Barrons 3500 A

Question 1

abase

Answer 1

V. /降低，羞辱/lower; humiliate. Defeated, Queen Zenobia was forced to abase herself before the conquering Romans, who made her march in chains before the emperor in the procession celebrating his triumph. abasement, N.

Question 2

abash

Answer 2

V. /使难堪/embarrass. He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

Question 3

abate

Answer 3

V. /减弱，减少/subside; decrease, lessen. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate. abate?ment, N.

Question 4

abbreviate

Answer 4

V. /减短，缩写/shorten. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.

Question 5

abdicate

Answer 5

V. /放弃/renounce; give up. When Edward VIII abdi?cated the British throne to marry the woman he loved, he surprised the entire world.

Question 6

abduction

Answer 6

N. /绑架/kidnapping. The movie Ransom describes the attempts to rescue a multimillionaire’s son after the child’s abduction by kidnappers. abduct,V.

Question 7

aberrant

Answer 7

N. /不正常的/abnormal or deviant. Given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the entire experiment. also N.

Question 8

abet

Answer 8

V. /帮助，鼓励/aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.

Question 9

abeyance

Answer 9

N. /悬而未决/suspended action. The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

Question 10

abhor

Answer 10

V. /憎恨/detest; hate. She abhorred all forms of bigotry. abhorrence, N.

Question 11

abject

Answer 11

ADJ. /穷困潦倒，卑微/wretched; lacking pride. On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in door?ways to find shelter from the wind.

Question 12

abjure

Answer 12

V. /发誓放弃/renounce upon oath. He abjured his allegiance to the king. abjuration, N.

Question 13

ablution

Answer 13

N. /洗/washing. His daily ablutions were accompa?nied by loud noises that he humorously labeled “Opera in the Bath.”

Question 14

abnegation

Answer 14

N. /批判，自我牺牲/repudiation; self-sacrifice. No act of abne?gation was more pronounced than his refusal of any rewards for his discovery.

Question 15

abolish

Answer 15

V. /废除/cancel; put an end to. The president of the col?lege refused to abolish the physical education requirement. abolition, N.

Question 16

abominable

Answer 16

ADJ. /可恶的，非常糟糕/detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad. Mary liked John until she learned he was dating Susan; then she called him an abominable young man, with abominable taste in women.

Question 17

aboriginal

Answer 17

ADJ., N. /原来的，土著的/being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native. Her studies of the primitive art forms of the aboriginal Indians were widely reported in the scientific journals. aborigines, N.

Question 18

abortive

Answer 18

ADJ. /不成功的，失败/unsuccessful; fruitless. Attacked by armed troops, the Chinese students had to abandon their abortive attempt to democratize Beijing peacefully. abort,V.

Question 19

abrade

Answer 19

V. /磨损，侵蚀/wear away by friction; scrape; erode. The sharp rocks abraded the skin on her legs, so she put iodine on her abrasions.

Question 20

abrasive

Answer 20

ADJ. /摩擦的，粗糙的，研磨剂/rubbing away; tending to grind down. Just as abrasive cleaning powders can wear away a shiny finish, abrasive remarks can wear away a listener’s patience. abrade,V.

Question 21

abridge

Answer 21

V. /删节，节选/condense or shorten. Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of War and Peace, they proceeded to abridge the novel.

Question 22

abrogate

Answer 22

ADJ. /废除/abolish. He intended to abrogate the decree issued by his predecessor.

Question 23

abscond

Answer 23

V. /隐匿，逃避，躲债/depart secretly and hide. The teller who absconded with the bonds went uncaptured until someone recognized him from his photograph on “America’s Most Wanted.”

Question 24

absolute

Answer 24

ADJ. /完全的，肯定的/complete; totally unlimited; certain. Although the King of Siam was an absolute monarch, he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity.

Question 25

absolve

Answer 25

V. /谅解/pardon (an offense). The father confessor absolved him of his sins. absolution, N.

Question 26

absorb

Answer 26

V. /吸收，合并/assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; wholly engage. During the nineteenth century, America absorbed hordes of immigrants, turning them into productive citizens. Can Huggies diapers absorb more liquid than Pampers can? This question does not absorb me; instead, it bores me. absorption, N.

Question 27

abstain

Answer 27

V. /控制，限制（自己）/refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice. After considering the effect of alcohol on his athletic performance, he decided to abstain from drink-ing while he trained for the race. abstinence, N.

Question 28

abstemious

Answer 28

ADJ. /节制（饮食），调节/sparing in eating and drinking; temper?ate. Concerned whether her vegetarian son's abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him.

Question 29

abstinence

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N. /节制（饮食）/restraint from eating or drinking. The doctor recommended total abstinence from salted foods. abstain,V.

Question 30

abstract

Answer 30

ADJ. /抽象的/theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresenta?tional. To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal.

Question 31

abstruse

Answer 31

ADJ. /难以理解的，复杂的/obscure; profound; difficult to understand. She carries around abstruse works of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to think she does.

Question 32

abundant

Answer 32

ADJ. /丰富，富足/plentiful; possessing riches or resources. At his immigration interview, Ivan listed his abundant rea?sons for coming to America: the hope of religious freedom, the prospect of employment, the promise of a more abun?dant life.

Question 33

abusive

Answer 33

ADJ. /粗俗的侮辱，对身体有害的/coarsely insulting; physically harmful. An abusive parent damages a child both mentally and physi?cally.

Question 34

abut

Answer 34

V. /毗邻/border upon; adjoin. Where our estates abut, we must build a fence.

Question 35

abysmal

Answer 35

ADJ. /无底的/bottomless. His arrogance is exceeded only by his abysmal ignorance.

Question 36

abyss

Answer 36

N. /深渊，深坑，无底洞/enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit. Darth Vader seized the evil emperor and hurled him down into the abyss,

Question 37

academic

Answer 37

ADJ. /学术的/related to a school; not practical or directly useful. The dean's talk about reforming the college admis?sions system was only an academic discussion: we knew little, if anything, would change.

Question 38

accede

Answer 38

V. /同意/agree. If I accede to this demand for blackmail, I am afraid that I will be the victim of future demands.

Question 39

accelerate

Answer 39

V. /加速/move faster. In our science class, we learn how falling bodies accelerate.

Question 40

accentuate

Answer 40

V. /强调，重音/emphasize; stress. If you accentuate the pos?itive and eliminate the negative, you may wind up with an overoptimistic view of the world.

Question 41

accessible

Answer 41

ADJ. /可得到的/easy to approach; obtainable. We asked our guide whether the ruins were accessible on foot.

Question 42

accessory

Answer 42

N. /附件/additional object; useful but not essential thing. She bought an attractive handbag as an accessory for her dress. alsoADJ.

Question 43

acclaim

Answer 43

V. /赞扬，表扬/applaud; announce with great approval. The NBC sportscasters acclaimed every American victory in the Olympics and decried every American defeat. also N.

Question 44

acclimate

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V. /适应/adjust to climate. One of the difficulties of our present air age is the need of travelers to acclimate them?selves to their new and often strange environments.

Question 45

acclivity

Answer 45

N. /上山的陡坡/sharp upslope of a hill. The car would not go up the acclivity in high gear.

Question 46

accolade

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N. /出名的大奖/award of merit. In Hollywood, an "Oscar" is the highest accolade.

Question 47

accommodate

Answer 47

V. /招待，食宿，适应/oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt. Mitch always did everything possible to accommodate his elderly relatives, from driving them to medical appointments to helping them with paperwork. (secondary meaning)

Question 48

accomplice

Answer 48

N. /共犯，同伙/partner in crime. Because he had provided the criminal with the lethal weapon, he was arrested as an accomplice in the murder.

Question 49

accord

Answer 49

N. /一致/agreement. She was in complete accord with the verdict.

Question 50

accost

Answer 50

V. /搭讪，邂逅/approach and speak first to a person. When the two young men accosted me, I was frightened because I thought they were going to attack me.

Question 51

accoutre

Answer 51

V. /装备/equip. The fisherman was accoutred with the best that the sporting goods store could supply. accoutre?ments, N.

Question 52

accretion

Answer 52

N. /增长/growth; increase. The accretion of wealth marked the family's rise in power.

Question 53

accrue

Answer 53

V. /附带的/come about by addition. You must pay the inter?est that has accrued on your debt as well as the principal sum. accrual, N.

Question 54

acerbity

Answer 54

N. /尖酸的（语气，脾气）/bitterness of speech and temper. The meeting of the United Nations General Assembly was marked with such acerbity that informed sources held out little hope of reaching any useful settlement of the problem. acerbic,ADJ.

Question 55

acetic

Answer 55

ADJ. /酸的/vinegary. The salad had an exceedingly acetic flavor.

Question 56

acidulous

Answer 56

ADJ. /酸的；尖锐，刻薄/slightly sour; sharp, caustic. James was unpopular because of his sarcastic and acidulous remarks.

Question 57

acknowledge

Answer 57

V. /认可，承认/recognize; admit. Although I acknowl?edge that the Beatles' tunes sound pretty dated today, I still prefer them to the "gangsta rap" songs my brothers play.

Question 58

acme

Answer 58

N. /顶点/top; pinnacle. His success in this role marked the acme of his career as an actor.

Question 59

acoustics

Answer 59

N. /声学的/science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in. Carnegie Hall is liked by music lovers because of its fine acoustics.

Question 60

acquiesce

Answer 60

V. /默许/assent; agree without protesting. Although she appeared to acquiesce to her employer's suggestions, I could tell she had reservations about the changes he wanted made. acquiescence, N.; acquiescent,ADJ.

Question 61

acquire

Answer 61

V. /获取/obtain; get. Frederick Douglass was deter?mined to acquire an education despite his master's efforts to prevent his doing so.

Question 62

acquittal

Answer 62

N. /无罪开释/deliverance from a charge. His acquittal by the jury surprised those who had thought him guilty. acquit,V.

Question 63

acrid

Answer 63

ADJ. /尖锐；尖酸/sharp; bitterly pungent. The acrid odor of burnt gunpowder filled the room after the pistol had been fired.

Question 64

acrimonious

Answer 64

ADJ. /挖苦的，尖酸的（语言，行为）/bitter in words or manner. The candidate attacked his opponent in highly acrimonious terms. acri?mony,

Question 65

acrophobia

Answer 65

N. /恐高症/fear of heights. A born salesman, he could convince someone with a bad case of acrophobia to sign up for a life membership in a sky-diving club.

Question 66

actuarial

Answer 66

ADJ. /保险精算的，精算/calculating; pertaining to insurance statis?tics. According to recent actuarial tables, life expectancy is greater today than it was a century ago.

Question 67

actuate

Answer 67

V. /推动，促使/motivate. I fail to understand what actuated you to reply to this letter so nastily.

Question 68

acuity

Answer 68

N. /尖锐/sharpness. In time his youthful acuity of vision failed him, and he needed glasses.

Question 69

acumen

Answer 69

N. /思想敏锐/mental keenness. His business acumen helped him to succeed where others had failed.

Question 70

acute

Answer 70

ADJ. /精明，敏锐，聪明/quickly perceptive; keen; brief and severe. The acute young doctor realized immediately that the gradual deterioration of her patient's once acute hearing was due to a chronic illness, not an acute one.

Question 71

adage

Answer 71

N. /格言，谚语/wise saying; proverb. There is much truth in the old adage about fools and their money.

Question 72

adamant

Answer 72

ADJ. /坚硬，不动摇/hard; inflexible. Bronson played the part of a revenge-driven man, adamant in his determination to pun?ish the criminals who destroyed his family. adamancy, N.

Question 73

adapt

Answer 73

V. /改变/alter; modify. Some species of animals have become extinct because they could not adapt to a chang?ing environment.

Question 74

addendum

Answer 74

N. /附加，补充/an addition or supplement. As an adden?dum to the minutes, let me point out that Susan moved to appoint Kathy and Arthur to the finance committee.

Question 75

addiction

Answer 75

N. /瘾，依赖/compulsive, habitual need. His addiction to drugs caused his friends much grief.

Question 76

addle

Answer 76

V. /使变疯，腐坏/muddle; drive crazy; become rotten. This idiotic plan is confusing enough to addle anyone. addled,ADJ.

Question 77

address

Answer 77

V. /发表（演讲），处理，讨论/direct a speech to; deal with or discuss. Due to address the convention in July, Brown planned to address the issue of low-income housing in his speech.

Question 78

adept

Answer 78

ADJ. /擅长于/expert at. She was adept at the fine art of irritat?ing people. also N.

Question 79

adhere

Answer 79

V. /黏着/stick fast. I will adhere to this opinion until proof that I am wrong is presented. adhesion, N.

Question 80

adherent

Answer 80

N. /支持者，追随者/supporter; follower. In the wake of the scan?dal, the senator's one-time adherents quickly deserted him.

Question 81

adjacent

Answer 81

ADJ. /邻近的，毗邻的/adjoining; neighboring; close by. Philip's best friend Jason lived only four houses down the block, close but not immediately adjacent.

Question 82

adjunct

Answer 82

N. /无用的附加物/something added on or attached (generally nonessential or inferior). Although I don't absolutely need a second computer, I plan to buy a laptop to serve as an adjunct to my desktop model.

Question 83

admonish

Answer 83

V. /警告，训斥/warn; reprove. He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways. admonition, N.

Question 84

admonition

Answer 84

N. /警告/warning. After the student protesters repeatedly rejected Chairman Deng's admonitions, the gov?ernment issued an ultimatum: either the students would end the demonstration at once or the soldiers would fire on the crowd.

Question 85

adorn

Answer 85

V. /装饰/decorate. Wall paintings and carved statues adorned the temple. adornment, N.

Question 86

adroit

Answer 86

ADJ. /熟练，有技巧/skillful. His adroit handling of the delicate situa?tion pleased his employers.

Question 87

adulation

Answer 87

N. /奉承，恭维/flattery; admiration. The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies and yes men. adulate,V.

Question 88

adulterate

Answer 88

V. /掺杂/make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. It is a crime to adulterate foods without inform?ing the buyer; when consumers learned that Beech-Nut had adulterated their apple juice by mixing it with water, they protested vigorously.

Question 89

advent

Answer 89

N. /到来，出现/arrival. Most Americans were unaware of the advent of the Nuclear Age until the news of Hiroshima reached them.

Question 90

adventitious

Answer 90

ADJ. /偶然/accidental; casual. He found this adventitious meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.

Question 91

adversary

Answer 91

N. /对手/opponent. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his adversary.

Question 92

adverse

Answer 92

ADJ. /讨厌，敌意/unfavorable; hostile. The recession had a highly adverse effect on Father's investment portfolio: he lost so much money that he could no longer afford the but?ler and the upstairs maid. adversity, N.

Question 93

adversity

Answer 93

N. /贫困，不幸/poverty; misfortune. We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.

Question 94

advocacy

Answer 94

N. /支持，辩护/support; active pleading on something's behalf. No threats could dissuade Bishop Desmond Tutu from his advocacy of the human rights of black South Africans.

Question 95

advocate

Answer 95

V. /辩护/urge; plead for. The abolitionists advocated freedom for the slaves. also N.

Question 96

aerie

Answer 96

N. /猛禽的窝/nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk). The mother eagle swooped down on the unwitting rabbit and bore it off to her aerie high in the Rocky Mountains.

Question 97

aesthetic

Answer 97

ADJ. /审美的/artistic; dealing with or capable of apprecia?tion of the beautiful. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's aesthetic sense. aesthete, N.

Question 98

affable

Answer 98

ADJ. /平易近人的/easily approachable; warmly friendly. Accus?tomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was.

Question 99

affected

Answer 99

ADJ. /假的，做作的/artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress. His affected mannerisms-his "Harvard" accent, his air of boredom, his use of obscure foreign words?bugged us: he acted as if he thought he was too good for his old high school friends. affectation, N.

Question 100

affidavit

Answer 100

N. /宣誓书/written statement made under oath. The court refused to accept his statement unless he presented it in the form of an affidavit.

Question 101

affiliation

Answer 101

N. /联合，加入/joining; associating with. His affiliation with the political party was of short duration for he soon disagreed with his colleagues.

Question 102

affinity

Answer 102

N. /亲缘关系/kinship. She felt an affinity with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.

Question 103

affirmation

Answer 103

N. /正面肯定，确认/positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath. Despite Tom's affirmations of innocence, Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie.

Question 104

affix

Answer 104

V. /增加，附于/fasten; attach; add on. First the registrar had to affix her signature to the license; then she had to affix her official seal.

Question 105

affliction

Answer 105

N. /痛苦/state of distress; cause of suffering. Even in the midst of her affliction, Elizabeth tried to keep up the spirits of those around her.

Question 106

affluence

Answer 106

N. /富足，财富/abundance; wealth. Foreigners are amazed by the affluence and luxury of the American way of life.

Question 107

affront

Answer 107

N. /侮辱，冒犯；蓄意蔑视/insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect. When Mrs. Proudie was not seated beside the Archdeacon at the head table, she took it as a personal affront and refused to speak to her hosts for a week. alsoV.

Question 108

aftermath

Answer 108

N. /后果，结果/consequences; outcome; upshot. People around the world wondered what the aftermath of China's violent suppression of the student protests would be.

Question 109

agenda

Answer 109

N. /议程/items of business at a meeting. We had so much difficulty agreeing upon an agenda that there was very little time for the meeting.

Question 110

agent

Answer 110

N. /方法，工具；代表/means or instrument; personal representative; per?son acting in an official capacity. °I will be the agent of America's destruction," proclaimed the beady-eyed villain, whose agent had gotten him the role. With his face, he could never have played the part of the hero, a heroic F.B.I. agent.

Question 111

agglomeration

Answer 111

N. /聚集，累积/collection; heap. It took weeks to assort the agglomeration of miscellaneous items she had col?lected on her trip.

Question 112

aggrandize

Answer 112

V. /增加，加强/increase or intensify. The history of the past quarter century illustrates how a President may aggrandize his power to act aggressively in international affairs without considering the wishes of Congress.

Question 113

aggregate

Answer 113

V. /收集，聚集/gather; accumulate. Before the Wall Street scandals, dealers in so-called junk bonds managed to aggregate great wealth in short periods of time. aggrega?tion, N.

Question 114

aggressor

Answer 114

N. /攻击者/attacker. Before you punish both boys for fighting, see whether you can determine which one was the aggressor.

Question 115

aghast

Answer 115

ADJ. /吓坏了的/horrified. He was aghast at the nerve of the speaker who had insulted his host.

Question 116

agility

Answer 116

N. /敏捷/nimbleness. The agility of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.

Question 117

agitate

Answer 117

V. /激怒，打扰/stir up; disturb. Her fiery remarks agitated the already angry mob.

Question 118

agnostic

Answer 118

N. /无神论者/one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality. Agnostics say we can neither prove nor disprove the existence of god; we simply just can't know. alsoADJ.

Question 119

agrarian

Answer 119

ADJ. /耕地的，耕种的/pertaining to land or its cultivation. The country is gradually losing its agrarian occupation and turn?ing more and more to an industrial point of view.

Question 120

alacrity

Answer 120

N. /欢快的情绪/cheerful promptness. Phil and Dave were raring to get off to the mountains; they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with alacrity.

Question 121

alchemy

Answer 121

N. /炼金术士/medieval chemistry. The changing of baser metals into gold was the goal of the students of alchemy. alchemist, N.

Question 122

alcove

Answer 122

N. /小隔间，壁橱/nook; small, recessed section of a room. Though their apartment lacked a full-scale dining room, an alcove adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook for the young couple.

Question 123

alias

Answer 123

N. /别名/an assumed name. John Smith's alias was Bob Jones. also ADV.

Question 124

alienate

Answer 124

V. /孤立，树敌/make hostile; separate. Her attempts to alien?ate the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.

Question 125

alimentary

Answer 125

ADJ. /营养的/supplying nourishment. The alimentary canal in our bodies is so named because digestion of foods occurs there. When asked for the name of the digestive tract, Sherlock Holmes replied, "Alimentary, my dear Watson."

Question 126

alimony

Answer 126

N. /（离婚后的）生活费，抚养费/payment by a husband to his divorced wife (or vice versa). Mrs. Jones was awarded $200 monthly alimony by the court when she was divorced from her husband.

Question 127

allay

Answer 127

V. /平静下来，（使）冷静下来/calm; pacify. The crew tried to allay the fears of the passengers by announcing that the fire had been con?trolled.

Question 128

allege

Answer 128

V. /断言/state without proof. Although it is alleged that she has worked for the enemy, she denies the allegation and, legally, we can take no action against her without proof. allegation, N.

Question 129

allegiance

Answer 129

N. /忠诚/loyalty. Not even a term in prison could shake Lech Walesa's allegiance to Solidarity, the Polish trade union he had helped to found.

Question 130

allegory

Answer 130

N. /寓言/story in which characters are used as symbols; fable. Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory of the temptations and victories of man's soul. allegorical,ADJ.

Question 131

alleviate

Answer 131

V. /解脱，释放，释然/relieve. This should alleviate the pain; if it does not, we shall have to use stronger drugs.

Question 132

alliteration

Answer 132

N. /头韵/repetition of beginning sound in poetry. "The furrow followed free" is an example of alliteration.

Question 133

allocate

Answer 133

V. /分配，制定/assign. Even though the Red Cross had allo?cated a large sum for the relief of the sufferers of the disas?ter, many people perished.

Question 134

alloy

Answer 134

N. /合金/a mixture as of metals. Alloys of gold are used more frequently than the pure metal.

Question 135

alloy

Answer 135

V. /混合，中和/mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate. Our delight at the Yankees' victory was alloyed by our concern for Dwight Gooden, who injured his pitching arm in the game.

Question 136

allude

Answer 136

V. /暗指/refer indirectly. Try not to mention divorce in Jack's presence because he will think you are alluding to his marital problems with Jill.

Question 137

allure

Answer 137

V. /诱惑，引诱/entice; attract. Allured by the song of the sirens, the helmsman steered the ship toward the reef. also N.

Question 138

allusion

Answer 138

N. /暗指，暗示/indirect reference. When Amanda said to the ticket scalper, "One hundred bucks? What do you want, a pound of flesh?," she was making an allusion to Shake?speare's Merchant of Venice.

Question 139

aloft

Answer 139

ADV. /向上/upward. The sailor climbed aloft into the rigging. To get into a loft bed, you have to climb aloft.

Question 140

aloof

Answer 140

ADJ. /分离，保留/apart; reserved. Shy by nature, she remained aloof while all the rest conversed.

Question 141

altercation

Answer 141

N. /大声争吵，激烈争论/noisy quarrel; heated dispute. In that hot?tempered household, no meal ever came to a peaceful con?clusion; the inevitable altercation might even end in blows.

Question 142

altruistic

Answer 142

ADJ. /无私的，关心他人的/unselfishly generous; concerned for others. In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships for hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths, Eugene Lang performed a truly altruistic deed. altruism, N.

Question 143

amalgamate

Answer 143

V. /结合，整合/combine; unite in one body. The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body.

Question 144

amass

Answer 144

V. /收集/collect. The miser's aim is to amass and hoard as much gold as possible.

Question 145

ambidextrous

Answer 145

ADJ. /双手都灵巧/capable of using either hand with equal ease. A switch-hitter in baseball should be naturally ambidextrous.

Question 146

ambience

Answer 146

N. /环境/environment; atmosphere. She went to the restaurant not for the food but for the ambience.

Question 147

ambiguous

Answer 147

ADJ. /模棱两可/unclear or doubtful in meaning. His ambiguous instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take. ambiguity, N.

Question 148

ambivalence

Answer 148

N. /矛盾的观点或情绪/the state of having contradictory or con?flicting emotional attitudes. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings. ambivalent,ADJ.

Question 149

amble

Answer 149

N. /漫步，缓行/moving at an easy pace. When she first mounted the horse, she was afraid to urge the animal to go faster than a gentle amble. alsoV.

Question 150

ambulatory

Answer 150

ADJ. /可移动的，不固定/able to walk; not bedridden. Juan was a highly ambulatory patient; not only did he refuse to be con?fined to bed, but he insisted on riding his skateboard up and down the halls.

Question 151

ameliorate

Answer 151

V. /提高/improve. Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums.

Question 152

amenable

Answer 152

ADJ. /有服从义务的，随时服从的/readily managed; willing to be led. He was amenable to any suggestions that came from those he looked up to; he resented advice from his inferiors.

Question 153

amend

Answer 153

V. /修订，修改，变更/correct; change, generally for the better. Hoping to amend his condition, he left Vietnam for the United States.

Question 154

amenities

Answer 154

N. /令人愉快的，礼貌的/convenient features; courtesies. In addition to the customary amenities for the business traveler-fax machines, modems, a health club-the hotel offers the ser?vices of a butler versed in the social amenities.

Question 155

amiable

Answer 155

ADJ. /可爱的，友好的，惬意的/agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly. In Little Women, Beth is the amiable daughter whose loving disposi?tion endears her to all who know her.

Question 156

amicable

Answer 156

ADJ. /温和的，友好礼貌的/politely friendly; not quarrelsome. Beth's sis?ter Jo is the hot-tempered tomboy who has a hard time maintaining amicable relations with those around her. Jo's quarrel with her friend Laurie finally reaches an amicable settlement, but not because Jo turns amiable overnight.

Question 157

amiss

Answer 157

ADJ. /错误/wrong; faulty. Seeing her frown, he wondered if anything were amiss. also ADV.

Question 158

amity

Answer 158

N. /友谊/friendship. Student exchange programs such as the Experiment in International Living were established to promote international amity.

Question 159

amnesia

Answer 159

N. /失忆，健忘/loss of memory. Because she was suffering from amnesia, the police could not get the young girl to identify herself.

Question 160

amnesty

Answer 160

N. /原谅/pardon. When his first child was born, the king granted amnesty to all in prison.

Question 161

amoral

Answer 161

ADJ. /不道德的/nonmoral. The amoral individual lacks a code of ethics; he cannot tell right from wrong. The immoral per?son can tell right from wrong; he chooses to do something he knows is wrong.

Question 162

amorous

Answer 162

ADJ. /爱情的/moved by sexual love; loving. "Love them and leave them" was the motto of the amorous Don Juan.

Question 163

amorphous

Answer 163

ADJ. /无形的，不成形的/formless; lacking shape or definition. As soon as we have decided on our itinerary, we shall send you a copy; right now, our plans are still amorphous.

Question 164

amphibian

Answer 164

ADJ. /两栖的/able to live both on land and in water. Frogs are classified as amphibian. also N.

Question 165

amphitheater

Answer 165

N. /椭圆形的剧院，斗兽场/oval building with tiers of seats. The spec?tators in the amphitheater cheered the gladiators.

Question 166

ample

Answer 166

ADJ. /丰富的，富足的/abundant. Bond had ample opportunity to escape. Why did he let us catch him?

Question 167

amplify

Answer 167

V. /放大/broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger. Charlie Brown tried to amplify his remarks, but he was drowned out by jeers from the audience. Lucy was smarter: she used a loudspeaker to amplify her voice.

Question 168

amputate

Answer 168

V. /截肢，切除/cut off part of body; prune. When the doctors had to amputate the young man's leg to prevent the spread of cancer, he did not let the loss of a limb keep him from participating in sports.

Question 169

amulet

Answer 169

N. /护身符/charm; talisman. Around her neck she wore the amulet that the witch doctor had given her.

Question 170

anachronistic

Answer 170

ADJ. /时代错误/having an error involving time in a story. The reference to clocks in Julius Caesar is anachronistic: clocks did not exist in Caesar's time. anachronism, N.

Question 171

analgesic

Answer 171

ADJ. /止痛的/causing insensitivity to pain. The analgesic qualities of this lotion will provide temporary relief.

Question 172

analogous

Answer 172

ADJ. /类似的/comparable. She called our attention to the things that had been done in an analogous situation and recommended that we do the same.

Question 173

analogy

Answer 173

N. /类比，相似/similarity; parallelism. A well-known analogy compares the body's immune system with an army whose defending troops are the lymphocytes or white blood cells.

Question 174

anarchist

Answer 174

N. /无政府主义者/person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority. Denying she was an anarchist, Katya maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it entirely. anarchy, N.

Question 175

anarchy

Answer 175

N. /无政府主义/absence of governing body; state of disorder. The assassination of the leaders led to a period of anarchy.

Question 176

anathema

Answer 176

N. /诅咒/solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse. The Ayatolla Khomeini heaped anath?ema upon "the Great Satan," that is, the United States. To the Ayatolla, America and the West were anathema; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words. anathematize,V.

Question 177

ancestry

Answer 177

N. /祖先/family descent. David can trace his ancestry as far back as the seventeenth century, when one of his ancestors was a court trumpeter somewhere in Germany. ancestral,ADJ.

Question 178

anchor

Answer 178

V. /固定；锚/secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place. We set the post in concrete to anchor it in place. anchorage, N.

Question 179

ancillary

Answer 179

ADJ. /辅助的/serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary. In an ancillary capacity, Doctor Watson was helpful; however, Holmes could not trust the good doctor to solve a perplex?ing case on his own. also N.

Question 180

anecdote

Answer 180

N. /奇闻轶事/short account of an amusing or interesting event. Rather than make concrete proposals for welfare reform, President Reagan told anecdotes about poor people who became wealthy despite their impoverished back?grounds.

Question 181

anemia

Answer 181

N. /贫血/condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles. The doctor ascribes her tiredness to anemia. anemic,ADJ.

Question 182

anesthetic

Answer 182

N. /麻醉药/substance that removes sensation with or with?out loss of consciousness. His monotonous voice acted like an anesthetic; his audience was soon asleep. anesthesia, N.

Question 183

anguish

Answer 183

N. /极度痛苦/acute pain; extreme suffering. Visiting the site of the explosion, the governor wept to see the anguish of the victims and their families.

Question 184

angular

Answer 184

ADJ. /有尖角的，瘦骨嶙峋的/sharp-cornered; stiff in manner. Mr. Spock's features, though angular, were curiously attractive, in a Vul?can way.

Question 185

animated

Answer 185

ADJ. /活跃的，有生气的/lively; spirited. Jim Carrey's facial expres?sions are highly animated: when he played Ace Ventura, he looked practically rubber-faced.

Question 186

animosity

Answer 186

N. /仇恨/active enmity. He incurred the animosity of the ruling class because he advocated limitations of their power.

Question 187

animus

Answer 187

N. /敌意/hostile feeling or intent. The animus of the speaker became obvious to all when he began to indulge in sarcastic and insulting remarks.

Question 188

annals

Answer 188

N. /记录，历史/records; history. In the annals of this period, we find no mention of democratic movements.

Question 189

annex

Answer 189

V. /接手/attach; take possession of. Mexico objected to the United States' attempts to annex the territory that later became the state of Texas.

Question 190

annihilate

Answer 190

V. /毁灭，破坏/destroy. The enemy in its revenge tried to annihilate the entire population.

Question 191

annotate

Answer 191

V. /评论，注释/comment; make explanatory notes. In the appendix to the novel, the editor sought to annotate many of the author's more esoteric references.

Question 192

annuity

Answer 192

N. /年金，养老金/yearly allowance. The annuity he setup with the insurance company supplements his social security bene?fits so that he can live very comfortably without working.

Question 193

annul

Answer 193

v. /避免/make void. The parents of the eloped couple tried to annul the marriage.

Question 194

anoint

Answer 194

V. /神圣化/consecrate. The prophet Samuel anointed David with oil, crowning him king of Israel.

Question 195

anomalous

Answer 195

ADJ. /不正常的，变态的/abnormal; irregular. He was placed in the anomalous position of seeming to approve procedures which he despised.

Question 196

*anomaly

Answer 196

N. /不正常/irregularity. A bird that cannot fly is an anomaly.

Question 197

anonymity

Answer 197

N. /匿名/state of being nameless; anonymousness. The donor of the gift asked the college not to mention him by name; the dean readily agreed to respect his anonymity.

Question 198

anonymous

Answer 198

ADJ. /匿名的/having no name. She tried to ascertain the identity of the writer of the anonymous letter.

Question 199

antagonism

Answer 199

N. /反抗，敌对/hostility; active resistance. Barry showed his antagonism toward his new stepmother by ignoring her whenever she tried talking to him. antagonistic,ADJ.

Question 200

antecede

Answer 200

V. /先于/precede. The invention of the radiotelegraph anteceded the development of television by a quarter of a century.

Question 201

antecedents

Answer 201

N. /历史环境；历史背景/preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background. Susi Bechhofer's ignorance of her Jewish background had its antecedents in the chaos of World War II. Smuggled out of Germany and adopted by a Christian family, she knew nothing of her birth and antecedents until she was reunited with her family in 1989.

Question 202

antediluvian

Answer 202

ADJ. /远古，上古，及其久远/antiquated; extremely ancient. Looking at his great-aunt's antique furniture, which must have been clut?tering up her attic since the time of Noah's flood, the young heir exclaimed, "Heavens! How positively antediluvian!"

Question 203

anthem

Answer 203

N. /圣歌，赞美诗/song of praise or patriotism. Let us now all join in singing the national anthem.

Question 204

anthology

Answer 204

N. /选集/book of literary selections by various authors. This anthology of science fiction was compiled by the late Isaac Asimov. anthologize,V.

Question 205

anthropocentric

Answer 205

ADJ. /人类中心说/regarding human beings as the cen?ter of the universe. Without considering any evidence that might challenge his anthropocentric viewpoint, Hector cate?gorically maintained that dolphins could not be as intelligent as men. anthropocentrism, N.

Question 206

anthropoid

Answer 206

ADJ. /类人的/manlike. The gorilla is the strongest of the anthropoid animals. also N.

Question 207

anthropologist

Answer 207

N. /人类学家/a student of the history and science of mankind. Anthropologists have discovered several relics of prehistoric man in this area.

Question 208

anthropomorphic

Answer 208

ADJ. /人形的/having human form or characteris?tics. Primitive religions often have deities with anthropomor?phic characteristics. anthropomorphism, N.

Question 209

anticlimax

Answer 209

N. /反高潮，突降/letdown in thought or emotion. After the fine performance in the first act, the rest of the play was an anti?climax. anticlimactic,ADJ.

Question 210

antidote

Answer 210

N. /解药/medicine to counteract a poison or disease. When Marge's child accidentally swallowed some cleaning fluid, the local poison control hotline instructed Marge how to administer the antidote.

Question 211

antipathy

Answer 211

N. /反对，厌恶/aversion; dislike. Tom's extreme antipathy for disputes keeps him from getting into arguments with his temperamental wife. Noise in any form is antipathetic to him. Among his other antipathies are honking cars, boom boxes, and heavy metal rock.

Question 212

antiquated

Answer 212

ADJ. /过时的，陈旧的/old-fashioned; obsolete. Philip had grown so accustomed to editing his papers on word processors that he thought typewriters were too antiquated for him to use.

Question 213

antiseptic

Answer 213

N. /抗菌物/substance that prevents infection. It is advis?able to apply an antiseptic to any wound, no matter how slight or insignificant. alsoADJ.

Question 214

antithesis

Answer 214

N. /对立面/contrast; direct opposite of or to. This tyranny was the antithesis of all that he had hoped for, and he fought it with all his strength.

Question 215

apathy

Answer 215

N. /漠不关心/lack of caring; indifference. A firm believer in democratic government, she could not understand the apathy of people who never bothered to vote. apathetic,ADJ.

Question 216

ape

Answer 216

V. /模仿/imitate or mimic. He was suspended for a week because he had aped the principal in front of the whole school.

Question 217

aperture

Answer 217

N. /洞，穴，孔/opening; hole. She discovered a small aper?ture in the wall, through which the insects had entered the room.

Question 218

apex

Answer 218

N. /高点，顶点，高潮/tip; summit; climax. He was at the apex of his career: he had climbed to the top of the heap.

Question 219

aphasia

Answer 219

N. /失声/loss of speech due to injury or illness. After the automobile accident, the victim had periods of aphasia when he could not speak at all or could only mumble inco?herently.

Question 220

aphorism

Answer 220

N. /格言，警句，谚语/pithy maxim. An aphorism differs from an adage in that it is more philosophical or scientific. "The proper study of mankind is man" is an aphorism. "There's no smoke without a fire" is an adage. aphoristic,ADJ.

Question 221

apiary

Answer 221

N. /蜂房/a place where bees are kept. Although he spent many hours daily in the apiary, he was very seldom stung by a bee.

Question 222

aplomb

Answer 222

N. /沉着，垂直/poise; assurance. Gwen's aplomb in handling potentially embarrassing moments was legendary around the office; when one of her clients broke a piece of her best crystal, she coolly picked up her own goblet and hurled it into the fireplace.

Question 223

apocalyptic

Answer 223

ADJ. /启示的，启示录的/prophetic; pertaining to revelations. The crowd jeered at the street preacher's apocalyptic predictions of doom. The Apocalypse or Book of Revelations of Saint John prophesies the end of the world as we know it and fore?tells marvels and prodigies that signal the coming doom.

Question 224

apocryphal

Answer 224

ADJ. /假的，捏造的/untrue; made up. To impress his friends, Tom invented apocryphal tales of his adventures in the big city.

Question 225

apogee

Answer 225

N. /顶点/highest point. When the moon in its orbit is far?thest away from the earth, it is at its apogee.

Question 226

apolitical

Answer 226

ADJ. /不问政治的/having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs. It was hard to remain apolitical during the Vietnam War; even people who generally ignored public issues felt they had to take political stands.

Question 227

apologist

Answer 227

N. /辩护者/one who writes in defense of a cause or insti?tution. Rather than act as an apologist for the current regime in Beijing and defend its brutal actions, the young diplomat decided to defect to the West.

Question 228

apostate

Answer 228

N. /变节者，脱党者，叛徒/one who abandons his religious faith or politi?cal beliefs. Because he switched from one party to another, his former friends shunned him as an apostate. apostasy, N.

Question 229

apotheosis

Answer 229

N. /神化，典范/elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something. The apotheosis of a Roman emperor was designed to insure his eternal greatness: people would worship at his altar forever. The hero of the musical How to Succeed in Business ... was the apotheosis of yuppieness: he was the perfect upwardly-bound young man on the make.

Question 230

appall

Answer 230

V. /使惊慌，震惊/dismay; shock. We were appalled by the horrify?ing conditions in the city's jails.

Question 231

apparatus

Answer 231

N. /器械，设备/equipment. Firefighters use specialized apparatus to fight fires.

Question 232

apparition

Answer 232

N. /鬼，幽灵/ghost; phantom. On the castle battlements, an apparition materialized and spoke to Hamlet, warning him of his uncle's treachery. In Ghostbusters, hordes of apparitions materialized, only to be dematerialized by the specialized apparatus wielded by Bill Murray.

Question 233

appease

Answer 233

V. /平静，安抚/pacify or soothe; relieve. Tom and Jody tried to appease the crying baby by offering him one toy after another, but he would not calm down until they appeased his hunger by giving him a bottle.

Question 234

appellation

Answer 234

N. /名字，标题/name; title. Macbeth was startled when the witches greeted him with an incorrect appellation. Why did they call him Thane of Cawdor, he wondered, when the holder of that title still lived?

Question 235

append

Answer 235

V. /追加，附上/attach. When you append a bibliography to a text, you have just created an appendix.

Question 236

application

Answer 236

N. /勤奋的付出/diligent attention. Pleased with how well Tom had whitewashed the fence, Aunt Polly praised him for his application to the task. apply, V. (secondary meaning)

Question 237

apposite

Answer 237

ADJ. /合适的/appropriate; fitting. He was always able to find the apposite phrase, the correct expression for every occasion.

Question 238

appraise

Answer 238

V. /估价/estimate value of. It is difficult to appraise the value of old paintings; it is easier to call them priceless. appraisal, N.

Question 239

appreciate

Answer 239

V. /感激；增值；赏识/be thankful for; increase in worth; be thor?oughly conscious of. Little Orphan Annie truly appreciated the stocks Daddy Warbucks gave her, which appreciated in value considerably over the years.

Question 240

apprehend

Answer 240

V. /逮捕；惧怕；领会/arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive. The police will apprehend the culprit and convict him before long.

Question 241

apprehension

Answer 241

N. /害怕/fear. His nervous glances at the passersby on the deserted street revealed his apprehension.

Question 242

apprenticeship

Answer 242

N. /学徒身份/time spent as a novice learning a trade from a skilled worker. As a child, Pip had thought it would be wonderful to work as Joe's apprentice; now he hated his apprenticeship and scorned the blacksmith's trade.

Question 243

apprise

Answer 243

V. /告诉/inform. When he was apprised of the danger?ous weather conditions, he decided to postpone his trip.

Question 244

approbation

Answer 244

N. /同意，批准/approval. She looked for some sign of approbation from her parents, hoping her good grades would please them.

Question 245

appropriate

Answer 245

V. /获得；挪用，据为己有/acquire; take possession of for one's own use. The ranch owners appropriated the lands that had originally been set aside for the Indians' use.

Question 246

apropos

Answer 246

PREP. /关于/with reference to; regarding. I find your remarks apropos of the present situation timely and perti?nent. also ADJ. and ADV.

Question 247

aptitude

Answer 247

N. /能力，才能/fitness; talent. The counselor gave him an apti?tude test before advising him about the career he should follow.

Question 248

aquatic

Answer 248

ADJ. /与水有关系的/pertaining to water. Paul enjoyed aquatic sports such as scuba diving and snorkeling.

Question 249

aquiline

Answer 249

ADJ. /弯曲的，钩状的/curved, hooked. He can be recognized by his aquiline nose, curved like the beak of the eagle.

Question 250

arable

Answer 250

ADJ. /可耕种的/fit for growing crops. The first settlers wrote home glowing reports of the New World, praising its vast acres of arable land ready for the plow.

Question 251

arbiter

Answer 251

N. /仲裁者/a person with power to decide a dispute; judge. As an arbiter in labor disputes, she has won the confidence of the workers and the employers.

Question 252

arbitrary

Answer 252

ADJ. /反复无常；残暴；随机的/capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical. Tom's arbitrary dismissal angered him; his boss had no rea?son to fire him. He threw an arbitrary assortment of clothes into his suitcase and headed off, not caring where he went.

Question 253

arbitrator

Answer 253

N. /仲裁者/judge. Because the negotiating teams had been unable to reach a contract settlement, an outside arbi?trator was called upon to mediate the dispute between union and management. arbitration, N.

Question 254

arboretum

Answer 254

N. /植物园/place where different tree varieties are exhibited. Walking along the tree-lined paths of the arbore?tum, Rita noted poplars, firs, and some particularly fine sycamores.

Question 255

arcade

Answer 255

N. /拱廊/a covered passageway, usually lined with shops. The arcade was popular with shoppers because it gave them protection from the summer sun and the winter rain.

Question 256

arcane

Answer 256

ADJ. /秘密；谜/secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated. Secret brotherhoods surround themselves with arcane ritu?als and trappings to mystify outsiders. So do doctors. Con?sider the arcane terminology they use and the impression they try to give that what is arcane to us is obvious to them.

Question 257

archaeology

Answer 257

N. /考古学/study of artifacts and relics of early mankind. The professor of archaeology headed an expedi?tion to the Gobi Desert in search of ancient ruins.

Question 258

archaic

Answer 258

ADJ. /过时的/antiquated. "Methinks," "thee," and "thou" are archaic words that are no longer part of our normal vocabulary.

Question 259

archetype

Answer 259

N. /原形/prototype; primitive pattern. The Brooklyn Bridge was the archetype of the many spans that now con?nect Manhattan with Long Island and New Jersey.

Question 260

archipelago

Answer 260

N. /群岛/group of closely located islands. When Gauguin looked at the map and saw the archipelagoes in the South Seas, he longed to visit them.

Question 261

archives

Answer 261

N. /档案；档案馆/public records; place where public records are kept. These documents should be part of the archives so that historians may be able to evaluate them in the future.

Question 262

ardent

Answer 262

ADJ. /激烈的；热心肠的；有激情的/intense; passionate; zealous. Katya's ardor was contagious; soon all her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out flyers, inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause. ardor, N.

Question 263

arduous

Answer 263

ADJ. /努力；奋发/hard; strenuous. Her arduous efforts had sapped her energy.

Question 264

aria

Answer 264

N. /清唱剧/operatic solo. At her Metropolitan Opera audition, Marian Anderson sang an aria from Norma.

Question 265

arid

Answer 265

ADJ. /荒芜的/dry; barren. The cactus has adapted to survive in an arid environment.

Question 266

aristocracy

Answer 266

N. /贵族/hereditary nobility; privileged class. Ameri?cans have mixed feelings about hereditary aristocracy. we say all men are created equal, but we describe particularly outstanding people as natural aristocrats.

Question 267

armada

Answer 267

N. /舰队/fleet of warships. Queen Elizabeth's navy defeated the mighty armada that threatened the English coast.

Question 268

aromatic

Answer 268

ADJ. /芬芳的/fragrant. Medieval sailing vessels brought aromatic herbs from China to Europe.

Question 269

arousal

Answer 269

N. /觉醒；激励/awakening; provocation (of a response). On arousal, Papa was always grumpy as a bear. The children tiptoed around the house, fearing they would arouse his anger by waking him up.

Question 270

arraign

Answer 270

V. /传讯；责问/charge in court; indict. After his indictment by the Grand Jury, the accused man was arraigned in the County Criminal Court.

Question 271

array

Answer 271

V. /排列；整理/marshal; draw up in order. His actions were bound to array public sentiment against him. also N.

Question 272

array

Answer 272

V. /衣服；穿着，装饰/clothe; adorn. She liked to watch her mother array herself in her finest clothes before going out for the evening. also N.

Question 273

arrears

Answer 273

N. /欠债/being in debt. He was in arrears with his pay?ments on the car.

Question 274

arrest

Answer 274

V. /阻止；引起注意；吸引/stop or slow down; catch someone's attention. Slipping, the trapeze artist plunged from the heights until a safety net luckily arrested his fall. This near-disaster arrested the crowd's attention.

Question 275

arrogance

Answer 275

N. /傲慢，骄傲/pride; haughtiness. Convinced that Emma thought she was better than anyone else in the class, Ed rebuked her for her arrogance.

Question 276

arroyo

Answer 276

N. /干枯的河床/gully. Until the heavy rains of the past spring, this arroyo had been a dry bed.

Question 277

arsenal

Answer 277

N. /军火库/storage place for military equipment. People are forbidden to smoke in the arsenal for fear that a stray spark might setoff the munitions stored there.

Question 278

articulate

Answer 278

ADJ. /有效的；独特的/effective; distinct. Her articulate presentation of the advertising campaign impressed her employers. alsoV.

Question 279

artifact

Answer 279

N. /人造物品/object made by human beings, either hand?made or mass-produced. Archaeologists debated the sig?nificance of the artifacts discovered in the ruins of Asia Minor but came to no conclusion about the culture they rep?resented.

Question 280

artifice

Answer 280

N. /技巧；欺骗/deception; trickery. The Trojan War proved to the Greeks that cunning and artifice were often more effec?tive than military might.

Question 281

artisan

Answer 281

N. /工匠/manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist. A noted artisan, Arturo was known for the fine craftsmanship of his inlaid cabinets.

Question 282

artless

Answer 282

ADJ. /坦诚；直率/without guile; open and honest. Sophisticated and cynical, Jack could not believe Jill was as artless and naive as she appeared to be.

Question 283

ascendancy

Answer 283

N. /统治，控制/controlling influence; domination. Leaders of religious cults maintain ascendancy over their followers by methods that can verge on brainwashing.

Question 284

ascertain

Answer 284

V. /确认，确证/find out for certain. Please ascertain her pre?sent address.

Question 285

ascetic

Answer 285

ADJ. /苦行；禁欲/practicing self-denial; austere. The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders. also N.

Question 286

ascribe

Answer 286

V. /归因于；指派/refer; attribute; assign. I can ascribe no motive for her acts.

Question 287

aseptic

Answer 287

ADJ. /抗菌的/preventing infection; having a cleansing effect. Hospitals succeeded in lowering the mortality rate as soon as they introduced aseptic conditions.

Question 288

ashen

Answer 288

ADJ. /灰色/ash-colored. Her face was ashen with fear.

Question 289

asinine

Answer 289

ADJ. /愚蠢/stupid. Your asinine remarks prove that you have not given this problem any serious consideration.

Question 290

askance

Answer 290

ADJ. /瞄，不经意的斜视/with a sideways or indirect look. Looking askance at her questioner, she displayed her scorn.

Question 291

askew

Answer 291

ADJ. /歪斜/crookedly; slanted; at an angle. When he placed his hat askew upon his head, his observers laughed.

Question 292

asperity

Answer 292

N. /严酷，粗暴/sharpness (of temper). These remarks, spoken with asperity, stung the boys to whom they had been directed.

Question 293

aspirant

Answer 293

N. /有志者；有抱负的人/seeker after position or status. Although I am an aspirant for public office, I am not willing to accept the dictates of the party bosses. alsoADJ.

Question 294

aspire

Answer 294

V. /热望；热心于/seek to attain; long for. Because he aspired to a career in professional sports, Philip enrolled in a graduate program in sports management. aspiration, N.

Question 295

assail

Answer 295

V. /攻击/assault. He was assailed with questions after his lecture.

Question 296

assay

Answer 296

V. /分析；化验/analyze; evaluate. When they assayed the ore, they found that they had discovered a very rich vein. also N.

Question 297

assent

Answer 297

V. /同意；接受/agree; accept. It gives me great pleasure to assentto your request.

Question 298

assert

Answer 298

V. /断言/declare or state with confidence; put oneself for?ward boldly. Malcolm asserted that if Reese quit acting like a wimp and asserted himself a bit more, he'd improve his chances of getting a date. assertion, N.

Question 299

assessment

Answer 299

N. /评价，评估；判断/evaluation; judgment. Your SAT I score plays a part in the admission committee's assessment of you as an applicant.

Question 300

assiduous

Answer 300

ADJ. /勤奋/diligent. He was assiduous, working at this task for weeks before he felt satisfied with his results. assiduity, N.

Question 301

assimilate

Answer 301

V. /吸收；同化/absorb; cause to become homogeneous. The manner in which the United States was able to assimilate the hordes of immigrants during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries will always be a source of pride to Americans. The immigrants eagerly assimilated new ideas and customs; they soaked them up, the way plants soak up water.

Question 302

*assuage

Answer 302

V. /减轻（痛苦）；满足（饥渴）；安慰/ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger). Jilted by Jane, Dick tried to assuage his heartache by indulging in ice cream. One gallon later, he had assuaged his appetite but not his grief.

Question 303

assumption

Answer 303

N. /假定，设想；采取/something taken for granted; taking over or taking possession of. The young princess made the foolish assumption that the regent would not object to her assump?tion of power. assume,V.

Question 304

assurance

Answer 304

N. /担保，保证；确定；自信/promise or pledge; certainty; self-confi?dence. When Guthrie gave Guinness his assurance that rehearsals were going well, he spoke with such assurance that Guinness felt relieved. assure,V.

Question 305

asteroid

Answer 305

N. /小行星/small planet. Asteroids have become common?place to the readers of interstellar travel stories in science fiction magazines.

Question 306

astigmatism

Answer 306

N. /散光/eye defect that prevents proper focus. As soon as his parents discovered that the boy suffered from astigmatism, they took him to the optometrist for corrective glasses.

Question 307

astral

Answer 307

ADJ. /关于星的/relating to the stars. She was amazed at the number of astral bodies the new telescope revealed.

Question 308

astringent

Answer 308

ADJ. /收敛的/binding; causing contraction. The astrin?gent quality of the unsweetened lemon juice made swallow?ing difficult. also N.

Question 309

astronomical

Answer 309

ADJ. /巨大，广阔/enormously large or extensive. The gov?ernment seems willing to spend astronomical sums on weapons development.

Question 310

astute

Answer 310

ADJ. /聪明；敏锐/wise; shrewd; keen. The painter was an astute observer, noticing every tiny detail of her model's appear?ance and knowing exactly how important each one was.

Question 311

asunder

Answer 311

ADV. /分裂，分开/into parts; apart. A fierce quarrel split the partnership asunder: the two partners finally sundered their connections because their points of view were poles asunder.

Question 312

asylum

Answer 312

N. /庇护所/place of refuge or shelter; protection. The refugees sought asylum from religious persecution in a new land.

Question 313

asymmetric

Answer 313

ADJ. /不对称/not identical on both sides of a dividing central line. Because one eyebrow was set markedly higher than the other, William's face had a particularly asymmetric appearance.

Question 314

atavism

Answer 314

N. /反祖；隔代遗传/resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after passage of two or more generations. The doctors ascribed the child's deformity to an atavism.

Question 315

atheistic

Answer 315

ADJ. /无神论/denying the existence of God. His atheistic remarks shocked the religious worshippers.

Question 316

atlas

Answer 316

N. /地图集/a bound volume of maps, charts, or tables. Embar?rassed at being unable to distinguish Slovenia from Slova?kia, George W. finally consulted an atlas.

Question 317

atone

Answer 317

V. /补偿；偿还/make amends for; pay for. He knew no way in which he could atone for his brutal crime.

Question 318

atrocity

Answer 318

N. /暴行/brutal deed. In time of war, many atrocities are committed by invading armies.

Question 319

*atrophy

Answer 319

N. /萎缩，变得没用/wasting away. Polio victims need physiother?apy to prevent the atrophy of affected limbs. alsoV.

Question 320

attain

Answer 320

V. /获得；完成/achieve or accomplish; gain. The scarecrow sought to attain one goal: he wished to obtain a brain.

Question 321

attentive

Answer 321

ADJ. /专心的，专注的；全神贯注/alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful. Spellbound, the attentive audience watched the final game of the tennis match, never taking their eyes from the ball. A cold wind sprang up; Stan's attentive daughter slipped a sweater over his shoulders without distracting his attention from the game.

Question 322

attenuate

Answer 322

V. /削弱/make thin; weaken. By withdrawing their forces, the generals hoped to attenuate the enemy lines.

Question 323

attest

Answer 323

V. /证明/testify, bear witness. Having served as a member of the Grand Jury, I can attest that our system of indicting individuals is in need of improvement.

Question 324

attribute

Answer 324

N. /属性/essential quality. His outstanding attribute was his kindness.

Question 325

attribute

Answer 325

V. /归因于；解释/ascribe; explain. I attribute her success in sci?ence to the encouragement she received from her parents.

Question 326

attrition

Answer 326

N. /裁员；磨损/gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment. In the 1960s urban churches suffered from attrition as members moved from the cities to the suburbs. Rather than fire staff members, church leaders followed a policy of attrition, allowing elderly workers to retire without replacing them.

Question 327

atypical

Answer 327

ADJ. /非正常的，不正常/not normal. The child psychiatrist reassured Mrs. Keaton that playing doctor was not atypical behavior for a child of young Alex's age. "Yes," she replied, "but not charging for house calls!"

Question 328

audacious

Answer 328

ADJ. /大胆的；鲁莽的/daring; bold. Audiences cheered as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia made their audacious, death?defying leap to freedom, escaping Darth Vader's troops. audacity, N.

Question 329

audit

Answer 329

N. /核算，稽核/examination of accounts. When the bank examin?ers arrived to hold their annual audit, they discovered the embezzlements of the chief cashier. alsoV.

Question 330

auditory

Answer 330

ADJ. /听觉的/pertaining to the sense of hearing. Audrey suf?fered from auditory hallucinations: she thought Elvis was speaking to her from the Great Beyond.

Question 331

augment

Answer 331

V. /增长/increase; add to. Armies augment their forces by calling up reinforcements; teachers augment their salaries by taking odd jobs.

Question 332

augury

Answer 332

N. /占卜；预言/omen; prophecy. He interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil. augur,V.

Question 333

august

Answer 333

ADJ. /威严的；令人印象深刻的/impressive; majestic. Visiting the palace at Versailles, she was impressed by the august surroundings in which she found herself.

Question 334

aureole

Answer 334

N. /日冕/sun's corona; halo. Many medieval paintings depict saintly characters with aureoles around their heads.

Question 335

auroral

Answer 335

ADJ. /曙光的，极光的/pertaining to the aurora borealis. The auroral display was particularly spectacular that evening.

Question 336

auspicious

Answer 336

ADJ. /幸运的，吉祥的/favoring success. With favorable weather conditions, it was an auspicious moment to set sail. Thomas, however, had doubts about sailing: a paranoid, he became suspicious whenever conditions seemed auspicious.

Question 337

austere

Answer 337

ADJ. /严厉的；朴素的/forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unor?namented. The headmaster's austere demeanor tended to scare off the more timid students, who never visited his study willingly. The room reflected the man, austere and bare, like a monk's cell, with no touches of luxury to moder?ate its austerity.

Question 338

authenticate

Answer 338

V. /鉴别/prove genuine. An expert was needed to authenticate the original Van Gogh painting, distinguishing it from its imitation.

Question 339

authoritarian

Answer 339

ADJ. /独裁/subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will. The leaders of the authoritarian regime ordered the suppression of the democ?ratic protest movement. After years of submitting to the will of her authoritarian father, Elizabeth Barrett ran away from home with the poet Robert Browning.

Question 340

authoritative

Answer 340

ADJ. /权威；独裁/having the weight of authority; peremp?tory and dictatorial. Impressed by the young researcher's well-documented presentation, we accepted her analysis of the experiment as authoritative.

Question 341

autocratic

Answer 341

ADJ. /独裁/having absolute, unchecked power; dicta?torial. Someone accustomed to exercising authority may become autocratic if his or her power is unchecked. Dicta?tors by definition are autocrats. Bosses who dictate behav?ior as well as letters can be autocrats too.

Question 342

automaton

Answer 342

N. /机器人/mechanism that imitates actions of humans. Long before science fiction readers became aware of robots, writers were presenting stories of automatons who could outperform men.

Question 343

autonomous

Answer 343

ADJ. /自治/self-governing. Although the University of California at Berkeley is just one part of the state univer?sity system, in many ways Cal Berkeley is autonomous, for it runs several programs that are not subject to outside con?trol. autonomy, N.

Question 344

autopsy

Answer 344

N. /验尸/examination of a dead body; post-mortem. The medical examiner ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death. alsoV.

Question 345

auxiliary

Answer 345

ADJ. /辅助的/helper, additional or subsidiary. To prepare for the emergency, they built an auxiliary power station. also N.

Question 346

avalanche

Answer 346

N. /雪崩/great mass of falling snow and ice. The park ranger warned the skiers to stay on the main trails, where they would be in no danger of being buried beneath a sud?den avalanche.

Question 347

*avarice

Answer 347

N. /贪婪，贪财/greediness for wealth. King Midas is a perfect example of avarice, for he was so greedy that he wished everything he touched would turn to gold.

Question 348

avenge

Answer 348

V. /复仇/take vengeance for something (or on behalf of someone). Hamlet vowed he would avenge his father's mur?der and punish Claudius for his horrible crime.

Question 349

averse

Answer 349

ADJ. /反对的/reluctant; disinclined. The reporter was averse to revealing the sources of his information.

Question 350

aversion

Answer 350

N. /厌恶，抵制/firm dislike. Bert had an aversion to yuppies; Alex had an aversion to punks. Their mutual aversion was so great that they refused to speak to one another.

Question 351

avert

Answer 351

V. /转移；防止/prevent; turn away. She averted her eyes from the dead cat on the highway.

Question 352

*aviary

Answer 352

N. /鸟舍/enclosure for birds. The aviary at the zoo held nearly 300 birds.

Question 353

avid

Answer 353

ADJ. /贪婪/greedy; eager for. He was avid for learning and read everything he could get. avidity, N.

Question 354

avocation

Answer 354

N. /副业，业余爱好/secondary or minor occupation. His hobby proved to be so fascinating and profitable that gradually he abandoned his regular occupation and concentrated on his avocation.

Question 355

avow

Answer 355

V. /宣布/declare openly. Lana avowed that she never meant to steal Debbie's boyfriend, but no one believed her avowal of innocence.

Question 356

avuncular

Answer 356

ADJ. /像伯父（叔叔）一样的/like an uncle. Avuncular pride did not pre?vent him from noticing his nephew's shortcomings.

Question 357

awe

Answer 357

N. /敬畏/solemn wonder. The tourists gazed with awe at the tremendous expanse of the Grand Canyon.

Question 358

awry

Answer 358

ADV. /扭曲的；歪曲的/distorted; crooked. He held his head awry, giv?ing the impression that he had caught cold in his neck dur?ing the night. alsoADJ.

Question 359

axiom

Answer 359

N. /公理，自明的道理/self-evident truth requiring no proof. Before a student can begin to think along the lines of Euclidean geometry, he must accept certain principles or axioms.

Question 360

azure

Answer 360

ADJ. /天蓝/sky blue. Azure skies are indicative of good weather.

Question 361

babble

Answer 361

V. /嘟囔/chatter idly. The little girl babbled about her doll. also N.

Question 362

bacchanalian

Answer 362

ADJ. /喝醉的，耍酒疯/drunken. Emperor Nero attended the bacchanalian orgy.

Question 363

badger

Answer 363

V. /激怒，纠缠/pester; annoy. She was forced to change her telephone number because she was badgered by obscene phone calls.

Question 364

badinage

Answer 364

N. /开玩笑，揶揄；取消/teasing conversation. Her friends at work greeted the news of her engagement with cheerful badi?nage.

Question 365

baffle

Answer 365

V. /挫败/frustrate; perplex. The new code baffled the enemy agents.

Question 366

bait

Answer 366

V. /欺负，玩弄，折磨/harass; tease. The school bully baited the smaller children, terrorizing them.

Question 367

baleful

Answer 367

ADJ. /恶意的，有害的/deadly; having a malign influence; ominous. The fortune teller made baleful predictions of terrible things to come.

Question 368

balk

Answer 368

V. /反对；阻止/foil or thwart; stop short; refuse to go on. When the warden learned that several inmates were planning to escape, he took steps to balk their attempt. However, he balked at punishing them by shackling them to the walls of their cells.

Question 369

ballast

Answer 369

N. /配重；沙袋/heavy substance used to add stability or weight. The ship was listing badly to one side; it was necessary to shift the ballast in the hold to get her back on an even keel. alsoV.

Question 370

balm

Answer 370

N. /（止痛的）安慰物/something that relieves pain. Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Question 371

balmy

Answer 371

ADJ. /柔和的；芳香的/mild; fragrant. A balmy breeze refreshed us after the sultry blast.

Question 372

banal

Answer 372

ADJ. /平凡，陈腐，老生常谈/hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking origi?nality. The hack writer's worn-out clich6s made his comic sketch seem banal. He even resorted to the banality of hav?ing someone slip on a banana peel!

Question 373

bandy

Answer 373

V. /传话/discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heat?edly. While the president was happy to bandy patriotic gen?eralizations with anyone who would listen to him, he refused to bandy words with unfriendly reporters at the press con?ference.

Question 374

bane

Answer 374

N. /祸根/cause of ruin; curse. Lucy's little brother was the bane of her existence: his attempts to make her life miser?able worked so well that she could have poisoned him with ratsbane for having such a baneful effect.

Question 375

bantering

Answer 375

ADJ. /可笑的，嘲弄的/good-natured ridiculing. They resented his bantering remarks because they thought he was being sar?castic.

Question 376

barb

Answer 376

N. /鱼钩，钩状物/sharp projection from fishhook, etc.; openly cut?ting remark. If you were a politician, which would you pre?fer, being caught on the barb of a fishhook or being subjected to malicious verbal barbs? Who can blame the president if he's happier fishing than back in the capitol lis-tening to his critics' barbed remarks?

Question 377

bard

Answer 377

N. /（吟游）诗人/poet. The ancient bard Homer sang of the fall of Troy.

Question 378

baroque

Answer 378

ADJ. /华丽的/highly ornate. Accustomed to the severe lines of contemporary buildings, the architecture students found the flamboyance of baroque architecture amusing. They simply didn't go for baroque.

Question 379

barrage

Answer 379

N. /弹幕，火力网/barrier laid down by artillery fire. The company was forced to retreat through the barrage of heavy cannons.

Question 380

barren

Answer 380

ADJ. /荒芜的，贫瘠的/desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking. Looking out at the trackless, barren desert, Indiana Jones feared that his search for the missing expedition would prove barren.

Question 381

barricade

Answer 381

N. /屏障；障碍物/hastily put together defensive barrier; obsta?cle. Marius and his fellow students hurriedly improvised a rough barricade to block police access to the students' quarter. Malcolm and his brothers barricaded themselves in their bedroom to keep their mother from seeing the hole in the bedroom floor. alsoV.

Question 382

barterer

Answer 382

N. /交易商/trader. The barterer exchanged trinkets for the natives' furs. It seemed smarter to barter than to pay cash.

Question 383

bask

Answer 383

V. /享受（温暖）；愉快，舒适/luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth. Basking on the beach, she relaxed so completely that she fell asleep.

Question 384

bastion

Answer 384

N. /堡垒；工事/fortress; defense. The villagers fortified the town hall, hoping this improvised bastion could protect them from the guerillas' raids. .

Question 385

bate

Answer 385

V. /限制；抑制/let down; restrain. Until it was time to open the pre?sents, the children had to bate their curiosity. bated,ADJ.

Question 386

bauble

Answer 386

N. /小玩意儿/trinket; trifle. The child was delighted with the bauble she had won in the grab bag.

Question 387

bawdy

Answer 387

ADJ. /猥亵的；下流的；卖淫的/indecent; obscene. Jack took offense at Jill's bawdy remarks. What kind of young man did she think he was?

Question 388

beam

Answer 388

N. /光束；铁梁，木梁；一束电波/ray of light; long piece of metal or wood; course of a radio signal. V. smile radiantly. If a beam of light falls on you, it illuminates you; if a beam of iron falls on you, it elimi?nates you. (No one feels like beaming when crushed by an iron beam.)

Question 389

beatific

Answer 389

ADJ. /祝福；幸福的/giving bliss; blissful. The beatific smile on the child's face made us very happy.

Question 390

beatitude

Answer 390

N. /祝福/blessedness; state of bliss. Growing closer to God each day, the mystic achieved a state of indescribable beatitude.

Question 391

bedizen

Answer 391

V. /俗丽，俗气/dress with vulgar finery. The witch doctors were bedizened in all their gaudiest costumes.

Question 392

bedraggle

Answer 392

V. /邋遢的；湿的/wet thoroughly; stain with mud. We were so bedraggled by the severe storm that we had to change into dry clothing. bedraggled,ADJ.

Question 393

beeline

Answer 393

N. /直线/direct, quick route. As soon as the movie was over, Jim made a beeline for the exit.

Question 394

befuddle

Answer 394

V. /迷惑/confuse thoroughly. His attempts to clarify the situation succeeded only in befuddling her further.

Question 395

beget

Answer 395

V. /得子；产生/father; produce; give rise to. One good turn may deserve another; it does not necessarily beget another.

Question 396

begrudge

Answer 396

V. /愤恨；嫉妒/resent. I begrudge every minute I have to spend attending meetings; they're a complete waste of time.

Question 397

*beguile

Answer 397

V. /欺骗，骗住；消磨时间/mislead or delude; pass time. With flattery and big talk of easy money, the con men beguiled Kyle into bet?ting his allowance on the shell game. Broke, he beguiled himself during the long hours by playing solitaire.

Question 398

behemoth

Answer 398

N. /怪物；怪兽/huge creature; monstrous animal. Sports?casters nicknamed the linebacker "The Behemoth."

Question 399

belabor

Answer 399

V. /嘴贫，过度的说；谩骂/explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; attack verbally. The debate coach warned her stu?dent not to bore the audience by belaboring her point.

Question 400

belated

Answer 400

ADJ. /推迟的，延期的/delayed. He apologized for his belated note of condolence to the widow of his friend and explained that he had just learned of her husband's untimely death.

Question 401

beleaguer

Answer 401

V. /攻击；使烦恼/besiege or attack; harassed. The babysitter was surrounded by a crowd of unmanageable brats who relentlessly beleaguered her.

Question 402

belie

Answer 402

V. /掩饰，造成假象；矛盾/contradict; give a false impression. His coarse, hard-bitten exterior belied his inner sensitivity.

Question 403

belittle

Answer 403

V. /蔑视，使渺小/disparage or depreciate; put down. Parents should not belittle their children's early attempts at drawing, but should encourage their efforts. Barry was a put-down artist: he was a genius at belittling people and making them feel small.

Question 404

bellicose

Answer 404

ADJ. /好斗的，好战的/warlike. His bellicose disposition alienated his friends.

Question 405

belligerent

Answer 405

ADJ. /好斗的，好斗嘴的/quarrelsome. Whenever he had too much to drink, he became belligerent and tried to pick fights with strangers. belligerence, N.

Question 406

bemoan

Answer 406

V. /哀叹，悲伤/lament; express disapproval of. The widow bemoaned the death of her beloved husband. Although critics bemoaned the serious flaws in the author's novels, each year his latest book topped the best-seller list.

Question 407

bemused

Answer 407

ADJ. /困惑的，发呆的/confused; lost in thought; preoccupied. Jill studied the garbled instructions with a bemused look on her face.

Question 408

benediction

Answer 408

N. /祝福/blessing. The appearance of the sun after the many rainy days was like a benediction.

Question 409

benefactor

Answer 409

N. /恩人，赞助人/gift giver; patron. Scrooge later became Tiny Tim's benefactor and gave him gifts.

Question 410

beneficial

Answer 410

ADJ. /有用的/helpful; useful. Tiny Tim's cheerful good nature had a beneficial influence on Scrooge's once?uncharitable disposition.

Question 411

beneficiary

Answer 411

N. /（遗产）受益人/person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will. In Scrooge's will, he made Tiny Tim his beneficiary. everything he left would go to young Tim.

Question 412

benevolent

Answer 412

ADJ. /慈善的/generous; charitable. Mr. Fezziwig was a benevolent employer, who wished to make Christmas mer?rier for young Scrooge and his other employees.

Question 413

benign

Answer 413

ADJ. /良性的，好的；和蔼可亲的/kindly; favorable; not malignant. Though her benign smile and gentle bearing made Miss Marple seem a sweet little old lady, in reality she was a tough-minded, shrewd observer of human nature. benignity, N.

Question 414

bent

Answer 414

ADJ; N. /先天的/determined; natural talent or inclination. Bent on advancing in the business world, the secretary-heroine of Working Girl has a true bent for high finance.

Question 415

*bequeath

Answer 415

V. /遗赠，（代代）相传/leave to someone by a will; hand down. Though Maud had intended to bequeath the family home to her nephew, she died before changing her will. bequest, N.

Question 416

berate

Answer 416

V. /严厉指责，谴责/scold strongly. He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.

Question 417

bereavement

Answer 417

N. /丧亲/state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved. His friends gathered to console him upon his sudden bereavement.

Question 418

bereft

Answer 418

ADJ. /失去的，缺少的/deprived of; lacking; desolate because of a loss. The foolish gambler soon found himself bereft of funds.

Question 419

berserk

Answer 419

ADV. /疯狂的，狂暴的/frenzied. Angered, he went berserk and began to wreck the room.

Question 420

beseech

Answer 420

V. /乞求，恳求/beg; plead with. The workaholic executive's wife beseeched him to spend more time with their son.

Question 421

beset

Answer 421

V. /困扰/harass or trouble; hem in. Many vexing problems beset the American public school system. Sleeping Beauty's castle was beset on all sides by dense thickets that hid it from view.

Question 422

besiege

Answer 422

V. /围攻/surround with armed forces; harass (with requests). When the bandits besieged the village, the vil?lagers holed up in the town hall and prepared to withstand a long siege. Members of the new administration were besieged with job applications from people who had worked on the campaign.

Question 423

besmirch

Answer 423

V. /弄脏/soil, defile. The scandalous remarks in the newspaper besmirch the reputations of every member of the society.

Question 424

bestial

Answer 424

ADJ. /残忍的/beastlike; brutal. According to legend, the werewolf was able to abandon its human shape and take on a bestial form.

Question 425

bestow

Answer 425

V. /给予/give. He wished to bestow great honors upon the hero.

Question 426

betoken

Answer 426

V. /预示；表示/signify; indicate. The well-equipped docks, tall piles of cargo containers, and numerous vessels being loaded all betoken Oakland's importance as a port.

Question 427

betray

Answer 427

V. /出卖；背叛/be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwill?ingly). The spy betrayed his country by selling military secrets to the enemy. When he was taken in for question?ing, the tightness of his lips betrayed his fear of being caught.

Question 428

betroth

Answer 428

V. /订婚/become engaged to marry. The announcement that they had become betrothed surprised their friends who had not suspected any romance. betrothal, N.

Question 429

bevy

Answer 429

N. /一群（少女，小鸟）/large group. The movie actor was surrounded by a bevyof starlets.

Question 430

biased

Answer 430

ADJ. /偏见的，偏差/slanted; prejudiced. Because the judge played golf regularly with the district attorney's father, we feared he might be biased in the prosecution's favor. bias, N.

Question 431

bicameral

Answer 431

ADJ. /两院制的（参，众）/two-chambered, as a legislative body. The United States Congress is a bicameral body.

Question 432

bicker

Answer 432

V. /争吵/quarrel. The children bickered morning, noon, and night, exasperating their parents.

Question 433

biennial

Answer 433

ADJ. /两年一度/every two years. Seeing no need to meet more frequently, the group held biennial meetings instead of annual ones. Plants that bear flowers biennially are known as biennials.

Question 434

bigotry

Answer 434

N. /固执/stubborn intolerance. Brought up in a democra?tic atmosphere, the student was shocked by the bigotry and narrowness expressed by several of his classmates.

Question 435

bilious

Answer 435

ADJ. /消化不良，易怒/suffering from indigestion; irritable. His bilious temperament was apparent to all who heard him rant about his difficulties.

Question 436

bilk

Answer 436

V. /骗/swindle; cheat. The con man specialized in bilking insurance companies.

Question 437

billowing

Answer 437

ADJ. /波涛翻滚/swelling out in waves; surging. Standing over the air vent, Marilyn Monroe tried vainly to control her billowing skirts.

Question 438

bivouac

Answer 438

N. /帐篷/temporary encampment. While in bivouac, we spent the night in our sleeping bags under the stars. alsoV.

Question 439

bizarre

Answer 439

ADJ. /怪异的/fantastic; violently contrasting. The plot of the novel was too bizarre to be believed.

Question 440

blanch

Answer 440

V. /漂白/bleach; whiten. Although age had blanched his hair, he was still vigorous and energetic.

Question 441

bland

Answer 441

ADJ. /温和的/soothing or mild; agreeable. Jill tried a bland ointment for her sunburn. However, when Jack absent?mindedly patted her on the sunburned shoulder, she couldn't maintain a bland disposition.

Question 442

blandishment

Answer 442

N. /阿谀奉承/flattery. Despite the salesperson's bland?ishments, the customer did not buy the outfit.

Question 443

blare

Answer 443

N. /大声喊叫，令人眩晕的强光/loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light. I don't know which is worse: the steady blare of a boom box deafening your ears or a sudden blare of flash?bulbs dazzling your eyes.

Question 444

blasé

Answer 444

ADJ. /厌于享乐/bored with pleasure or dissipation. Although Beth was as thrilled with the idea of a trip to Paris as her classmates were, she tried to act super cool and blasé, as if she'd been abroad hundreds of times.

Question 445

blasphemy

Answer 445

N. /亵渎/irreverence; sacrilege; cursing. In my father's house, the Dodgers were the holiest of holies; to cheer for another team was to utter words of blasphemy. blasphemous,ADJ.

Question 446

blatant

Answer 446

ADJ. /喧闹；俗丽/flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offen?sive. To the unemployed youth from Dublin, the "No Irish Need Apply" placard in the shop window was a blatant mark of prejudice.

Question 447

*bleak

Answer 447

ADJ. /冷淡；凄凉/cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable. The frigid, inhospitable Aleutian Islands are bleak military out?posts. It's no wonder that soldiers assigned there have a bleak attitude toward their posting.

Question 448

*blighted

Answer 448

ADJ. /完蛋了的；生病了的/suffering from a disease; destroyed. The extent of the blighted areas could be seen only when viewed from the air.

Question 449

blithe

Answer 449

ADJ. /欢乐，高兴/gay; joyous; heedless. Shelley called the sky?lark a "blithe spirit" because of its happy song.

Question 450

bloated

Answer 450

ADJ. /浮肿/swollen or puffed as with water or air. Her bloated stomach came from drinking so much water.

Question 451

bludgeon

Answer 451

N. /大头狼牙棒/club; heavy-headed weapon. Attacked by Dr. Moriarty, Holmes used his walking stick as a bludgeon to defend himself. "Watson," he said, "I fear I may have bludgeoned Moriarty to death."

Question 452

bluff

Answer 452

ADJ. /直率的/rough but good-natured. Jack had a bluff and?hearty manner that belied his actual sensitivity; he never let people know how thin-skinned he really was.

Question 453

bluff

Answer 453

N. /虚伪；欺骗；悬崖/pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff. Claire thought Lord Byron's boast that he would swim the Hellespont was just a bluff; she was astounded when he dove from the high bluff into the waters below.

Question 454

blunder

Answer 454

N. /错误/error. The criminal's fatal blunder led to his capture. alsoV.

Question 455

blurt

Answer 455

V. /脱口而出/utter impulsively. Before she could stop him, he blurted out the news.

Question 456

bluster

Answer 456

V. /咆哮；吓唬/blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully. "Let the stormy winds bluster," cried Jack, "we'll set sail tonight." Jill let Jack bluster. she wasn't going anywhere, no matter what he said.

Question 457

bode

Answer 457

V. /预兆/foreshadow; portend. The gloomy skies and the sulphurous odors from the mineral springs seemed to bode evil to those who settled in the area.

Question 458

bogus

Answer 458

ADJ. /赝品/counterfeit; not authentic. The police quickly found the distributors of the bogus twenty-dollar bills.

Question 459

bohemian

Answer 459

ADJ. /不合习俗；放荡不羁/unconventional (in an artistic way). Gertrude Stein ran off to Paris to live an eccentric, bohemian life with her writer friends. Oakland was not bohemian: it was too bourgeois, too middle-class.

Question 460

boisterous

Answer 460

ADJ. /狂暴；喧嚣/violent; rough; noisy. The unruly crowd became even more boisterous when he tried to quiet them.

Question 461

bolster

Answer 461

V. /支持，增援/support; reinforce. The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to bolster their arguments.

Question 462

bolt

Answer 462

N. /门闩；螺钉；布匹的长度/door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric. The carpenter shut the workshop door, sliding the heavy metal bolt into place. He sorted through his toolbox for the nuts and bolts and nails he would need. Before he cut into the bolt of canvas, he measured how much fabric he would need.

Question 463

bolt

Answer 463

V. /猛冲，上门闩，囫囵吞下/dash or dart off; fasten (a door); gobble down. Jack was set to bolt out the front door, but Jill bolted the door. "Eat your breakfast," she said, "don't bolt your food."

Question 464

bombardment

Answer 464

N. /轰击（导弹）/attack with missiles. The enemy bom?bardment demolished the town. Members of the opposition party bombarded the prime minister with questions about the enemy attack.

Question 465

bombastic

Answer 465

ADJ. /夸张的/pompous; using inflated language. Puffed up with conceit, the orator spoke in such a bombastic man?ner that we longed to deflate him. bombast, N.

Question 466

booming

Answer 466

ADJ. /快速增长的，欣欣向荣；深刻的/deep and resonant; flourishing, thriving. "Who needs a microphone?" cried the mayor in his booming voice. Cheerfully he boomed out that, thanks to him, the city's economy was booming. boom,V.

Question 467

boon

Answer 467

N. /恩惠，福利/blessing; benefit. The recent rains that filled our empty reservoirs were a boon to the whole community.

Question 468

boorish

Answer 468

ADJ. /粗鲁；笨拙/rude; clumsy; ungentlemanly. Natasha was embarrassed by her fellow spy's boorish behavior. "If you cannot act like a gentleman, Boris, go back to Russia: espi?onage is no job for clumsy boors." boor, N.

Question 469

boundless

Answer 469

ADJ. /无限的/unlimited; vast. Mike's energy was bound?less: the greater the challenge, the more vigorously he tack?led the job.

Question 470

bountiful

Answer 470

ADJ. /富足的；慷慨的/abundant; graciously generous. Thanks to the good harvest, we had a bountiful supply of food and we could be as bountiful as we liked in distributing food to the needy.

Question 471

bourgeois

Answer 471

ADJ. /中产阶级；平庸的/middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional. Technically, anyone who belongs to the mid?dle class is bourgeois, but, given the word's connotations, most people resent it if you call them that.

Question 472

bovine

Answer 472

ADJ. /牛的；迟钝的；耐心的/cowlike; placid and dull. Nothing excites Esther; even when she won the state lottery, she still pre?served her air of bovine calm.

Question 473

bowdlerize

Answer 473

V. /删除/expurgate. After the film editors had bowd?lerized the language in the script, the motion picture's rat?ing was changed from "R" to "PG."

Question 474

boycott

Answer 474

V. /抵制/refrain from buying or using. To put pressure on grape growers to stop using pesticides that harmed the farm workers' health, Cesar Chavez called for consumers to boycott grapes.

Question 475

braggart

Answer 475

N. /自夸，吹嘘/boaster. Modest by nature, she was no brag?gart, preferring to let her accomplishments speak for them?selves.

Question 476

brandish

Answer 476

V. /挥舞/wave around; flourish. Alarmed, Doctor Wat?son wildly brandished his gun until Holmes told him to put the thing away before he shot himself.

Question 477

bravado

Answer 477

N. /虚张声势/swagger; assumed air of defiance. The bravado of the young criminal disappeared when he was confronted by the victims of his brutal attack.

Question 478

brawn

Answer 478

N. /强壮的肌肉/muscular strength; sturdiness. It takes brawn to become a champion weightlifter. brawny,ADJ.

Question 479

brazen

Answer 479

ADJ. /厚颜无耻；傲慢/insolent. Her brazen contempt for authority angered the officials.

Question 480

breach

Answer 480

N. /违约；突破；打破/breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap. Jill sued Jack for breach of promise, claiming he had broken his promise to marry her. They found a breach in the enemy's fortifications and penetrated their lines. alsoV.

Question 481

breadth

Answer 481

N. /宽度/width; extent. We were impressed by the breadth of her knowledge.

Question 482

brevity

Answer 482

N. /简短，短暂/conciseness. Brevity is essential when you send a telegram or cablegram; you are charged for every word.

Question 483

brindled

Answer 483

ADJ. /有条纹或斑点的/tawny or grayish with streaks or spots. He was disappointed in the litter because the puppies were brindled, he had hoped for animals of a uniform color.

Question 484

bristling

Answer 484

ADJ. /竖立的/rising like bristles; showing irritation. The dog stood there, bristling with anger.

Question 485

brittle

Answer 485

ADJ. /易碎的；困难的/easily broken; difficult. My employer's self-con?trol was as brittle as an egg-shell. Her brittle personality made it difficult for me to get along with her.

Question 486

broach

Answer 486

V. /介绍，提出，引见/introduce; open up. Jack did not even try to broach the subject of religion with his in-laws. If you broach a touchy subject, it may cause a breach.

Question 487

brochure

Answer 487

N. /小册子/pamphlet. This brochure on farming was issued by the Department of Agriculture.

Question 488

brooch

Answer 488

N. /胸针/ornamental clasp. She treasured the brooch because it was an heirloom.

Question 489

browbeat

Answer 489

V. /吓唬/bully; intimidate. Billy resisted Ted's attempts browbeat him into handing over his lunch money.

Question 490

browse

Answer 490

V. /吃草；浏览/graze; skim or glance at casually. "How now, brown cow, browsing in the green, green grass." I remem?ber lines of verse that I came across while browsing through the poetry section of the local bookstore.

Question 491

brunt

Answer 491

N. /冲击/main impact or shock. Tom Sawyer claimed credit for painting the fence, but the brunt of the work fell on oth?ers. However, he bore the brunt of Aunt Polly's complaints when the paint began to peel.

Question 492

brusque

Answer 492

ADJ. /唐图；直率；粗暴无礼/blunt; abrupt. Was Bruce too brusque when he brushed off Bob's request with a curt "Not now!"?

Question 493

buccaneer

Answer 493

N. /海盗/pirate. At Disneyland the Pirates of the Caribbean sing a song about their lives as bloody bucca?neers.

Question 494

bucolic

Answer 494

ADJ. /田园的/rustic; pastoral. Filled with browsing cows and bleating sheep, the meadow was a charmingly bucolic sight.