Lesson 2-8

Question 1

futility

Answer 1

無益，徒勞[U]

the futility of their attempts 他們的嘗試無效

Question 2

galvanize

Answer 2

激起；使震驚；使振奮
Western charities were galvanized by TV pictures of starving people.
饑民的照片在電視上播出後，西方的慈善組織倍感震驚，馬上行動了起來。

Question 3

garrulous

Answer 3

喋喋不休的；貧嘴的；饒舌的

The thing I fear the most when traveling on a plane is to have a garrulous neighbor. 我搭飛機旅行時，最怕有個喋喋不休的鄰座。

Question 4

germinate

Answer 4

（使）（種子）發芽，萌芽；（使）開始生長
The beans will only germinate if the temperature is warm enough.
豆只有在溫度足夠高時才會發芽。

Question 5

gingerly

Answer 5

謹慎地；小心翼翼地；輕手輕腳地
Holding her painful back, she sat down gingerly on the bench.
她用手按著疼痛的背部，小心翼翼地坐在長椅上。

Question 6

gouge

Answer 6

鑿
He drove into some railings and gouged a hole in the back of his car.
他開車撞到欄杆上，把車的後部撞了個大洞。

Question 7

grandiose

Answer 7

誇大的，不切實際的；華而不實的
grandiose schemes/designs/ideas for making money
不切實際的賺錢計劃／方案／想法

Question 8

grapple

Answer 8

（尤指為了得到某物而）扭打，搏鬥
The children grappled for the ball.
孩子們為了爭球打成一團。

Question 9

gratification

Answer 9

滿足；滿意；喜悅[U]

To my immense gratification, he fell into the trap. 令我極為滿意的是，他中了圈套。

Question 10

gratify

Answer 10

使高興；使滿意；滿足（某人的願望、需求等）
We were gratified by the response to our appeal.
呼籲得到積極的響應， 我們感到非常欣慰。

Question 11

gratuitous

Answer 11

（不良行為等）不必要的，無謂的，無理由的
A lot of viewers complained that there was too much gratuitous sex and violence in the film.
很多觀眾抱怨說影片中有太多無謂的色情和暴力鏡頭。

Question 12

gravitate towards/to sth/sb

Answer 12

吸引到；受吸引而轉到
Susie always gravitates towards the older children in her playgroup.
蘇茜在幼兒遊戲組裡總是愛跟比她大的小朋友玩。

Question 13

graze

Answer 13

擦傷，擦破（皮膚）
He fell down and grazed his knee.
他摔倒時擦傷了膝蓋。

Question 14

gregarious

Answer 14

（人）愛交際的，不喜獨處的
Emma’s a gregarious, outgoing sort of person.
艾瑪是個喜歡交際、性情爽直的人。

Question 15

grievance

Answer 15

不平，委屈；不滿，抱怨，牢騷
A special committee has been appointed to handle prisoners’ grievances.
已經指派一個特別委員會去處理犯人的不滿情緒。

Question 16

grumble

Answer 16

發牢騷，抱怨，嘟囔
She spent the evening grumbling to me about her job.
她整晚都在向我抱怨她的工作。

Question 17

grunge

Answer 17

grunge

【美】【口】骯髒；蹩腳貨；（九十年代早期在青年人中間流行的）髒亂衣著時尚

Question 18

gullible

Answer 18

容易上當的，易受欺騙的，輕信的
There are any number of miracle cures on the market for people gullible enough to buy them.
市場上有好多種所謂的奇效藥，專門誘騙那些輕信的人掏腰包。

Question 19

hackneyed

Answer 19

（語詞或觀點）陳腐的，老套的
The plot of the film is just a hackneyed boy-meets-girl scenario.
這部電影的情節只不過是一個俗套的愛情故事。

Question 20

haggle

Answer 20

（對價格或條件）討價還價
It’s traditional that you haggle over/about the price of things in the market.
傳統上買賣東西時都會討價還價。

Question 21

hamper

Answer 21

阻礙，妨礙
Fierce storms have been hampering rescue efforts and there is now little chance of finding more survivors.
猛烈的暴風雨妨礙了救援工作的進行，現在找到更多生還者的希望已經很渺茫了。

Question 22

harangue

Answer 22

長篇大論地演說；斥責
A drunk in the station was haranguing passers-by.
一名醉漢在車站大聲訓斥路人。

Question 23

haughty

Answer 23

不友好的，傲慢的
She has a rather haughty manner.
她的舉止非常傲慢。

Question 24

heckler

Answer 24

heckler

激烈質問者；起哄者，擾亂分子

Question 25

heterogeneous

Answer 25

各種各樣的；混雜的
Switzerland is a heterogeneous confederation of 26 self-governing cantons.
瑞士是一個由26個不同的自治州組成的聯邦。

Question 26

hidebound

Answer 26

hidebound

頑固的；守舊的

Question 27

hover

Answer 27

盤旋，翱翔
A hawk hovered in the sky, waiting to swoop down on its prey.
一隻老鷹在天空中盤旋，要伺機俯衝捕捉獵物。

Question 28

hubris

Answer 28

驕傲自大
He was punished for his hubris.
他因為自大而受到懲罰。

Question 29

hunch

Answer 29

直覺；預感
[ + that ] I had a hunch that you’d be here.
直覺告訴我，你會來。

Question 30

hypocrisy

Answer 30

虛偽，偽善
There’s one rule for her and another rule for everyone else and it’s sheer hypocrisy.
對她是一種標準，而對所有其他人卻是另一種標準，這是徹頭徹尾的虛偽。

Question 31

idiosyncrasy

Answer 31

癖好，怪癖；特徵
She often cracks her knuckles when she’s speaking - it’s one of her little idiosyncrasies.
她講話時常常將指節捏得哢哢作響，這是她的一個小怪癖。

Question 32

idiosyncratic

Answer 32

idiosyncratic

有氣質的；有特性的

Question 33

illicit

Answer 33

非法的；違禁的；社會不容許的
illicit drugs such as cocaine and cannabis
古柯鹼和大麻之類的違禁藥物

Question 34

imbroglio

Answer 34

錯綜複雜的局面，困局
The Soviet Union became anxious to withdraw its soldiers from the Afghan imbroglio.
蘇聯變得急於想把其軍隊從阿富汗困局中撤出來。

Question 35

immaculate

Answer 35

潔淨的，整潔的
dressed in an immaculate white suit
身穿潔白的套裝

Question 36

imminent

Answer 36

臨近的，即將發生的
imminent disaster/danger
迫在眉睫的災難／危險

Question 37

immutable

Answer 37

永恆的；不可改變的
an immutable law
永恆的法則

Question 38

impartial

Answer 38

公正的，無偏見的
impartial advice
客觀公正的建議

Question 39

impeach

Answer 39

（尤指在美國）控告，彈劾（公職人員）
The governor was impeached for wrongful use of state money.
州長因濫用本州公款而遭到彈劾。

Question 40

impeccable

Answer 40

完美的，無可挑剔的
impeccable taste/manners/credentials
無可挑剔的品味／舉止／資歷

Question 41

impede

Answer 41

妨礙，阻礙；阻止
Although he’s shy, it certainly hasn’t impeded his career in any way.
儘管他很害羞，但這顯然一點也沒有妨礙他的事業。

Question 42

impediment

Answer 42

妨礙，阻礙；阻止
In a number of developing countries, war has been an additional impediment to progress.
在一些發展中國家，戰爭成了發展的另一阻礙。

Question 43

imperceptible

Answer 43

察覺不出的，難以察覺的
She heard a faint, almost imperceptible cry.
她聽到一聲微弱得幾乎難以察覺的哭聲。

Question 44

imperious

Answer 44

專橫的，跋扈的
an imperious manner/voice
專橫的態度／傲慢的語氣

Question 45

impervious

Answer 45

不能滲透的
How does glue bond with impervious substances like glass and metal?
膠水黏玻璃和金屬之類不透水物質的效果如何？

Question 46

impetuous

Answer 46

衝動的，魯莽的
He’s so impetuous - why can’t he think things over before he rushes into them?
他太衝動了——為甚麼他急著做事前不能仔細考慮一下呢？

Question 47

implacable

Answer 47

不饒人的；堅定的；無法改變的
an implacable enemy
死敵

Question 48

implausible

Answer 48

難以置信的；不可能的
The whole plot of the film is ridiculously implausible.
影片的整個情節荒謬得令人難以置信。

Question 49

implicate

Answer 49

牽連，涉及
Have they any evidence to implicate him in the robbery?
他們有證據證明他涉嫌搶劫案嗎？

Question 50

implicit

Answer 50

不明言的，含蓄的
He interpreted her comments as an implicit criticism of the government.
他將她的評論理解為對政府的含蓄批評。