GKV 5

Question 1

benefactor

(BEN uh fak tur)

Answer 1

施主；捐款人；赞助人

n. one who provides help, especially in the form of a donation

Question 2

benevolent

(beh NEV uh lunt)

Answer 2

慈爱的，仁慈的；乐善好施的；慈善的

adj. generous; kind; doing good deeds

Question 3

benign

(bih NYNE)

Answer 3

善良的；和善的；慈祥的；良性的

adj. gentle; not harmful; kind; mild

Question 4

bequest

(bih KWEST)

Answer 4

遗赠

n. something left to someone in a will

Question 5

bereaved

(buh REEVD)

Answer 5

失去亲人的

adj. deprived or left desolate, especially through death

Question 6

beset

(bih SET)

Answer 6

困扰

v. to harass; surround

Question 7

blasphemy

(BLAS fuh mee)

Answer 7

亵渎

n. irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity

Question 8

blatant

(BLAYT unt)

Answer 8

明目张胆的

adj. unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring

Question 9

blight

(blyte)

Answer 9

农作物等的)枯萎病，疫病; (对局势、生活或环境)有害的事物，不利因素

n. a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys

Question 10

blithe

(blythe)

Answer 10

不在意的; 漫不经心的; 快乐的; 无忧无虑的

adj. carefree; cheerful

Question 11

bourgeois

(boor ZHWAH)

Answer 11

资产阶级的

adj. middle class, usually in a pejoritive sense; boringly conventional

Question 12

bovine

(BOH vyne)

Answer 12

牛的; 与牛有关的; 愚笨的; 反应迟钝的

adj. cow related; cowlike

Question 13

brevity

(BREV i tee)

Answer 13

简洁；短暂

n. briefness

Question 14

broach

(brohch)

Answer 14

开始谈论，引入(尤指令人尴尬或有异议的话题)

v. to open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject

Question 15

bucolic

(byoo KAHL ik)

Answer 15

田园的；乡村的；牧羊的

adj. charmingly rural; rustic; countrylike

Question 16

bureaucracy

(byoo RAHK ruh see)

Answer 16

官僚主义；政府机构

n. a system of government administration run according to inflexible and inefficient rules; any large administrative system characterized by inefficiency, lots of rules, and red tape

Question 17

burgeon

(BUR jun)

Answer 17

激增; 迅速发展

v. to expand; flourish

Question 18

burlesque

(bur LESK)

Answer 18

脱衣舞，打油诗，滑稽戏，剧，杂耍，漫画; adj.滑稽的; 可笑的

n. a ludicrous, mocking, lewd imitation

Question 19

cacophony

(kuh KAHF uh nee)

Answer 19

刺耳的嘈杂声

n. a harsh sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds

Question 20

cadence

(KAYD uns)

Answer 20

节奏

n. rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds

Question 21

cajole

(kuh JOHL)

Answer 21

劝诱; 哄骗; 诱骗

v. to persuade someone to do something he/she doesn’t want to do

Question 22

callow

(KAL oh)

Answer 22

幼稚无经验的; 未谙世事的

adj. immature

Question 23

candor

(KAN dur)

Answer 23

坦率，正直，公正；光明

n. truthfullness; sincere honesty

Question 24

capitalism

(KAP uh tuh liz um)

Answer 24

资本主义

n. an economic system where businesses are owned by private citizens and the resultant products/services are sold with little government control

Question 25

capitulate

(kuh PICH uh layt)

Answer 25

有条件投降，认输，屈服，让步，停止抵抗

v. to surrender; to give up or give in

Question 26

capricious

(kuh PRISH us)

Answer 26

(态度或行为)反复无常的; 任性的; 变化无常的; 多变的

adj. unpredictable; likely to change at any moment

Question 27

caricature

(KAR uh kuh chur)

Answer 27

讽刺画；扭曲，夸张的描述

n. a portrait or description that is purposely distorted, often to prove a point

Question 28

castigate

(KAS tuh gayt)

Answer 28

严厉批评; 申斥

v. to criticize severely; chastise

Question 29

catalyst

(KAT uh list)

Answer 29

催化剂

n. anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved in it.

Question 30

categorical

(kat uh GOR uh kul)

Answer 30

绝对的；直接了当的；无条件的

adj. unconditional; absolute