List6Nov21 Flashcards
belabor
belaborV. /嘴贫,过度的说;谩骂/explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; attack verbally. The debate coach warned her student not to bore the audience by belaboring her point.
beleaguer
beleaguerV. /攻击;使烦恼/besiege or attack; harassed. The babysitter was surrounded by a crowd of unmanageable brats who relentlessly beleaguered her.
bent
bentADJ; N. /先天的/determined; natural talent or inclination. Bent on advancing in the business world, the secretary-heroine of Working Girl has a true bent for high finance.
berate
berateV. /严厉指责,谴责/scold strongly. He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.
bicameral
bicameralADJ. /两院制的(参,众)/two-chambered, as a legislative body. The United States Congress is a bicameral body.
blare
blareN. /大声喊叫,令人眩晕的强光/loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light. I don’t know which is worse: the steady blare of a boom box deafening your ears or a sudden blare of flashbulbs dazzling your eyes.