List 24 Flashcards
immaculate
immaculateADJ. /无暇的/spotless; flawless; absolutely clean. Ken and Jessica were wonderful tenants and left the apartment in immaculate condition when they moved out.
imminent
imminentADJ. /即将到来,逼近的/near at hand; impending. Rosa was such a last-minute worker that she could never start writing a paper till the deadline was imminent.
immobility
immobility N. /无法移动,不可移动的/state of being immovable. Modern armies cannot afford the luxury of immobility, as they are vulnerable to attack while standing still.
impale
impaleV. /刺穿/Pierce. He was impaled by the spear hurled by his adversary.
impalpable
impalpableADJ. /难以明了,难以觉察的/imperceptible; intangible. The ash is so fine that it is impalpable to the touch but it can be seen as a fine layer covering the window ledge.
impart
impartV. /赋予;告诉/reveal or tell; grant. Polly begged Grandma to impart her recipe for rugeleh, but her grandmother wouldn’t say a word.
impartial
impartialADJ. /公平的/not biased; fair. Knowing she could not be impartial about her own child, Jo refused to judge any match in which Billy was competing.
impassable
impassableADJ. /无路可通的;没法通行/not able to be traveled or crossed. A giant redwood had fallen across the highway, blocking all four lanes: the road was impassable.
impasse
impasseN. /走投无路;僵局/predicament from which there is no escape; deadlock. In this impasse, all turned to prayer as their last hope.
impeach
impeachV. /控告,检举;弹劾/charge with crime in office; indict. The angry congressman wanted to impeach the president for his misdeeds.
impeccable
impeccableADJ. /没有缺点/faultless. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry, Diana was acclaimed for her impeccable taste.
impecunious
impecuniousADJ. /身无分文的/without money. Though Scrooge claimed he was too impecunious to give alms, he easily could have afforded to be charitable.
impediment
impediment N. /妨碍;障碍物/hindrance; stumbling-block. She had a speech impediment that prevented her speaking clearly.
impel
impelV. /驱使/drive or force onward. A strong feeling of urgency impelled her; if she failed to finish the project right then, she knew that she would never get it done.
impenetrable
impenetrableADJ. /难以进入的;难以渗透的;不可理解的/not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding. How could the murderer have gotten into the locked room? To Watson, the mystery, like the room, was impenetrable.
impending
impendingADJ. /接近的;附近的/nearing; approaching. The entire country was saddened by the news of his impending death.
impenitent
impenitentADJ. /执迷不悟的/not repentant. We could see from his tough guy attitude that he was impenitent.
imperative
imperativeADJ. /及其重要,及其关键/absolutely necessary; critically important. It is imperative that you be extremely agreeable to GreatAunt Maud when she comes to tea: otherwise she might not leave you that million dollars in her will. also N.
imperial
imperialADJ. /帝王的;皇帝的/like an emperor; related to an empire. When hotel owner Leona Helmsley appeared in ads as Queen Leona standing guard over the Palace Hotel, her critics mocked her imperial fancies.
imperious
imperiousADJ. /专横的/domineering; haughty. Jane rather liked a man to be masterful, but Mr. Rochester seemed so bent on getting his own way that he was actually imperious!
impermeable
impermeableADJ. /不能渗透的/impervious; not permitting passage through its substance. This new material is impermeable to liquids.
impertinent
impertinentADJ. /不相干的;鲁莽的/insolent; rude. His neighbors’ impertinent curiosity about his lack of dates angered Ted. It was downright rude of them to ask him such personal questions.
imperturbable
imperturbableADJ. /沉着冷静;平静/calm; placid; composed. In the midst of the battle, the Duke of Wellington remained imperturbable and in full command of the situation despite the hysteria and panic all around him. imperturbability, N.
Impervious
ImperviousADJ. /不会被损的;不能渗透的/impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed. The carpet salesman told Simone that his most expensive brand of floor covering was warranted to be impervious to ordinary wear and tear. Having read so many negative reviews of his acting, the movie star had learned to ignore them, and was now impervious to criticism.