21-2 Flashcards
repute
(尤指好的)名声,名誉:good reputation
requite
酬谢,报答:make repayment;报仇:punish in kind
requisite
必需品:something necessary;必不可少的,必备的:necessary
rescind
废除,取消:make void
reserved
内向的,缄默的:restrained
residue
剩余物:remains
resign
辞职,放弃(职位):give up office
resilience
弹力:resume original shape;恢复能力:ability to recover quickly
resolute
坚定的:firm determination
resonant
(声音)洪亮的,共鸣的:strong in tone
resourceful
有创造力的,机智的:act imaginatively
respite
间歇,休息:rest
respire
呼吸:inhale, exhale air
resplendent
华丽辉煌的:brilliantly
responsive
反应的,敏感的:quick to respond
restive
急躁的,忧虑的:impatience, uneasiness;难以管束的:resisting control
restless
不平静的:lack of quite
restrain
限制,控制:limit, restrict
resurgence
复兴:restoration
resuscitate
使复活,使苏醒:restore consciousness
retainer
家仆:service
retaliate
报复,反击:pay back
retard
减速,延迟:cause slowly
retinue
随行人员:group of retainers
reticent
沉默不语的:inclined to be silent;不愿意的:slow to begin
retort
(尤指机智的)回应,回答:quick, witty reply
retouch
润饰,改进:improve
retract
收回,否认:take back
retrench
削减开支:curtail expenses
retribution
报酬,报应:reward or punishment
retrograde
倒退的:moving backward;退步,退化:decline
retrospective
回顾的:looking back
revelry
狂乐,喧闹的作乐:noisy partying
revenge
报复,复仇:retaliating;为…复仇:retaliating in kind
revere
(尤指对神的)尊崇,尊敬:respect
revise
更改,修正:improve
revive
恢复意识:return to consciousness;再获新生:active again
revoke
撤回,宣告无效:annul
revolt
使厌恶,使反感:fill with disgust;反叛:renounce allegiance
ribald
(举止、言语)下流粗鄙的:vulgar
rickety
不稳的:lacking stability
rider
骑马的人:rides;(议案的)附加条款:appended
ridicule
嘲笑:make fun
rife
丰富的,普遍的:great numbers
rift
分裂,不和:break friendly;使开裂:break
rile
刺激,惹怒:make agitated
ripen
使成熟,变成熟:make ripe
riot
喧闹,暴乱:public violence
rite
惯例,仪式:prescribed form
rive
撕开:tear apart