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Kaplan 8 #2 Flashcards

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enervated

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使无力的，使衰弱的

the scorching sun enervated her

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ravaged

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devastates, ruined

a ravaged landscape

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bourgeois

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中产阶级的，资产的

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extant

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现存的

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Germane

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有密切关系的

Those factors are not germane to the present discussion

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Inviolable

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不可侵犯，不可亵渎的

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natty

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整洁时髦的；设计轻巧的

a natty blue blazer and designer jeans

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germane

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有密切关系的

these factors are not germane to the present discussion

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natty

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整洁时髦的，敏捷的

a natty blue blazer

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profligate

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挥霍的，浪费的

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rapacious

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贪婪的

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sententious

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说教式的，警句的，格言的

he tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric

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obsequious

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谄媚的，奉承的

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panacea

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万能药

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debacle

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溃败
failure, fiasco, catastrophe

the economic debacle

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euphemism

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委婉语，婉转说法

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evanescent

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逐渐消失的；

转瞬即逝的 ephemeral, transitory

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sanguine

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乐观的

he is sanguine about the remorseless advancement of information technology

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dogmatic

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教条的

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disinterested

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公正 无私 的

unbiased, impartial, nonpartisan

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sinister

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阴险，邪恶，恶意的

there was a sinister undertone in his words

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saccharine

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故做多情的，过分甜蜜的
too sentimental & sweet

some saccharine love songs

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scurrilous

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恶意诽谤的；下流的

a scurrilous attack on his integrity

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dulcet

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悦耳的

dulcet tones

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comely

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秀丽的

a comely young woman

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facile

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轻率的，肤浅的；容易做到的

that’s too facile an explanation

she achieved a facile six-length victory

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inscrutable

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难以捉摸的

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ingenuous

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天真的，直率坦诚的

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spendthrift

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挥霍者/挥霍的

he is a notorious spendthrift
his spendthrift father

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prodigal

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挥霍的，浪费的

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miser

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守财奴，吝啬鬼

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hedonist

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pleasure seeker，爱奢侈享受的人

people who believe that the pursue of pleasure is the most important thing in life

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skinflint

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吝啬鬼

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epicure

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美食家

a person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink

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ablated

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remove

  • ablade cancer cells
  • drying wind slowly abode away the ice
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attenuated

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thin; weakened

he rippled his attenuated finger in the air

the radiation of the sun is attenuated by the earth’s atmosphere

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bedizened

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过分的打扮， gaudily

a dressed bedizened with …

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caparisoned

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马衣；盛装打扮

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extirpated

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连根拔起；根除

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fomented

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挑起，instigate

they are accused of fomenting civil unrest

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