Lesson 17 Flashcards
disembowel
disembowel
除去（動物）的內臟；（尤指舊時作為刑罰）開（人）的膛
disfigure
損毀…的外觀；使毀容
She was horribly disfigured by burns.
她的臉因燒傷而變得慘不忍睹。
disgruntled (2)
不滿的；不悅的
A disgruntled former employee is being blamed for the explosion.
一名心懷不滿的前員工被認為是此次爆炸的罪魁禍首。
disillusion
使幻想破滅；使清醒，使覺悟
I hate to/I’m sorry to disillusion you, but pregnancy is not always wonderful - I was sick every day for six months.
我不想打破你的美夢，但是懷孕並非總是美妙的事——我當時有六個月的時間天天都噁心。
disinterested (2)
客觀的；公正的；無私的
a disinterested observer/judgment
公正的觀察員／判斷
dislocation (2)
負面影響，混亂，紊亂
Snow has caused serious dislocation of/to train services.
下雪嚴重干擾了火車服務的正常運作。
dismantle (3)
拆開，拆卸
She dismantled the washing machine to see what the problem was, but couldn’t put it back together again.
她拆開洗衣機想看看出了甚麽問題，但是卻裝不起來了。
disoriented
迷路的，迷失的
Whales become disoriented in shallow water.
鯨在淺水中會迷失方向。
disparage (2)
貶斥，貶低
The actor’s work for charity has recently been disparaged in the press as an attempt to get publicity.
該演員爲慈善事業所做的工作近來被報紙說成是想出名。
disparager
disparager
毀謗者
disparity (4)
不平等；（不公平的）差異
the growing disparity between rich and poor
正在加劇的貧富懸殊
dispassionate
冷靜的，鎮靜的，沈著的
In all the media hysteria, there was one journalist whose comments were clear-sighted and dispassionate.
當各種媒體都變得十分狂熱時，有一位記者的評論卻能灼見真知保持冷靜。
dispel
消除（恐懼）；掃除（疑慮）；打消（錯誤念頭）
I’d like to start the speech by dispelling a few rumours that have been spreading recently.
我想在演講的開頭先澄清一些近期流傳的謠言。
dispensable
可有可無的，非必需的
It seemed the soldiers were regarded as dispensable - their deaths just didn’t matter.
那些士兵似乎被認爲是可有可無的——他們的死無關緊要。
dispensary
（醫院的）藥局，藥劑部，藥房
dispense (2)
分發；提供，供應
There is a vending machine on the platform that dispenses snacks.
月臺上有一個出售零食的自動售貨機。
be disposed to do sth (2)
願意做…；很可能會去做…
After all the trouble she put me to, I didn’t feel disposed to help her.
她給我帶來了這麽多的麻煩，我可不願意再幫她了。
disregard
忽視，漠視，無視
What amazes me is her complete disregard for anyone else’s opinion.
讓我吃驚的是，她完全無視他人的意見。
disrupt
打斷，中斷，擾亂
Heavy snow disrupted travel into the city this morning.
今晨的大雪擾亂了入城交通系統的正常運作。
disruption
分裂；崩潰；瓦解；中斷
The large-scale demonstrations mounted by the students caused a disruption in the city’s traffic. 由學生舉行的大型示威造成城市交通的中斷。
dissatisfied
不滿的，不滿意的
If you’re dissatisfied with the service, why don’t you complain to the hotel manager?
如果你對飯店的服務不滿意，爲甚麽不去向經理投訴呢？
dissection
（尤指對屍體或植物的）解剖
Traditional surgical approaches to spinal pain involve open dissection of soft tissue and bone.
針對脊柱疼痛的傳統外科手術法是要切開軟組織和骨頭。
dissemble
掩蓋，掩飾（動機、感情、真相等）
He accused the government of dissembling.
他指責政府掩飾真相。
disseminate (3)
散佈，傳播，宣傳
One of the organization’s aims is to disseminate information about the disease.
該組織的宗旨之一就是宣傳關於這種疾病的知識。
dissension
（尤指組織、團體、政黨等內部的）分歧，異議，爭議
There are signs of dissension within the ruling political party.
執政黨內部出現了意見不一的跡象。
dissenter (2)
反對者，持異議者
The two parties disprove the theory of the other, but unite in persecuting the dissenter. 儘管這兩黨各自不同意它黨的理論，在迫害持異議者這一點上卻是一致的。
dissertation
專題論文；學位論文
Ann did her dissertation on Baudelaire.
安的論文寫的是波德萊爾。
dissipate
（使）逐漸消失；（使）逐漸浪費掉
The heat gradually dissipates into the atmosphere.
熱量逐漸消失在大氣中。
dissonance
dissonance
不和諧音；不一致
distantly
遙遠地，遠遠地
He heard, distantly, the sound of the sea.
他遠遠地聽到了大海的聲音。
distend
（通常指腹部或身體其他部位）鼓起，隆起，凸起
In the refugee centres we saw many children whose stomachs were distended because of lack of food.
在難民中心，我們看到許多孩子由於缺少食物腹部都鼓了起來。
distillery
烈酒生産廠家
a whisky distillery
威士忌酒廠
distinctive
與眾不同的，獨特的，特別的
a distinctive smell/taste
特別的氣味／味道
distort
扭曲；使變形；歪曲
My original statement has been completely distorted by the media.
我最初的說法被媒體徹底歪曲了。
distortion
歪曲，曲解
a gross distortion of the facts
對事實的嚴重歪曲
disunity
disunity
不統一，不團結
diurnal (2)
diurnal
每日的；一日間的；白天的
diverge (3)
（道路）分叉；出現差異；發生分歧
They walked along the road together until they reached the village, but then their paths diverged.
他們一直沿著那條路走到那個村子，然後才分開。
diversify
多樣化；差異化
Millions of years ago, changes in the earth’s climate caused animal and plant life to diversify.
數百萬年前，地球氣候的變化導致了動植物的多樣化。
diversion
繞行路線
Traffic diversions will be kept to a minimum throughout the festival.
在節日期間，儘量少實行交通禁行措施。
divert (2)
使改變方向，使轉向
Traffic will be diverted through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced.
這條主幹道重鋪路面時，車輛行人將被分流到側路通行。
divest (2)
賣掉，出售（企業或其中一部分）
The company is divesting its less profitable business operations.
該公司打算出售其盈利較差的業務。
divisive
有爭議的；引起分歧的
The Vietnam war was an extremely divisive issue in the US
越南戰爭在美國是一個極具爭議的問題。
divulge
洩露，透露（秘密）
Journalists do not divulge their sources.
記者們不會透露消息來源。
doctrine
（尤指政治或宗教的）信條，教義，學說
Christian doctrine
基督教教義
dogged
下定決心的，堅決的
Her ambition and dogged determination ensured that she rose to the top of her profession.
遠大的志向和頑強的意志使她成爲行業的佼佼者。
doggy
狗，犬
dogma
（教會等的）教義，教理，教條；信條[C][U]
They rejected the dogma that the earth is the center of the universe. 他們不相信地球中心說。
dogmatic (5)
1.教義的，教條的
2.武斷的；固執己見的
a dogmatic opinion 武斷的意見
in the doldrums
不順利的；停滯的，沒有進展的
Her career was in the doldrums during those years.
那些年她的事業一直沒有什麼起色。
