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contentious
引起爭論的:argumentative;好爭論的,好戰的:tendency quarrels
contiguous
接壤的,相鄰的:sharing an edge
contort
扭曲:twist
contract
契約,合同:binding agreement;收縮:reduce size;感染疾病:become affected
contravene
違反,反對:violate, oppose
contrite
(因為有罪孽或過錯而感到)後悔悲痛的:showing remorse
contumacious
不服從的,倔強的:disobedient
conundrum
無法解決的問題,迷:insoluble, dilemma
convalesce
漸漸康復,漸愈:recover gradually
convenience
便利,方便:fitness suitability
convention
常規,習俗:agreement, acceptance;公約,協議:agreement;大會,集會:coming together
converge
彙集,交匯於一點:move toward one
conversant
熟悉的:familiar
convert
被改變宗教信仰的人:converted;使改變信仰:bring over from brief;改變,轉化:alter
convex
凸起的:curves outward
convey
運輸:transport;傳遞,交流:communicate
conviction
深信,確信:being convinced;證明有罪:proved guilty
convoke
召集開會:bring together
convoluted
複雜的,費解的:complicated
convulsion
痙攣(強烈的、無法控制的肌肉收縮):involuntary contraction;騷亂:disturbance
coop
監禁,困於…之中:confine
copious
豐富的,大量的:abundant
coquette
調情的女子:flirt;調情,不認真對待:playfully
cordon
警戒線:line preventing;圍成一道防線:form cordon
cornucopia
大量:overflowing
coronation
加冕,加冕禮:crowning
corporeal
肉體的:not spiritual;有形的,實體的:not immaterial
corroborate
用證據或權威證實:support with evidence;為…提供證據,支援:provide evidence
corrosive
腐蝕性的:destroy slowly;諷刺性的:sarcastic;
corrugated
褶皺的:folds
cosmopolitan
有世界性眼光的,包容的:worldwide
cosset
寵愛:pamper
countenance
容忍:put up with;贊成,推崇:favorable opinion;沉著,冷靜:evenness
counterfeit
仿製的,假冒的:imitation;仿製:fraudulent replica;偽裝成:false appearance
countermand
取消,撤銷:revoke
court
追求,獻殷勤:seek affections
covert
隱蔽的,秘密的:not shown;隱秘庇護所:avoid others
covetous
貪婪的,渴求財富的:inordinate desire
cow
恐嚇,威脅:frighten
cowardice
懦弱,不堅定:lack courage
cower
畏縮:cringe
cozen
誘騙:mislead
cramped
狹小的,狹窄的:small
crass
粗俗的,愚鈍的:unrefined
crave
熱望:intense desire
craven
非常懦弱的,因膽小而遭人鄙視的:lacking courage
crease
折痕:folding
credence
堅信:firm brief
credulous
輕信的,易受騙的:gullible
creek
小溪,小河:smaller
creep
緩慢地行進:slowly;匍匐前進:body close to the ground
crescendo
(聲音)漸強:gradual increase;(漸強之後到達的)頂峰:peak
crest
頂部,浪尖,山頂
crestfallen
垂頭喪氣的,沮喪的:depressed
cronyism
任人唯親的,對好朋友的偏袒:favoritism friends
crook
使彎曲:away from a straight line
croon
低聲歌唱或說話:murmuring
crouch
蹲伏:lower stance
crucial
非常重要的,決定性的:extremely significant
crumple
弄皺:bend;(因外力擠壓而)垮塌:fall down
crutch
支撐,支柱:supports
crux
中點,關鍵點:critical point
cryptic
秘密的:secret;含義模糊的:ambiguous meaning;超出理解能力的:beyond one’s powers to know
culpable
該受譴責的,有罪的:deserving blame
cultivate
提升,加強:improve;種植,培養:promote growth
cumbersome
笨重的,難處理的:difficult to handle
cunning
狡猾的:artful deceptiveness;(手工)靈巧的:skillful;欺詐,欺騙:practice of misleading
curmudgeon
脾氣壞的、愛抱怨的人:irritable and complaining
cursory
匆忙的,不注意細節的:excessive or careless speed
curt
言詞簡略的,直接(以至顯得粗魯)的:direct, brief, and potentially rude;言簡意賅的:convey much information
curtail
縮短,削減:less in extent or duration
cynic
憤世嫉俗者:selfishness
dabble
涉獵,對…淺嘗輒止:superficially
daft
神經錯亂的:abnormal, sick state of mind;不明智的:lack of good sense or judgment
dais
主席臺,嘉賓席:raised platform
dally
虛度時光:doing nothing;玩樂:amusement;慢吞吞,磨磨蹭蹭:slowly
damper
抑制因素:restrains, depresses
dandy
紈褲子弟,愛打扮的人:appearance;最佳的,最好的:very best kind
dank
陰濕的:wet
dapper
衣冠整潔的:strikingly neat and trim
dappled
有斑點的,花的:marked with small spots, mottled, spotted;色彩斑斕的:two or more colors
daredevil
大膽魯莽的(人):foolishly;不考慮後果的:a lack of concern for the consequence
dart
突然移動,猛衝,狂奔:suddenly;公開侮辱:intended to hurt another’s feelings
daunt
使膽怯,嚇到:to lessen the courage
dawdle
閒蕩,虛度光陰:spend time idly;拖拖拉拉:slowly
deadpan
無趣的,無生氣的,不活潑的:impassively
dearth
供應不足:inadequate
debacle
潰敗:complete failure
debark
(使)下船(飛機、車等);卸(客、貨):unload, from a ship or an airplane
debase
貶低,貶損:lower standing
debilitate
使衰弱:impair strength
debris
廢墟:discarded, useless material
debunk
揭穿…的真面目:true nature;證明…為假:false
debut
初次登臺,出道:first appearance
decadence
衰落,頹廢:deterioration, decline
decant
輕輕倒出:pour off without disturbing
decipher
破譯:interpret;對…有清晰的想法,理解,解讀:clear idea
cipher:密碼, 計算
decode
解碼:change into ordinary language;對…有清晰的想法,理解,解讀:clear idea
decorum
禮儀,得體:appropriateness, propriety
decrepit
虛弱的,衰老的,破舊的:weakened
default
不履行義務,怠忽職守:nonperformance
defer
推遲,延期:postpone;遵從:respect
deference
尊崇,順從:yield to
deficiency
缺乏,不足:inadequate
defile
(山間)小道:a narrow passage;褻瀆:treat with great disrespect;使腐壞,汙損:make unfit for use
deft
靈巧的,熟練的:skill
defuse
撫慰,減輕:make less tense
defy
反抗,違抗:go against
dehydrate
去除水分,使乾燥:remove water;使失去活力:deprive of vitality
deify
把…當作神來崇拜:offer honor or respect to;過分喜愛:love or admire;尊敬,尊崇:high status or value to
deject
使沮喪:lower the spirits, dishearten
deleterious
有害的:harmful
deliberate
深思熟慮的:careful
delicacy
(外貌、結構等)精緻,極度興奮,發狂:fineness
delirium
精神錯亂;極度興奮,發狂:mental disturbance confused
delusion
錯覺,妄想:false
deluge
大暴雨:drenching rain;大量:great flow
delve
探究,鑽研:detailed search for information
demagogue
蠱惑民心的政客:leader false claims
demanding
難以取悅的,難滿足的:satisfied;費時間花心思的:requiring careful attention
demolition
破壞,毀壞:destroying
demonstrate
(通過證據)證明,表明:make clear using examples;使明白易懂:make plain or understandable;表現,表露:make known
demoralize
使士氣低落:dishearten;貶低,使墮落:lower in character
demotic
通俗的,大眾化的:common
demur
表示異議,反對:opposition, objection;猶豫:doubt acceptability qualm
denigrate
詆毀,污蔑:scornfully
denouement
(小說的)結局:final resolution
denounce
公開指責:public or formal disapproval;宣稱…道德上錯誤、可恥:morally wrong
dent
凹陷,凹痕:depression;(數量,程度上)削弱:make smaller
denude
脫去,使赤裸:bare
deplete
耗盡,使衰竭:make complete use
deplore
哀悼:sorrow
deploy
(有目的地)展開;調度,部署:spread out
deportation
放逐:removal from a country
depose
宣誓作證:testify;廢黜,罷免:remove from a throne;擺放:arrange
deposit
自然積累,沉積,礦藏:accumulation;存錢:put in account
depravity
道德敗壞:immoral, harmful or offensive
deprecate
不喜歡:unfavorable opinion;反對。
depreciate
貶低…的價值:lower value;輕視:lower estimation, esteem
depressed
不開心的,情緒不高的,消沉的:unhappiness;生活境況悲催的:healthful environment
deprivation
匱乏:privation
deracinate
根除:pull out
derelict
怠忽職守的,不認真的:lacking duty, carelessly;被社會遺棄的人:social misfit
deride
嘲弄,嘲笑:contemptuous mirth
derivative
非原創的:originality
descend
下降:downward;世代相傳:pass by inheritance
descendant
後代:deriving directly from
desecrate
褻瀆,玷污:treat shamefully
desiccate
使(食物)脫水以保存,使乾燥:drying;使缺乏活力:deprive vitality
designate
任命:to pick for a specific position or duty;命名:give a name to