再要你命3001-3071 Flashcards

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restitution

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補償,賠償:for some injury

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resurrect

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使重生,使復蘇:bring back to life

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retentive

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記性好的:retain knowledge or information

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retrieve

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尋回,找回:get back again

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reverberate

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回蕩,迴響:continue or be repeated sound waves

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rhetorical

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語言上的,文字上的:words or language;言辭華麗(卻往往無內涵)的:fancy but meaningless

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rigmarole

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混亂而無意義的話:confused or meaningless talk

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ruthless

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沒有憐憫心的,殘忍的:no pity

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sacrosanct

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極為神聖的,不可侵犯的:most sacred

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scourge

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禍害:source of harm

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screen

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掩護物,屏障:shelters, protects, or hides;保護,使…免受攻擊:drive attack away;掩護,遮蔽:shut off from view

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scrimp

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節儉:avoid waste

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scruple

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(良心上的)不安:uneasy feeling about the rightness

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secede

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脫離,拖出(組織、團體、聯盟等):withdraw from an organization

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sectarianism

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宗派主義,頑固:adherence prejudices

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secular

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世俗的,塵世的:worldly or temporal

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sequel

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結果:result

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shift

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改變…的位置:change position;改變,變化:pass from;交換:in return

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shifty

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(顯得)狡詐的,(顯得)欺詐的:deceitful character

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simile

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明喻:comparing two unlike things

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skittish

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容易受到驚嚇的,膽小的:easily frightened;容易激動的:easily excited;善變的,多變的:likely to change

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sparing

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節儉的,節約的:careful restraint;不足的,缺乏的:less plentiful

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splinter

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尖細條,刺:sharp, slender piece;將…切成細條:break into sharp, slender pieces

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splutter

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急切而不清楚地說:hastily and incoherently

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squeamish
噁心的,暈船的:nausea
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stasis
平衡,停滯:balance
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staunch
忠誠的,堅定的:steadfast in loyalty
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stereotype
成見,老套的理念:conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified opinion
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stigmatize
使蒙上汙名:disgraceful or ignominious
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substitute
取代者,替代品:takes the place of another;取代,替代:take the place of
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succumb
屈服:yield to superior strength;死亡:death
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supersede
取代,替代:displace
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surly
脾氣不好的:churlish in mood
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surmise
(根據不足的)推測,揣測:based on scantly evidence
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surmount
戰勝,獲得勝利:achieve a victory
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surpass
超越,強於:become better;突破(界限、紀錄等):beyond the limit
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surrogate
替代品:takes the place
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surveillance
監視,監控:close observation
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tame
被馴化的:reduced from a state of native wildness;無聊的,乏味的:lacking spirit;控制,抑制:keep from exceeding
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tangle
困惑,不解:perplexity;糾纏,使....糾結:in a snare
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teeming
大量的:great numbers
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temporal
世俗的,塵世的:earthly life
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tentative
暫時性的,嘗試的:not fully developed
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thick-skinned
冷漠無情的,不顧他人感受的:unaffected
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thrill
強烈的興奮感,快感:pleasurably intense stimulate;使興奮,使激動:excitement
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timely
及時的,無拖延的:without delay;恰到好處的,合乎時宜的:appropriate
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topsy-turvy*
混亂的,不整潔的:lacking in order, neatness
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trifle
不重要的事:little importance or value;不正經地對待,玩弄:without serious intent
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trifling
細微的,不重要的:lacking in significance
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tycoon
大亨,巨頭:person of rank, power, influence
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tyrant
暴君:oppressively or brutally
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umbrage
不悅,生氣:feeling of being offended or resentful
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unanimous
一致同意的:consent of all
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unavailing
徒勞的,無果的:producing no results
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unremitting
連續不斷的:without any interruptions
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versed
熟知的:having information;精通的:exceptional knowledge
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vile
醜陋的:unpleasant to look at;(道德上)可鄙的,卑鄙的:morally despicable
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vocation
職業:employed
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vouchsafe
允諾,給予:grant in a gracious or condescending manner
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voyeur
窺淫狂:observing unsuspecting individuals
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wanting
未出現的,缺少的:not present;未達到要求的:not being up to standards
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wayward
剛愎自用的,不服管束的:following one's own inclinations
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weather
安全度過(危機等),經受住:come through
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willful
固執的,倔強的:self-willed;故意的:deliberately
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willy-nilly
不論是否願意地:desired or not;無秩序的,隨意的:without order
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wilt
(花、植物等)萎焉:limp or flaccid;精神萎靡,憔悴:fatigue or exhaustion
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wily
狡詐的,狡猾的:deceptive means
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wiretap
偷聽,竊聽:get information
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wistful
(帶著憂傷而)渴望的,懷念的:yearning or desire with melancholy
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wrest
擰,扭動:wringing or twisting movements;辛苦地獲得:gain with difficulty
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wrongheaded
固執己見的,堅持(錯誤觀點)的:stubborn in adherence