Lesson 58

Question 1

vacate

Answer 1

空出，騰出
Hotel guests are requested to vacate their rooms by noon.
飯店房客務請在中午之前退房。

Question 2

vacillate (5)

Answer 2

躊躇；猶豫；搖擺不定
Her mood vacillated between hope and despair.
她時而心懷希望，時而感到絕望。

Question 3

vagaries

Answer 3

變幻無常的事件；不可捉摸的變化
The success of the event will be determined by the vagaries of the weather.
這場活動能否成功將取決於天氣的變化。

Question 4

vagrant

Answer 4

流浪者；無業遊民；乞丐
The town has shelters and food handouts for vagrants.
這個鎮為流浪者提供住處和食物。

Question 5

valedictory

Answer 5

（尤指正式）告別的
a valedictory speech
告別辭

Question 6

valiant

Answer 6

英勇的，勇猛的；果敢的
The company has made a valiant effort/attempt in the last two years to make itself more efficient.
公司在過去兩年裡為提高效率進行了不懈的努力／大膽的嘗試。

Question 7

validate

Answer 7

（尤指經檢查後）批准，認可，使生效
The data is validated automatically by the computer after it has been entered.
資料登錄後，電腦會自動識別其有效性。

Question 8

validity

Answer 8

正當；正確；確實

We should question the validity of those figures. 我們應當查詢那些數字的正確性。

Question 9

valve

Answer 9

閥；活門；（心臟或血管的）瓣膜
The valve failed to open/close.
閥門打不開／關不上了。

Question 10

vandalize

Answer 10

故意破壞（他人財物）
When I got back, my car had been vandalized.
等我回來的時候，我的車已被恣意搞破壞的人給砸壞了。

Question 11

vanilla

Answer 11

（用於給食物調味的）香子蘭精，香草精
vanilla essence/extract
香子蘭精

Question 12

vanishingly

Answer 12

難以覺察地；消遁似的
There is only a vanishingly small chance that the dispute will end peacefully.
這場爭執幾乎沒有能夠以和平告終的機會。

Question 13

vantage (2)

Answer 13

優勢；優越的位置[U]

stand on a vantage point 處於有利地位

Question 14

vapidly

Answer 14

vapidly

沒有生氣地；無趣地

Question 15

vaulted

Answer 15

（有）穹頂的；（有）拱頂的
a vaulted ceiling
拱形天花板

Question 16

vaunted

Answer 16

被吹噓的；被誇耀的
His (much) vaunted new plan has been shown to have serious weaknesses.
他那吹噓得天花亂墜的計劃已被證明存在嚴重缺陷。

Question 17

vehement (2)

Answer 17

（感情）強烈的；猛烈的
Despite vehement opposition from his family, he quit school and became an actor.
他不顧家人的強烈反對，退學當了演員。

Question 18

velocity

Answer 18

速度；速率
Light travels at the highest achievable velocity in the universe.
光的傳播速度是宇宙中物體所能達到的最高速度。

Question 19

venal

Answer 19

（人）貪贓的，腐敗的，見利忘義的
a venal ruler
腐敗的統治者

Question 20

venerable

Answer 20

德高望重的；令人尊敬的；崇高神聖的
a venerable tradition/company/family
備受推崇的傳統／久負盛名的公司／德高望重的家族

Question 21

venerate (3)

Answer 21

尊重；敬重
Robert Burns is Scotland’s most venerated poet.
羅伯特·彭斯是蘇格蘭最受尊崇的詩人。

Question 22

vengeance (2)

Answer 22

報仇，復仇，報復；復仇心
On the day after the terrorist attack, the overall mood in the town was one of vengeance.
在恐怖襲擊發生後的第二天，鎮上人們普遍的情緒就是要復仇。

Question 23

venial

Answer 23

（錯誤行為）輕微的，可以原諒的
a venial sin/error
可恕的小罪／小錯誤

Question 24

ventilate (2)

Answer 24

使通風；使空氣流通
I work in a very well-/poorly-ventilated building.
我工作的大樓通風非常好／差。

Question 25

vent

Answer 25

發泄，表達（負面的情緒）
Please don’t shout - there’s no need to vent your frustration/anger/rage/spleen on me.
請不要大吵大鬧——沒有必要把氣撒在我身上。

Question 26

ventriloquist

Answer 26

ventriloquist

作腹語者；腹語表演者

Question 27

veracious (3)

Answer 27

誠實的；真實的，正確的
a veracious and trustworthy historian
一位誠實可信的歷史學家

Question 28

veracity

Answer 28

真實；誠實；實事求是
Doubts were cast on the veracity of her alibi.
她不在場證據的真實性開始受到懷疑。

Question 29

verbiage

Answer 29

冗詞，廢話，贅語
His explanation was wrapped up in so much technical verbiage that I couldn’t understand it.
他的解釋充斥著太多晦澀累贅的專業術語，我根本就聽不懂。

Question 30

verbosity (2)

Answer 30

verbosity

冗長；贅言

Question 31

verdict

Answer 31

（根據事實作出的）意見，決定；（尤指）判決，裁決
The jury reached/returned a unanimous verdict of (not) guilty.
陪審團一致判定有罪／無罪。

Question 32

verisimilitude

Answer 32

貌似真實；逼真
She has included photographs in the book to lend verisimilitude to the story.
她在書中使用了照片，以使故事顯得更加真實。

Question 33

versatile

Answer 33

多種用途的；萬用的；多才多藝的
He’s a very versatile young actor who’s as happy in highbrow dramas as he is in TV comedies.
他是一個非常多才多藝的年輕演員，無論是演高雅電影還是電視喜劇都一樣得心應手。

Question 34

versatility

Answer 34

多才多藝

a man of great versatility 十分多才多藝的人

Question 35

vertex

Answer 35

（數學裡的）頂點，角頂
the vertex of a triangle/cone/pyramid
三角形／圓錐體／棱錐體的頂點

Question 36

vertigo

Answer 36

（從高處俯視感到的）暈眩
She can’t stand heights and has always suffered from vertigo.
她恐高，總是會感到眩暈。

Question 37

vestige (2)

Answer 37

殘餘；遺跡
These old buildings are the last vestiges of a colonial past.
這些舊建築是殖民歷史最後的痕跡。

Question 38

veteran

Answer 38

經驗豐富的人，老手
a 20-year veteran of the New York Police Department
在紐約員警署任職20年的老員警

Question 39

viable (2)

Answer 39

可以實施的；可望成功的
In order to make the company viable, it will unfortunately be necessary to reduce staffing levels.
很遺憾，為使公司繼續運轉下去，將不得不裁員。

Question 40

viaduct

Answer 40

高架橋；高架道路
a railway viaduct
高架鐵路橋

Question 41

vicarious (5)

Answer 41

間接感受到的；間接獲得的
She took a vicarious pleasure in her friend’s achievements.
她為朋友的成就感到喜悅。

Question 42

vicinity

Answer 42

周圍地區；鄰近地區；附近
There are several hotels in the immediate vicinity of the station.
就在車站附近有好幾家飯店。

Question 43

vicious

Answer 43

邪惡的；惡毒的；兇暴的
a vicious thug
兇殘的暴徒

Question 44

vicissitudes (3)

Answer 44

變遷；人生沉浮；波折
Losing your job is just one of the vicissitudes of life.
失業只是曲折人生中的一個插曲。

Question 45

victor

Answer 45

勝利者，獲勝者；成功者
The victor in/of the 1960 US presidential election was John F. Kennedy.
1960年美國總統大選的獲勝者是約翰·甘迺迪。

Question 46

vie

Answer 46

競爭；爭奪
Six candidates are currently vying for the Democratic presidential nomination.
六名候選人目前正在爭奪民主黨的總統候選人提名資格。

Question 47

vigilant (3)

Answer 47

警覺的；警戒的；警惕的
Following the bomb scare at the airport, the staff have been warned to be extra vigilant.
機場的炸彈恐嚇事件之後，全體員工都被告誡要格外警惕。

Question 48

vignette

Answer 48

（清晰描述特點的）短文，片段，小插曲
She wrote several vignettes of small-town life.
她寫了幾篇關於小鎮生活的短文。

Question 49

vigorous

Answer 49

充滿活力的；有力量的；精力旺盛的
a vigorous debate
激烈的辯論

Question 50

vile

Answer 50

邪惡的；卑鄙的；可恥的
This vile policy of ethnic cleansing must be stopped.
這項罪惡的種族清洗政策必須被制止。