再要你命3001-3071 Flashcards
restitution
補償,賠償:for some injury
resurrect
使重生,使復蘇:bring back to life
retentive
記性好的:retain knowledge or information
retrieve
尋回,找回:get back again
reverberate
回蕩,迴響:continue or be repeated sound waves
rhetorical
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
rigmarole
混亂而無意義的話:confused or meaningless talk
ruthless
沒有憐憫心的,殘忍的:no pity
sacrosanct
極為神聖的,不可侵犯的:most sacred
scourge
禍害:source of harm
screen
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
scrimp
節儉:avoid waste
scruple
(良心上的)不安:uneasy feeling about the rightness
secede
脫離,拖出(組織、團體、聯盟等):withdraw from an organization
sectarianism
宗派主義,頑固:adherence prejudices
secular
世俗的,塵世的:worldly or temporal
sequel
結果:result
shift
改變…的位置:change position;改變,變化:pass from;交換:in return
shifty
(顯得)狡詐的,(顯得)欺詐的:deceitful character
simile
明喻:comparing two unlike things
skittish
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
sparing
節儉的,節約的:careful restraint;不足的,缺乏的:less plentiful
splinter
尖細條,刺:sharp, slender piece;將…切成細條:break into sharp, slender pieces
splutter
急切而不清楚地說:hastily and incoherently
squeamish
噁心的,暈船的:nausea
stasis
平衡,停滯:balance
staunch
忠誠的,堅定的:steadfast in loyalty
stereotype
成見,老套的理念:conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified opinion
stigmatize
使蒙上汙名:disgraceful or ignominious
substitute
取代者,替代品:takes the place of another;取代,替代:take the place of
succumb
屈服:yield to superior strength;死亡:death
supersede
取代,替代:displace
surly
脾氣不好的:churlish in mood
surmise
(根據不足的)推測,揣測:based on scantly evidence
surmount
戰勝,獲得勝利:achieve a victory
surpass
超越,強於:become better;突破(界限、紀錄等):beyond the limit
surrogate
替代品:takes the place
surveillance
監視,監控:close observation
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
tangle
困惑,不解:perplexity;糾纏,使….糾結:in a snare
teeming
大量的:great numbers
temporal
世俗的,塵世的:earthly life
tentative
暫時性的,嘗試的:not fully developed
thick-skinned
冷漠無情的,不顧他人感受的:unaffected
thrill
強烈的興奮感,快感:pleasurably intense stimulate;使興奮,使激動:excitement
timely
及時的,無拖延的:without delay;恰到好處的,合乎時宜的:appropriate
topsy-turvy*
混亂的,不整潔的:lacking in order, neatness
trifle
不重要的事:little importance or value;不正經地對待,玩弄:without serious intent
trifling
細微的,不重要的:lacking in significance
tycoon
大亨,巨頭:person of rank, power, influence
tyrant
暴君:oppressively or brutally
umbrage
不悅,生氣:feeling of being offended or resentful
unanimous
一致同意的:consent of all
unavailing
徒勞的,無果的:producing no results
unremitting
連續不斷的:without any interruptions
versed
熟知的:having information;精通的:exceptional knowledge
vile
醜陋的:unpleasant to look at;(道德上)可鄙的,卑鄙的:morally despicable
vocation
職業:employed
vouchsafe
允諾,給予:grant in a gracious or condescending manner
voyeur
窺淫狂:observing unsuspecting individuals
wanting
未出現的,缺少的:not present;未達到要求的:not being up to standards
wayward
剛愎自用的,不服管束的:following one’s own inclinations
weather
安全度過(危機等),經受住:come through
willful
固執的,倔強的:self-willed;故意的:deliberately
willy-nilly
不論是否願意地:desired or not;無秩序的,隨意的:without order
wilt
(花、植物等)萎焉:limp or flaccid;精神萎靡,憔悴:fatigue or exhaustion
wily
狡詐的,狡猾的:deceptive means
wiretap
偷聽,竊聽:get information
wistful
(帶著憂傷而)渴望的,懷念的:yearning or desire with melancholy
wrest
擰,扭動:wringing or twisting movements;辛苦地獲得:gain with difficulty
wrongheaded
固執己見的,堅持(錯誤觀點)的:stubborn in adherence