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01【extinguish】
V.熄灭,扑灭
02【exhilaration】
N.高兴
[例句]
She was still languid(慵懒倦怠的) from her brief sleep and the exhilaration of the evening.
昨晚由于兴奋,夜间睡眠时间太少,她现在仍倦怠无力。
03【exalt】
V.提升,赞扬,使得意
[例句]
Complementary colors exalt each other.
互补色加浓了彼此的色彩。
04【loath】
Adj.不情愿的,勉强的
[例句]
Loath to disappoint the children, he was ready to climb the tree.
他不想使孩子们失望,便准备爬上树去。
05【suspend】
V.暂停,悬浮
06【hoary】
Adj.陈腐的,老掉牙的,(因年老)灰白的
[例句]
Tackling this hoary puzzle requires expertise(专业知识) in several fields, including cryptography, linguistics and medieval history.
要解决这个古老谜团,必须旁及好几个领域的专门知识,包括密码学、语言学和中世纪历史等。
07【wayward】
Adj.难以控制的,任性的,刚愎自用的
[例句]
I feel as if I\'m always dragging my wayward brain back to the text.
我感觉自己仿佛常常要强拖着自己任性的脑袋瓜回到文章上来。
08【obnoxious】
Adj.讨厌的,令人作呕的
[例句]
But he handles his pathetic characters with an acute sympathy, and his obnoxious ones with acute distaste(厌恶反感).
不过,他同情笔下可怜的人物,鄙夷可憎之徒。
09【agility】
N.机敏,敏捷
[例句]
We were all attracted by his agility in the performance.
他敏捷的表演吸引了我们。
10【complacency】
N.自满,自鸣得意
[例句]
It is not altogether with a feeling of complacency that I again mention that she had not rendered these honourable victories public.
我怀着遗憾的心情(即不自满的心情)再一次指出,她没有把那些光荣的成绩公之于众。
11【confiscate】
V.没收,充公,查抄
[例句]
The police are making a concentrated effort to confiscate pirated(翻印的,盗版的,pirate海盗) books across city.
警方对全市的盗版图书进行了一次集中查缴。
12【mania】
N.狂热
[例句]
Football mania is sweeping the country.
足球热正风靡全国。
13【rend】
V.撕开,撕碎,分裂
[例句]
Another fierce glare(刺眼的光,怒目而视) lit up the forest and an instant crash followed that seemed to rend the treetops right over the boys\' heads.
又一道强光照亮了树林,响雷紧随其后,仿佛就要把孩子们头顶上的树梢一劈两半。
14【foreground】
N.前景,瞩目地位,重要位置 V.强调,突出
[例句]
In the foreground, the lobby was dark, sleepy.
在前景,大厅是黑暗的,令人昏昏欲睡。
15【prescription】
N.处方,药方,解决方法 Adj.凭处方可购买的
16【lithe】
Adj.轻盈的,柔软的,易弯曲的,柔韧性好的
[例句]
Meditation send our thoughts into the lithe world.
冥想使人的思绪进入一个轻盈的世界。
17【conversant】
Adj.通晓的,熟悉的
[例句]
She is conversant with English.
她精通英语。
18【intrinsic】
Adj.固有的,内在的,本质的
[例句]
At the moment when the poetry is flowing, all the intrinsic fragrant of times unfolds with the wind.
在所有诗意灵动的瞬间,内在的岁月之香,一一随风展开。
19【institutionalization】
N.体.制.化
[例句]--institutionalized
First you hate them, then you get used to them. Enough time passes, gets so you depend on them. That’s institutionalized.
刚入狱时,你厌恨周围的高墙。慢慢地,你习惯了生活其中。最终,你会发现你不得不依靠它而生存。这就叫体.制.化。(《肖申克的救赎》)
20【impostor】
N.冒名顶替者,骗子
[例句]
The impostor was exposed publicly and thus stripped of his borrowed plumes(羽毛).
这骗子被当众揭发,伪装被撕下了。
21【credulous】
Adj.轻信的
[例句]
credulous superstition
幼稚的迷信 ; 迷信
22【taint】
N./V.污染,玷污,腐坏难闻的味道
23【sprightly】
Adj./Adv.活泼的,愉快地
24【ethereal】
Adj.优雅的,缥缈的,超凡的
[例句]
Perhaps the Internet isn\'t about freedom, an ethereal new dimension that overcomes the limitations of time and space.
也许互联网并不是自由的高地,它只是一种可以跨越时间和空间限制来连接你我的新维度。也许它真的只是一个信息的集散地罢了。
25【inveterate】
Adj.积习难改的,根深蒂固的
[例句]
an inveterate habit/prejudice
积习/根深蒂固的偏见
26【spat】
N./V.口角,掌击,争吵,扇巴掌,吐口水(spit过去式)
[例句]
If you\'ve got something to say, spit it out!
有什么话,你尽管说出来!
27【prosaic】
Adj.平凡的,乏味的,散文体的
[例句]
The style of Tao Yuanming\'s pastoral(田园的) poetry is prosaic and lucid(闪亮的,清醒的), just like a picture of idyllic(风光旖旎的,牧歌的) country life with sentiment. The formation of his style is the result of his artistic ingenuity.
陶渊明的田园诗,如一幅情韵天成的田园乡村画卷,其风格平淡清新自然,而其风格的形成又是诗人艺术匠心独运的结果。
28【sonnet】
N.十四行诗
[例句]
The composer set a sonnet to music.
作曲家为一首十四行诗谱了曲。
29【repugnant】
Adj.令人反感的,难以接受的,矛盾的
[例句]
It is repugnant to me even to speak to him.
我甚至连和他说话都感到讨厌。
30【exodus】
N.大批的离去
[例句]
《Exodus》《出.埃.及.记》
31【animate】
Adj.有生命力的,有活力的 V.使生动,激励,使有生命
[例句]
There was precious little about the cricket to animate the crowd.
这场板球比赛极少有让观众兴奋的地方。
32【buoyant】
Adj.愉快自信的,繁荣的,保持高价的,有浮力的
[例句]
buoyant market
市况活跃;活跃的市场
33【barter】
N./V.换货,互换品,以物易物
[例句]
We cannot barter away our principles.
我们不能拿原则作交易。
34【rip】
N./V.撕裂,裂缝,严厉批评,掠夺
[例句]
Let sth. rip
让…顺其自然,放开做
35【zenith】
N.顶峰,天顶,鼎盛时期
[例句]
The sun had almost reached its zenith, the sky was an intense, airy blue.
太阳几乎攀到了绝顶,天空显出一种炽烈而高远的蓝色。
36【designate】
V.指定,委派,命名 Adj.尚未上任的,尚未就职的
[例句]
Designate your lunch time.
安排好你的午餐时间。
37【exemplary】
Adj.典范的,惩戒性的
[例句]
From the earliest days of the Renaissance, the writing of history meant recounting(详细叙述,描述) the exemplary lives of great men.
从文艺复兴初期开始,历史写作就意味着要重述伟人的模范生活。
38【oblivious】
Adj.不在意的,未察觉到的,遗忘的,健忘的
[例句]
A life without a dream is like a bird with broken wings, confined to a cage and oblivious of what lies beyond the range of its vision.
没有梦想的生活就像折翼的鸟儿被禁锢于牢笼之中,进而忘却那目光之外的天空。
39【wither】
V.凋谢,枯萎
[例句]
And we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities , like the wind, carry us away.
我们都像叶子渐渐枯萎,我们的罪孽像风一般把我们吹去。
40【antipathy】
N.反感,厌恶
[例句]
This antipathy to ideas is often expressed as anti-elitism.
这种对于新思想的憎恶之心往往被称为反精英主.义。
【补充】《社交网络》
1.Cryptic
Well, you do that. It was cryptic, so you do speaking code.
你有意,你话中有话,所以你是有意这么问的。
2.Oath
She was under oath.
她发过誓。
3.Simultaneous
He was blogging simultaneously.
他同时还写部落格。
4.Torture
On the Internet, comparing women to farm animals? It didn’t stop you from writing it.
在网上,把女人比作家.畜?你并没有就此住手。
As if every thought that tumbles through your head is so clever, it would be a crime for it not to be share.
好像你脑子里的每个想法都那么聪明,如果不分享就是犯罪。
The Internet’s not written in pencil, Mark, it’s written in ink.
网络不是用铅笔写的,马克,是用墨水写的擦不掉的。
And you published that Erica Albright was a b*tch. Right before you made some ignorant crack about my family’s name, my bra size... and then rated women based on their hotness.
你发表了艾瑞卡·奥尔布赖特是个贱.人的文章,你还无知地拿我家族开刀,我的胸..围…然后还用辣不辣给女人打分。
You write your snide bullshit from a dark room because that’s what the angry do nowadays.
你在黑暗的房间里写你那些恶意的文字,因为现在愤怒的人都这样。
I was nice to you. Don’t torture me for it.
我对你够好了。不要为此折磨我。
5.Gear
Look, I want to see everybody here get geared up for a party.
听着,我希望每个人都准备好参加派对了。