List 26 Flashcards
ingenue
ingenueN. /天真无邪的少女；扮演天真无邪的少女的女演员/an artless girl; an actress who plays such parts. Although she was forty, she still insisted that she be cast as an ingenue and refused to play more mature roles.
ingrained
ingrainedADJ. /牢固的；深深扎根的；深入人心的/deeply established; firmly rooted. Try as they would, the missionaries were unable to uproot the ingrained superstitions of the natives.
ingrate
ingrateN. /忘恩负义者；不领情的人/ungrateful person. That ingrate Bob sneered at the tie I gave him.
ingratiate
ingratiateV. /迎合，讨好；流行开来/become popular with. He tried to ingratiate himself into her parents’ good graces.
inimical
inimicalADJ. /不友好的；敌意的；有害的/unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental. I’ve always been friendly to Martha. Why is she so inimical to me?
inimitable
inimitableADJ. /独一无二的，独特的；防伪的，难以模仿的/matchless; not able to be imitated. We admire Auden for his inimitable use of language; he is one of a kind.
iniquitous
iniquitousADJ. /邪恶的/wicked; immoral; unrighteous. Whether or not King Richard III was responsible for the murder of the two young princes in the Tower, it was an iniquitous deed. iniquity, N.
inkling
inklingN. /暗示，提示/hint. This came as a complete surprise to me as I did not have the slightest inkling of your plans.
innocuous
innocuousADJ. /无害的，无辜的/harmless. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively innocuous and should have no ill effect on you.
innovative
innovativeADJ. /新奇的；创新的/novel; introducing a change. The establishment of our SAT I computer data base has enabled us to come up with some innovative tactics for doing well on the SAT.
innuendo
innuendoN. /暗示，旁侧敲击；暗讽；讽刺，冷嘲热讽/hint; insinuation. I can defend myself against direct accusations; innuendos and oblique attacks on my character are what trouble me.
inquisitor
inquisitor N. /调查者；盘问者/questioner (especially harsh); investigator. Fearing being grilled ruthlessly by the secret police, Masha faced her inquisitors with trepidation.
insalubrious
insalubriousADJ. /有害的/unwholesome; not healthful. The mosquito-ridden swamp was an insalubrious place, a breeding ground for malarial contagion.
insatiable
insatiableADJ. /不容易伺候的；贪婪的/not easily satisfied; unquenchable; greedy. David’s appetite for oysters was insatiable: he could easily eat four dozen at a single sitting.
inscrutable
inscrutableADJ. /不可渗透的；不可理解的，谜/impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious. Experienced poker players try to keep their expressions inscrutable, hiding their reactions to the cards behind a so-called “poker face.”
insinuate
insinuateV. /暗示，含沙射影；慢慢的夺取，巧妙的迂回（进入）/hint; imply; creep in. When you said I looked robust, did you mean to insinuate that I’m getting fat?
insipid
insipidADJ. /索然无味的；单调的/lacking in flavor; dull. Flat prose and flat ginger ale are equally insipid: both lack sparkle.
insolvent
insolventADJ. /破产/bankrupt; unable to repay one’s debts. Although young Lord Widgeon was insolvent, he had no fear of being thrown into debtors’ prison, for he was sure that if his creditors pressed him for payment his wealthy parents would repay what he owed. insolvency
insomnia
insomniaN. /失眠/wakefulness; inability to sleep. He refused to join us in a midnight cup of coffee because he claimed it gave him insomnia.
instigate
instigateV. /驱使；激励，鼓动/urge; start; provoke. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to instigate an investigation into the department’s activities.
insubordination
insubordinationN. /反抗，不屈/disobedience; rebelliousness. At the slightest hint of insubordination from the sailors of the Bounty, Captain Bligh had them flogged; finally, they mutinied.
insularity
insularityN. /与外界隔绝；僵化；思想狭窄/narrow-mindedness; isolation. The insularity of the islanders manifested itself in their suspicion of anything foreign. insular,ADJ.
insulated
insulatedADJ. /分离；隔离/set apart; isolated. A well-to-do bachelor, James spent his money freely, insulated from the cares of his friends, who had families to support.
insuperable
insuperableADJ. /不可战胜的，不能克服的/insurmountable; unbeatable. Though the odds against their survival seemed insuperable, the Apollo 13 astronauts reached earth safely.
insurgent
insurgentADJ. /造反的，起义的/rebellious. Because the insurgent forces had occupied the capital and had gained control of the railway lines, several of the war correspondents covering the uprising predicted a rebel victory.
insurmountable
insurmountableADJ. /不能克服的，不能超越的/overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable. Faced by almost insurmountable obstacles, the members of the underground maintained their courage and will to resist.
insurrection
insurrectionN. /谋反的，造反的/rebellion; uprising. In retrospect, given how badly the British treated the American colonists, the eventual insurrection seems inevitable.
integral
integralADJ. /一体的，完整的/complete; necessary for completeness. Physical education is an integral part of our curriculum; a sound mind and a sound body are complementary.
inter
interV. /埋/bury. They are going to inter the body tomorrow at Broadlawn Cemetery.
interim
interimN. /临时的；间歇的/meantime. The company will not consider our proposal until next week; in the interim, let us proceed as we have in the past.
interloper
interloper N. /闯入者；干涉者/intruder; unwanted meddler. The merchant thought of his competitors as interlopers who were stealing away his trade.
interment
intermentN. /埋葬/burial. Interment will take place in the church cemetery at 2 P.M. Wednesday.
interminable
interminableADJ. /无尽的/endless. Although his speech lasted for only twenty minutes, it seemed interminable to his bored audience.
intermittent
intermittentADJ. /间歇的；断断续续的/periodic; on and off. The outdoor wedding reception had to be moved indoors to avoid the intermittent showers that fell on and off all afternoon.
interrogate
interrogateV. /审问；讯问/question closely; cross-examine. Knowing that the Nazis would interrogate him about his background, the secret agent invented a cover story that would help him meet their questions.
intervene
interveneV. /干预；干涉/come between. When two close friends get into a fight, be careful if you try to intervene; they may join forces to gang up on you.
intransigence
intransigence N. /不妥协；不让步/refusal of any compromise; stubbornness. The negotiating team had not expected such intransigence from the striking workers, who rejected any hint of a compromise. intransigent,ADJ.
intrepid
intrepidADJ. /无畏的/fearless. For her intrepid conduct nursing the wounded during the war, Florence Nightingale was honored by Queen Victoria.
intrude
intrudeV. /强挤入，侵入；强加于人/trespass; enter as an uninvited person. She hesitated to intrude on their conversation.
inundate
inundateV. /淹没；吞并/overwhelm; flood; submerge. This semester I am inundated with work: You should see the piles of paperwork flooding my desk. Until the great dam was built, the waters of the Nile used to inundate the river valley like clockwork every year.
inured
inuredADJ. /习惯了的，适应了的/accustomed; hardened. She became inured to the Alaskan cold.
invective
invectiveN. /谩骂；非难；恶言相加/abuse. He had expected criticism but not the invective that greeted his proposal. inveigh,V.
invidious
invidiousADJ. /易招嫉妒的；不公平的/designed to create ill will or envy. We disregarded her invidious remarks because we realized how jealous she was.
invigorate
invigorateV. /激发；鼓舞/energize; stimulate. A quick dip in the pool invigorated Meg, and with renewed energy she got back to work.
