Lesson 36

Question 1

miniature

Answer 1

1.微型的；小型的；微小的
I bought some miniature furniture for my niece’s doll’s house.
我為姪女的玩具屋買了一些模型傢俱模型。
2.縮樣；縮圖；小型物[C]
He has a miniature of the Eiffel Tower on his desk. 他的書桌上放著一座埃菲爾鐵塔的模型。

Question 2

minuscule

Answer 2

微小的，極小的
All she gave him to eat was two minuscule pieces of toast.
她只給他吃了兩小片烤麵包。

Question 3

be/become mired (down) in sth

Answer 3

深陷…中
The peace talks are mired in bureaucracy.
和平談判深陷於官僚主義的泥潭中。

Question 4

misanthrope (3)

Answer 4

厭世者；不願與人來往者

The French playwright Moliere had a famous play called The Misanthrope. 法國的劇作家莫里哀有個出名的劇本叫《厭世者》。

Question 5

misappropriation

Answer 5

misappropriation

侵吞；濫用

Question 6

miscellany

Answer 6

混合物，大雜燴
The museum houses a fascinating miscellany of nautical treasures.
這家博物館收藏了一批令人著迷的各式航海珍寶。

Question 7

miscreant

Answer 7

惡棍，無賴；歹徒
We need to discourage miscreants.
我們需要懲戒無賴之徒。

Question 8

misdemeanor

Answer 8

不正當的行為，不檢點的舉止
sexual/youthful misdemeanours
不檢點的性行為／青年人的不端行為

Question 9

misgovern

Answer 9

misgovern

對（國家）治理不當

Question 10

misogynistic

Answer 10

strongly prejudiced against women

ex.deeply ingrained misogynistic attitudes

Question 11

miss the mark

Answer 11

沒達到目的；沒成功
Her speech missed the mark and failed to generate the public support she had been hoping for.
她的演講沒有成功，沒有得到她所希望引發的公眾支持。

Question 12

misty

Answer 12

霧的；有霧的；多霧的
The morning will start off misty.
早上開始時會有霧。

Question 13

mitigate (12)

Answer 13

使緩和；減輕（危害等）
It is unclear how to mitigate the effects of tourism on the island.
人們還不清楚如何減低旅遊業對這個島嶼的影響。

Question 14

mobilize (2)

Answer 14

組織；動員；調動
Representatives for all the main candidates are trying to mobilize voter support.
所有主要候選人的代表正在努力鼓動選民給予支持。

Question 15

moderate

Answer 15

中等的；不過分的，適度的
The cabin is of moderate size - just right for a small family.
這間小屋中等大小——正適合一個小家庭。

Question 16

modish

Answer 16

modish

流行的，時髦的

Question 17

modulate

Answer 17

改變（嗓音）的音量（或音質等），調節（聲音）
His gentle introductory tone modulates into a coach’s pre-game pep talk.
他語氣溫和的開場白變成了足球教練賽前鼓舞士氣的慷慨陳詞。

Question 18

mold (2)

Answer 18

模子，模型；鑄模，鑄型；模具

We need to make a mold of this new product so we can mass produce it. 我們需要將產品做出模子才能大量生產。

Question 19

molest

Answer 19

調戲；猥褻；對…進行性騷擾
The girl had been molested frequently by her stepfather from the age of eight.
從八歲起這個女孩就經常受到她繼父的性騷擾。

Question 20

mollify (6)

Answer 20

使平靜；撫慰
I tried to mollify her by giving her flowers.
我試圖送花來撫慰她。

Question 21

mollycoddle

Answer 21

嬌養，縱容，寵壞
You’re not helping the children by mollycoddling them - they have to grow up sometime.
你嬌慣孩子對他們沒好處——他們總要長大的。

Question 22

molten

Answer 22

熔化的，熔融的
molten glass/lava/lead
熔融的玻璃／岩漿／鉛

Question 23

momentary

Answer 23

片刻的，瞬間的；短暫的
a momentary hesitation
片刻的猶豫

Question 24

momentum

Answer 24

動量，衝量；衝力；推動力；動力
Once you push it, it keeps going under its own momentum.
一旦你推動了它，它就會在自己的動量作用下持續運動。

Question 25

monarch

Answer 25

君主；國王，皇帝；女王，女皇
a hereditary monarch
世襲的國王

Question 26

monetize

Answer 26

轉化為貨幣；以貨幣方式表達
Japan is monetizing several trillion dollars of government debt.
日本正把幾萬億的政府債務貨幣化。

Question 27

moniker

Answer 27

【俚】名字；綽號

At school, he is known by the moniker of the Flirt. 在學校，他有個綽號叫大眾情人。

Question 28

monogamy

Answer 28

monogamy

一夫一妻制

Question 29

monograph

Answer 29

專論，專題文章；專著
a monograph on Beethoven’s symphonies
關於貝多芬交響樂的專著

Question 30

monotonously

Answer 30

單調地；無變化地

All the buildings here look monotonously alike. 這兒所有的樓房看上去都是千篇一律。

Question 31

monument

Answer 31

紀念碑；紀念塔；紀念館
In the square in front of the hotel stands a monument to all the people killed in the war.
在那家飯店前的廣場上矗立著紀念所有戰爭死難者的紀念碑。

Question 32

monumentally

Answer 32

（通常帶負面意思）極端的
He stated that, in his opinion, this was a monumentally bad decision.
他聲稱，就他的觀點，這是一個極為糟糕的決定。

Question 33

mooring (2)

Answer 33

停泊船隻的地方
We rented a mooring.
我們租了一個船隻泊位。

Question 34

morals

Answer 34

道德；品行；道德規範
public/private morals
公共／個人道德

Question 35

moratorium (4)

Answer 35

暫停，中止
a five-year worldwide moratorium on nuclear weapons testing
全球為期五年的核武器試驗中止期

Question 36

morbid (2)

Answer 36

（尤指對死亡等）病態的，著迷的
a morbid fascination with death
對死亡的病態迷戀

Question 37

mores

Answer 37

風俗，習慣，行為方式
middle-class mores
中產階級的習慣

Question 38

morgue

Answer 38

1.陳屍所
2.（報館等的）資料室；資料檔案
a newspaper morgue 一個新聞資料庫

Question 39

morose

Answer 39

陰鬱的；脾氣不好的；孤僻的
a morose expression
陰鬱的表情

Question 40

mortgage

Answer 40

（尤指購房的）按揭，抵押貸款
They took out a £40o,000 mortgage (= they borrowed £40o,000) to buy the house.
他們借了四萬英鎊的按揭貸款來買房子。

Question 41

mortify (2)

Answer 41

使（某人）很尷尬
The thought of the incident still mortified her.
一想起這件事情還是讓她很尷尬。

Question 42

motley

Answer 42

混雜的；不同種類的
There’s a motley assortment/collection of old furniture in the house we’re renting now.
我們現在租住的房子裡有一堆雜七雜八的舊傢俱。

Question 43

mounting

Answer 43

增加的；加劇的
mounting anxiety/excitement
不斷增長的焦慮／興奮

Question 44

muddle through

Answer 44

胡亂應付過去
Sorry, but I can’t help you - you’ll just have to muddle through on your own.
恐怕我幫不到你——你必須自己設法應付。

Question 45

muffle (2)

Answer 45

使（聲音）變微弱（或低沉）；消（聲）
The house has double-glazed windows to muffle the noise of aircraft.
這所房子裝有雙層玻璃窗以減低飛機噪音的干擾。

Question 46

mug

Answer 46

（盛熱飲用的）馬克杯，大杯子
I made myself a large mug of cocoa (= enough to fill a mug) and went to bed.
我為自己沖了一大杯可可茶，然後鑽進了被窩。

Question 47

a multitude of

Answer 47

許多，眾多
The city has a multitude of problems, from homelessness to drugs and murder.
這個城市存在著很多問題，從無家可歸到吸毒和謀殺，不勝枚舉。

Question 48

mundane (4)

Answer 48

世俗的；單調的；平凡的
Mundane matters such as paying bills and shopping for food do not interest her.
她對付帳單、購買食物等瑣事不感興趣。

Question 49

municipally

Answer 49

在市政方面；由市政當局

a municipally sponsored organization 一個由市政當局主辦的機構

Question 50

munificence

Answer 50

munificence

寬宏大量；慷慨；豐厚