Barrons 3500 G Flashcards
sportive
ADJ. /嬉戏的；玩闹的/playful. Such a sportive attitude is surprising in a person as serious as you usually are.
spry
ADJ. /充满生气的；活泼的；敏捷的/vigorously active; nimble. She was eighty years old, yet still spry and alert.
spurious
ADJ. /伪造的，欺骗的/false; counterfeit; forged; illogical. The antique dealer hero of Jonathan Gash’s mystery novels gives the reader tips on how to tell spurious antiques from the real thing. Natasha’s claim to be the lost heir of the Romanoffs was spurious: the only thing Russian about her was the vodka she drank!
spurn
V. /放弃；拒绝/reject; scorn. The heroine spurned the villain’s advances.
squabble
N. /争吵/minor quarrel; bickering. Children invariably get involved in petty squabbles; wise parents know when to interfere and when to let the children work things out on their own.
squalor
N. /肮脏；悲惨；贫穷/filth; degradation; dirty, neglected state. Rusted, broken-down cars in its yard, trash piled up on the porch, tar paper peeling from the roof, the shack was the picture of squalor. squalid,ADJ.
squander
V. /浪费/waste. If you squander your allowance on candy and comic books, you won’t have any money left to buy the new box of crayons you want.
squat
ADJ. /矮壮的；又短又厚的；蹲着的/stocky; short and thick. Tolkien’s hobbits are somewhat squat, sturdy little creatures, fond of good ale, good music, and good mushrooms.
staccato
ADJ. /断奏；断唱/played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound. His staccato speech reminded one of the sound of a machine gun.
stagnant
ADJ. /静止的；单调的/motionless; stale; dull. Mosquitoes com?monly breed in ponds of stagnant water. Mike’s career was stagnant; it wasn’t going anywhere, and neither was he! stagnate,V.
staid
ADJ. /沉静的；安静的/sober; sedate. Her conduct during the funeral ceremony was staid and solemn.
stalemate
N. /僵局/deadlock. Negotiations between the union and the employers have reached a stalemate; neither side is willing to budge from previously stated positions.
stalwart
ADJ. /坚定的；强壮的/strong, brawny; steadfast. His consistent support of the party has proved that he is a stalwart and loyal member. also N.
stamina
N. /毅力；意志力/strength; staying power. I doubt that she has the stamina to run the full distance of the marathon race.
stanch
V. /止血；血流变检测/check flow of blood. It is imperative that we stanch the gushing wound before we attend to the other injuries.
stanza
N. /节；段落（诗的）；盘（棋的）/division of a poem. Do you know the last stanza of “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
static
ADJ. /静态的/unchanging; lacking development. Why watch chess on TV? I like watching a game with action, not some?thing static where nothing seems to be going on.
statute
N. /法令；条例/law enacted by the legislature. The statute of limitations sets the limits on how long you have to take legal action in specific cases.
steadfast
ADJ. /坚定的；不渝的；忠诚的/loyal; unswerving. Penelope was steadfast in her affections, faithfully waiting for Ulysses to return from his wanderings.
stealth
N. /隐秘；隐藏；隐蔽行动/slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness. Fearing detection by the sentries on duty, the scout inched his way toward the enemy camp with great stealth.
steep
V. /浸泡，弄湿；陡坡；悬崖/soak; saturate. Be sure to steep the fabric in the dyebath for the full time prescribed.
stellar
ADJ. /星体的；恒星的/pertaining to the stars. He was the stellar attraction of the entire performance.
stem
V. /制止流出/check the flow. The paramedic used a tourniquet to stem the bleeding from the slashed artery.
stem from
V. /起因于/arise from. Milton’s problems in school stemmed from his poor study habits.
stereotype
N. /老套；一成不变；铅版/fixed and unvarying representation; stan?dardized mental picture, often reflecting prejudice. Critics object to the character of Jim in The Adventures of Huckle-berry Finn because he seems to reflect the stereotype of the happy, ignorant slave.
stifle
V. /使窒息；扑灭/suppress; extinguish; inhibit. Halfway through the boring lecture, Laura gave up trying to stifle her yawns.
stigma
N. /耻辱；耻辱的标记；柱头；气门/token of disgrace; brand. I do not attach any stigma to the fact that you were accused of this crime; the fact that you were acquitted clears you completely.
stigmatize
V. /打烙印；污蔑/brand; mark as wicked. I do not want to stig?matize this young offender for life by sending her to prison.
stilted
ADJ. /夸大的；充气的；虚胖的；踩高跷的/bombastic; inflated. His stilted rhetoric did not impress the college audience; they were immune to bom?bastic utterances.
stint
N. /供应；分配；限量分配/supply; allotted amount; assigned portion of work. He performed his daily stint cheerfully and willingly. alsoV.
stint
V. /紧缩，节省/be thrifty; set limits. “Spare no expense,” the bride’s father said, refusing to stint on the wedding arrange?ments.
stipend
N. /薪金；津贴/pay for services. There is a nominal stipend for this position.
stipulate
V. /规定；明细化/make express conditions; specify. Before agreeing to reduce American military forces in Europe, the president stipulated that NATO inspection teams be allowed to inspect Soviet bases.
stodgy
ADJ. /乏味的；保守的/stuffy; boringly conservative. For a young per?son, Winston seems remarkably stodgy: you’d expect someone his age to show a little more life.
Stoic
ADJ. impassive; unmoved by joy or grief. I wasn’t par?ticularly stoic when I had my flu shot; I squealed like a stuck pig. also N.
stoke
V. /填饱；司炉/stir up a fire; feed plentifully. As a Scout Marisa learned how to light a fire, how to stoke it if it started to die down, and how to extinguish it completely.
stolid
ADJ. /乏味的；单调的；冷漠的/dull; impassive. The earthquake shattered Stu?art’s usual stolid demeanor; trembling, he crouched on the no longer stable ground.
stratagem
N. /计谋；战略/deceptive scheme. We saw through his clever stratagem.
stratify
V. /分门别类；分类；分层/divide into classes; be arranged into strata. As the economic gap between the rich and the poor increased, Roman society grew increasingly stratified.
stratum
N. /地层；社会阶层/layer of earth’s surface; layer of society. Unless we alleviate conditions in the lowest stratum of our society, we may expect grumbling and revolt.
strew
V. /散开；随意散开；散播/spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter. Preceding the bride to the altar, the flower girl will strew rose petals along the aisle.
striated
ADJ. /有细条纹的/marked with parallel bands; grooved. The glacier left many striated rocks. striate,V.
stricture
N. /责难；非难；限制/restriction; adverse criticism. Huck regularly disobeyed Miss Watson’s rules and strictures upon his behavior: he wouldn’t wear shoes, no matter what she said.
strident
ADJ. /刺耳的；尖锐的；坚持不懈的/loud and harsh; insistent. Whenever Sue became angry, she tried not to raise her voice; she had no desire to appear strident.
stringent
ADJ. /严厉的；迫切的/binding; rigid. I think these regulations are too stringent.
strut
N. /大摇大摆；高视阔步/pompous walk; swagger. Looking at his self?important strut as he swaggered about the parade ground, I could tell Colonel Blimp thought highly of himself. alsoV.
strut
N. /支柱/supporting bar. The engineer calculated that the strut supporting the rafter needed to be reinforced. (sec?ondary meaning)
studied
ADJ. /有计划的；故意的；有想法的/not spontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful. Given Jill’s previous slights, Jack felt that the omission of his name from the guest list was a studied insult.
stultify
V. /使徒劳；使显得愚笨；拆台，办难堪/cause to appear or become stupid or inconsis?tent; frustrate or hinder. His long hours in the blacking fac?tory left young Dickens numb and incurious, as if the menial labor had stultified his brain.
stupefy
V. /使麻木；使大吃一惊/make numb; stun; amaze. Disapproving of drugs in general, Laura refused to take sleeping pills or any other medicine that might stupefy her. stupefaction, N.
stupor
N. /冷漠；漠不关心/state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness. In his stupor, the addict was unaware of the events taking place around him.
stymie
V. /从中作梗；桩子；障碍物/present an obstacle; stump. The detective was stymied by the contradictory evidence in the robbery inves?tigation. also N.
suavity
N. /柔和；愉快；温和/banity; polish. The elegant actor is particularly good in roles that require suavity and sophistication.
subdued
ADJ. /屈服的；柔和的；减弱的/less intense; quieter. Bob liked the subdued lighting at the restaurant because he thought it was roman?tic. I just thought it was dimly lit.
subjective
ADJ. /主观的；个人的/occurring or taking place within the subject; unreal. Your analysis is highly subjective; you have permit?ted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.
subjugate
V. /征服/conquer; bring under control. It is not our aim to subjugate our foe; we are interested only in establishing peaceful relations.
sublime
ADJ. /庄严的；崇高的；壮观的/exalted or noble and uplifting; utter. Lucy was in awe of Desi’s sublime musicianship, while he was in awe of her sublime naiveté.
subliminal
ADJ. /低于极限的；下意识的/below the threshold. We may not be aware of the subliminal influences that affect our thinking.
submissive
ADJ. /屈服的；胆怯的/yielding; timid. When he refused to permit Elizabeth to marry her poet, Mr. Barrett expected her to be properly submissive; instead, she eloped!
subordinate
ADJ. /低级的；下级的；次要的/occupying a lower rank; inferior; submis?sive. Bishop Proudie’s wife expected all the subordinate clergy to behave with great deference to the wife of their superior.
suborn
V. /教唆/persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury). In The Godfather, the mobsters used bribery and threats to suborn the witnesses against Don Michael Cor?leone.
subpoena
N. /传票/writ summoning a witness to appear. The prosecutor’s office was ready to serve a subpoena on the reluctant witness. alsoV.
subsequent
ADJ. /后来的；接下来的/following; later. In subsequent lessons, we shall take up more difficult problems.
subservient
ADJ. /奴隶似的；奴性的/behaving like a slave; servile; obse?quious. He was proud and dignified; he refused to be sub?servient to anyone.
subside
V. /下沉；平息；减退/settle down; descend; grow quiet. The doctor assured us that the fever would eventually subside.
subsidiary
ADJ. /次要的；辅助的/subordinate; secondary. This information may be used as subsidiary evidence but is not sufficient by itself to prove your argument. also N.
subsidy
N. /政府的补助/direct financial aid by government, etc. Without this subsidy, American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.
subsistence
N. /存在；生存/existence; means of support; livelihood. In these days of inflated prices, my salary provides a mere subsistence.
substantial
ADJ. /坚实的；充实的/ample; solid; in essentials. The generous scholarship represented a substantial sum of money.
substantiate
V. /证实；验证/establish by evidence; verify; support. These endorsements from satisfied customers substantiate our claim that Barron’s How to Prepare for the SAT I is the best SAT-prep book on the market.
substantive
ADJ. /真实的；有实质的；大量的/essential; pertaining to the substance. Although the delegates were aware of the importance of the problem, they could not agree on the substantive issues.
subterfuge
N. /借口；托辞/pretense; evasion. As soon as we realized that you had won our support by a subterfuge, we withdrew our endorsement of your candidacy.
subtlety
N. /精明；稀薄；微妙/perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy. Never obvious, she expressed herself with such subtlety that her remarks went right over the heads of most of her audience. subtle,ADJ.
subversive
ADJ. /颠覆性的；破坏性的/tending to overthrow; destructive. At first glance, the notion that styrofoam cups may actually be more ecologically sound than paper cups strikes most envi?ronmentalists as subversive.
succinct
ADJ. /简洁的；紧身的/brief; terse; compact. Don’t bore your audi ence with excess verbiage: be succinct.
succor
V. /救援；援助/aid; assist; comfort. If you believe that con man has come here to succor you in your hour of need, you’re an even bigger sucker than I thought. also N.
succulent
ADJ. /多汁的/juicy; full of richness. To some people, Florida citrus fruits are more succulent than those from Cali?fornia. also N.
succumb
V. /屈服；屈从；死/yield; give in; die. I succumb to temptation whenever I see chocolate.
suffragist
N. /扩大参政权；扩大妇女参政权/advocate of voting rights (for women). In recognition of her efforts to win the vote for women, Con?gress authorized coining a silver dollar honoring the suf?fragistSusan B. Anthony
sully
V. /弄脏；玷污/tarnish; soil. He felt that it was beneath his dignity to sully his hands in such menial labor.
sultry
ADJ. /闷热的，酷热的；放荡的；粗暴的/sweltering. He could not adjust himself to the sultryclimate of the tropics.
summation
N. /结算；累计；总结/act of finding the total; summary. In his summation, the lawyer emphasized the testimony given by the two witnesses.
summit
N. /巅峰；顶点/utmost height or pinnacle; highest point (of a mountain, etc.) The summit of the amateur mountain climber’s aspirations was someday to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
sumptuous
ADJ. /奢侈的；华丽的/lavish; rich. I cannot recall when I have had such a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast.
sunder
V. /分裂/separate; part. Northern and southern Ireland are politically and religiously sundered.
supercilious
ADJ. /自大的；傲慢的/arrogant; condescending; patronizing. The supercilious headwaiter sneered at customers whom he thought did not fit in at a restaurant catering to an ultra?fashionable crowd.
superficial
ADJ. /肤浅的；浅薄的/trivial; shallow. Since your report gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, I cannot give you more than a passing grade.
superfluous
ADJ. /不必要的；多余的/unnecessary; excessive; overabundant. Betsy lacked the heart to tell June that the wedding present she brought was superfluous; she and Bob had already received five toasters. Please try not to include so many superfluous details in your report; just give me the facts. superfluity, N.
superimpose
V. /添加/place over something else. Your attempt to superimpose another agency in this field will merely increase the bureaucratic nature of our government.
supersede
V. /取代；推迟/cause to be set aside; replace; make obso?lete. The new bulk mailing postal regulation supersedes the old one. If you continue to follow the old regulation, your bulk mailing will be returned to you.
supplant
V. /篡位；取代/replace; usurp. Bolingbroke, later to be known as King Henry IV, fought to supplant his cousin, Richard III, as King of England.
supple
ADJ. /柔顺的；顺从的；柔韧的/flexible; pliant. Years of yoga exercises made Grace’s body supple.
supplicate
V. /恳求；祈祷/petition humbly; pray to grant a favor. We supplicate Your Majesty to grant him amnesty.
supposition
N. /假定；假想/hypothesis; the act of supposing. I based my decision to confide in him on the supposition that he would be discreet. suppose,V.
suppress
V. /镇压；抑制；查禁/stifle; overwhelm; subdue; inhibit. Too polite to laugh in anyone’s face, Roy did his best to suppress his amusement at Ed’s inane remark.
surfeit
V. /饮食过度；恶心/satiate; stuff; indulge to excess in anything. Every Thanksgiving we are surfeited with an overabun?dance of holiday treats. also N.
surly
ADJ. /粗暴的；阴沉的；板着脸的；无礼的/rude; cross. Because of his surly attitude, many people avoided his company.
surmise
V. /猜测/guess. I surmise that he will be late for this meeting. also N.
surmount
V. /克服/overcome. Could Helen Keller, blind and deaf since childhood, surmount her physical disabilities and lead a productive life?
surpass
V. /超越/exceed. Her SAT I scores surpassed our expectations.
surreptitious
ADJ. /暗中的；秘密的/secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden. Hoping to discover where his mom had hidden the Christmas pre?sents, Timmy took a surreptitious peek into the master bed?room closet.
surrogate
N. /代理；代替/substitute. For a fatherless child, a male teacher may become a father surrogate.
surveillance
N. /监视；监督/watching; guarding. The FBI kept the house under constant surveillance in the hope of capturing all the criminals at one time,
susceptible
ADJ. /易受影响的；易感动的；易患病的/impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to. Said the patent medicine man to his very susceptible customer: “Buy this new miracle drug, and you will no longer be sus?ceptible to the common cold.”
sustain
V. /支撑；延续/experience; support; nourish. He sustained such a severe injury that the doctors feared he would be unable to work to sustain his growing family.
sustenance
N. /食物；生计/means of support, food, nourishment. In the tropics, the natives find sustenance easy to obtain, due to all the fruit trees.
suture
N. /缝合；缝合处/stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing. We will remove the sutures as soon as the wound heals. alsoV.
swagger
V. /大摇大摆；自大/behave arrogantly or pompously; strut or walk proudly. The conquering hero didn’t simply stride down the street; he swaggered. also N.
swarm
N. /一大群；挤满，占满，蜂拥/dense moving crowd; large group of honey?bees. At the height of the city hall scandals, a constant swarm of reporters followed the mayor everywhere. alsoV.
swarthy
ADJ. /暗的；有雾的/dark; dusky. Despite the stereotypes, not all Italians are swarthy, many are fair and blond.
swathe
V. /包装物；绷带/wrap around; bandage. When I visited him in the hospital, I found him swathed in bandages.
swelter
V. /闷热；中暑/be oppressed by heat. I am going to buy an air conditioning unit for my apartment as I do not intend to swelter through another hot and humid summer.
swerve
V. /转向；突然转向/deviate; turn aside sharply. The car swerved wildly as the driver struggled to regain control of the wheel.
swill
V. /痛饮/drink greedily. Singing “Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum,” Long John Silver and his fellow pirates swilled their grog.
swindler
N. /骗子/cheat. She was gullible and trusting, an easy victim for the first swindler who came along.
sybarite
N. /纵情逸乐之徒/lover of luxury. Rich people are not always sybarites; some of them have little taste for a life of luxury.
sycophant
N. /马屁精；阿谀奉承者/servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man. Fed up with the toadies and flunkies who made up his entourage, the star cried, “Get out, all of you! I’m sick of sycophants!” sycophancy, N.
symbiosis
N. /共生现象/interdependent relationship (between groups, species), often mutually beneficial. Both the croco?dile bird and the crocodile derive benefit from their symbio?sis: pecking away at food particles embedded in the crocodile’s teeth, the bird receives nourishment; the croco?dile, meanwhile, receives proper dental hygiene. symbiotic,ADJ.
symmetry
N. /对称；匀称/arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity. Something lopsided by definition lacks symmetry.
synoptic
ADJ. /概要的/providing a general overview; summary. The professor turned to the latest issue of Dissertation Abstracts for a synoptic account of what was new in the field. synop-SiS, N.
synthesis
N. /合成/combining parts into a whole. Now that we have succeeded in isolating this drug, our next problem is to plan its synthesis in the laboratory. synthesize,V.
table
V. /搁置/set aside a resolution or proposal for future con?sideration. Because we seem unable to agree on this issue at the moment, let us table the motion for now and come back to it at a later date.
tacit
ADJ. /默许的；会意的/understood; not put into words. We have a tacit agreement based on only a handshake.
taciturn
ADJ. /沉默寡言的/habitually silent; talking little. The stereotypi?cal cowboy is a taciturn soul, answering lengthy questions with a “Yep” or “Nope.”
tactile
ADJ. /触觉的/pertaining to the organs or sense of touch. His callused hands had lost their tactile sensitivity.
taint
V. /污染，感染；污点/contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad. One speck of dirt on your utensils may contain enough germs to taint an entire batch of preserves.
talisman
N. /护身符；避邪物/charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune. Joe believed the carved pendant he found in Vietnam served him as a talisman and brought him safely through the war.
talon
N. /鸟爪/claw of bird. The falconer wore a leather gauntlet to avoid being clawed by the hawk’s talons.
tangential
ADJ. /外围的；切线的/peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing. Despite Clark’s attempts to distract her with tan?gential remarks, Lois kept on coming back to her main question: why couldn’t he come out to dinner with Super?man and her?
tangible
ADJ. /可触摸的；真实的/able to be touched; real; palpable. Although Tom did not own a house, he had several tangible assets-a car, a television, a PC-that he could sell if he needed cash.
tanner
N. /皮革工人；6便士/person who turns animal hides into leather. Using a solution of tanbark, the tannertreated the cowhide, transforming it into supple leather.
tantalize
V. /逗弄；使其干着急/tease; torture with disappointment. Tom loved to tantalize his younger brother with candy; he knew the boy was forbidden to have it.
tantamount
ADJ. /同等的/equivalent in effect or value. Though Rudy claimed his wife was off visiting friends, his shriek of horror when she walked into the room was tantamount to a confession that he believed she was dead.
tantrum
N. /发脾气；暴怒/fit of petulance; caprice. The child learned that he could have almost anything if he had a tantrum.
tarantula
N. /毒蜘蛛/venomous spider. We need an antitoxin to counteract the bite of the tarantula.
tarry
V. /等候；逗留；混日子/delay; dawdle. We can’t tarry if we want to get to the airport on time.
taut
ADJ. /紧张的；整洁的/tight; ready. The captain maintained that he ran a taut ship.
tautological
ADJ. /同义反复的/needlessly repetitious. In the sentence “It was visible to the eye, “ the phrase “to the eye” is tautological.
tautology
N. /同义反复/unnecessary repetition. “Joyful happiness” is an illustration of tautology.
tawdry
ADJ. /俗丽的；便宜且华而不实/cheap and gaudy. He won a few tawdry trin?kets in Coney Island.
tedious
ADJ. /令人厌倦的/boring; tiring. The repetitious nature of work on the assembly line made Martin’s job very tedious. tedium, N.
temerity
N. /鲁莽的/boldness; rashness. Do you have the temerity to argue with me?
temper
V. /中和；回火；调剂；锻炼/moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel). Not even her supervisor’s grumpiness could temper Nancy’s enthusiasm for her new job.
temperament
N. /气质；性情/characteristic frame of mind; disposition; emotional excess. Although the twins look alike, they differ markedly in temperament: Todd is calm, but Rod is excitable.
temperate
ADJ. /节制的；自我控制的/restrained; self-controlled; moderate in respect to temperature. Try to be temperate in your eating this holiday season; if you control your appetite, you won’t gain too much weight.
tempestuous
ADJ. /有暴风雨的；暴乱的/stormy; impassioned; violent. Racket?throwing tennis star John McEnroe was famed for his dis?plays of tempestuous temperament.
tempo
N. /节奏，乐曲的速度/speed of music. I find the band’s tempo too slow for such a lively dance.
temporal
ADJ. /暂时的/not lasting forever; limited by time; secular. At onetime in our history, temporal rulers assumed that they had been given their thrones by divine right.
temporize
V. /拖延时间；见风使舵/avoid commiting oneself; gain time. I cannot permit you to temporize any longer; I must have a definite answer today.
tenacious
ADJ. /顽强的/holding fast. I had to struggle to break his tenacious hold on my arm.
tenacity
N. /坚韧/firmness; persistence. Jean Valjean could not believe the tenacity of Inspector Javert. Here all Valjean had done was to steal a loaf of bread, and the inspector had pursued him doggedly for twenty years!
tendentious
ADJ. /偏见的；有目标的；预计好的/having an aim; biased; designed to fur?ther a cause. The editorials in this periodical are tenden?tious rather than truth-seeking.
tender
V. /提供；扩充/offer; extend. Although no formal charges had been made against him, in the wake of the recent scandal the mayor felt he should tender his resignation.
tenet
N. /原则；信条/doctrine; dogma. The agnostic did not accept the tenets of their faith.
tensile
ADJ. /可伸展的；可拉长的/capable of being stretched. Mountain climbers must know the tensile strength of their ropes. tentative ADJ. hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive. Unsure of his wel?come at the Christmas party, Scrooge took a tentative step into his nephew’s drawing room.
tenuous
ADJ. /纤细的/thin; rare; slim. The allegiance of our allies is held by rather tenuous ties.
tenure
N. /任期；（土地的）使用年限/holding of an office; time during which such an office is held. He has permanent tenure in this position and cannot be fired.
tepid
ADJ. /冷淡的；微热的/lukewarm. During the summer, I like to take a tepid bath, not a hot one.
termination
N. /结束/end. Though the time for termination of the project was near, we still had a lot of work to finish before we shut up shop. terminate,V.
terminology
N. /术语学/terms used in a science or art. The special terminology developed by some authorities in the field has done more to confuse the layman than to enlighten him. terminus N. last stop of railroad. After we reached the rail?road terminus, we continued our journey into the wilderness on saddle horses.
terrestrial
ADJ. /地的；地球的/earthly (as opposed to celestial); pertaining to the land. In many science fiction films, alien invaders from outer space plan to destroy all terrestrial life.
terse
ADJ. /简洁；扼要的/concise; abrupt; pithy. There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.
testy
ADJ. /易怒的/irritable; short-tempered. My advice is to avoid discussing this problem with him today as he is rather testy and may shout at you.
tether
V. /用绳子绑；范围/tie with a rope. Before we went to sleep, we teth?ered the horses to prevent their wandering off during the night.
thematic
ADJ. /主题的；主题相关的/relating to a unifying motif or idea. Those who think of Moby Dick as a simple adventure story about whaling miss its underlying thematic import.
theocracy
N. /神权政治/government run by religious leaders. Though some Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower favored the establish?ment of a theocracy in New England, many of their fellow voyagers preferred a nonreligious form of government.
theoretical
ADJ. /理论的/not practical or applied; hypothetical. Bob was better at applied engineering and computer program?ming than he was at theoretical physics and math. While I can still think of some theoretical objections to your plan, you’ve convinced me of its basic soundness.
therapeutic
ADJ. /治疗的；治疗学的/curative. Now better known for its race?track, Saratoga Springs first gained attention for the thera?peutic qualities of its famous “healing waters.” therapy, N.
thermal
ADJ. /热的；热学的/pertaining to heat. The natives discovered that the hot springs made excellent thermal baths and began to develop their community as a health resort. also N.
thespian
ADJ. /戏剧的/pertaining to drama. Her success in the school play convinced her she was destined for a thespian career. also N.
threadbare
ADJ. /褴褛的；破烂不堪的/worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor. The poor adjunct professor hid the threadbare spots on his jacket by sewing leather patches on his sleeves.
thrifty
ADJ. /节省的；抠包的/careful about money; economical. A thrifty shopper compares prices before making major purchases.
thrive
V. /繁荣；昌盛/prosper; flourish. Despite the impact of the reces?sion on the restaurant trade, Philip’s cafe thrived.
throes
N. /剧痛/violent anguish. The throes of despair can be as devastating as the spasms accompanying physical pain.
throng
N. /聚集/crowd. Throngs of shoppers jammed the aisles. alsoV.
thwart
V. /阻碍；挫败/baffle; frustrate. He felt that everyone was trying to thwart his plans and prevent his success.
tightwad
N. /吝啬鬼/excessively frugal person; miser. Jill called Jack a tightwad because he never picked up the check.
