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Question 1

bomoan

Answer 1

埋怨

Researchers at universities are always bemoaning their lack of funds.

Question 2

exculpate

Answer 2

开脱罪行 [exonerate]

The pilot of the aircraft will surely be exculpated when all the facts are known.

Question 3

entangle

Answer 3

使纠缠

The dolphin had become entangled in/with the fishing nets.

or
involved with something or someone in a way that makes it difficult to escape:
He went to the store to buy bread, and got entangled in/with a carnival parade.

Question 4

precocious

Answer 4

早熟的 (especially of children)

She recorded her first CD at the precocious age of twelve.

Question 5

castigate

Answer 5

严厉批评, criticize severely

Health inspectors castigated the kitchen staff for poor standards of cleanliness.

Question 6

perilous

Answer 6

危险的, very dangerous

The country roads are quite perilous.

Question 7

acquiescence

Answer 7

默许the act of accepting or agreeing to something, often unwillingly:

I was surprised by her acquiescence to/in the plan.

Question 8

facile

Answer 8

肤浅的，轻率的, not thought about enough

We must avoid facile recriminations about who was to blame.

Question 9

inception

Answer 9

开始, the beginning of an organization or official activity

Since its inception in 1968, the company has been at the forefront of computer development.

Question 10

entreat

Answer 10

恳求, plead, beg

We would spend every meal time entreating the child to eat her vegetables.

Question 11

denounce

Answer 11

谴责

We must denounce injustice and oppression.

Question 12

effusive

Answer 12

溢于言表的，感情丰富的, expressed with a lot of emotion

They gave us such an effusive welcome it was quite embarrassing.

Question 13

exatitude

Answer 13

精确性

He paints with photographic exactitude (exactness)

Question 14

kinfolk

Answer 14

亲戚, members of the same family

Question 15

collude

Answer 15

串通, to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone

Collude with someone

Question 16

emendation

Answer 16

修订 (usually text)

The articles posted on the website are open to emendation by registered users.

Question 17

obliterate

Answer 17

清除，摧毁

Question 18

composed

Answer 18

镇定的, calm and in control of your emotions:

She looked remarkably composed throughout the funeral.

Question 19

import

Answer 19

重要性, importance or meaning

… is of little import == it’s not important

Question 20

distend

Answer 20

膨胀 (usually stomach or other parts of body)

During digestion, sugar may produce wind that distends the stomach.

Question 21

elicit

Answer 21

引出 (usually information, answer etc)

Have you managed to elicit a response from them yet?
The questionnaire was intended to elicit information on eating habits.

Question 22

elemental

Answer 22

基本的

Question 23

animadversion

Answer 23

批评, criticism

She was being critical, but her animadversions were mild.

Question 24

ebb

Answer 24

衰退, If a physical or emotional feeling ebbs, it becomes less strong or disappears:
He could feel his strength ebbing (away).

When the sea or tide ebbs, it moves away from the coast and falls to a lower level.

Question 25

indigent

Answer 25

贫穷的 [impoverished, destitude]

Question 26

polymath

Answer 26

博学者

Question 27

curtail

Answer 27

缩减, to stop something before it is finished, or to reduce or limit something:

to curtail your vacation/spending

Question 28

impecunious

Answer 28

贫穷的, penniless

I first knew him as an impecunious student living in a tiny apartment.

Question 29

absolve

Answer 29

免罪, (especially in religion or law) to free someone from guilt, blame

The report absolved her from/of all blame for the accident.

Question 30

consummate

Answer 30

完美的, perfect in every way

a life of consummate happiness
He’s a consummate athlete/gentleman/liar.

Question 31

iconoclast

Answer 31

反传统者

an iconoclast in architecture

Question 32

dearth

Answer 32

缺乏, not enough supply of sth

a dearth of new homes in the region

Question 33

proprietary

Answer 33

专利的；私人独有的, having, owning

This is proprietary software, and you have no right to copy it without a license from the owner.

Question 34

hallow

Answer 34

极其崇敬, to give something great respect

methods that have been hallowed by centuries of use

Question 35

pastiche

Answer 35

大杂烩, a piece of art, music, literature, etc

a musical pastiche of classic and underground punk

Question 36

crass

Answer 36

愚钝的, stupid and without considering how other people might feel, kind of offensive

I don’t know anyone who would speak in such a crass manner.

Question 37

doctrinaire

Answer 37

教条主义的

based on and following fixed beliefs rather than considering practical problems

Question 38

helter-skelter

Answer 38

杂乱的, quickly in all directions

People were screaming and running helter-skelter down the steps to escape the flames.

Question 39

peripatetic

Answer 39

巡回的, traveling around to different places, usually because you work in more than one place:

a peripatetic music teacher

Question 40

celerity

Answer 40

speed, (速度，迅速, swift

no celerity of imagination could immediately transport us back

Question 41

muddle

Answer 41

使…混乱；混乱,a messy or confused state:

The documents were in a muddle.

Question 42

bookish

Answer 42

书呆子气的

Question 43

jettison

Answer 43

丢弃 (something, an idea, plan…)

The station has jettisoned educational broadcasts.

Question 44

overbearing

Answer 44

傲慢的，专横的

Give orders and command, too confident and too determined to tell other people what to do, in a way that is unpleasant

Question 45

arcane

Answer 45

难懂的, mysterious and known only by a few people

This argument may seem arcane to those not closely involved in the world of finance

Question 46

disgorge

Answer 46

排出 (of liquid, gas, people out of a place)

to unwillingly release information or money:
The judge has forced EXIP to disgorge $400,000 in illegal profits.

to force something up from the stomach and out through the mouth:
Flies disgorge digestive fluid onto their food to soften it up.

Question 47

presage

Answer 47

预示, often something unpleasant [augur]

But still the economy is not showing signs of any of the excesses that normally presage a recession.

Question 48

circumscribe

Answer 48

限制, to limit something:

Their movements have been severely circumscribed since the laws came into effect.

Question 49

redouble

Answer 49

大量增加

must redouble its efforts to beat crime.

Question 50

recast

Answer 50

改写, to change the form of something, or to change an actor in a play or movie:

She recast her novel as a musical comedy.
In despair, the theater director recast the leading role.