NEW_GRE_A Flashcards
abase
v.降低…的地位,贬抑,使卑下
abash
v.使害羞,使尴尬
abate
v.减轻,减少
abatement
n.减轻,减少
abbreviate
v.缩短;缩写
abdicate
v.退位,辞职,放弃
aberrant
a.越轨的;异常的
aberration
n.越轨
abet
v.教唆,鼓励,帮助
abet v.
assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
aid and abet
帮助; 同谋
abet the commission of a crime 教唆犯罪 to abet sb. in a crime 教唆某人犯罪 foment civil insurrection. Toabet is to approve, encourage, and support actions, especially those in violation of what is right or proper: 煽动平民造反。 Abet 指赞同、鼓励并支持某些行为, 特别是错误与不正当的:
abeyance
n.中止,搁置
abhor
v.憎恨,嫌恶
abhorrent
a.可恨的,讨厌的
abject
a.极可怜的;卑下的
adj. (指境况)凄惨的;绝望的
糟透的,蹩脚的
卑鄙的,卑劣的
卑躬屈膝的,奴性的
n. 弃儿
adv. 凄惨地;绝望地;糟透地,蹩脚地
n. 凄惨;绝望;卑鄙,卑劣
abject cowardice.
被鄙视的懦夫
abject poverty.
赤贫
He is an abject liar.
他是个卑鄙的说谎者。
What an abject performance!
多么卑劣的行为!
many people are living in abject poverty.
许多人都生活在赤贫中。
The attempt ended in abject failure.
这一尝试以不光彩的失败告终。
authoritarianism may seem a lesser evil than abject poverty.
独裁统治看上去可能不如赤贫可怕。
thousands of families are living in abject poverty.
成千上万的家庭生活在赤贫中。
This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.
这一政策最后以惨败而告终。
his letter plunged her into abject misery.
他的信使她陷入极度痛苦之中。
The thought of working nights fills me with abject horror.
一想到要夜间工作我就觉得惨兮兮的。
Roma finished the match with ten men after Luigi Sartor was sent off and Delneri apologised for the abject performance from his players.
萨托尔被罚下,罗马是十个人踢完了比赛,德尔内里现在不得不为队员们的拙劣表现而道歉。
abjure
v.发誓放弃
ablaze
a.着火的,燃烧的;闪耀的
abnegate
v.否认,放弃
abnegation
n.放弃,自我牺牲
abolish
v.废止,废除(法律、制度、习俗等)
abolition
n.废除,革除
abominate
v.痛恨;厌恶
abortive
a.无结果的,失败的
abound
v.大量存在;充满,富于
aboveboard
a./adv.光明正大的(地)
abrade
v.磨损,磨小