Unit 15

Question 1

Libertine

Answer 1

放荡不羁者

A playboy and libertine

Question 2

Licentious

Answer 2

放荡的，性欲强的

The licentious and corrupt culture

Question 3

Liken

Answer 3

显示相似，把…比作

Life is often likened to a journey

Question 4

Limpid

Answer 4

清澈透明的

Limpid streams

Question 5

Lissome

Answer 5

1. 柔软的
   A lissome material
   2.敏捷的，轻盈的
   A lissome ballerina

Question 6

Lithe

Answer 6

1.敏捷的，轻盈的
Lithe dancers
2 柔软的
Lithe branches

Question 7

Lofty

Answer 7

1 崇高的
Lofty ideals
2 自大的
Lofty distain

Question 8

Loll

Answer 8

偷懒，打发时间

Some people were just lolling about

Question 9

Loquacious

Answer 9

话多的

The loquacious talk show host

Question 10

Loutish

Answer 10

粗鲁的

A boy with loutish air

Question 11

Lug

Answer 11

费力搬运

Lugging all of his books

Question 12

Lugubrious

Answer 12

(故作夸张的）悲哀的

His lugubrious tear-stained face

Question 13

Lull

Answer 13

1 相对平静时期，间隙
The lull before the storm
2 使镇静，使安心
Lulled the nation into a false sense of security

Question 14

Lurch

Answer 14

蹒跚

The ship lurched in the storm

Question 15

Lurk

Answer 15

潜伏

Dangers lurk in the path of wilderness

Question 16

Lustrous

Answer 16

有光泽的

Lustrous black hair

Question 17

Macabre

Answer 17

恐怖的

Macabre theme

Question 18

Macerate

Answer 18

浸泡（以软化）

Macerate the sample in ethanol

Question 19

Maculate

Answer 19

使有斑点，弄脏

Her reputation was maculated

Question 20

Maelstrom

Answer 20

混乱，动荡的局势

The maelstrom of war

Question 21

Maladroit

Answer 21

笨拙的

A maladroit movement

Question 22

Malaise

Answer 22

不舒服

He complained of depression, headaches and malaise

Question 23

Malcontent

Answer 23

不满分子

Malcontent teenagers

Question 24

Malign

Answer 24

1 恶意的
A malign desire
2 诽谤
Without maligning anyone

Question 25

Malinger

Answer 25

装病以逃避工作 | He’s just malingering

Question 26

Malleable

Answer 26

可塑的，易控制的 | A malleable metal

Question 27

Malodorous

Answer 27

恶臭的 | Eject a malodorous fluid

Question 28

Mangle

Answer 28

弄砸了 | Mangled Bach’s music

Question 29

Mangy

Answer 29

卑劣的 | A mangy trick

Question 30

Mar

Answer 30

破坏，削弱 | marred by sexual scandal

Question 31

Malfeasance

Answer 31

非法行为 | Administrative malfeasance

Question 32

Masquerade

Answer 32

面具，伪装 | Masquerade as policeman

Question 33

Matriculate

Answer 33

录取 | Matriculate at Princeton

Question 34

Maudlin

Answer 34

过于感伤的 | Maudlin concern for the welfare of animals

Question 35

Maven

Answer 35

专家 | As an investment maven

Question 36

Mawkish

Answer 36

过度伤感的 | A mawkish love story

Question 37

Meager

Answer 37

贫乏的 | Meager cultural resources

Question 38

Meander

Answer 38

闲逛，漫步 | Meander along the river

Question 39

Measly

Answer 39

少得可怜的，微不足道的 | A measly tip

Question 40

Measured

Answer 40

深思熟虑的，审慎的 | A measured response

Question 41

Meddle

Answer 41

干涉，管闲事 | Meddling in my marriage

Question 42

Meek

Answer 42

顺从的 | He certainly isn’t meek

Question 43

Mellifluous

Answer 43

(曲调）优美的 | A mellifluous voice

Question 44

Melodramatic

Answer 44

感情夸张的，伤感的 | Made the melodramatic declaration

Question 45

Menace

Answer 45

威胁，使处于危险 | Menace the inhabitants of this planet

Question 46

Mendacious

Answer 46

撒谎的，虚假的 | Mendacious tales

Question 47

Mercenary

Answer 47

唯利是图的，贪婪的 | A mercenary man

Question 48

Mercenary

Answer 48

唯利是图的，贪婪的 | A mercenary man

Question 49

Mercurial

Answer 49

(情绪）善变的 | His mercurial temperament

Question 50

Merited

Answer 50

应得的，理所应当的 | A merited bonus

Question 51

Mesh

Answer 51

诱捕 | Dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets

Question 52

Mesmeric

Answer 52

令人着迷的，难以抗拒的 | The mesmeric recital

Question 53

Metaphysical

Answer 53

哲学上的，理论上的 Metaphysical questions 非尘世的 A metaphysical world

Question 54

Meteoric

Answer 54

流星般迅速而短暂 | A meteoric rise to fame

Question 55

Miff

Answer 55

使恼怒 | Be miffed by her son’s disobedience

Question 56

Milk

Answer 56

榨取（财富、信息等）

Question 57

Mimic

Answer 57

1 仿真的，仿造的 The mimic gun 2 模仿 Mimicking the sounds

Question 58

Minatory

Answer 58

带来威胁的，有凶兆的 | A minatory black specter