Unit17

Question 1

Nuance

Answer 1

细微的差异

A poem with of little depth and nuance

Question 2

Negatory

Answer 2

无关紧要

Question 3

Obtrusive

Answer 3

扎眼的，难看显眼的

The obtrusive behavior of a spoiled child

Question 4

Obdurate

Answer 4

1 固执的
Obdurate determination
2 冷酷无情
the obdurate refusal

Question 5

Obfuscate

Answer 5

使困惑

Obfuscate the reader

Question 6

Obliging

Answer 6

乐于助人

An obliging and warm-hearted man

Question 7

Obliterate

Answer 7

除去

The snow Obliterated our hopes

Question 8

Oblivious

Answer 8

不知道的，不知情的

Be oblivious to sth

Question 9

Obloquy

Answer 9

谩骂，诽谤

She unleashed a torrent of obloquy

Question 10

Obsequious

Answer 10

谄媚的，奴性的

Obsequious assistants

Question 11

Obstreperous

Answer 11

不听话的，任性的

Obstreperous members

Question 12

Obstruct

Answer 12

妨碍，给…制造困难

Obstructing justice

Question 13

Obtuse

Answer 13

愚钝的

Are you being deliberately obtuse?

Question 14

Obviate

Answer 14

排除，使不必要

Obviates the need for surgery

Question 15

Occult

Answer 15

难以理解的

An occult reference

Question 16

Offbeat

Answer 16

不平常的

An enjoyable offbeat sense of humor

Question 17

Officious

Answer 17

多管闲事的

An officious little man

Question 18

Ominous

Answer 18

凶兆的

An ominous threat of war

Question 19

Omniscient

Answer 19

无所不知的

An omniscient deity

Question 20

Opaque

Answer 20

晦涩的

Opaque prose

Question 21

Opine

Answer 21

表达观点，认为

You can opine about any subject you like

Question 22

Opprobrious

Answer 22

辱骂的
Opprobrious language
臭名昭著的，令人鄙视的
Opprobrious conduct

Question 23

Oscillate

Answer 23

犹豫，变化

Question 24

Ostracize

Answer 24

驱逐

He was ostracized from the scientific community

Question 25

Oust

Answer 25

驱逐 | She was ousted from her job

Question 26

Overweening

Answer 26

傲慢的，专横的 | His overweening conceit

Question 27

Outmaneuver

Answer 27

以策略取胜 | He outmaneuver his opponent

Question 28

Outwit

Answer 28

瞒骗，以智取胜 | A plan to outwit their opponents

Question 29

Overt

Answer 29

明显的 公开的 | Overt hostility

Question 30

Overture

Answer 30

前言，序言 | The overture for festivities

Question 31

Pacify

Answer 31

使平静、安慰 | Pacify a crying child

Question 32

Padding

Answer 32

夸张，废话 | The feature writer is sometimes guilty of padding

Question 33

Paean

Answer 33

欢乐颂，赞扬 | Paeans for hardworking

Question 34

Painstaking

Answer 34

煞费苦心的 | painstaking research

Question 35

Palatable

Answer 35

感到愉悦满足 | The palatable aroma

Question 36

Pall

Answer 36

失去兴趣 | His humor began to pall on us

Question 37

Palliate

Answer 37

平息，减轻 | Palliate his loneliness

Question 38

Pallid

Answer 38

无生气的，缺乏活力的 | A pallid girl

Question 39

Palmy

Answer 39

繁荣的 | The palmy days of the British drama

Question 40

Palpable

Answer 40

明显的，易觉察的 | A palpable difference

Question 41

Palter

Answer 41

欺骗，讨价还价 | Unwilling to palter over the price

Question 42

Paltry

Answer 42

无价值的，微不足道的 | Paltry amounts of money

Question 43

Pan

Answer 43

严厉批评 | All critics have panned this latest sequel

Question 44

Panache

Answer 44

炫耀 | Play with panache

Question 45

Pandemonium

Answer 45

喧嚣，骚动 | Plenty of pandemonium

Question 46

Panegyric

Answer 46

赞颂之词，颂文 | A panegyric on sth.

Question 47

Provenance

Answer 47

来源，起源 | The provenance of the ancient manuscript

Question 48

Paradigm

Answer 48

典范，模仿 | He was the paradigm of the successful man

Question 49

Paragon

Answer 49

1 优秀模仿 A paragon of good husband 2 把...比作，显示相似 Paragon retreat with treachery

Question 50

Paramount

Answer 50

最重要的 | The paramount goal

Question 51

Parenthesis

Answer 51

间断 | A parenthesis in an otherwise solid marriage

Question 52

Pariah

Answer 52

被排斥或鄙视的人 | A pariah of the society

Question 53

Parity

Answer 53

相衬，同等，平等 | Achieve parity with our competitors

Question 54

Paroxysm

Answer 54

(政治、社会领域的）大动荡 | Created paroxysms in both religion and science

Question 55

Parrot

Answer 55

(机械地）模仿，复制 | Parrot others blindly

Question 56

Parry

Answer 56

躲避（问题） | He parried the embarrassing question

Question 57

Particularize

Answer 57

详述 | Particularize the rules

Question 58

Pastiche

Answer 58

(带嘲讽的）模仿 A pastiche of expensive interior design 大杂烩 A pastiche of dishes from many countries

Question 59

Patent

Answer 59

显而易见的，明显的 The patent flaw of the proposal 专利 P&G applied for a patent on it’s cookies

Question 60

Pathological

Answer 60

不正常，病态的 | She has a pathological fear of snakes

Question 61

Patina

Answer 61

外表 A superficial patina of knowledge (由内而外散发的）氛围，气场 A patina of old-world quaintness