Direct Hits Flashcards by Cyan Chan

anomaly;atypical

异常的

a deviation from the norm

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Ambivalent

模棱两可的

mixed feeling

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sarcastic;sardonic;

snide

讽刺的

Derisive mocking comments

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Dearth;paucity

缺乏

A scarcity or shortage

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Prattle

To speak in a foolish manner; to babble incessantly唠叨

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Wry;droll

Dry; humorous with a clever twist and a touch of irony

冷嘲性幽默

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Unconventional, Unorthodox

Not ordinary or typical; characterized by avoiding customary conventions and behaviors不传统的

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Meticulous, Painstaking, Fastidious

Extremely careful; very EXACTING

非常仔细，非常用心的

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Audacious

Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; very bold大胆的；鲁莽的

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Indifferent,apathetic

Marked by a lack of interest or concern

冷漠的

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Diffident;Self-effacing

Hesitant due to a lack of self-confidence; unassertive不自信的

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Pragmatic

Practical; sensible; NOT idealistic or romantic实际的

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Evocation

An imaginative re-creation of something; a calling forth想像，

（头脑中）再现

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Presumptuous

Taking liberties; brashly overstepping one’s place; impertinently bold 自大专横的

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Recalcitrant

Stubbornly resistant and defiant; OBSTINATE; OBDURATE; REFRACTORY; disobedient
顽抗的，桀骜不驯的

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Boon

A timely benefit; blessing

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Bane

A source of harm and ruin

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Clandestine,

surreptitious

Secret; covert; not open; NOT ABOVEBOARD

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Affable,amiable,

genial,gregarious

Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm and friendly

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Austere

Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare; not ORNATE

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Altruism

Unselfish concern for the welfare of others利他主义

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Ambiguity

The quality or state of having more than one possible meaning

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Ambiguous

Unclear; uncertain; open to more than one interpretation; not definitive

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Upbraid, Reproach, Castigate

To express disapproval; scold; rebuke; CENSURE

严惩

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Nostalgia

A WISTFUL (Word 201) sentimental longing for a place or time in the past
淡淡的忧伤

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Conjecture

An inference based upon guesswork; a SUPPOSITION推测

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Obsolete, Archaic, Antiquated

No longer in use; outmoded in design or style

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Auspicious , Propitious

Very favorable幸运的

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Morose

Very depressed; DESPONDENT (Word 175); mournful

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Impasse

A deadlock; stalemate; failure to reach an agreement

僵局

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Anachronism

The false assignment of an event, person, scene, or language to a time when the event, person, scene, or word did not exist穿越

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Belie

To contradict; to misrepresent; to prove to be false

矛盾，掩饰

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Mitigate , Mollify, Assuage, Alleviate

To relieve; to lessen; to ease

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Covet

To strongly desire; to crave

垂涎，觊觎

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Covetous

Grasping, greedy, eager to obtain something; AVARICIOUS (Word 249)贪婪的，占有欲强的

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Antithesis

The direct or exact opposite; extreme contrast; ANTIPODE对比，对立面

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Antithetical

Exactly opposite; ANTIPODAL

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Prototype

An original model; an initial design

原型，样板

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Aloof

Detached; distant physically or emotionally; reserved; standing near but apart

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Trite, Hackneyed, Banal, Platitudinous, Insipid

Unoriginal; commonplace; overused; CLICHÉD

陈腐枯燥的

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Tenacious

坚忍的

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Indulgent

放纵的纵容的

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Polarize Divisive

使分化使极端化

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Nebulous

模糊的无定形的

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Analogy Analogous

类比

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Fleeting Ephemeral

转瞬即逝的短暂的

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Penchant Predilection

偏好倾向

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Capricious Mercurial

易变的多变的

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Boorish Uncouth Crass

粗野的无教养的

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Indignant

愤慨的

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Innuendo

含沙射影

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Thwart Stymie

妨碍阻挠

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Adroit Deft Adept Dexterous

灵巧的

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Admonish

告诫训诫

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Incontrovertible

无可辩驳的

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Voracious Ravenous

贪婪贪吃的

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Callous

没有感觉不知不觉的

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Intrepid Undaunted

无畏的

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Nonchalant

无动于衷无所谓的

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Convoluted

缠绕费解的

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Itinerant

移动巡游的

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Poignant

动人的令人心痛的

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Impetus

激励

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Bucolic Rustic Pastoral

乡村的牧羊的

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Equanimity Unflappable

镇定沉着

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Panache Verve [va:v] Flamboyant

炫耀浮夸

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Provocative

挑起激起

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Placid Serene

镇定沉静的

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Fortuitous

幸运的

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Dispel

驱散；澄清

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Amalgam

混合物

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Viable Feasible

可行的

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Anguish

折磨

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Intemperate Temperate

无度的/适中的

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Superficial

肤浅的

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Laud Extol Tout Acclaim

称赞

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Dismissive

拒绝接受忽视

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Disparage

鄙视

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Pompous

自大装逼的

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Cryptic

秘密的

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Subtle

微妙不易察觉的

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Disparity

不公

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Curtail

减少

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Innocuous

无害的

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Diatribe Tirade

抨击指责

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Charlatan

江湖医生

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Skeptic

怀疑论者

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Rhetorician

词藻华丽之人

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Hedonist

享乐主义者

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Ascetic

苦行僧

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Raconteur

善讲轶事之人

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Iconoclast

抨击偶像之人

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Dilettante

业余爱好者

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Partisan

党徒

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Mentor Acolyte

导师\学生

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Demagogue

煽动性政客

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Automaton

举止呆板生硬之人

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Recluse

隐士

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Bungler

做事粗制滥造之人

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Clairvoyant

通灵之人

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Prognosticator

预测未来之人

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Pundit

权威学术泰斗

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Zealot

狂热者

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Neophyte Novice Greenhorn

新手

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Benefactor Beneficiary

捐赠人\受益人

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Dissembler Prevaricator

骗子

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Proponent Advocate

支持者拥护者

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Prodigy

奇才

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Oracle

先知

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Misanthrope

愤世之人

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Innovator

革新者

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Sycophant Obsequious

马屁精

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Stoic

坚忍克己之人

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Reprobate

放浪形骸之人

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Renegade

叛徒

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Draconian

被严苛规定的

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Laconic Succinct Terse

极简的

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Spartan

朴素的

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Halcyon

平和的

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Sophistry

诡辩

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Chimerical

狂想的

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Ostracize

驱逐

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Impecunious

一文不值的

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Nefarious

恶意的

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Jovial Jocular

开心的

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Dirge

哀歌

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Maudlin

易伤感的

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Quixotic

堂吉诃德式的不切实际的

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Pandemonium

大混乱

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Martinet

严守纪律之人

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Fiasco Debacle

惨败

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Bowdlerize

删节

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Galvanize

激励

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Picayune

闲碎事物无关紧要的事

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Gerrymander

有目的的不正确划分选区

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Maverick

特立独行之人

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Juggernaut

不可阻挡摧毁一切的强大力量

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Serendipity

意外发现非预期的好的发现

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Zenith Apex

最高点峰

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Nadir

最低点底端

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Expunge Excise Expurgate

删除

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Eccentric

古怪之人

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Extricate

拯救

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Exemplary

典范的

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Enumerate

列举

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Elusive

难以言喻的不易捉摸的

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Exorbitant

过分的昂贵的

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Repudiate Recant Renounce

撤销

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Redundant

累赘的

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Relinquish

撤销废除

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Resilient

有弹性有恢复力的

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Reaffirm

再次重申再三确认

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Reticent

保守缄默的

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Rebuff

拒绝否定

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Renovate

修复刷新

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Rejuvenate

返老还童恢复活力

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Resurgent

再起的重临的

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Deleterious

有危害的

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Decry

强烈谴责

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Despondent Forlorn

沮丧的

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Denounce

指责谴责

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Demise

衰落死亡

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Debunk

揭示证明…为假

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Deride

嘲讽指责

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Impeccable

无与伦比的无瑕疵的完美的

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Implacable

无法取悦的

Inexorable

无可阻挡无法动摇的

Incoherent

不统一的不一致的

Insurmountable

不可战胜的

Circumspect Circuitous

谨慎的

Circuitous

迂回的

Circumvent

规避

Circumscribe

限制

Magnanimous

慷慨的宽宏大量的

Erroneous

谬误的

Momentous

重大的

Mellifluous

声音甜美的

Ominous

凶兆的

Acrimonious

尖酸刻薄的

Copious

丰富的大量的

Abstemious

节制的

Malodorous

恶臭的

Tedious

单调乏味的

Synopsis

概括

Simile

明喻

Metaphor

暗喻

Irony

反讽

Satire Lampoon Parody

讽刺

Hyperbole

夸张

Caricature

夸张的讽刺画

Epic

史诗

Saga

传说

Euphony

和谐的音乐

Cacophony

嘈杂的声音

Foreshadow

预示

Subplot

支线故事

Memoir

追忆倒叙

Anecdote

轶事

Eulogy

颂歌

Allusion

典故

catalyst

催化剂

caustic

尖刻的评论

crystallize

使成形使确定

osmosis

同化吸收

sedentary

久坐的静止的

virulent

病毒的有毒的

empirical

经验的实证的

entomology

昆虫学

gestate

咀嚼思索

paradigm

典范

entrepreneur

创业者企业家

lucrative

有利可图的

extravagant

奢侈过度的

avarice

贪婪的

glut; plethora; surfeit\

paucity

过多\缺乏

destitute; impoverished; indigent\

affluent; opulent

贫穷的,赤贫的\富裕的，丰富的

munificent

慷慨的

parsimonious

节俭的

depreciation

贬值

remunerate

补偿报酬

accord

和谐一致

enlighten

启蒙教化

appeasement

抚平

nullify

使无效

triumvirate

三巨头

pretext

借口

watershed

分水岭

consensus

一致

autocrat; despot

独裁者

manifesto

宣言名声

enfranchise; disenfranchise

给予投票权\剥夺投票权

coerce

强迫

eqalitarian

强调人人平等的

demarcation

划地界

inquisition

质疑审讯

ameliorate \exacerbate

优化\劣化

contiguous

接壤的

desiccate

使干燥干燥的

pertinent

有关的

complicity

牵连

exonerate; exculpate

使无罪释放

indisputable

毋庸置疑的

precedent

前辈先例先驱

unprecedented

无先例的

malfeasance

渎职

arrest

阻止

gravity

重力严肃

precipitate

促进n.结果

relief

土地的)抬升

check

阻止限制

flag

超过使衰弱使失去兴趣

discriminating

有区分的挑剔的

eclipse

遮盖使失色

coin

造新词

stock

陈腐的

currency

潮流趋势

bent

偏好倾向

court

讨好取悦

negotiate

解决

temper

使软化使平和

pedestrian

平常无特点的

cavalier

傲慢的满不在乎的

sanction

许可

compromise

妥协；危害

channel

疏通引导

lambaste

严厉批评

quiescent

静止不动的

provisional

临时的

lurid

恐怖的令人震惊的

truculent; pugnacious; belligerent

挑衅的

propitiate

平息

elan

热情激情

perfunctory

敷衍的草率的

aplomb

镇静沉着

opacity

晦涩难懂的

craven

胆小的

venal

腐败的

licentious; dissolute

放荡的

noxious

有害有毒的

superfluous; extraneous

多余的额外的

duplicitous

欺骗他人的

profligate

奢侈浪费的

epiphany

顿悟

insidious

阴险的

vacuous; inane; vapid

空白的

harbinger; portent; presage

先驱

beleaguer

围攻困扰

burgeon

迅速成长扩散

imperious

傲慢专横的

petulant

孩子气的易怒的

Complaisant

殷勤的顺从的

fawn

逢迎谄媚

obdurate; intransigent; intractable

固执执拗的

redolent

馥郁芬芳的

chicanery

奸诈狡诈

conundrum

谜语难题

slight

轻蔑；批评言辞

capitulate

投降屈服

disheartening

灰心的

apocryphal

伪作虚假的

magisterial

权威的

plasticity; malleable; pliable

可塑的

chagrin

沮丧懊恼

obstreperous

喧闹嘈杂

idyllic

田园的恬静的

dilapidated

破旧的；荒废的

extemporize

即兴发挥

improvise

即兴

myriad

多

ungainly

笨拙的

dilatory

拖拉的

vituperative

严厉批评的

discordant

不和谐的

perfidious

阴险的 treacherous；traitorous

proliferation

迅速增长；扩散

indomitable

坚定的

resolute

坚定的

moribund

濒死的

nuance

细微差别

flippant

轻浮的

facetious

浮夸的

credulous

轻信的

florid

繁华的

excoriate

谴责

scathe

谴责

interloper

闯入者

cerebral

理智的；大脑的

visceral

情绪的；发自肺腑的；本能的

nonplussed

困惑的

confound

困惑

ignominious

可耻的

idiosyncrasy

怪癖

censorious

very critical

captious

严厉抨击的

consternation

疑惑 a state of great dismay and confusion

didactic

教导的

edify

教导

elucidate

澄清

effusive

热情洋溢的

prolific

多产的

furore

轰动

paranoia

偏执狂

marginal

次要的

peripheral

次要的

obfuscate

to deliberately confuse

flummox

to confuse；perplex

spate

快速大量增长

ineffable

不可言喻的

histrionic

过于戏剧化的

overwrought

agitated；overdone

placate

抚慰

eschew

to avoid

stopgap

权宜之计

flotsam

floating wreckage；debris

restitution

补偿；抚慰性质的赔偿

churlish

粗鲁的

sullen

阴郁的；闷闷不乐的

surly

rude

disquiet

令人不安；令人不爽

ornate

装饰华丽的

execrable

very bad

odious

hateful

repugnant

令人恶心反感的

perspicacious

有洞察力的

prescient

先知的

discerning

有洞察力的

eclectic

综合的

hiatus

间隙

vertiginous

眩晕

esoteric

谜传的

arcane

不为外人所知的

supercilious

傲慢的

cupidity

greed

underwrite

承担；付得起

discomfit

thwart；embarrass

taciturn

沉默寡言的

sinecure

闲职

lugubrious

忧郁的

cosmopolitan

世界性的；复杂的

provincial

区域的；狭隘的

parochial

局限的；狭隘的

insular

偏狭的

fecund

productive；creative

ostentatious

炫耀的

guile

阴险狡诈的

sanguine

面色红润的；乐观的

scintillating

超聪明就像闪一样

pristine

纯净的

rampant

蔓生的；猖獗的

pernicious

有害的

oblivious

遗忘的

refractory

倔强的

garrulous

多话的

verbose

多话的

loquacious

多话的

convivial

欢愉的

brusque

草率的

curt

草率的

cursory

草率

tepid

mild

protean

多变的

solicitous

殷切的

disingenuous

不真诚的

venerate

尊敬

revere

尊重

contentious

好争吵的

preclude

预先阻止

compunction

懊悔

contrition

懊悔

remorse

赎罪；悔恨

demography

人口统计学

aphorism

箴言

axiom

格言