deck09 Flashcards
entangle
使卷入, 使纠缠: twist confused mass; 使变复杂或困难: complex or difficult
enthusiasm
热情, 兴趣: desire or interest
entice
诱使: tempt, lure
entrance
进入权, 进入许可: means of entering or participation; 使入迷: wonder, enchantment
entrap
诱骗: lure
entreat
恳求: plead persuade, ask urgently
enunciate
清晰地说: articulate; 公开宣布, 宣称: openly or publicity
ephemeral
短暂的: very short time
epic
宏大的, 超凡脱俗的: surpassing the usual
epicure
美食家: discriminating tastes
epigram
机智的短诗, 警句: short witty
epilogue
文学作品的结局: concluding section literary; 戏剧的收场白: final scene of a paly
epithet
外号, 绰号: descriptive name
epitomize
摘要, 概括: short statement, main points; 代表, 体现, 是…的典型范例: represent a typical example of
equable
(脾气、性情)温和的: serene
equity
不偏不倚, 公平: lack of favoritism
equivalent
等价的, 相等的: equal
equivocate
(带有欺骗目的地)模棱两可地说, 说谎话: equivocal
erode
侵蚀, 慢慢减少: consume gradually
errant
居无定所的: from place to place; 误入歧途的, 犯错误的: straying proper course or standards
erratic
善变的: not constant; 异常的, 不同寻常的: different from the ordinary
erudite
博学的: learned
escalate
(使)(战争等)升级, 扩大: increase
eschew
刻意避开; 戒绝: avoid
esoteric
深奥难懂的: difficult to understand; 少数人知道的: not known by the general
espouse
支持; 拥护: support; 与…结婚: marriage, marry
esteem
尊重: respect, prize
estimable
值得尊敬的: admirable
estrange
使疏远, 离间, 使感情失和: enmity, indifference, friendliness
etch
蚀刻; 留下深刻印象, 铭记: produce a vivid impression
eternal
永恒的: infinite duration, everlasting, perpetual
ethereal
轻巧精致的: lightness, highly refined, delicate; 天国的: heaven; 非物质的, 精神(上)的: spiritual, not composed of matter
ethics
道德规范: governing conduct
eulogize
称赞, 颂扬: speak in high praise of
euphemism
婉言, 委婉的说法: inoffensive expression
euphonious
悦耳的: pleasing
euphoria
感觉极其愉快: overwhelming usually pleasurable
evacuate
撤空: empty or remove; 撤退: remove
evanescent
逐渐消失的, 短暂的: vanish
evasive
难以发现, 捕捉, 分离的; 含糊其辞的: equivocal
everlasting
永恒的, 持久的: forever
evict
赶出, 逐出: expel
evince
表明: make known
evoke
唤起, 引发: call up
exacerbate
使加剧, 使恶化: severe
exacting
严格的, 苛求的: rigorous; 费时间心思的: requiring time, effort, attention
exalt
提升, 提拔: raise; 赞扬: praise
exasperate
激怒: excite
excavate
挖掘, 挖空: dig out
exceptional
例外的, 特别的, 非凡的: uncommon, extraordinary
excoriate
严厉批评: criticize harshly publicly
excrete
排泄: discharge
excruciate
折磨, 使痛苦: pain
exculpate
声明无罪; 开脱, 使无罪: clear fault guilt
excursive
离题的; 散漫的: passing
execrate
谴责: morally wrong or evil; 痛恨: dislike strongly
exemplary
榜样的, 值得效仿的: being a pattern, imitated; 作为警告的: warning
exempt
使免除: release liability
exhaust
耗尽: consume entirely, complete use of; 筋疲力尽: wear out
exhilarate
使高兴; 使兴奋: cheerful, excited
exhort
敦促, 力劝: urge strong
exigent
紧急的: immediate
exodus
大批离去: departure
exonerate
免除责备: free from blame
exorbitant
过度的: exceeding the customary or appropriate limits
exotic
外来的, 不同寻常的: unusual
expansive
广阔的: great expanse; 健谈的, 外向的: open, talkative, effusive
expedite
加快进程: speed up the progress
expedition
动作迅速: speed
expiate
赎罪, 纠正: extinguish the guilt
expire
断气, 死亡: die; 到期: come to an end
explicit
表达清晰的: fully revealed or expressed; 成熟的, 完全形成的: fully developed
exploit
英雄行为: notable act; 最大程度地利用: employ
exponent
倡导者, 支持者: advocates; 实践者, 典型代表: full realization
expurgate
净化(书等), 删去(不当处): remove
exquisite
成都强烈的: extreme; 精致精巧的: refined taste
extant
现存的: not destroyed, extinct
extemporize
即兴表现: without prior preparation
extenuate
减轻罪过: lessen the seriousness
extinct
灭绝的: no longer existing
extinguish
熄灭: put out; 终止: bring to a complete end
extol
赞美; 吹捧: praise
extort
勒索: force, intimidation
extract
用力拔出: take out
extraction
血统: origin, ancestry
extraneous
无关的: no relevance; 非主要因素的: not essential
extravagant
挥霍的: spending money freely; 过度的, 不必要的: beyond normal acceptable limit
extricate
使解脱, 救出: free entanglement
exuberant
非常高兴的, 热情洋溢的: joyously, unrestrained; 大量的, 充分的: abundance
exude
分泌, 流出: flow forth
exult
感到欢喜: rejoice
fable
寓言故事: story teach a basic truth; 神话, 传说: story of supernatural happenings; 谎言, 虚构: statement in order to deceive
fabricate
捏造: make up; 搭建, 组建, 打造: bring into being by combining
facetious
喜欢开玩笑的, 轻浮的: joking
facile
表面的, 浅尝辄止的: lack of depth; 容易的, 唾手可得的: easily accomplished
facilitate
使变容易, 促进: make easy
faction
派系: a party that is often contentious
fallacious
谬误的, 不合逻辑的: containing fallacy; 欺骗性的: tending to deceive
fallow
休耕的: untilled; 闲置的: not being in a state of use
fail-safe
保险措施: to preclude loss or injury; 万无一失的: no chance of failure