List 16

Question 1

duration

Answer 1

duration​N. /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.

Question 2

duress

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

dutiful

Answer 3

dutiful​ADJ. /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.

Question 4

dwarf

Answer 4

dwarf​V. /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.

Question 5

earthy

Answer 5

earthy​ADJ. /粗糙的；未加工的/unrefined; coarse. His earthy remarks often embarrassed the women in his audience.

Question 6

ebb

Answer 6

ebb​V. /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.

Question 7

ebullient

Answer 7

ebullient​ADJ. /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.

Question 8

eccentric

Answer 8

eccentric​ADJ. /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!

Question 9

ecclesiastic

Answer 9

ecclesiastic​ADJ. /神职的/pertaining to the church. The minister donned his ecclesiastic garb and walked to the pulpit. also N.

Question 10

ecstasy

Answer 10

ecstasy​N. /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.

Question 11

eddy

Answer 11

eddy​N. /漩涡/swirling current of water, air, etc. The water in the tide pool was still, except for an occasional eddy.

Question 12

edict

Answer 12

edict​N. /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.

Question 13

eerie

Answer 13

eerie​ADJ. /怪异的/weird. In that eerie setting, it was easy to believe in ghosts and other supernatural beings.

Question 14

efface

Answer 14

efface​V. /抹掉/rub out. The coin had been handled so many times that its date had been effaced.

Question 15

effectual

Answer 15

effectual​ADJ. /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.

Question 16

effervescence

Answer 16

effervescence​N. /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.

Question 17

efficacy

Answer 17

efficacy​N. /功效/power to produce desired effect. The efficacy of this drug depends on the regularity of the dosage. efficacious,ADJ.

Question 18

effigy

Answer 18

effigy​N. /假人（被人憎恨的，如秦桧）/dummy. The mob showed its irritation by hanging the judge in effigy.

Question 19

effrontery

Answer 19

effrontery ​N. /厚颜无耻/shameless boldness. She had the effrontery to insult the guest.

Question 20

effusive

Answer 20

effusive​ADJ. /激情澎湃的/pouring forth; gushing. Her effusive manner of greeting her friends finally began to irritate them. effusion, N.

Question 21

egoism

Answer 21

egoism​N. /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.

Question 22

egotistical

Answer 22

egotistical​ADJ. /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!”

Question 23

egregious

Answer 23

egregious​ADJ. /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.

Question 24

egress

Answer 24

egress​N. /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.

Question 25

ejaculation

Answer 25

ejaculation​N. /迸出；惊叹/exclamation. He could not repress an ejaculation of surprise when he heard the news.

Question 26

elated

Answer 26

elated​ADJ. /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.

Question 27

elegy

Answer 27

elegy ​N. /挽歌，悲歌/poem or song expressing lamentation. On the death of Edward King, Milton composed the elegy “Lycidas.” elegiacal,ADJ.

Question 28

elixir

Answer 28

elixir​N. /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.

Question 29

ellipsis

Answer 29

ellipsis​N. /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.”

Question 30

elliptical

Answer 30

elliptical​ADJ. /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.

Question 31

elucidate

Answer 31

elucidate​V. /解释；启迪/explain; enlighten. He was called upon to elucidate the disputed points in his article.

Question 32

emaciated

Answer 32

emaciated​ADJ. /瘦弱的，脆弱的/thin and wasted. His long period of starvation had left him emaciated.

Question 33

emanate

Answer 33

emanate​V. /散发，发出/issue forth. A strong odor of sulphur emanated from the spring.

Question 34

emancipate

Answer 34

emancipate​V. /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.

Question 35

embargo

Answer 35

embargo​N. /禁运/ban on commerce or other activity. As a result of the embargo, trade with the colonies was at a standstill.

Question 36

embark

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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.

Question 37

embezzlement

Answer 37

embezzlement​N. /偷窃，侵占/stealing. The bank teller confessed his embezzlement of the funds.

Question 38

embroil

Answer 38

embroil​V. /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.

Question 39

embryonic

Answer 39

embryonic​ADJ. /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. emend​V. correct; correct by a critic. The critic emended the book by selecting the passages which he thought most appropriate to the text.

Question 40

emendation

Answer 40

emendation​N. /改进；修订/correction of errors; improvement. Please initial all the emendations you have made in this contract.

Question 41

eminent

Answer 41

eminent​ADJ. /高的/high; lofty. After his appointment to this eminent position, he seldom had time for his former friends.

Question 42

emissary

Answer 42

emissary​N. /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.

Question 43

emollient

Answer 43

emollient​N. /缓和，安抚/soothing or softening remedy. The nurse applied an emollientto the inflamed area. alsoADJ.

Question 44

enamored

Answer 44

enamored ADJ. /爱情的；坠入爱河的/in love. Narcissus became enamored of his own beauty.

Question 45

enclave

Answer 45

enclave​N. /飞地/territory enclosed within an alien land. The Vatican is an independent enclave in Italy.

Question 46

encomium

Answer 46

encomium​N. /赞美之词/high praise; eulogy. Uneasy with the encomiums expressed by his supporters, Tolkien felt unworthy of such high praise.

Question 47

encroachment

Answer 47

encroachment​N. /侵蚀；“和平演变”/gradual intrusion. The encroachment of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.