List 3 Flashcards
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barb
尖锐而严厉的批评: a biting or pointedly critical remark or comment
【例】 delivered one last barb to his ex-girlfriend as he stalked away 在他转身离去之前,给他前女友留下了最
后一句尖锐的批评
【近】 affront, criticism, offense, outrage, sarcasm, slight
【反】 praise, applause, compliment 称赞
barbarous
【考法1】adj. 野蛮的,凶残的: mercilessly harsh or cruel
【例】 insulted by barbarous language 被粗暴的语言侵犯
【近】 brutal, atrocious, fiendish, heartless, savage, truculent, vicious
【反】 merciful, benevolent , humane, sympathetic 仁慈的
【考法2】adj. 未开化的: uncivilized
【例】 some barbarous behaviors such as eating with your fingers 一些没有教养的举止,比如直接用手拿东西吃
【近】 wild, uncultivated
【反】 civilized, decent, decorous 举止得体的
barefaced
公然的,厚颜无耻的: undisguisedly bold; brazen
【例】 a barefaced lie 一个公然的谎言
【近】 apparent, plain, bald, evident, manifest, obvious, perspicuous
【反】 secret, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious 秘密的
bargain
【考法1】n. 协议: an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction
【例】 They made a bargain that one would help the other next week. 他们达成了一项协议:下周其中一人将帮
助另外一人
【近】 accord, compact, contract, covenant, deal, pact, settlement
【考法2】 vi. 讨价还价: to negotiate over the terms of a purchase
【例】bargain over the price 讨价还价
【近】 haggle, negotiate
baroque
【考法1】adj. 华丽装饰的,过分雕琢,复杂的: characterized by extravagance, complexity, or flamboyance
【例】 a baroque prose 一篇辞藻华丽的散文
【近】 byzantine, complicated, convoluted, elaborate, fancy, intricate, knotty, labyrinthine, lavish, tangled
【反】 austere, plain, simple 朴实无华的
【考法2】adj. (程度)过分的: going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount
【例】 Eventually even the movie seems bored by its baroque violence. 到最后这电影也因为其中过度的暴
力元素而显得让人厌烦
【近】 exorbitant, extravagant, lavish, overdue
【反】 moderate, modest, temperate 适度的
barrage
【考法1】n. 弹幕: a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of friendly troops to protect them
【例】 Troops are advancing under the shield of barrage. 部队在弹幕的掩护下前进
【近】 bombardment, fusillade
【考法2】n. 有压倒之势的、集中的倾泻(如言语): an overwhelming, concentrated outpouring, as of words
【例】 The announcement was met with a barrage of criticism and protests. 此公告一出,批评和抗议的声音四起
【近】 salvo, hail, cannonade, shower, storm, volley
【考法3】 v. (同时)袭来: to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
【例】 The athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph. 请求运动员签名的呼声如排山倒海般袭来
【近】 bomb
barren
【考法1】adj. 不育的: incapable of producing offspring
【例】 a poor, barren woman 一名可怜的不孕女子
【近】 fruitless, impotent, infertile, effete
【反】 prolific, fecund多产的
【考法2】adj. 不产生结果的,无效的: producing no results; unproductive
【例】 That line of investigation proved barren, so the police tried other avenues. 那个方向的调查已经被证
明是没有结果的了,所以警察开始尝试其他的途径
【近】 bootless, ineffective, inefficacious, unavailing, vain
【反】 effective, successful, productive, virtuous 有效的,成功的
【考法3】adj. 贫瘠的: deficient in production of vegetation and especially crops
【例】 barren deserts and wastelands 贫瘠的沙漠和荒野
【近】 desolate, impoverished, waste
【反】 arable, fruitful, luxuriant, verdant 富饶繁茂的
【考法4】adj. 极度匮乏的: utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected
【例】 Their proposal for revitalizing the downtown business district is utterly barren of practical methods. 他
们意图重振中心商业区的计划缺乏能够起效的方法
【近】 bare, bereft, destitute, void
【反】filled, flush, fraught, full, replete, rife 充沛的
barricade
【考法1】 n. 障碍物: an obstruction or rampart thrown up across a way or passage
【例】 The police put up barricades to block off the parade route. 警察设立了路障来阻挡游行的队伍
【近】 fence, hedge, wall, barrier, obstacle, blockade, obstruction
【考法2】v. 用障碍物阻止通过: to prevent access to by means of a barricade
【例】 streets have been barricaded by authorities 街道被当局封锁了
【近】 bar, check, hinder, impede, obstruct, wall off
【反】 permit 允许
barter
以物换物: to trade (goods or services) without the exchange of money
【例】 barter wheat for cotton 以小麦换棉花
【近】 swap, trade
batch
【考法1】n. 一批次的量: a number of things considered as a unit
【例】 a batch of cookies 一批次烘烤的饼干
【近】 array, collection, package, parcel, group
【考法2】n. 一小群人: a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
【例】 Show the next batch of applicants in, please. 请带下一批申请人进来
【近】 band, body, cluster, party
bathetic
平凡的,陈腐的: characterized by exceptional commonplaceness
【例】 a bathetic funeral scene 平凡的葬礼场面
【近】 trite, cliché, commonplace, hackneyed, stale, stereotyped
【反】 offbeat 离奇的
exceptional 不平常的,非凡的
【派】 bathos n. 平凡的事物
bawdy
下流的,猥亵的: boisterously or humorously indecent
【例】 a bawdy joke 黄色笑话|| bawdy house 妓院
【近】 obscene, lewd, ribald, vulgar
【反】 decent, decorous 得体的
chaste, noble 纯洁的,高贵的
bedeck
装饰,点缀: to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
【例】flag bedecking the balcony 在阳台上用以装饰的旗子|| bedeck with jewels 用珠宝装饰
【近】 adorn, beautify, decorate, dress, embellish, emblaze
【反】 strip 剥去
blemish, deface, mar, spoil 损害,破坏
belabor
【考法1】v.(当众)严厉批评: to criticize harshly and usually publicly
【例】 It’s not wise to belabor other people’s flaws when you’re hardly perfect yourself. 如果你自己还做不到
完美,去指责他人是不明智的
【近】 beat, baste, batter, excoriate, lambaste, abuse, assail, vituperate, scathe
【反】 applaud, extol, eulogize, endorse, acclaim 赞扬
【考法2】v. 就…作过度的说明,喋喋不休: to explain or insist on excessively
【例】 belabor the obvious 就显而易见的问题喋喋不休
【近】 dwell on, harp on
【反】 disregard, omit, ignore, neglect, slight, slur over 忽略
beleaguer
【考法1】vt. 包围,围攻: to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or
preventing commerce and communication
【例】 beleaguered the castle for months 围攻堡垒长达数月
【近】 siege, besiege, invest, blockade
【反】 retreat, withdraw 撤退
【考法2】vt. 使困扰,使烦恼,使消沉: trouble, harass, beset
【例】 We are still beleaguered by the very problem. 我们仍然就为这一个问题而感到困扰
【近】 annoy, harass, pester, plague, tease
【反】 delight 使愉悦
【派】 beleaguering adj. 扰人的
belie
【考法1】v. 错误地描述;误述: to picture falsely; misrepresent
【例】 The report belied the real severity of the aftermath. 这个报道错误地评价了后果的严重性
【近】 misrepresent, falsify
【反】 betray, reveal 表明,暴露,揭露(伪装)
【考法2】v. 证明…为假: to show (something) to be false or wrong
【例】 Practical experience belies this theory. 实践证明这个理论是错误的
【近】 debunk, discredit, refute, shoot down
【反】 attest, confirm, validate, verify 证实
【考法3】v. 掩饰: to keep secret or shut off from view
【例】 Security Council issued false assurances that belied the true gravity of the situation. 安理会发布了不
真实的承诺,掩盖了局势的严重性
【近】 conceal, curtain, disguise, mask
【反】 disclose, expose 揭露
【考法4】v. 与…相对立;与…相矛盾: to be counter to; contradict
【例】 At first glance, life at the boarding school seemed to belie all the bad things I had heard about it.乍 看 之
下,寄宿学校的生活似乎不同于我所听说的有关它的糟糕情形
【近】 contradict, contravene
【反】 agree 与…相一致
bellwether
领导者,带头人: one that takes the lead or initiative
【例】 Paris is a bellwether of the fashion industry. 巴黎是一座引领时尚潮流的都市
【近】 leader, pacemaker, pilot, trendsetter
【反】 follower, disciple, imitator 跟随者,弟子,模仿者
beneficent
【考法1】adj. 仁慈的,好慈善的: characterized by or performing acts of kindness or charity
【例】beneficent couple who are regular volunteers at an orphan 一对在孤儿院做义工的慈善的夫妇
【近】 kind, altruistic, benevolent, philanthropic, benign, compassionate, sympathetic
【反】 atrocious, barbarous, truculent, vicious 残忍的
【考法2】adj. (对个人或社会)有益的: promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being
【例】 the beneficent effect of sunshine 日光浴的益处
【近】 helpful, advantageous, favorable, kindly, profitable, salutary
【反】 detrimental, harmful, noxious, toxic 有害的
【派】 beneficently adv. 仁慈地
benign
【考法1】adj. 好心的,仁慈的:showing kindness and gentleness
【例】 a benign coach 一名仁慈的教练
【近】 beneficent, gentle, kind
【反】 abrasive, caustic, coarse, hard, harsh, rough, scathing, stern 粗暴的,严厉的
【考法2】adj. 无害的: not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt
【例】 Don’t worry; his eccentricities are entirely benign. 别担心,他那些古怪行为不会给人带来伤害
【近】 harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive
【反】 baleful, deleterious, detrimental, harmful, injurious, pernicious 有害的
berate
(长时间)严厉指责:to scold or condemn vehemently and at length
【例】He berated them in public. 他公开谴责他们
【近】castigate, flay, lambaste, scold, rail, upbraid, reproach, reprimand
【反】commend, compliment, praise 表扬,赞颂
beseech
(急切地)恳求: to beg for urgently or anxiously
【例】They besought the military to act immediately. 他们恳求军方立即采取行动
【近】appeal, conjure, entreat, implore, petition, plead, supplicate
【反】 demand (依据权力等)要求
besmirch
【考法1】v. 弄脏,弄污: to make dirty; soil
【例】 besmirched the white bed sheets with their dirty hands 用他们的脏手把白床单弄脏了
【近】 foul, smirch, smudge, taint
【反】 clean, cleanse清洁
【考法2】v. 诽谤,玷污: to detract from the honor or luster of
【例】 besmirch your reputation by fabricating scandals 通过捏造丑闻来玷污你的名声
【近】 defile, smear, soil, stain
【反】 honor 授予荣誉
bifurcate
(使)分成两支: (to cause) to divide into two branches or parts
【例】 Their visions of the company’s future slowly began to bifurcate. 我们关于公司未来的构想慢慢出现分歧
【近】 divide, diverge, fork
【反】 coalesce 联合
converge 汇合
bigot
固执己见者,有偏见的人: a person obstinately devoted to his own opinions and prejudices
【例】 He is a bigot, or “a slave of dogma”. 一个固执己见的人,换而言之就是——教条主义的奴隶
【近】 dogmatist, partisan
【反】 depreciator, disparager 贬低他人的人
【派】 bigoted 固执己见的