8 Flashcards
buff
愛好者
a computer/opera/film buff
電腦／歌劇／電影愛好者
romp
瘋鬧，嬉耍喧鬧，喧鬧地玩耍
The children romped happily around/about in the garden.
孩子們高興地在花園中嬉笑打鬧。
latent
潛在的，潛伏的，隱性的
Recent developments in the area have brought latent ethnic tension out into the open.
近來該地區的一些新情況導致民族之間潛在的緊張關係公開化了。
inherent
內在的；固有的，生來就有的
There are dangers/risks inherent in almost every sport.
幾乎每種運動本身都帶有危險／風險。
tortuous
彎彎曲曲的；曲折的；轉彎抹角的
He took a tortuous route through back streets.
他選擇穿過偏僻的街道，走了一條彎彎曲曲的路線。
conjugal
婚姻的；夫妻間的（尤指性生活）
conjugal happiness
婚姻的美滿
peregrination
（尤指徒步的）旅行；漫遊；旅程；遊歷
itinerant
（工作）巡迴的，流動的
an itinerant journalist/labourer/preacher
四處奔波的記者／流動勞工／巡迴傳道者
barometer
（顥示特定形勢或人們對某一問題態度變化的）晴雨錶，標誌
This survey is considered to be a reliable barometer of public opinion.
這項調查被看作是可靠的晴雨錶，能反映出民意。
profligate
恣意揮霍的，浪費的
She is well-known for her profligate spending habits.
她因恣意揮霍錢財而出名。
strife
衝突；糾紛；爭吵
What are the prospects for overcoming the strife between the Christian minority and Muslim majority?
解決基督教少數派和回教多數派之間衝突的前景如何？
legions of sb
大批的（人）
He failed to turn up for the concert, disappointing the legions of fans waiting outside.
他沒有在音樂會上露面，這讓等在場外的衆多歌迷感到非常失望。
coup
意想不到的成功
It was a tremendous coup for the local paper to get an exclusive interview with Prince Charles.
當地報紙能獨家採訪到查爾斯王子是破天荒的成功。
megalomania
誇大狂，自大狂；妄自尊大
mendacious
虛假的，捏造的，不真實的
Some of these statements are misleading and some are downright mendacious.
這些陳述有些有誤導性，有些完全是捏造的。
exonerate
證明…無罪；宣佈…無罪；使免受責備
The report exonerated the crew from all responsibility for the collision.
報告證明機組人員對飛機相撞事件不負任何責任。
expatriate
（旅居國外的）僑民
A large community of expatriates has settled there.
已經有一大批僑民在那邊定居了。
fiat
（當權者的）法令，命令；諭
No company can set industry standards by fiat.
任何公司都不能透過法令來制定行業標準。
amnesty
（對政治犯的）赦免，大赦
Most political prisoners were freed under the terms of the amnesty.
大多數政治犯按照大赦的條款獲得了自由。
dismantle
拆開，拆卸
She dismantled the washing machine to see what the problem was, but couldn’t put it back together again.
她拆開洗衣機想看看出了甚麽問題，但是卻裝不起來了。
sumptuous
奢侈的，豪華的，奢華的
The celebrity guests turned up dressed in sumptuous evening gowns.
名流們身著奢華的晚禮服盛裝出席。
parsimonious
吝嗇小氣的，過度節儉的
She’s too parsimonious to heat the house properly.
她太節儉了，連給房子供足暖氣都捨不得。
pecuniary
錢的；金錢上的
pecuniary interest/loss/benefit
金錢方面的利益／損失／好處
underwrite
（銀行或其他機構）爲…提供財力支援並承擔經濟責任
restrictive
限制性的；約束性的
He is self-employed because he finds working for other people too restrictive.
他是個自僱人士，因為他覺得在別人手下工作太不自由。
blunt
直率的；生硬的；直截了當的
I’ll be blunt - that last piece of work you did was terrible.
我就直説了——你創作的最後一件作品糟糕透了。
nostalgia
對往事的懷念，懷舊，念舊
Some people feel nostalgia for their schooldays.
有些人對自己的學生時代充滿了懷舊之情。
rife
（指不良事物）盛行的；流行的；普遍的
Dysentery and malaria are rife in the refugee camps.
痢疾和瘧疾在難民營肆虐。
balk
猶豫
I balked at the prospect of spending four hours on a train with him.
想到要與他一起在火車上度過四個小時，我就感到心不甘情不願的。
nebulous
（尤指想法）模糊不清的，含糊的
She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might want to do in the future, but nothing definite.
她對自己將來要做甚麼有些模糊的想法，但都不確定。
reviled
謾罵；辱罵；痛斥
The judge was reviled in the newspapers for his opinions on rape.
這位法官因其對強姦的觀點被報紙罵了個狗血噴頭。
indict
控告，告發；起訴
He was indicted on drug charges at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
在斯奈爾斯布魯克刑事法庭他被起訴犯有與毒品有關的罪行。
pesky
討厭的；惹麻煩的
Those pesky kids from next door have let the air out of my car tyres again!
隔壁那些討厭的孩子又放了我汽車輪胎的氣！
derogatory
詆毀的，貶損的，貶低的
He made some derogatory comment/remark about her appearance.
他對她的相貌貶低了一番。
repose
休息；憩息；臥眠
She reposed on the sofa.
她躺在沙發上休息。
abstemious
（尤指對美食或飲酒）有節制的；戒絕的
redolent
散發出…強烈氣味的；（尤指氣味）使人聯想起…的
The album is a heartfelt cry, redolent of a time before radio and television.
這張專輯唱出了人們的心聲，將人們帶回到沒有收音機和電視的時代。
omnivorous
雜食性的
Pigs are omnivorous animals.
豬是雜食動物。
disparate
截然不同的，迥然相異的
The two cultures were so utterly disparate that she found it hard to adapt from one to the other.
這兩種文化截然不同，她發現很難由一種文化轉而去適應另一種文化。
extant
現存的；尚存的
We have some extant parish records from the 16th century.
我們保存了一些16世紀留下來的教區記錄。
vicissitudes
變遷；人生沉浮；波折
Losing your job is just one of the vicissitudes of life.
失業只是曲折人生中的一個插曲。
edifice
（尤指雄偉豪華的）大廈，宏偉建築
The town hall is the only edifice surviving from the 15th century.
市政廳是唯一一座存留下來的15世紀的雄偉建築。
sultry
（天氣）悶熱的，濕熱的
trenchant
（批評或意見）尖銳的，尖刻的，犀利的
His most trenchant criticism is reserved for the party leader, whom he describes as “the most incompetent and ineffectual the party has known”.
他對該黨的領導人予以最為尖銳的批評，稱他是「該黨有史以來最平庸、最無能的人」。
lugubrious
憂傷的，憂鬱的，悲傷的
a lugubrious face
愁眉苦臉的樣子
puissant
有權力的；強有力的，強大的
The king introduced some of his most significant reforms as an advertisement of his own ever more puissant authority.
國王推出了一些最重要的改革措施，以此宣示自己勢不可擋的權勢。
unabated
未減弱的；不鬆勁的；勢頭不減的
The fighting continued unabated throughout the night.
整個晚上戰鬥一直很激烈。
maudlin
（尤指醉酒後）感情脆弱的，傷感的
levity
消遣；輕率
a brief moment of levity amid the solemn proceedings
嚴肅議程中的輕鬆一刻
opulence
財富；豐富
