GKV 12 Flashcards
Cards 331 - 360; Exhaustive - Figurative
exhaustive
ig ZAWS tiv
详尽无遗
adj. thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking
exhort
ig ZORT
劝勉
v. to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to
exingency
EK si jen see
紧急情况
n. an emergency; an urgency
existential
eg zis TEN shul
存在的
adj. having to do with existence; having to do with the body of thought called existentialism, which basically holds that human beings are responsible for their own actions
exonerate
ig ZAHN uh rayt
开脱
v. to free completely from blame; to exculpate
expatriate
eks PAY tree ayt
外籍人士
v. to throw (someone) out of his or her native land; to move away from one’s native land; to emigrate
expedient
ik SPEE dee unt
权宜
adj. providing an immediate advantage; serving one’s immediate self-interest; practical
expedite
EK spi dyte
加快
v. to speed up or ease the progress of
explicit
ik SPLIS it
明确的
adj. clearly and directly expressed
extol
ik STOHL
赞美
v. to praise highly; to laud
extraneous
ik STRAY nee us
无关的
adj. unnecessary; irrelevant; extra
extrapolate
ik STRAP uh layt
外推
v. to project or deduce from something known; to infer
extricate
EK struh kayt
解脱
v. to free from difficulty
extravert
EKS truh vurt
外向的
n. an open, outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself
exult
ig ZULT
欢腾
v. to rejoice; to celebrate
fabrication
FAB ruh kay shun
制造
n. a lie; something made up
facetious
fuh SEE shus)
戏谑的
adj. humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous
facile
FAS il
轻巧的
adj. fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy
faction
FAK shun
派
n. a group; usually a small part of a larger group, united around some cause; disagreement within an organization
farcical
FARS i kul
可笑的
adj. absurd; ludicrous
fastidious
fa STID ee us
挑剔
adj. meticulous; demanding; finicky
fatalist
FAYT uh list
宿命论者
n. someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them
fatuous
FACH oo us
愚蠢的
adj. foolish; silly; idiotic
fauna
FAW nuh
动物群
n. animals