List 16 Flashcards
duration
durationN. /持续时间/length of time something lasts. Because she wanted the children to make a good impression on the dinner guests, Mother promised them a treat if they’d behave for the duration of the meal.
duress
duress N. /（非法的）限制，关押/forcible restraint, especially unlawfully. The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners’ demands were met.
dutiful
dutifulADJ. /恭敬的；尊重的/respectful; obedient. When Mother told Billy to kiss Great-Aunt Hattie, the boy obediently gave the old woman a dutiful peck on her cheek.
dwarf
dwarfV. /使看上去矮小/cause to seem small. The giant redwoods and high cliffs dwarfed the elegant Ahwahnee Hotel, making it appear a modest lodge rather than an imposing hostelry.
earthy
earthyADJ. /粗糙的；未加工的/unrefined; coarse. His earthy remarks often embarrassed the women in his audience.
ebb
ebbV. /衰退/recede; lessen. Sitting on the beach, Mrs. Dalloway watched the tide ebb: the waters receded, drawing away from her as she sat there all alone. also N.
ebullient
ebullientADJ. /热情的，激动的/showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm. Amy’s ebullient nature could not be repressed; she’ was always bubbling over with excitement. ebullience, N.
eccentric
eccentricADJ. /古怪的，奇怪的/irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre. The comet veered dangerously close to the earth in its eccentric orbit. People came up with some eccentric ideas for dealing with the emergency: someone even suggested tieing a knot in the comet’s tail!
ecclesiastic
ecclesiasticADJ. /神职的/pertaining to the church. The minister donned his ecclesiastic garb and walked to the pulpit. also N.
ecstasy
ecstasyN. /全神贯注，入迷，高兴/rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion. When Allison received her long-hoped-for letter of acceptance from Harvard, she was in ecstasy. ecstatic,ADJ.
eddy
eddyN. /漩涡/swirling current of water, air, etc. The water in the tide pool was still, except for an occasional eddy.
edict
edictN. /法令，号令；布告/decree (especially issued by a sovereign); official command. The emperor issued an edict decreeing that everyone should come see him model his magnificent new clothes.
eerie
eerieADJ. /怪异的/weird. In that eerie setting, it was easy to believe in ghosts and other supernatural beings.
efface
effaceV. /抹掉/rub out. The coin had been handled so many times that its date had been effaced.
effectual
effectualADJ. /有效的/able to produce a desired effect; valid. Medical researchers are concerned because of the development of drug-resistant strains of bacteria; many once useful antibiotics are no longer effectual in curing bacterial infections.
effervescence
effervescenceN. /泡腾，沸腾；兴奋，活泼/inner excitement or exuberance; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation. Nothing depressed Sue for long; her natural effervescence soon reasserted itself. Soda that loses its effervescence goes flat. effervescent,ADJ. effervesce,V.
efficacy
efficacyN. /功效/power to produce desired effect. The efficacy of this drug depends on the regularity of the dosage. efficacious,ADJ.
effigy
effigyN. /假人（被人憎恨的，如秦桧）/dummy. The mob showed its irritation by hanging the judge in effigy.
effrontery
effrontery N. /厚颜无耻/shameless boldness. She had the effrontery to insult the guest.
effusive
effusiveADJ. /激情澎湃的/pouring forth; gushing. Her effusive manner of greeting her friends finally began to irritate them. effusion, N.
egoism
egoismN. /自我中心，利己主义/excessive interest in one’s self; belief that one should be interested in one’s self rather than in others. His egoism prevented him from seeing the needs of his colleagues.
egotistical
egotisticalADJ. /极度自我中心；自以为是，逞能/excessively self-centered; self-important; conceited. Typical egotistical remark: “But enough of this chit-chat about you and your little problems. Let’s talk about what’s really important: Me!”
egregious
egregiousADJ. /及其令人痛恨的，声名狼藉；令人吃惊的/notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking. She was an egregious liar; we all knew better than to believe a word she said. Ed’s housekeeping was egregious: he let his dirty dishes pile up so long that they were stuck together with last week’s food.
egress
egressN. /出口/exit. Barnum’s sign “To the Egress” fooled many people who thought they were going to see an animal and instead found themselves in the street.
ejaculation
ejaculationN. /迸出；惊叹/exclamation. He could not repress an ejaculation of surprise when he heard the news.
elated
elatedADJ. /过分高兴的；兴高采烈/overjoyed; in high spirits. Grinning from ear to ear, Bonnie Blair was clearly elated by her fifth Olympic gold medal. elation, N.
elegy
elegy N. /挽歌，悲歌/poem or song expressing lamentation. On the death of Edward King, Milton composed the elegy “Lycidas.” elegiacal,ADJ.
elixir
elixirN. /包治百病，万能药/cure-all; something invigorating. The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an elixir.
ellipsis
ellipsisN. /省略/omission of words from a text. Sometimes an ellipsis can lead to a dangling modifier, as in the sentence “Once dressed, you should refrigerate the potato salad.”
elliptical
ellipticalADJ. /椭圆的；有意模棱两可的/oval; ambiguous, either purposely or because key words have been left out. An elliptical billiard ball wobbles because it is not perfectly round; an elliptical remark baffles because it is not perfectly clear.
elucidate
elucidateV. /解释；启迪/explain; enlighten. He was called upon to elucidate the disputed points in his article.
emaciated
emaciatedADJ. /瘦弱的，脆弱的/thin and wasted. His long period of starvation had left him emaciated.
emanate
emanateV. /散发，发出/issue forth. A strong odor of sulphur emanated from the spring.
emancipate
emancipateV. /释放，解放/set free. At first, the attempts of the Abolitionists to emancipate the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.
embargo
embargoN. /禁运/ban on commerce or other activity. As a result of the embargo, trade with the colonies was at a standstill.
embark
V. /开始旅程，开始，登机，上船，上车/commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey. In devoting herself to the study of gorillas, Dian Fossey embarked on a course of action that was to cost her her life.
embezzlement
embezzlementN. /偷窃，侵占/stealing. The bank teller confessed his embezzlement of the funds.
embroil
embroilV. /连累，牵连；使其混乱，麻烦缠身/throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle. He became embroiled in the heated discussion when he tried to arbitrate the dispute.
embryonic
embryonicADJ. /胚胎的；未开发的，原始的/undeveloped; rudimentary. The evil of class and race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in an embryonic state; otherwise, it may grow to dangerous proportions. emendV. correct; correct by a critic. The critic emended the book by selecting the passages which he thought most appropriate to the text.
emendation
emendationN. /改进；修订/correction of errors; improvement. Please initial all the emendations you have made in this contract.
eminent
eminentADJ. /高的/high; lofty. After his appointment to this eminent position, he seldom had time for his former friends.
emissary
emissaryN. /代理；信使，使者/agent; messenger. The secretary of state was sent as the president’s special emissary to the conference on disarmament.
emollient
emollientN. /缓和，安抚/soothing or softening remedy. The nurse applied an emollientto the inflamed area. alsoADJ.
enamored
enamored ADJ. /爱情的；坠入爱河的/in love. Narcissus became enamored of his own beauty.
enclave
enclaveN. /飞地/territory enclosed within an alien land. The Vatican is an independent enclave in Italy.
encomium
encomiumN. /赞美之词/high praise; eulogy. Uneasy with the encomiums expressed by his supporters, Tolkien felt unworthy of such high praise.
encroachment
encroachmentN. /侵蚀；“和平演变”/gradual intrusion. The encroachment of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.
