unit 29 Flashcards
conflagration
武装冲突，战争
erupted into a conflagration
conflate
混合
conflate past and present
consign
转交，转移（给他人）
consigned our package to a next-door neighbor
consternation
恐惧，恐慌
stared at each other in consternation
convene
召开，召集
convene the members of the council
coy
不愿与人交往的，内向的
she was modest without being coy
crow
感到高兴
crowing about victory
dashing
爱好冒险的，大胆的
the dashing heroes
debonair
无忧无虑的，不在乎的
his debonair dismissal of my inquiry concerning
风度翩翩的
the debonair gentleman
decadent
堕落的，道德上腐败的
gambling is a decadent form of entertainment
deflect
使倾斜，使转向
deflect the public attention from the troubled economy
defray
支付
defraying the cost of wat
deign
(不情愿地）屈尊，俯就
deign to answer that absurd accusation
deplorable
可鄙的，可耻的
deplorable behavior
dichotomy
对立
a dichotomy between A and B
disenchant
使清醒
disenchant voters
domineer
专制统治
he tried to domineer over everyone
dread
恐惧
we were filled with dread
efficacious
有效的
efficacious new drug
elude
1躲闪，躲避
manage to elude capture
2使无法理解，使困惑
a metaphor that eluded them
enamored
迷恋的，热爱的
became enamored of the movie idol
ethos
道德准则
the ethos of the ancient Spartans
exorcise
除去
exorcise the unhappy memories
fallible
可能出错的
they are only human and all too fallible
fanciful
不切实际的，荒谬的
a fanciful man
figment
虚构的事物，幻觉
a figment of my imagination
fitful
断断续续
fitful progress
forage
寻找
go foraging for change for the parking meter
foreground
强调，重视
foregrouned his experience
forsake
彻底放弃，抛弃
forsake ideals
germinate
发芽
Some seed varieties germinate very quickly
出现
germinate in her mind
glower
怒目而视
glowered at their TVs
graft
移植，交接
graft old traditions onto the new ones
grit
(面对困难时所表现出来的）毅力
she was an athlete with true grit
grumble
(尤指低声地）抱怨，埋怨
find something to grumble about
heckle
起哄，使难堪
heckling the speaker
hobble
阻碍，妨碍
hobble the economy
humdrum
无聊的，乏味的
a humdrum but well-paid job
