word list 17 Flashcards
condense
浓缩,精简
make more compact or dense; shorten or abridge; reduce into a denser form
quizzical
戏弄的,揶揄的;有疑问的
teasing; bantering; mocking; curious
fidelity
忠实
loyalty
stipend
薪水,薪俸
pay for services
eccentric
不合常规的;怪异的,古怪的
irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre
pore
钻研,深思,细阅
study industriously; ponder; scrutinize
malignant
恶毒的;恶性的,致命的
injurious; tending to cause death; aggressively malevolent
fastidious
挑剔的,过分讲究的;难以取悦的
difficult to please; squeamish
plentitude
充分,充足;完全
abundance; completeness
constituent
选民,选举人
supporter
hypochondriac
疑病症患者,过分担心自身健康的人
person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness
venal
可用金钱贿赂的
capable of being bribed
inimical
充满敌意的;有害的,不利的
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
pliant
柔顺的,温顺的,易被影响的
flexible; easily influenced
extraneous
无关的,不必要的
not essential; superfluous
lackadaisical
懒洋洋的;懒散的,散漫的
lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; languid
ruse
计谋;策略
trick; stratagem
summit
顶点,顶峰
utmost height or pinnacle; highest point (of a mountain, etc.)
tarantula
(产于南欧等地的)狼蛛
venomous spider
muggy
闷热的,潮湿的
warm and damp
ire
愤怒,怒火
anger
culminate
达到顶点
attain the highest point; climax
importune
恳求,反复要求
beg persistently
denigrate
诋毁,抹黑
blacken
actuate
激励,促使
motivate
punctilious
拘泥细节的,谨小慎微的
laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; minutely attentive fine points (perhaps too much so)
mundane
世界的,宇宙的;世俗的,平凡的
worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
clasp
扣环;紧握
fastening device; firm grip
fervent
热情的,强烈的;热的
ardent; hot
strut
昂首阔步,神气活现的走路;支柱,撑木
pompous walk; swagger; supporting bar
extrude
(通过模具)将(金属、塑料等)挤压成形;推出,掷出
shape (metal, plastic, etc.) by forcing it through a die; force or push out
paraphernalia
随身用具,设备
equipment, odds and ends
illusion
错觉,假象
misleading vision
bungalow
平房,小屋
small cottage
litany
连祷,应答祷告
supplicatory prayer
numismatist
钱币、奖章收藏家
person who collects coins
tempestuous
有暴风雨的;暴乱的
stormy; impassioned; violent
menial
适合奴仆做的;卑下的
suitable for servants; lowly; mean
deleterious
有害的
harmful
touchstone
试金石;标准
stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion
allusion
提及,暗示
indirect reference
residue
残余,渣滓;剩余遗产
remainder; balance
cardiologist
心脏病学家
doctor specializing in the heart
beguile
诱骗,欺骗;愉快地消磨时间
mislead or delude; pass time
frustrate
挫败,阻挠
thwart; defeat
sedition
叛乱;煽动暴乱,骚乱
resistance to authority; insubordination
languid
倦怠的,没精打采的
weary; sluggish; listless
aloft
在高处,在上空
upward
fugitive
短暂的;流浪的
fleeting or transitory; roving
solicitous
焦虑的;挂念的
worried; concerned
beatific
祝福的;幸福的
giving bliss; blissful
bluster
咆哮;吓唬,胁迫
blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully
怒号;吓唬
a violent boisterous blowing; loudly boastful or threatening speech
sheaf
麦捆;捆
bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
lucrative
有利润的
profitable
attenuate
使变细,使变瘦;削弱
make thin; weaken
affliction
痛苦,折磨
state of distress; cause of suffering
martinet
严格执行纪律(或规章制度)的人
strict disciplinarian
reparable
可修缮的,可补救的
capable of being repaired
legerdemain
戏法,骗术
sleight of hand
blandishment
奉承
flattery
solvent
有偿付能力的
able to pay all debts
溶剂
substance that dissolves another
zealot
狂热者
fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
subpoena
(传唤到庭作证)传票
writ summoning a witness to appear
adherent
追随者,拥护者
supporter; follower
quell
镇压,平息,使安静
extinguish; put down; quiet
panoramic
全景的
related to an unobstructed and comprehensive view
pacify
安抚,使安静
soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue
peccadillo
小毛病,小过失
slight offense
distend
使膨胀,使夸张
expand; swell out
chicanery
诡计;欺骗
trickery; deception
precarious
不确定的;危险的
uncertain; risky
cynosure
引人注目者
the object of general attention
lustrous
有光泽的,光辉的
shining
abstruse
难以理解的,深奥的;无底的
obscure; profound; difficult to understand
abstruse
难以理解的,深奥的;无底的
obscure; profound; difficult to understand
unfathomable
深不可测的,深奥的;无底的
incomprehensible; impenetrable
entourage
随从,随行人员
group of attendants; retinue
alimony
(离婚后的)赡养费,生活费
payments made to an ex-spouse after divorce
defame
诽谤,中伤
harm someone’s reputation; malign; slander
ample
充足的
abundant
negligible
可以忽略的,微不足道的
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
intuition
直觉,直觉力
immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
choreography
编舞艺术;舞蹈编排
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
tantrum
发脾气,发怒
fit of petulance; caprice
anathema
诅咒;受诅咒的对象
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
resumption
重新开始,继续
taking up again; recommencement
gloss over
辩护,掩饰
explain away
problematic
有问题的,有疑问的
doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing
inconsistency
前后不一致,矛盾
state of being self contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness
complement
补充,补足;与……相辅相成
complete; consummate; make perfect
ambivalence
矛盾情感或态度
the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
platitude
老生常谈,陈词滥调
trite remark; commonplace statement
vacillate
摇摆不定,犹豫不决
waver; fluctuate
perceptive
有洞察力的,敏锐的,有感知的
insightful; aware; wise
accost
搭讪,攀谈
approach and speak first to a person
portend
预兆,预示
foretell; presage
onset
开始;攻击
beginning; attack
prod
刺,戳;激起,督促
poke; stir up urge
vampire
吸血鬼
ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living
regimen
摄生法,养生法
prescribed diet and habits