GKV 4 Flashcards
Cards 91-120; Artifice - Bemused
artifice
(AHRT uh fus)
诡计; 奸计
n. a clever trick; cunning
ascendency
(uh SEN dun see)
优势
n. supremacy; domination
ascetic
(uh SET ik)
苦行者
adj. hermitlike; practicing self-denial
assiduous
(uh SIJ oo us)
兢兢业业的; 勤勤恳恳的
adj. hardworking; busy; diligent
assimilate
(uh SIM uh layt)
吸收
v. to take in; absorb; learn
assuage
(uh SWAYJ)
缓和
v. to soothe; pacify; ease the pain; relieve
astute
(uh STOOT)
精明
adj. shrewd, keen judgment
atheist
(AY thee ist)
无神论者
n. non-believer of god
attrition
(uh TRISH un)
损耗
n. gradual wearing away; decrease in size
audacity
(aw DAS uh tee)
大胆
n. boldness; daring; impertinence
augment
(awg MENT)
增加
v. to make bigger; add to; increase
auspicious
(aw SPISH us)
吉祥
adj. favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
austere
(aw STEER)
朴素的; 简陋的; 严肃的; 严厉的
adj. unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess
autocratic
(aw tuh KRAT ik)
专制
adj. ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy
autonomous
(aw THAN uh mus)
自治的; 有自治权的; 自主的; 有自主权的
adj. acting independently
avarice
(AV ur is)
贪婪
n. greed; excessive love of riches
avow
(uh VOW)
承认
v. to claim; declare; admit
avuncular
(uh VUNG kyuh lur)
像伯伯(或叔叔)似的; 长辈风范的; 慈爱的
adj. like an uncle; kind, helpful, generous, understanding in an uncle-y sort of way
awry
(uh RYE)
错了
adj. off course; twisted
axiom
(AK see um)
公理
n. a self-evident rule; widely accepted saying
banal
(buh NAL)
平庸的
adj. unoriginal; ordinary
bane
(bayn)
祸根
n. poison; torment; cause of harm
bastion
(BAS chun)
堡垒
n. stronghold; fortress
beget
(bih GET)
产生
v. to give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cause
belabor
(bi LAY bur)
毒打一顿；责骂; 就…作过度的说明；向…唠叨; 反复研究（或讨论）
v. to go over repeatedly
beleaguer
(bih LEE gur)
围攻者
v. to surround; besiege; harass
belie
(bih LYE)
掩饰; 遮掩; 使…给人以假象; 显示(某事)不正确; 证明(某事)错误
v. to give a false impression; to contradict
belittle
(bih LIT ul)
贬低
v. to make to seem little; to put someone down
belligerent
(buh LIJ ur unt)
好战的
adj. combative; quarrelsome; waging war
bemused
(bih MYOOZD)
困惑
adj. confused; bewildered
