Group III Flashcards
Acumen
n.敏锐;聪明
His business acumen helped him to succeed where others had failed.
他在商业上的敏锐帮他在其他人失败的地方获得成功
Adulterate
v.搀 … 使品质变劣
It is a crime to adulterate foods without informing the buyer.
不告知买主就对食物掺杂是犯罪。
Amalgamate
v.合并;混合
Our local brewery has amalgamated with another firm.
我们本地的酿酒厂与另一个公司合并了。
Archaic
adj.已不通用的;古老的;古代的
The students are seeing the archaic film.
学生们在看那部古老的电影
Aver
v.极力声明;断言
He avers he will not attend the meeting.
他断言不会参加那个会议。
Bolster
vt.支持;鼓励
Both sides offered statistics to bolster their arguments.
双方都拿出统计数字来支持他们的论点。
Bombastic
adj.夸大的
The orator spoke in a bombastic manner.
这位演说家的讲话言过其实
Diatribe
n.长篇抨击;长时间谩骂
The book is a diatribe against the academic left.
这本书对学术左派进行了长时间的谩骂
Dissemble
v.掩饰;假装
She tried to dissemble her anger with a smile on her face.
她试图用她脸上的微笑来掩饰她的愤怒。
Eccentric
adj.古怪的;反常的;不同圆心的
She put him down as an eccentric person.
她认为他是个行为古怪的人
Endemic
adj.风土的;地方的
With the efforts for many years, great achievements have been made in the prevention of the endemic diseases
Evanescent
adj.迅速消失的;短暂的
The evanescent post-war economic boom was quickly followed by a deep recession.
大萧条紧随短暂的战后经济繁荣而来。
Exacerbate
vt.加重(使 … 恶化;激怒)
Her mother’s interference exacerbated the difficulties in their marriage.
她母亲从中干预使他们的婚姻雪上加霜。
Fervent
adj.热情的;强烈的;炎热的;热心的
She had a fervent farewell speech.
她发表了热情的告别演说。
Fortuitous
adj.偶然的;幸运的
The occurrence of such things is by no means fortuitous.
出现这种问题绝不是偶然的。
Germane
adj.有密切关系的;恰当的
He asks questions that are germane and central to the issue.
他问了一些与论点有密切关系的重要问题。
Grandiloquence
n.大话;夸口;豪言壮语
We always heard his grandiloquence in stock aspect, and we still remember his accurate prediction in stock market in 2000.
我们经常听到他对股市的精辟分析,我们至今都仍然记得他在2000年时对股市的准确预
Hackneyed
adj.(指词语﹑ 言辞等)陈腐的;老生常谈的
The hackneyed phrase came unintended to his lips.
他顺口说了这句老掉牙的套话。
Halcyon
adj.宁静的;平稳的
He yearned for the halcyon daysof his childhood.
他怀念儿时宁静幸福的日子。
Hedonism
n.快乐论;快乐主义;享乐主义
here was room, it was felt, for both idealism and hedonism.
他们感到人要有点理想主义和乐天主义
Hegemony
n.霸权;领导权
It was a struggle between the United States and Japan for hegemony in the Far East.
这是一个美国与日本争夺远东霸权的会议。
Iconoclaust
n.毁坏宗教神像的人;提倡打破旧习的人
But Gregory Cochran, a noted scientific iconoclast, is prepared to say it anyway.
不过著名的科学狂人GregoryCochran决意要做第一个吃螃蟹的人。
Idolatrous
adj.偶像崇拜的
When the beast and his prophet were thrown into the fiery lake, the rule of Antichrist and idolatrous Rome ended.
当兽和牠的先知被扔在火湖中时,敌基督的权柄和充满偶像的罗马就消灭了。
Impassive
adj.无感情的;无表情的;冷漠的;平静的
He was content to stand by as an impassive spectator.
他满足于站在旁边做一个冷漠的旁观者。
Imperturbable
adj.沉着的;泰然自若的;镇静的
She was one of those imperturbable people who never get angry or upset.
她是那种从不生气也不烦恼的人。
Implacable
adj.难宽恕的;难和解的;执拗的
There is implacable hatred between the two nations.
两国之间有无法消除的仇恨。
Impunity
n.不受惩罚;免罚
The days of impunity seem to be over.
免受惩罚的日子似乎已经完结。
Inchoate
adj.刚开始的;早期的;不成熟的
Her early works are an inchoate idea, nothing but full of lush rhetoric.
她的早期作品都不太成熟,除了华丽的词藻外就没什么内容了。
Infelicitous
adj.不妥当的;不幸的
the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy.
错误的排版是因为原稿潦草难认。
Chinese people generally chase for double gifts, because odd number is seemed to be infelicitous.
中国人一般讲究礼品成双,因为奇数被视为不吉利。
Insipid
adj.没有味道的;枯燥乏味的
The food was rather insipid and needed gingering up.
这食物缺少味道,需要加点作料
Loquacious
adj.多话的;唠叨的
Kennedy had become almost as loquacious as Joe.
肯尼迪变得和乔一样唠叨了。