Lesson 14 Flashcards
cynosure (2)
cynosure
引人注目的人(或事物)
dabble (2)
淺嘗,嘗新鮮;涉獵
He first dabbled in politics when he was at law school.
他在法學院上學時首次接觸政治。
dampen
使潮濕;把…弄潮;使受潮
Rain had dampened the tent so we left it to dry in the afternoon sun.
雨水打濕了帳篷,午後我們把它放到太陽底下曬。
dashing
氣盛的;氣派的;瀟灑的
a dashing young soldier
年輕氣盛的戰士
daunt
使嚇倒;使氣餒
She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.
她絲毫也沒有被問題的嚴重性嚇住。
dawn on sb (2)
使…明白,使…意識到
[ + that ] I was about to pay for the shopping when it suddenly dawned on me that I’d left my wallet at home.
我買完東西要付錢時,才突然發現我把錢包留在家裡了。
deactivate
使無效,使失效
All chemical weapons facilities will be deactivated.
所有化學武器設施都將進行處理使其失效。
dearth
不足,缺乏,缺少
a dearth of new homes in the region
該地區新住宅的短缺
death throes
(臨死前的)痛苦掙扎;垂死掙扎
Mercutio, fatally stabbed, staggers round the stage in his death throes.
被刺成重傷的默丘裡奧在臺上痛苦地挪著步。
debacle
(尤指因計劃和組織不周而導致的)徹底失敗,一敗塗地,崩潰
The collapse of the company was described as the greatest financial debacle in US history.
那間公司的破產被稱為美國歷史上最大的一場金融災難。
debatable
具爭議的,不確定的;成問題的
[ + question word ] It’s debatable whether a university degree helps at all.
大學學位是否有用是一個具爭議的話題。
debauch (2)
使變壞,使敗壞
Lenin said that the best way to destroy the capitalist system was to debauch the currency.
列寧說,摧毀資本主義體系的最好辦法是擊垮其貨幣。
debauchery
道德敗壞;淫蕩;沉湎酒色(或毒品)
a life of debauchery
糜爛的生活
debilitate (2)
使虛弱;削弱,使衰弱
Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him.
化療使他感到非常疲憊虛弱。
debonair
(尤指男人)有魅力的,明亮照人的,風度翩翩的
a debonair appearance/manner
明亮照人的形象/富有魅力的舉止
debunk (3)
駁斥;揭穿,揭露…的真相
The writer’s aim was to debunk the myth that had grown up around the actress.
作者的目的是為了揭穿圍繞這位女演員的種種傳聞。
deceased
死的,死亡的,去世的
the recently deceased Member of Parliament
最近去世的議員
deceit
欺騙;欺詐
The story is about theft, fraud, and deceit on an incredible scale.
小説描述了令人難以置信的盜竊、行騙和欺詐行為。
deceitful
騙人的,欺詐的;虛假的;誤導的
No one can trust a deceitful person. 沒有人會相信愛騙人的人。
deceptive (2)
有欺騙成分的,騙人的;造成假像的
It’s deceptive - from the outside the building looks small, but inside it’s very big.
這是一種錯覺——從外面看這棟建築物很小,但內部空間卻相當大。