5月单词 Flashcards
Literati
同义词？
n. 文人；知识分子
intelectual
Corollary
n. 必然的结果
ｩ` The corollary to this insight was……
Wars were the gong that announced China’s entrance on the stage of world history
gong n. 钟声；铃声
Reel from/at 感到震惊
ｩ` Still reeling from the Western barbarian invasion, the Empire was almost brought down by revolutionary disturbances in the third quarter of the nineteenth century.
Insurrectionary
adj. 暴乱的；叛乱的 （正式的）
Insurrectionary movements
Concubinage
一夫多妻制
Nepotism
n. 任人唯亲
Faction-ridden and indecisive(非决定性的) leadership
记住表述
Jacquerie
= riot
重音在后
1358年 原指法国北部的农民暴动 扎克雷起义
Precursor
n. 前辈；先驱
A Predilection for western technology
(preference)
Armament
武器；军事装备
Obstinacy
n. 顽固
Pervasive
adj. 普遍的
Comprador system
买办制度
Prerogative
n. 特权
特指 慈禧
The Empress Dowager
Archaic
古老的
Indemnity
赔偿金
Reprieve
缓刑
Rife
普遍的；流行的
Rumors are rife that……
Provincial autonomy
地方自治权
Vilify
v. 诟病；批判
The much vilified warlord period……
Conchita did not deserve the vilification she had been subjected to.
Interregnum
n. 过渡期
Repudiation
n. 否认
A very narrow sociological base
有限的社会基础
The intelligentsia
n. 知识分子界
The national vernaculars
本国的；白话
..books or plays written in the vernacular.
…用此方言写的一些书或剧本。
Chancellor
校长
Heterogeneous
adj. 各种各样的
…a rather heterogeneous collection of studies from diverse origins.
…来自各种不同渠道的一系列种类繁多的研究。
Rather heterogeneous and equivocal stratigraphic definitions were found during the revision of existing literature.
Antithetical
adj. 对立的
Their priorities are antithetical to those of environmentalists.
他们的重点与环保主义者的重点是对立的。
Proletariat
n. 无产阶级
dictatorship of the proletariat 无产阶级专政
Segment of the bourgeoisie
[,bʊəʒwɑː’ziː] 法语发音要注意
..the suppression of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie.
…资产阶级对无产阶级的压迫。
Stratum （pl.）阶层
strata
Malaise
n. [mə’lez]不安
There is no easy short-term solution to the country’s chronic economic malaise.
在短期内治愈该国经济长期痼疾的灵丹妙药不存在。
General malaise 身体不适
Dire
adj. 可怕的；悲惨的；极端的
Dire poverty
In dire need of
Mr Assad’s people have now instilled fear in them by predicting dire consequences were the regime to fall.
Demography
人口学；人口统计学
Sporadic
adj. 偶然的；零星的
…a year of sporadic fighting in the north of the country.
…该国北部有零星战火的一年。
Sporadic cases 散发病例
sporadic deviation 偶然差异
Antagonistic
adj. 敌对的
Pragmatic
adj. 实用的
practical, feasible, practicable, pragmatic
practicala.实践的，实用的，实际的，指未经过实践检验的事物，如计划、项目等。
She felt that most of what she learned in the course was of no practical use.她感到在课上学到的大部分知识都没有实际用途。
feasiblea.可行的，行得通的，用来表示实施后可以成功的。
Your work plan is feasible, so we can build the bridge immediately.你的工作计划是可行的，所以我们可以马上修建那座桥。
practicablea.能实施的，可行的，只表示一种可能性，但是实施后的效果不一定理想。
Their marriage was so bad that divorce seemed the only practicable solution.他们的婚姻是如此的糟糕以至于离婚似乎是唯一可行的解决办法。
pragmatica.讲究实际的，实用的，务实的，强调用常识解决实际问题，不追求不切实际的目标。
He would like to be a doctor, but he has a pragmatic attitude and realizes that he cannot afford medical school.他想成为一名医生，但是他很实际，知道自己上不起医学院。
Sophistry
n．诡辩的
This is just sophistry, a combination of the misleading, the untrue and the irrelevant.
The terms “sophist” and “sophistry” have taken on derogatory connotations in modern times. 当今社会，“诡辩家”以及“诡辩”等词汇已染上贬义色彩。
Upheavals
n. 激变/起义
Despite the upheavals engulfing（v. 吞没） Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, the 45-year-old hereditary dictator felt oddly secure.
