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Question 1

incredulous

Answer 1

不願相信的；不能相信的；表示懷疑的
A few incredulous spectators watched on as Paterson, ranked 23rd in the world, beat the champion.
一些觀眾觀看了世界排名第23位的派特森擊敗世界冠軍，他們簡直不敢相信。

Question 2

jeopardize

Answer 2

使處於危險境地；危及，損害
She knew that by failing her finals she could jeopardize her whole future.
她知道考試不及格會影響自己整個未來的前途。

Question 3

permeate

Answer 3

滲透；瀰漫；遍佈；充滿
Dissatisfaction with the government seems to have permeated every section of society.
社會的每一個角落似乎都瀰漫著對政府的不滿。

Question 4

propitious

Answer 4

吉祥的，吉利的
With the economy in recession, it was not a propitious time to start a company.
經濟正處於蕭條時期，這可不是開公司的好時候。

Question 5

curtail

Answer 5

制止；減少；縮減；限制
to curtail your holiday/spending
縮短假期／縮減開支

Question 6

cryptic

Answer 6

神秘的，隱秘的；有隱義的；費解的
I got a cryptic text message from Sam.
我收到山姆寄來的一條含義隱晦的簡訊。

Question 7

repress

Answer 7

壓抑，壓制，克制（尤指感情）
He repressed a sudden desire to cry.
他突然想哭，但他控制住了自己。

Question 8

surmise

Answer 8

推測，猜測，臆測
[ + (that) ] The police surmise (that) the robbers have fled the country.
據警方推測，搶劫犯已經逃離這個國家。

Question 9

inchoate

Answer 9

才開始的；不完全的；未發展完善的
She had a child’s inchoate awareness of language.
她具有兒童對語言的初步意識。

Question 10

nettle

Answer 10

激怒，惹惱
She looked up at me sharply, clearly nettled by the interruption.
她抬起頭狠狠地瞪著我，顯然是被我插話打斷她的舉動激怒了。

Question 11

aspire to sth

Answer 11

追求；渴望；有志於
Few people who aspire to fame ever achieve it.
追求顯赫名聲的人很少能如願以償。

Question 12

inveigh against sb/sth

Answer 12

猛烈抨擊；痛駡
There were politicians who inveighed against immigrants to get votes.
有些政客透過猛烈抨擊移民來獲取選票。

Question 13

overt

Answer 13

公開的，明顯的，毫不隱瞞的
overt criticism
公開的批評

Question 14

relegate

Answer 14

貶職；使降級；降低…的地位
She resigned when she was relegated to a desk job.
因被降職做文書，她就辭了職。

Question 15

supine

Answer 15

仰臥的
We walked along the beach, past the rows of supine bodies soaking up the sun.
我們沿著海灘漫步，一路上到處都是一排排仰臥在海灘上曬太陽的人。

Question 16

raze

Answer 16

把（城市、建築物等）夷爲平地；徹底摧毀
The town was razed to the ground in the bombing raid - not a building was left standing.
整個城鎮在空襲中被夷爲平地——沒有一座建築物倖存。

Question 17

repulse

Answer 17

趕走，驅逐；擊退（尤指進攻）；拒絕，拒絕接受
The enemy attack was quickly repulsed.
敵人的進攻很快被擊退了。

Question 18

mammoth

Answer 18

巨大的；龐大的
Cleaning up the city-wide mess is going to be a mammoth task.
清掃全市範圍內的垃圾將是一項艱巨的任務。

Question 19

havoc

Answer 19

破壞，毀壞；混亂
The storm wreaked (= caused) havoc in the garden, uprooting trees and blowing a fence down.
暴風雨摧毀了花園，樹被連根拔起，一排圍欄也被吹倒了。

Question 20

incisive

Answer 20

銳利的；深刻的
incisive questions/comments
尖銳的問題／深刻的評論

Question 21

scurry

Answer 21

碎步快跑
The mouse scurried across the floor.
老鼠從地板上咻地溜過。

Question 22

lethal

Answer 22

致命的；極其危險的
Three minutes after the fire started, the house was full of lethal fumes.
起火三分鐘後，房子裡充滿了致命的毒氣。

Question 23

precipitate

Answer 23

促成；使突如其來地發生；加速…的發生
An invasion would certainly precipitate a political crisis.
入侵肯定會加劇政治危機。

Question 24

stereotype

Answer 24

（尤指錯誤的）刻板印象，老套俗見，成見
racial/sexual stereotypes
陳舊的種族偏見／性別成見
He doesn't conform to/fit/fill the national stereotype of a Frenchman.
他不符合一般人心目中法國人的形象。

Question 25

sinecure

Answer 25

坐領乾薪的職位，閒職 ，冗職

Question 26

stentorian

Answer 26

大聲的；（嗓音）洪亮的
a stentorian preacher
聲若洪鐘的牧師

Question 27

valor

Answer 27

英勇，勇猛，勇敢
He was promoted to the rank of major in recognition of his valour during the battle.
他因作戰英勇被晉升為少校。

Question 28

singular

Answer 28

單數（的）
a singular ending/form/noun/verb
單數詞尾／形式／名詞／動詞

Question 29

bias

Answer 29

偏見；偏心；偏袒
The senator has accused the media of bias.
參議員指責新聞媒體有偏見。

Question 30

complicity

Answer 30

同謀；共犯；串通
She is suspected of complicity in the fraud.
她涉嫌參與了這宗詐騙案。

Question 31

liquidation

Answer 31

（債務的）償付，了結；（公司等的）清盤

The bankrupt company went into liquidation. 這家破產公司停業清盤。

Question 32

culpable

Answer 32

應受譴責的；該受處罰的；該對錯誤負責的
He was held culpable (= blamed) for all that had happened.
他被認為應該為所發生的一切負責。

Question 33

recant

Answer 33

公開宣佈放棄（以前的信仰）
After a year spent in solitary confinement, he publicly recanted (his views).
在被單獨監禁了一年後，他公開宣佈放棄（他的觀點）。

Question 34

accomplice

Answer 34

共犯，同謀，幫兇

Question 35

preclude

Answer 35

排除，防止，杜絕；阻礙
His contract precludes him from discussing his work with anyone outside the company.
合約中禁止他與公司外的人談論工作。

Question 36

alleged

Answer 36

被說成的，（尤指在證據不足的情況下）被指控的
It took 15 years for the alleged criminals (= people thought to be criminals) to prove their innocence.
那些被指控犯罪的人用了15年時間才證明自己是無辜的。

Question 37

abrogate

Answer 37

正式廢除，廢止；撤銷
The treaty was abrogated in 1929.
該條約於1929年廢止。

Question 38

invalidate

Answer 38

使無效；使作廢

Question 39

access

Answer 39

通道；途徑；（接近某地或某人的）機會（或方法）；（使用某物的）權利
The only access to the village is by boat.
到那個村子去的唯一方法是乘船。

Question 40

extrinsic

Answer 40

外在的，外來的；非固有的，非本質的
Extrinsic forces were responsible for the breakdown of the peace talks.
和談破裂，外部壓力難辭其咎。

Question 41

persevere

Answer 41

鍥而不捨，堅持不懈
It looks as if the policy will be a success, providing that the government perseveres and does not give in to its critics.
看來如果政府鍥而不捨，不向批評家屈服，這項政策就有可能成功。

Question 42

landmark

Answer 42

地標；標誌性建築
The Rock of Gibraltar is one of Europe’s most famous landmarks.
直布羅陀岩山是歐洲最著名的地標之一。

Question 43

declaim

Answer 43

朗誦；（尤指）大聲宣佈，慷慨激昂地聲稱
[ + speech ] “The end of the world is at hand!” the poster declaimed.
「世界末日就要來了！」那張傳單上寫著。

Question 44

fetter

Answer 44

束縛；限制；抑制
He felt fettered by a nine-to-five office existence.
朝九晚五的辦公室生活讓他覺得頗受束縛。

Question 45

nomadic

Answer 45

遊牧的；流浪的

Question 46

paragon

Answer 46

完人，盡善盡美的模範（或典型）
In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue.
在這本小說中，康斯坦薩是一個美德的典範。

Question 47

controversial

Answer 47

有爭議的；引起爭議的
a controversial issue/decision/speech/figure
有爭議的問題／決議／講話／數字

Question 48

asperity

Answer 48

（言語、舉止的）嚴厲，粗暴
the asperity of her manner
她舉止的粗暴

Question 49

epithet

Answer 49

（通常指在褒貶人時使用的）表述形容詞，修飾語
The singer’s 104-kilo frame earned him the epithet of “Man Mountain” in the press.
這位歌劇演員身材魁梧，體重104公斤，在新聞報道中他因此而被冠以「巨人」的稱號。

Question 50

cursory

Answer 50

倉促的；草草的；粗略的
a cursory glance/look
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