9 Flashcards
scion
豪門望族的後裔，富家子弟
He’s the scion of a very wealthy newspaper-publishing family.
他出身於報業世家，家境富裕。
obsequious
巴結的，諂媚的；卑躬屈膝的
She is embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority.
她差不多對任何當權者都卑躬屈膝，真令人難堪。
indoctrinate
向…灌輸
Some parents were critical of attempts to indoctrinate children in green ideology.
有些父母對向孩子灌輸綠色生態意識的意圖提出了批評。
fulsome
過分恭維的；諂媚的；言過其實的
Her new book has received fulsome praise from the critics.
評論界對她的新書稱讚得言過其實。
lush
（地區）鬱鬱蔥蔥的，植被茂盛的
lush green valleys
鬱鬱蔥蔥的山谷
ponder
沉思，默想，考慮
She sat back for a minute to ponder her next move in the game.
她在椅背上靠了一會兒，思考下一步棋該怎麼走。
destitution
窮困；缺乏
supplication
懇求，哀求；祈禱，祈求[C][U]
He knelt in supplication. 他跪下祈求。
decadence
墮落，頹廢，腐朽
Western decadence
西方的墮落
disciple
信徒，門徒，追隨者
an ardent disciple of Gandhi
甘地忠實的追隨者
metamorphosis
徹底的變化
Under the new editor, the magazine has undergone a metamorphosis.
在新主編的領導下，這本雜誌徹底改頭換面了。
penance
悔過，悔罪；補贖
As a penance, she said she would buy them all a box of chocolates.
為了表示歉意，她說她要給他們每個人都買一盒巧克力。
ascetic
（常指因宗教原因）苦行的，禁慾的，過清苦生活的
They live a very ascetic life.
他們過著清心寡慾的生活。
desultory
漫無目的的，隨意的；無計劃的
She made a desultory attempt at conversation.
她只是隨意聊聊而已。
nurture
養育，培育（尤指幼兒或植物）
She wants to stay at home and nurture her children.
她想留在家裡照顧孩子。
bona fide
真的；真實的，非虛假的
Make sure you are dealing with a bona fide company.
要確保和你打交道的不是影子公司。
salvation
救助（途徑）； 解救（辦法）
After the diagnosis, getting to know Mary was his salvation.
調查分析一番之後，他意識到結識瑪麗是他唯一的出路。
nirvana
涅槃（佛教徒所追尋的超脫一切的極度精神自由的境界）
materialism
實利主義，物質主義
So have we become a self-centred society, preoccupied with materialism?
我們的社會已變成一個以自我為中心、物質主義盛行的社會了嗎？
juxtapose
把（不同的事物）並置，把…並列
The exhibition juxtaposes Picasso’s early drawings with some of his later works.
展覽同時展出了畢卡索早期的畫作和他的一些晚期作品。
incompatibility
不協調，不一致，不相容
cope
（成功地）對付，應付，處理
It must be really hard to cope with three young children and a job.
要照顧三個小孩還要工作肯定不容易。
plight
困境，窘境
the plight of the poor/homeless
窮人／無家可歸者的困難處境
covert
隱蔽的；隱秘的；秘密的
covert actions
秘密活動
fabricate
捏造，虛構；偽造
He was late, so he fabricated an excuse to avoid trouble.
他遲到了，就編了個理由以免惹上麻煩。
connubial
婚姻的
connubial bliss
婚姻的幸福
demur
提出異議；拒絕
The lawyer requested a break in the court case, but the judge demurred.
律師請求休庭，但法官沒有同意。
appellation
名稱，稱號
As a child, he received the appellation “Mouse”.
他小的時候被叫做「老鼠」。
incapacitate
使無能力（正常工作或做事）；使無法（做想做之事）
The accident left me incapacitated for seven months.
這次意外導致我七個月不能正常生活和工作。
escalation
逐步上升；逐步擴大[U][C]
a steady escalation of violence
暴力的逐步上升
indifference
不感興趣；漠不關心，冷淡
Many native speakers of a language show indifference to/towards grammatical points.
許多人都不關注其母語的文法。
potential
潛在的，可能的
A number of potential buyers have expressed interest in the company.
一些潛在的買主表達了對該公司的興趣。
cumulative
累積的；漸增的
The cumulative effect of using so many chemicals on the land could be disastrous.
使用大量化學物質經年累月會對土地造成災難性的後果。
recondite
深奧的；玄妙的；晦澀的
We had to work from material that was both complex and recondite.
我們不得不從那些複雜晦澀的資料著手開始工作。
acknowledge
承認；認可…屬實或存在
[ + -ing verb ] She acknowledged having been at fault.
她承認自己有過錯。
delude
欺騙，矇騙
He’s deluding himself if he thinks he’s going to be promoted this year.
如果他認為今年將獲得晉升，那他是在自己騙自己。
palliate
減輕負面影響
They tried to palliate the hardship of their lives.
他們試圖緩解生活的艱難。
prelude
序幕，先聲，前奏
The changes are seen as a prelude to wide-ranging reforms.
這些變革被視為大範圍改革的序幕。
chimerical
空想的；妄想的；荒誕不經的；荒唐的
maladjusted
（通常指兒童）不適應社會環境的，適應不良的
a residential school for disturbed and maladjusted children
為有心理障礙和適應不良的兒童開設的寄宿學校
heterogeneous
各種各樣的；混雜的
Switzerland is a heterogeneous confederation of 26 self-governing cantons.
瑞士是一個由26個不同的自治州組成的聯邦。
perspicacious
聰穎的；敏銳的；有洞察力的
His perspicacious grandfather had bought the land as an investment, guessing that there might be gold underground.
他睿智的祖父投資買下了這塊地，認為地下可能有黃金。
analogous
類似的；可比擬的[（+to/with）]
The heart is analogous to a pump.
心臟和水泵有相似之處。
gamut
整個範圍；全部
In her stories she expresses the whole gamut of emotions, from happiness to sorrow.
她的短篇小説呈現了喜怒哀樂等千情百感。
neurotic
神經過敏的，神經質的
neurotic behaviour/tendencies
神經質的行為／傾向
decade
十年；年代
mortality
必死性，生命的有限
Her death made him more aware of his own mortality.
她的去世讓他更加意識到自己終有一死。
susceptible
易受影響的，易受傷害的
She isn’t very susceptible to flattery.
她不太聽信別人的奉承。
phenomenon
（尤指不尋常的或有趣的）現象
Gravity is a natural phenomenon.
重力是一種自然現象。
enunciate
清楚地念（字）；清晰地發（音）
He doesn’t enunciate (his words) very clearly.
他（說話）發音不是太清晰。
