deck10 Flashcards
falsehood
谎言: untrue, made in order to deceive
falter
蹒跚: walk unsteadily; 犹豫踌躇: unsteady in purpose or action
fanatic
狂热者: unreasoning enthusiasm; 狂热的; 盲信的: intense uncritical devotion
fantasy
幻想: imaginative fiction; 产生幻想: form a mental picture
farce
(带有嘲讽元素的)滑稽戏: broadly satirical comedy; 闹剧: ridiculous
fascinate
强烈吸引, 使入迷: hold an intense interest
fast
绝食, 斋戒: abstaining from food; 快速的: quick; 忠诚的: firm in one’s allegiance; 稳固的, 难以拆卸的: firmly positioned
fastidious
挑剔的, 极仔细的, 追求完美的: meticulous attention to detail
fateful
意义重大的: momentous; 带来灾难的, 毁灭性的: bringing death
fathom
测量(深度): measure the depth; 彻底理解, 弄懂: come to understand
fatigue
疲惫: weariness or exhaustion; (让人厌倦的)苦差事: causes weariness
fatuous
愚笨的, 昏庸的: foolish
faultfinder
吹毛求疵的人: petty criticism
favorable
赞许的: expressing approval; 有利的: promote
fawn
阿谀奉承: seek favor by flattery
faze
打扰, 使尴尬: disturb the composure
feckless
无成果的, 没有价值的: having no worth; 粗心不负责任的: careless
fecund
多产, 肥沃的: fruitful
feeble
衰弱的: lacking in strength
feign
制造假象, 装出…的样子: give a false appearance
fender
缓存装置: cushioning device
feral
野生的: not domesticated; 动物性的: nature of a lower animal
fertilize
使肥沃, 使多产: make fertile
fervid
酷热的: high temperature; 热情的: great passion
fervor
热情, 狂热: great warmth
fester
感染, 溃烂, 腐烂: corrupt
fetid
恶臭的: offensive smell
fetter
枷锁, 限制: limits one’s freedom; 束缚: restrain from motion
fiasco
大失败: complete failure
fickle
易变的: likely to change; 不忠诚的: not true in one’s allegiance
fictitious
虚构的: not real
fidelity
忠诚: being faithful
figurative
比喻的: denoting another
figurine
小雕塑: small statue
filibuster
拖延议事: for the purpose of delaying legislative action
filter
过滤: pass through a filter; 去除杂质: remove impurities
finale
终场, 结局: closing part
finesse
娴熟技巧: skill; 精心策划: plan out with subtle skill; (巧妙地)躲避: keep away from
finicky
过分讲究的, 挑剔的: extremely meticulous
flaccid
不结实的, 松弛的: lacking firmness
flag
旗帜, 象征: symbol; 变得衰弱: become feeble
flamboyant
艳丽夺目的, 炫耀的, 充满装饰的: strikingly elaborate
flatter
拍马屁, 奉承, 讨好: praise excessively; 自我感觉良好: think highly of; 使显得更漂亮: show advantageously
flaw
瑕疵, 缺点: imperfection; 降低, 破坏, 使不完美: reduce perfection
fledgling
新生: starting out in a field
fleet
舰队, 车队: group of a vehicles; 迅速的: with great speed; 快速涌过: pass swiftly
flexible
灵活的, 可变的: readily changed; 易受影响的: susceptible to influence
flinch
畏缩; 退缩: draw back
flippancy
轻率, 无礼: unbecoming levity
flirt
调情: behave amorously; 无规则地快速运动: make irregular movements
flit
快速或突然地经过: pass quickly
flock
人群, 兽群: creatures massed together; 聚集, 集体行动: travel in a flock
florid
辞藻华丽的, 花哨的: fancy expressions; 装饰华丽的: elaborately decorated
flounder
笨拙地行动, 挣扎: act clumsily
flourish
茂盛, 繁荣: achieve success; 装饰: ornamentation
flout
嘲弄性不理会, 蔑视: treat with disregard
fluctuate
波动, 无规则地变动: shift back and forth
fluent
表达流利的: able to express well; 不费力的: minimal difficulty
fluky
侥幸的: happening by good luck; 偶然的: by chance
flush
(肤色)健康红润的: healthy reddish; 富有的: money in abundance; 大量的: abundance; 冲洗: pour liquid
fluster
使慌乱: put into agitated confusion
foible
小缺点: minor flaw
foil
挫败: prevent from being successful
foment
助长, 煽动: promote the growth
foolproof
十分简单以至于不会失败的: leave no opportunity for error, misuse or failure
footloose
无拘无束的, 自由的: having no attachments
forbearance
克制, 忍耐: tolerance and restraint; 友好仁慈的态度: kind, gentle or compassionate treatment
forebear
祖先: an ancestor
forestall
预先阻止: prevent beforehand
foreword
前言: preface
forge
伪造: imitate falsely; 铸造, 铸就: form;
formidable
令人害怕的: causing fear; 艰难的: requiring effort
forthright
直率的, 说话率真的: free in expressing opinions; 直接的, 不绕弯子的: free from ambiguity or evasiveness: going straight to the point
fortify
加固, 鼓励: give physical strength; 做好心理准备: prepare mentally
foster
促进, 鼓励, 培养: help the growth; 养育: bring to maturity
founder
建立者: one establishes; 完败: fail utterly; 沉没: become submerged
fracas
争吵, 吵闹: physical dispute, noisy fight
fracture
破裂: breaking; 打碎, 破坏: separate into pieces
fragile
易碎的: broken; 易受伤的, 脆弱的: easily injured
frail
虚弱的: weak; (意志)薄弱的: weak; (希望)渺茫的: slight
fraudulent
欺诈的: fraud
fraught
充满的: full; 令人忧虑的: emotional distress
frenzy
疯狂, 狂怒: mental agitation
frequent
时常拜访: often; 时常发生的, 重复再现的: short intervals
fretful
易怒的, 烦躁的: vexed
friable
易碎的: easily crumbled
friction
摩擦: rubbing; 冲突, 不和: clashing;
frigid
严寒的: cold; 冷漠的: lacking warmth
fringe
边缘: border; 与…接壤, 位于…的边缘: be adjacent
frivolous
轻浮的: unbecoming levity; 不重要的: little importance
frothy
用轻薄材料制作的: light; (内容等)快乐轻佻、不严肃的: gaily frivolous
frowsy
邋遢的: slovenly; 味道难闻的: unpleasant smell
frugal
节约的: economy
frustrate
挫败, 阻挠: prevent; 使沮丧: lessen the courage
full-bodied
重要的: importance; 味道浓烈的: richness flavor
fulminate
大声斥责: thunderous denunciation
fumble
笨拙地做: awkward attempts; (无意识的)失误: departure from truth
furor
喧闹, 狂怒, 激动, 狂热: intense excitement
furtive
鬼鬼祟祟的; 秘密的: stealth
fury
暴怒: rage