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2023.07.01
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01【stentorian】
Adj.声音洪亮的
a)He bellowed in a stentorian voice.
他用洪亮的声音大吼。
b)The stentorian and dignified recitation coveys the profoundness and extensive of Confucian Culture, making everyone feels at home.
洪厚、凝重的吟诵，向人们传递出儒家文化深厚的底蕴，让人们有一种宾至如归的美好感觉。
02【mongrel】
N.混血儿，杂.交动物
a)Immediately some scruffy mongrel appeared and started bothering her.
马上就有邋遢的杂种狗出现了，开始骚扰她。
b) Give me that! I’ll put this mongrel out of his misery!
给我！我不会让这杂种狗遭受痛苦！
03【predilection】
N.偏好，嗜好
a)This burrowing creature has a predilection for anything glittery.
这个会掘地的动物偏爱所有闪闪的东西。
b) He has a predilection for rich food.
他嗜好油腻的食物。
04【gallant】
Adj.勇敢的
a)There are really only two ways to approach life: as victim or as gallant fighter.
生活只有两种选择：要么受害者，要么勇敢反抗。
b) I will find him, my Prince Charming, and how gallant he will be.
我会遇到我的白马王子，它是那么风度翩翩。（《小马宝莉》）
05【gangly】
Adj.身材瘦长的
a)He draws his knees beneath him, then splays his legs like a gangly six-year-old.
他盘起膝盖，然后像一个六岁小孩一样倾斜着自己的腿。
b)I was an awkward child. Tall, gangly, and, like everyone else in my family, severely myopic.
我是一个不讨人喜欢的孩子，瘦高个，还想我家里的每个人一样，严重近视。
06【facilitate】
V.提供方便，促进
a)Every culture has its own rituals and traditions to facilitate mourning.
每种文化都有自己的仪式和传统缓解悲伤。
b)Some hold that the use of more and more robots will lead to greater productivity and facilitate our life.
一些人认为越来越多使用机器人会使生产力提高，我们的生活会更便捷。
07【coerce】
V/N.强迫，压制
a)You cannot coerce someone into learning.
你不能强迫别人学习。
b) The successful education is not from coerce, but from encouragement.
成功的教育不是强制，而是鼓励。
08【obligatory】
Adj.强制性的，义务的
a)It is obligatory for all employees to wear protecting clothing.
员工必须穿防护服。
b)So here’s the obligatory, but important, cautionary note.
所以这里有些必须的但重要的警示。
09【recumbent】
Adj.斜倚着，休息的
a)He looked down at the recumbent figure.
他向下看着躺着的身影。
b) The picnickers were recumbent on thick moss under a big tree.
野餐的人们在大树下厚厚的苔藓上舒适地躺着。
10【repel】
V.击退，驱逐，使厌恶
a)Nearly all animals need to attract mates and repel predators.
几乎所有动物都需要吸引伴侣和驱除捕食者。
b)The custom is to put wormwood on the front door to repel evil things.
古时端午节的风俗是在大门口挂药草，以驱除厄运。
11【mitigate】
V.减轻，缓和
a)But climate change is our new reality. And we should take steps to mitigate it.
气候变迁已经成为事实。我们需要采取行动减轻其危害。
b)Some measures could mitigate the urban heat island.
有一些方法可以减缓热岛效应。
12【exceptional】
Adj.卓越的，不凡的，异常的
a)Their technical ability is exceptional.
他们的技术能力是杰出的。
b)Capital punishment is allowable only under exceptional circumstances.
只有在特殊情况下才允许判死.刑。
13【homogenize】
V.使同样，使相似，变均匀
a)The corporate world wants to homogenize everything, and that’s the opposite of cultural synthesis.
社团世界想要使所有事情一致，这是文化合成的反面。
b)If dairies did not homogenize milk, the cream would be concentrated at the top instead of being evenly distributed.
如果农场不把牛奶调匀，乳脂就会集中在上层，而不会平均分布。
14【surveillance】
N.盯梢，监控，监督
a)How is a truck missed by that surveillance camera?
一辆卡车怎么可能从监控摄像头下溜走？
b) It’s also what makes contemporary surveillance system so scary.
这也是现代监控系统令人惊惧的原因。
15【dubious】
Adj.可疑的
a)I know there was something dubious going on here.
我就知道这里有些怪怪的。（《冰雪奇缘》）
b)To what do I owe this most dubious pleasure?
什么风把你们吹来了？
16【tact】
N.机智，得体，老练，圆滑
a)Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
机智是一种以他人自身的视角洞悉其人的能力。
b)Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
计谋是一种能让别人满怀憧憬地走向地狱的能力。
17【despicable】
Adj.卑劣的，可鄙的
a)Minions are popular characters in the movie Despicable Me
小黄人是电影《卑鄙的我（神偷奶爸）》中很受欢迎的角色。
b)Is the passport for the despicable. noble is noble epitaph.
卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行证，高尚是高尚者的墓志铭。（没查到完整的译文）
18【quaver】
V/N.颤抖
a)There was quaver in Lena’s voice.
莉娜的声音中有颤音。
b) You are my rainbow in the sky, is I the quaver in song, is my words rhyme, also is the reason why I can stay here.
你是我天空中的彩虹，是我歌声里的颤音，是我文字里的韵脚，也是我驻足于此的原因。（没查到出处）
19【vicious】
Adj.恶性的，邪恶的
a)The press launched another vicious onslaught on the president.
新闻界对这位总统进行了新一轮的恶毒抨击。
b)We need to break the vicious cycle of violence and counterviolence.
我们需要结束暴力和反暴力的恶性循环。
20【extravagant】
Adj.奢侈的，无节制的
a)She’s got very extravagant tastes.
她有很奢侈的爱好。
b)He composes a bouquet of over 80 scents for her, an abstract, mysterious perfume, radiating an extravagant floral richness.
80多种花材构成一捧芬芳的花束，这种神秘而又难以描述的香水散发出一种浓郁的花香。（CHANEL 05）
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01【Burn the midnight oil】
学习或工作到深夜。
[例句]
Abigail has to get the report finished by tomorrow so she’ll be burning the midnight oil tonight.
阿比盖尔不得不在明天之前完成报告，因此今晚她必须熬夜工作了。
02【take sb. under sb.’s wing】
悉心帮助缺乏经验的晚辈
[例句]
My mentor took me under her wing at a time when I needed her the most.
我的恩师在我最需要帮助的时候悉心帮助了我。
03【be entitled to do】
享有某种权利
[例句]
The majority of the workers have been entitled to paid holidays.
大多数员工享有带薪休假。
04【brain drain】
人才流失
[例句]
This brain drain was caused by highly-skilled people only offering their services to the highest bidder.
这种人才的流失要归因于高技术人才总是只青睐那些给他们开出价格最高的地方。
05【excessive workload】
过重的工作负担
[例句]
The employees have been complaining about the excessive workload -- they had to do too much in too little time.
员工们一直在抱怨他们过重的工作负担——公司总是让他们在很短的时间内完成超量的工作。
06【be labor intensive】
劳动密集型的，劳动强度大的
[例句]
However, the process took a long time and was labor intensive.
但这一过程耗时很久且需要高强度的劳动。
07【an oppressive deadline】
过于苛求的截止日期
[例句]
Working to oppressive deadline can increase the risk of a heart attack.
总在苛刻的进程表下工作会增加患心脏病的危险。
08【work under enormous stress】
工作压力大
[例句]
Jasmine is very resilient（承受力强的） and effective at working under enormous stress.
贾思敏有着极强的承受能力并且在巨大的压力下也能有效完成工作。
09【an employee-friendly environment】
对员工友好的工作环境
[例句]
The company will build an employee-friendly environment, with various programmers from childcare and family care to leisure support.
公司将建立起一个有助于员工事业发展的环境，包括建立儿童托护家庭保障及休闲活动等。
10【work ethic】
敬业精神
[例句]
Riley is a perfect example of dedication. We really admire his work ethic.
莱利是个无私奉献的楷模。我们非常敬仰他的敬业精神。
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