時代。
nullify
使無效;廢棄;取消
He has no right to nullify laws.
他無權廢除法律。
carnage
大屠殺
In history, whenever the army forces conquered a new city, the result is invariably carnage.
歷史上,每當軍隊攻佔一座城池,結果都是大屠殺。
deluged
(洪水般)湧至;大量泛濫[C][(+of)]
a deluge of visitors
蜂擁而至的參觀者
canard
謬傳(尤指惡意編選的)
defamatory
破壞名譽的;誹謗的
plaintiff
【律】起訴人,原告[C]
The plaintiff accused the defendant of fraud.
原告指控被告欺詐。
libel
【律】(利用文字、圖畫等的)誹謗(罪)[U]
commit libel
犯誹謗罪
deprecate
聲明不贊成;反對;輕視
excoriate
痛責;撻伐
The Ambassador of Iran excoriated the United States in the U.N. general assembly.
伊朗大使在聯合國大會中撻伐美國。