Lesson 48

Question 1

requisition

Answer 1

徵用
The army requisitioned all the cars and trucks they could find.
軍隊徵用了他們能夠找到的所有轎車和貨車。

Question 2

rescind (2)

Answer 2

廢除；取消；撤銷
The policy of charging air travellers for vegetarian meals proved unpopular and has already been rescinded.
事實證明，航空公司向素食乘客收取素餐費的做法不得人心，因而已被取消。

Question 3

reshuffle

Answer 3

改組；崗位調整；重新安排
They expect a Cabinet reshuffle in the summer.
他們預期在夏天進行內閣改組。

Question 4

reside

Answer 4

居住；定居
The family now resides in southern France.
這家人現居住在法國南部。

Question 5

resilience

Answer 5

彈回；彈性；恢復力（= resiliency）

Facing the military threat of ISIS, the people of Syria demonstrated great resilience. 面臨伊斯蘭國的威脅，敘利亞的人民展現了強大的恢復力。

Question 6

resonance

Answer 6

共振（某物由於另一個物質的振動／搖動而發出聲音）
magnetic resonance
磁力共振

Question 7

resonant (2)

Answer 7

（聲音）洪亮的，響亮的，回響的，回聲的
a deep, resonant voice
深沉而洪亮的嗓音

Question 8

resort to sth (2)

Answer 8

（別無辦法的情況下）訴諸，依靠，採用
I had to resort to violence/threats to get my money.
為了拿到我的錢，我被迫訴諸暴力／採取威脅的手段。

Question 9

resourcefulness

Answer 9

機敏；足智多謀
This film reveals their resourcefulness in overcoming appalling weather and treacherous terrain.
這部電影表現了他們在戰勝極端惡劣天氣、走出險峻地帶方面的足智多謀。

Question 10

respective (2)

Answer 10

各自的；各個的；分別的
Everyone would go into the hall for assembly and then afterwards we’d go to our respective classes.
所有人都去禮堂參加集會，會後各自回各自的班級。

Question 11

restoration

Answer 11

修復；恢復；重定
The first task following the disaster was the restoration of clean water supplies.
災難過後的首要任務就是要恢復清潔水的供應。

Question 12

restore (2)

Answer 12

修復；使重定；使復職
The badly neglected paintings have all been carefully restored.
那些由於嚴重疏忽而損毀的畫作得到了精心修復。

Question 13

restrain

Answer 13

阻止，制止；遏制
When he started fighting, it took four police officers to restrain him.
他出手打人，四個員警才把他制服。

Question 14

resurgence (2)

Answer 14

復甦；復興；再次興起
The creation of independent states has led to a resurgence of nationalism.
獨立國家的建立導致了民族主義的復甦。

Question 15

resurrection

Answer 15

1.復活；復甦
2.（大寫）耶穌復活；（最後審判日）全體死者的復活[the S]
3.復興；重新啟用；重提
The plan has now been dropped, with little hope of resurrection. 該計畫現已被擱置，不大可能重新啟用。

Question 16

resuscitate

Answer 16

使甦醒；使恢復知覺；使復活
Her heart had stopped, but the doctors successfully resuscitated her.
她的心跳都已經停了，但醫生們還是成功地把她從鬼門關拉了回來。

Question 17

retain (3)

Answer 17

保持；保留；保有
She has lost her battle to retain control of the company.
她被打敗了，失去了繼續掌管公司的權力。

Question 18

retaliate (5)

Answer 18

報復；反擊
If someone insults you, don’t retaliate as it only makes the situation worse.
如果別人侮辱了你，不要報復，因為這樣只會使情況變得更糟。

Question 19

retention

Answer 19

保留；保持；維持
Two influential senators have argued for the retention of the unpopular tax.
兩位有影響的參議員主張保留這項不得人心的稅收。

Question 20

reticent (3)

Answer 20

沈默寡言的；不願交談的
He is very reticent about his past.
他不願談及他的過去。

Question 21

retort

Answer 21

（憤怒或風趣地）反駁，回嘴
[ + speech ] “That doesn’t concern you!” she retorted.
「那不關你的事！」她反駁道。

Question 22

retreat

Answer 22

退卻；撤退；後退
Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to retreat (from the city).
敵機的轟炸迫使坦克（從這座城市）撤離。

Question 23

retrench (2)

Answer 23

削減費用；緊縮開支
The company had to retrench because of falling orders.
由於訂單減少，這間公司不得不緊縮開支。

Question 24

retribution (2)

Answer 24

嚴懲；應得的懲罰；報應
They fled because they feared retribution for the genocide.
他們逃跑是因為他們害怕會因犯下的種族滅絕罪行而遭到嚴懲。

Question 25

retrieve (2)

Answer 25

找回；取回；挽回
We taught our dog to retrieve a ball.
我們教狗撿球。

Question 26

in retrospect (2)

Answer 26

回顧；回想
In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning.
現在回頭看，我覺得我的婚姻從一開始就註定要破裂。

Question 27

retrospective

Answer 27

（藝術家作品）回顧展
a Hockney retrospective/a retrospective of Hockney’s work
霍克尼作品回顧展

Question 28

revel

Answer 28

1.著迷，陶醉[（+in）]
revel in films 沉湎於電影
2.狂歡；歡宴；鬧飲
Now I’m going to rest and revel to my heart’s content. 現在我要休息，並狂歡到我心滿意足。

Question 29

revelation

Answer 29

暴露；被揭示的真相，被揭露的內情
a moment of revelation
真相大白的一刻

Question 30

reverberate (4)

Answer 30

回響，迴盪
The narrow street reverberated with/to the sound of the workmen’s drills.
狹窄的街道上迴盪著工人施工的電鑽聲。

Question 31

reverence (2)

Answer 31

尊敬；崇敬
She has/shows/feels great reverence for her professors.
她對教她的那些教授們很崇敬。

Question 32

reverent

Answer 32

肅然起敬
A reverent silence fell over the crowd.
人們肅然起敬，鴉雀無聲。

Question 33

revision

Answer 33

修正；修改
These proposals will need a lot of revision.
這些提案需要進行大刀闊斧的修改。

Question 34

revivalist

Answer 34

revivalist

信仰復興運動者；復古主義者

Question 35

revoke

Answer 35

撤銷；廢除；解除
The authorities have revoked their original decision to allow development of this rural area.
當局原來決定允許開發這一鄉村地區，但現在他們已經收回成命。

Question 36

revolt

Answer 36

反抗；造反；反叛
The people revolted against foreign rule and established their own government.
人們奮起反抗外來統治，並成立了自己的政府。

Question 37

rhapsodize (2)

Answer 37

大加讚揚；熱情讚美
He’s always rhapsodizing about/over the joys of having children.
他總是熱情讚美為人父母所享受到的天倫之樂。

Question 38

rhetoric (2)

Answer 38

雄辯言辭；煽動性語言
How far the president will be able to translate his campaign rhetoric into action remains to be seen.
總統在大選中作出的冠冕堂皇的承諾能夠兌現多少尚待觀察。

Question 39

vaulted

Answer 39

（有）穹頂的；（有）拱頂的
a vaulted ceiling
拱形天花板

Question 40

rickety

Answer 40

快要散架的；搖搖晃晃的；不結實的
Careful! That chair’s a bit rickety.
小心！那把椅子不結實。

Question 41

ridicule

Answer 41

嘲笑；奚落；戲弄
She was treated with scorn and ridicule by her colleagues when she applied for the job.
她申請那份工作時，受到了同事們的嘲弄和奚落。

Question 42

rigid

Answer 42

僵硬的；固定的；不能彎曲的
a rigid steel and concrete structure
堅固的鋼筋混凝土結構

Question 43

rigorous (2)

Answer 43

嚴密的，縝密的；嚴謹的
rigorous testing/checking/methods
精確的測試／嚴格的檢查／嚴謹的方法

Question 44

riveting (2)

Answer 44

引人入勝的，吸引人的
It was a riveting story.
那是個非常動聽的故事。

Question 45

robust (4)

Answer 45

（人或動物）強壯的，茁壯的；（東西或系統）堅固的，耐用的，結實的
He looks robust and healthy enough.
他看起來非常強壯健康。

Question 46

rodomontade

Answer 46

自吹自擂；大話，狂言
the rodomontade of the expounders of philosophy
哲學闡釋者的長篇大論

Question 47

rollicking

Answer 47

興高采烈的；喧鬧嬉戲的；歡鬧的
The play is described as “a rollicking tale about love and lust”.
這部劇被描述爲「一個關於愛與慾的快活故事」。

Question 48

rowdy

Answer 48

吵鬧的；混亂的；粗暴的
a rowdy party
吵鬧的派對

Question 49

rueful

Answer 49

懊悔的；後悔的；悔恨的
He turned away with a rueful laugh.
他懊悔地苦笑著把臉轉向一旁。

Question 50

rudiment

Answer 50

基礎，基本原理；初步，入門[the P][（+of）]

It didn’t take me long to pick up the rudiments of the language. 我沒有費多少時間就學會了這一語言的初步知識。