List 9 Flashcards
entangle
使卷入,使纠缠:twist confused mass;使变复杂或困难:complex or difficult
enthusiasm
热情,兴趣:desire or interest
entice
诱使:tempt, lure
entrance
进入权,进入许可:means of entering or participation;使入迷:wonder, enchantment
entrap
诱骗:lure
entreat
恳求:plead persuade, ask urgently
enunciate
清晰地说:articulate;公开宣布,宣称:openly or publicity
ephemeral
短暂的:very short time
epic
宏大的,超凡脱俗的:surpassing the usual
epicure
美食家:discriminating tastes
epigram
机智的短诗,警句:short witty
epilogue
文学作品的结局:concluding section literary;戏剧的收场白:final scene of a paly
epithet
外号,绰号:descriptive name
epitomize
摘要,概括:short statement, main points;代表,体现,是…的典型范例:represent a typical example of
equable
(脾气、性情)温和的:serene
equity
不偏不倚,公平:lack of favoritism
equivalent
等价的,相等的:equal
equivocate
(带有欺骗目的地)模棱两可地说,说谎话:equivocal
erode
侵蚀,慢慢减少:consume gradually
errant
居无定所的:from place to place;误入歧途的,犯错误的:straying proper course or standards
erratic
善变的:not constant;异常的,不同寻常的:different from the ordinary
erudite
博学的:learned
escalate
(使)(战争等)升级,扩大:increase
eschew
刻意避开;戒绝:avoid
esoteric
深奥难懂的:difficult to understand;少数人知道的:not known by the general
espouse
支持;拥护:support;与…结婚:marriage, marry
esteem
尊重:respect, prize
estimable
值得尊敬的:admirable
estrange
使疏远,离间,使感情失和:enmity, indifference, friendliness
etch
蚀刻;留下深刻印象,铭记:produce a vivid impression
eternal
永恒的:infinite duration, everlasting, perpetual
ethereal
轻巧精致的:lightness, highly refined, delicate;天国的:heaven;非物质的,精神(上)的:spiritual, not composed of matter
ethics
道德规范:governing conduct
eulogize
称赞,颂扬:speak in high praise of
euphemism
婉言,委婉的说法:inoffensive expression
euphonious
悦耳的:pleasing
euphoria
感觉极其愉快:overwhelming usually pleasurable
evacuate
撤空:empty or remove;撤退:remove
evanescent
逐渐消失的,短暂的:vanish
evasive
难以发现,捕捉,分离的;含糊其辞的:equivocal