【同义词练习】 第26/30周(2023.10.16--2023.10.22)
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. usually applies to an expression of <font color="Red">regret</font> for a mistake or wrong with implied <font color="Red">admission</font> of guilt or fault and with OR without reference to <font color="Red">extenuating circumstances</font>: said by way of ~ that he would have met them if he could.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">excuse</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. sometimes apology, implies not<font color="Blue"> admission</font> of guilt or regret but a desire to <font color="Red">make clear </font>the <font color="Red">grounds</font> for some<font color="Red"> c</font>ourse, <font color="Red">b</font>elief, or <font color="Red">p</font>osition: the speech was an effective ~ for his foreign policy.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">apologia</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. applies to what is <font color="#ff0000">for the time being held off</font> or<font color="#ff0000"> suppressed</font>: an ~ distrust of the neighbors.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">alibi</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. implies an intent to <font color="Red">avoid </font>or <font color="Red">remove</font> blame or censure: used his illness as an ~ for missing the meeting.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">pretext</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. implies a desire to <font color="Red">shift</font> blame or <font color="Red">evade</font> punishment and imputes <font color="Red">plausibility </font>rather than<font color="Blue"> truth</font> to the explanation offered: his ~ failed to withstand scrutiny.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">plea</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. stresses <font color="Red">argument </font>or <font color="Red">appeal for u</font>nderstanding or <font color="Red">s</font>ympathy or<font color="Red"> m</font>ercy: her usual ~ that she was nearsighted.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>abeyant</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>7</b></font>. suggests <font color="Red">subterfuge</font> and the offering of<font color="Red"> false r</font>easons or <font color="Red">m</font>otives in excuse or explanation: used any ~ to get out of work. <font style="font-size:6.5pt"> (<font color="Blue">subterfuge</font></font><font color="Blue"><font face="宋体"><font style="font-size:6.5pt">故意欺骗</font></font></font><font face="宋体"><font style="font-size:6.5pt">，如</font></font><font style="font-size:6.5pt">paltry ~ of an referendum</font><font face="宋体"><font style="font-size:6.5pt">公投这一小<font color="Blue">欺骗</font>手段</font></font><font style="font-size:6.5pt">)(<font color="Blue">paltry</font></font><font color="Blue"><font face="宋体"><font style="font-size:6.5pt">小微不足道</font></font></font><font style="font-size:6.5pt">)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>g</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">apology</font></strong>
</pre><font color="red">Wrong:( </font><font color="green">gbfaced Right:) </font> <i>group <b>apology</b> mean matter offered in <font color="Red">explanation</font> or<font color="Red"> defense</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. may emphasize the idea of <font color="#ff0000">fitting with </font>what is<font color="#ff0000"> needed</font> or, sometimes, <font color="#ff0000">normal </font>or<font><font color="#ff0000"> desirable</font>: the porcupine, ~ed by nature with a built-in defense.</font>
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">influence</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. implies <font color="Red">measurable</font> or <font color="Red">decisive</font> influencein determining acts or choices: the wishes of the President obviously had much ~.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">prestige</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. implies power from a source such as personal <font color="Red">merit</font> or <font color="Red">learning </font>to compel <font color="Red">devot</font>ion<font color="Red"> </font>or<font color="Red"> allegiance</font> or <font color="Red">accept</font>ance: a policy that has the ~ of the school board behind it.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">credit</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. suggests influence that arises from proven <font color="Red">merit</font> or<font color="Red"> reputation</font> for inspiring <font color="Red">confidence</font> and <font color="Red">admir</font>ation: the ~ that he had built up inthe town.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">authority</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. may apply to a <font color="Red">force </font>or<font color="Red"> power </font>exercised consciously OR unconsciously to <font color="Red">guide</font> or <font color="Red">determine</font> a course of <font color="Red">action</font> or an effect: used all of her ~ to get the bill passed.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>furnish</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. implies the <font color="Red">ascendancy</font> given by conspicuous <font color="Red">e</font>xcellence or recognized <font color="Red">s</font>uperiority: the ~ of the newspaper.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">weight</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">efdcab Right:) </font> <i>group <b>influence</b> mean <font color="Red">power </font>exerted over the<font color="Red"> minds </font>or<font color="Red"> behavior </font>of others.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. is more likely to imply <font color="#ff0000">factual </font>than<font color="#0000ff"> imaginative</font> content: his journal is the only surviving ~ of the expedition.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>narrative</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. often applies to something that is <font color="Red">unexpected</font>ly found to be <font color="Red">agreeable</font>: surprised to find Indian food quite ~.<font> </font><font></font>
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font><strong><font color="Red">palatable</font></strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. may suggest a<font color="#ff0000"> leisurely </font>and<font color="#ff0000"> loosely organized</font> recital often of <font color="#ff0000">legendary</font> or <font color="#ff0000">imaginative</font> happenings: ~s of the Greek heroes.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>yarn</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. applies to a <font color="#ff0000">brief </font>story featuring a <font color="#ff0000">small</font>, <font color="#ff0000">discrete</font>, and often<font color="#ff0000"> humorous</font> incident that may illustrate some truth or principle or illuminate some matter: a biography replete with charming ~s.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>anecdote</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. is likely to suggest a<font color="#ff0000"> rambling</font> and rather <font color="#ff0000">dubious</font> tale of exciting adventure, often marvelous or fanciful and without clear-cut<font color="#0000ff"> outcome</font>: ~s spun around the campfire.<font size="1"> 营火篝火</font>
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>story</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. is the most <font color="#ff0000">general</font> term, applicable to legendary lore: the ~ of Arthur; or to an oral or written, factual or fictitious, prose or verse <font color="#ff0000">account</font>, typically designed to inform or entertain and characteristically dealing with a series of related incidents or events: repeat the ~ of the opera.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>tale</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">abfdce Right:) </font> <i>group <b>story</b> mean a<font color="#ff0000"> recital of happenings </font>that is less<font color="#0000ff"> elaborate</font> than a novel.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. may be preferred when the tightness or tautness results in or manifests itself in severe physical or mental tension or strain: the crouching cat, ~ and ready to spring.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>regulation</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. in religious use applies to <font color="Red">law of</font> <font color="Red">church</font>, or in non-religious use, implies<font color="Red">principle or rule</font> acceptedas a valid<font color="Red"> guide</font>: a house that violates all the ~ of good taste.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>ordinance</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. implies imposition by a <font color="Red">sovereign</font> <font color="Red">authority</font> and <font color="Red">obligation of obeidience</font> on the part of all who are subject to that authority: obey the ~.<font size="1"> (sovereign<font color="Red">主权</font>的: 意思是"<font color="Red">最高</font>")</font>
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>precept</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. commonly suggests sth <font color="Red">advisory and authoritative</font> but not <font color="Blue">obligatory</font> typically communicated through <font color="Red">teaching</font>: the ~ of effective writing.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="#ff0000">canon</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. a prescription by an authority to<font color="Red"> control an organization</font>, situation or system: the ~ affecting neclear power plants.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <strong><font color="Black"><font color="Red">law</font></font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. suggests <font color="Red">closer</font> relation to<font color="Red"> individual conduct </font>and may imply restriction, usually in regard to a specific situation, for the sake of an <font color="Red">immediate end</font>: the ~ of the game.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>statute</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>7</b></font>. a law enacted by a <font color="Red">legislative</font> body: a ~ requiring the use of seat belts.
<font color="blue"><b>g</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>rule</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>8</b></font>. applies to an <font color="Red">order</font> govening some <font color="Red">detail</font> of conduct or <font color="Red">procedure</font>, enforced by a <font color="Red">limited</font> authority such as a municipality: a city ~.
<font color="blue"><b>h</b></font>) tense
</pre><font color="green">hdecagfb Right:) </font> <i>group <b>law</b> mean a <font color="#ff0000">principle governing action </font>or<font color="#ff0000"> procedure</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. implies similarity chiefly in <font color="#ff0000">appearance</font> or in <font color="#ff0000">external </font>or<font><font color="#ff0000"> superficial</font> qualities: statements that bear no ~ to the truth.</font>
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font><font color="#ff0000"><strong>likeness</strong></font></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. implies comparison of things that are basically <font><font color="#0000ff">unlike</font> and is more apt to draw attention to likeness or parallelism in <font color="#ff0000">relations</font> rather than in <font color="#0000ff">appearance </font></font>or<font><font color="#0000ff"> qualities</font>: pointed out the ~ies to past situations.</font>
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font><font color="#ff0000"><strong>analogy</strong></font></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. suggests a cause such as <font color="#ff0000">kinship</font> or sympathetic <font color="#ff0000">experience</font> or <font color="#ff0000">historical</font> influence in common that is responsible for the similarity: a writer with a striking ~ for American Indian culture.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font><font color="#ff0000"><strong>similarity</strong></font></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. applies chiefly when the<font color="#ff0000"> abstract </font>idea of likeness is under consideration: the ~ of environments was rigidly maintained.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font><font color="#ff0000"><strong>resemblance</strong></font></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. implies a <font color="#ff0000">close correspondence</font>: a remarkable ~ to his late father.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font><font color="#ff0000"><strong>similitude</strong></font></font>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. stress put into the mind by an association of ideas, an awakening of desire,<font color="Black"> initiation</font> of a train of thought: an actress who can ~ a whole character with one gesture.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <font><font color="#ff0000"><strong>affinity</strong></font></font>
<font color="red"><b>7</b></font>. often implies that things are <font color="#ff0000">merely somewhat alike</font>: some ~ between the two cases.
<font color="blue"><b>g</b></font>) <strong><font color="#ff0000">suggest</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">dbfeagc Right:) </font> <i>group <b>likeness</b> mean <font color="#ff0000">agreement</font> or<font color="#ff0000"> correspondence </font>in details.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. implies a <font color="Red">striving</font> after something <font color="Red">higher than oneself </font>and usually implies that the striver is thereby<font color="Red"> ennobled</font> or <font color="Red">uplifted</font>: an ~ to become President someday.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">corrupt</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. stresses a loss of moral <font color="Blue">integrity</font> or probity causing betrayal of principle or sworn obligations: the city hall was filled with ~ politicians. <font style="font-size:7.5pt">(probity</font><font face="宋体"><font style="font-size:7.5pt">是经过考验的</font></font><font style="font-size:7.5pt">integrity</font><font face="宋体"><font style="font-size:7.5pt">都表示<font color="Red">正直</font></font></font><font style="font-size:7.5pt">)</font><strong><font color="red"></font>
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">aspiration</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. suggests <font color="Red">shame</font>ful and <font color="Red">scandal</font>ous wickedness: ~ for their crimes.<font style="font-size:7.5pt">(wicked: </font><font face="宋体"><font style="font-size:7.5pt">恶意</font></font><font style="font-size:7.5pt">=malice,malignance)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">iniquitous</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. applies to any evil, depraved, or vile conduct or characteristic: ~ behavior that must be punished.<font style="font-size:7.5pt">(</font><font face="宋体"><font style="font-size:7.5pt">注意是</font></font><font color="red"><font style="font-size:7.5pt">villain</font></font><font face="宋体"><font style="font-size:7.5pt">不是</font></font><font style="font-size:7.5pt">vallain)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">villainous</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. suggests <font color="Red">flagrant breaching of time-honored l</font>aws and <font color="Red">t</font>raditions of conduct:pornography, prostitution, and organized crime's other ~ activities.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) vicious</strong>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. may <font color="Red">directly oppose virtuous </font>in implying<font color="Red"> moral depravity</font>, or it may connote <font color="Red">m</font>alignancy, <font color="Red">c</font>ruelty, or destructive <font color="Red">v</font>iolence: a ~ gangster wanted for murder. <font style="font-size:7.5pt">(deprave</font><font face="宋体"><font style="font-size:7.5pt">泛指道德变得败坏</font></font><font style="font-size:7.5pt">)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">degenerate</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>7</b></font>. implies absence of all signs of<font color="Blue"> just</font>ice or<font color="Blue"> fair</font>ness: an ~ tyrant, ruling by fear and intimidation.
<font color="blue"><b>g</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">nefarious</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>8</b></font>. suggests having sunk from a higher<font color="Red"> to</font> an esp. vicious or enervated condition: a ~ regime propped up by foreign support.
<font color="blue"><b>h</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">infamous</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">bahdgecf Right:) </font> <i>group <b>vicious</b> mean <font color="Red">highly reprehensible and offensive</font> in character, nature,or conduct. <font size="2">(reprehend</font><font size="2"><font face="宋体">严厉批评</font>,offend<font face="宋体">冒犯</font>)</font></i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. carries <font color="#ff0000">stronger</font> implications of <font color="#ff0000">disgrace </font>and<font color="#ff0000"> infamy</font> and may suggest the impossibility of <font color="#0000ff">removal or concealment</font> or the resulting <font color="#ff0000">social ostracism</font> and<font color="#ff0000"> public condemnation</font>: bore the ~ of corruption and deceit.<font size="1">（<font color="#0000ff">disgrace巨大耻辱</font>often implies loss of favor or complete humiliation and sometimes ostracism完全蒙羞甚至被驱逐，如his conviction for bribery brought disgrace upon his family他受贿被定罪给家庭带来<font color="#0000ff">巨大耻辱</font>）</font><font size="1">（<font color="#0000ff">infamy臭名昭著</font>implies notoriety as well as exceeding shame表示臭名昭著和非常耻辱，如a gangster whose name retains an enduring<font color="#0000ff"> infamy遗臭万年</font>的匪徒）</font>
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">prefer</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. implies <font color="Red">modesty</font>, <font color="Red">humility</font>, or <font color="Red">gentleness</font> on the part of the one who makes the offer: ~ our thanks; and serves as an <font color="Red">idiomatic </font>or <font color="Red">polite term</font> in certain phrases: ~ a resignation.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">tender</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. retains a sense close to offer in<font color="Red"> legal usage</font>: ~ an indictment.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>brand</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. suggests<font color="Red"> ceremonious exhibition</font>: ~ed to the queen; or the <font color="Red">offering</font> of something <font color="Red">for use </font>or<font color="Red"> pleasure</font>: a letter ~ed on a silver tray.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">proffer</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. suggests that one is at liberty to accept or reject what is offered, and stresses the <font color="Red">spontaneity</font>, <font color="Red">voluntariness</font>, and <font color="Red">courtesy</font> of the agent: ~red assistance to the elderly man.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">offer</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. implies a <font color="Red">putting before one</font> of something which may be <font color="Red">accepted </font>or<font color="Blue"> rejected</font>: ~ a suggestion.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">present</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">cbafde Right:) </font> <i>group <b>offer</b> mean to lay, set, or<font color="Red"> put</font> something before another <font color="Red">for acceptance</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. implies a <font color="#ff0000">predicament</font> presenting a <font color="#ff0000">choice between equally unpleasant or unacceptable alternatives</font>: faced with the ~ of putting him in a nursing home or caring for him ourselves.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>plight</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. suggests a <font color="#ff0000">difficult situation</font> usually offering no <font color="#0000ff">satisfactory</font> or <font color="#0000ff">easy solution</font>: the ~ posed by increasing automation.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>predicament</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. are <font color="#ff0000">informal</font> equivalent of plight but are more likely to suggest <font color="#ff0000">involvement </font>through some<font color="#ff0000"> e</font>rror, <font color="#ff0000">f</font>ault, or <font color="#ff0000">w</font>rongdoing: constantly getting their son out of some ~; in a real financial ~ now that she's lost her job.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>quandary</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. suggests ardent desire for <font color="Red">recognition</font> of accomplishment without actual <font color="Blue">possession</font> of the necessary <font color="Blue">ability </font>or <font color="Blue">qualifications</font> and therefore implies <font color="Red">p</font>resumption or <font color="Red">f</font>olly: people with literary ~s frequenting her salon.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>dilemma</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. suggests an <font color="#ff0000">unfortunate </font>or <font color="#ff0000">trying</font> situation: a study of the ~ of the homeless.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">pretension</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. stresses the puzzlement and perplexity of one faced by a dilemma: in a ~ about how to repair it.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>fix</strong></font>,<font color="#ff0000"><strong>jam</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>7</b></font>. implies a particularly <font color="#ff0000">distressing</font> or<font color="#ff0000"> sorry</font> plight: conflicting obligations that that put me in a real ~.
<font color="blue"><b>g</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>pickle</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">dbfeacg Right:) </font> <i>group <b>predicament</b> mean a <font color="#ff0000">situation</font> from which <font color="#0000ff">escape</font> is <font color="#ff0000">difficult</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. implies the <font color="Red">subordination</font> of <font color="Red">o</font>neself and one's<font color="Red"> d</font>esires, <font color="Red">o</font>pinions, or <font color="Red">j</font>udgments to those of a<font color="Red"> superior</font>: the rich are used to seeING others ~.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">toady</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. implies <font color="Red">seeking favor</font> by <font color="Red">servile flattery</font> or <font color="Red">exaggerated attention </font>and<font color="Red"> submissiveness</font>: waiters ~ing over a celebrity.<font size="1">（<font color="Blue">servile</font>也是低三下四地<font color="Blue"><font color="Blue">恭顺</font>阿谀奉承</font>implies lowly status and fawning submissiveness，可见<font color="Blue">和fawn互释</font>, 都表示卑微恭顺(submissive)和阿谀奉承, 如a political boss and his entourage of <font color="Blue">servile</font> hangers-on政治老板和攀附于他的<font color="Blue">奴颜婢色</font>的随从）<font color="Blue">hanger-on攀附</font>他人趋炎附势的人</font>
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">cringe</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. suggests the attempt to<font color="Red"> ingratiate oneself</font> by an abjectly<font color="Red"> menial</font> or<font color="Red"> subservient</font> attitude: never missed an opportunity to ~ to his boss.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">wholehearted</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. suggests a display of <font color="Red">abject fear</font> before someone who <font color="Red">t</font>hreatens or<font color="Red"> d</font>omineers: as an adult he still ~s before his father.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">truckle</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. suggests a <font color="Red">bowing</font> or <font color="Red">shrinking</font> in physical or mental <font color="Red">d</font>istress or in <font color="Red">f</font>ear or <font color="Red">s</font>ervility: ~ing before a blow.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">fawn</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. suggests <font color="Red">sincerity</font> and <font color="Red">earnest</font> <font color="Red">devot</font>ion without <font color="Blue">reserv</font>ation or <font color="Blue">misgiving</font>: promised our ~ support to the cause.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">cower</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">deafbc Right:) </font> <i>group <b>fawn</b> mean to act or <font color="Red">behave abjectly</font> before a <font color="Red">superior</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. sometimes stresses the<font color="#ff0000"> taking </font>of necessary<font color="#ff0000"> measures beforehand</font> to <font color="#ff0000">make a result certain</font> or to <font color="#ff0000">provide for</font> any probable <font color="#ff0000">contingency</font>: careful planning should ~ the success of the party.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>secure</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. implies a <font color="#ff0000">virtual guarantee</font>: the government has ~d the safety of the foreign minister.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>insure</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. implies a <font color="Red">v</font>iolent, <font color="Red">s</font>evere, and often <font color="Red">accumulative depredation</font> and <font color="Red">destruction</font>: a hurricane that ~ the Gulf coast.<font size="2">(depredation: </font><font size="2"><font face="宋体">掠夺</font>=plunder=loot)（accumulative累积的）</font><strong><font color="red"> </font></strong><strong><font color="red"></font>
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) ravage</strong>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. distinctively implies the<font color="#ff0000"> removal </font>of <font color="#0000ff">doubt</font>,<font color="#0000ff"> worry</font>, or<font color="#0000ff"> uncertainty</font> from the mind: I ~ you that no one will be harmed.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>ensure</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. implies the <font color="#ff0000">taking of action to ensure safety</font>, <font color="#ff0000">p</font>rotection, or <font color="#ff0000">c</font>ertainty<font color="#ff0000"> against adverse contingencies</font>:~ their cooperation by payment of a large fee.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>assure</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">bdcea Right:) </font> <i>group <b>ensure</b> mean to<font color="#ff0000"> make</font> a thing or person<font color="#ff0000"> sure</font>.</i><br><br>
<pre>11/28)
<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. may imply <font color="#ff0000">change </font>in <font color="#ff0000">o</font>rder, <font color="#ff0000">s</font>ide, <font color="#ff0000">d</font>irection, or<font color="#ff0000"> m</font>eaning: ~d his position on the arms agreement.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>transpose</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. implies that one fails to <font color="#0000ff">recognize a thing</font> or to<font color="#0000ff"> grasp its real nature</font> and therefore <font color="#ff0000">identifies it with something not itself</font>: ~ synthetic fur for real.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>invert</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. implies a change in<font color="#ff0000"> o</font>rder or relative <font color="#ff0000">p</font>osition of<font color="#ff0000"> units</font> often through <font color="#ff0000">exchange</font> of position: anagrams are formed by ~ing the letters of a word or phrase.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>reverse</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. applies to a change <font color="#ff0000">from one side to another</font> by a turning <font color="#ff0000">upside down </font>or <font color="#ff0000">inside out</font>: a typo consisting of a whole line of ~ed type.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>mistake</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">cdab Right:) </font> <i>group <b>reverse</b> mean to <font color="#ff0000">change</font> to the <font color="#ff0000">opposite position</font>.</i><br><br>
<pre>12/28)
<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. implies a <font color="#ff0000">mixture</font> <font color="#ff0000">of many kinds</font> showing few signs of <font color="#0000ff">selection</font> and often suggesting dependence on<font color="#ff0000"> chance</font>: a ~ assortment of jars and bottles.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>motley</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. usually implies selection that is <font color="#ff0000">completely devoid of discrimination or restriction</font> and that<font color="#ff0000"> results in disorderly confusion</font>: gave all the money away in ~ acts of charity.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>assorted</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. applies to masses or groups in which diverse or varied individuals or elementsare<font color="#ff0000"> in proximity or relationship by chance</font>: the ~ structure of granite. <font size="1">花岗石</font>
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>promiscuous</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. implies a <font color="#ff0000">selection</font> that includes various kinds or involves considerations of <font color="#ff0000">tastes </font>or<font color="#ff0000"> needs</font>: a box of ~ cookies.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>heterogeneous</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. adds the suggestion of<font color="#ff0000"> discordance</font> in the individuals or elements or their striking <font color="#ff0000">contrast</font> to each other and carries a depreciative<font color="#ff0000"> </font>connotation: a ~ aggregation of curs and mongrels.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>miscellaneous</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. stresses the <font color="Red">sorrowful </font>regret that accompanies true penitence: the beatings were usually followed by tearful ~.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <strong><font color="red">contrition</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">ecdbaf Right:) </font> <i>group <b>miscellaneous</b> mean a <font color="#ff0000">group</font>, collection, or mass, or the things that make up a group, collection, or mass, marked by <font color="#ff0000">diversity </font>or<font color="#ff0000"> variety</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. implies <font color="#ff0000">great length </font>and <font color="#ff0000">breadth</font> and sometimes <font color="#ff0000">height</font>: a mansion with a ~ front lawn.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>brand</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. stresses the <font color="#ff0000">ability to hold</font>, contain, or retain in <font color="#ff0000">exceptional</font> quantity or to an exceptional degree: a ~ suitcase.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>commodious</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. carries <font color="#ff0000">stronger</font> implications of <font color="#ff0000">disgrace </font>and<font color="#ff0000"> infamy</font> and may suggest the impossibility of <font color="#0000ff">removal or concealment</font> or the resulting <font color="#ff0000">social ostracism</font> and<font color="#ff0000"> public condemnation</font>: bore the ~ of corruption and deceit.<font size="1">（<font color="#0000ff">disgrace巨大耻辱</font>often implies loss of favor or complete humiliation and sometimes ostracism完全蒙羞甚至被驱逐，如his conviction for bribery brought disgrace upon his family他受贿被定罪给家庭带来<font color="#0000ff">巨大耻辱</font>）</font><font size="1">（<font color="#0000ff">infamy臭名昭著</font>implies notoriety as well as exceeding shame表示臭名昭著和非常耻辱，如a gangster whose name retains an enduring<font color="#0000ff"> infamy遗臭万年</font>的匪徒）</font>
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>ample</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. implies having a<font color="#ff0000"> greater size</font>, expanse, or amount than that deemed<font color="#ff0000"> adequate</font> and may suggest fullness or bulk or freedom from cramping restrictions: we have ~ means to buy the house.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>capacious</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. stresses<font color="#ff0000"> roominess </font>and<font color="#ff0000"> comfortable</font> freedom from <font color="#0000ff">hampering constriction</font>: a ~ and airy pent-house apartment.<font size="1"><font color="#0000ff">roomy宽敞</font>，空间大having a lot of space inside内部空间大，如a <font color="#0000ff">roomy</font> car/flat/jacket<font color="#0000ff">宽敞</font>的车/公寓/<font color="#0000ff">宽松</font>的夹克</font>
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>spacious</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">edacb Right:) </font> <i>group <b>spacious</b> meaning unknown</i><br><br>
<pre>14/28)
<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. implies that the mind responds to new ideas, facts, and experiences by interpreting them in the light of what is already known, thereby <font color="#ff0000">making them an integral part of one's body of knowledge</font>: proceeded rapidly with the ~ of new material.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>identification</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. implies that the mind responds to new facts, ideas, or situations when and only when it can <font color="#ff0000">relate them to what is already known</font>: limited by my ~ of the reality.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="#ff0000">solitude</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. stresses <font color="#ff0000">aloneness</font> and a lack of <font color="#0000ff">contact</font> and may imply being <font color="#ff0000">cut off by wish</font> or <font color="#ff0000">compulsion</font> <font color="#ff0000">from one's usual associates</font>: the ~ enjoyed by the long-distance trucker.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>recognition</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. adds to recognition the implication of such prior knowledge as permits one to<font color="#0000ff"> </font><font color="#ff0000">recognize the thing as an individual member of a class</font>: bird calls aid in the ~ of species.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>assimilation</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. implies that<font color="#ff0000"> the thing now perceived has been previously perceived</font> and that <font color="#ff0000">the mind is aware of the fact that the two things are the same thing or identical</font>: encouraged by the patient's ~ of his mother.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>apperception</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">debac Right:) </font> <i>group <b>recognition</b> mean a form of<font color="#ff0000"> cognition </font>that <font color="#ff0000">relates</font> a perception of <font color="#ff0000">something new</font> to<font color="#ff0000"> knowledge already acquired</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. implies a prolonged or frequent gazing, often in<font color="#ff0000"> secret</font> and with deep and <font color="#ff0000">malicious</font> satisfaction: ~ over the treasure.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>stare</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. stresses <font color="#ff0000">actual growing</font> and is applicable chiefly to new growth <font color="#ff0000">from a bud</font>: allowed only the strongest ~s to grow.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>gaze</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. sug. an <font color="#ff0000">openmouthed</font>, often stupid <font color="#ff0000">wonder</font>: a crowd ~ at the man threatening to jump.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>shoot</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. sug. a <font color="#ff0000">straining</font> to see closely or fully, often with <font color="#ff0000">narrowed eyes</font>, and as if through a small <font color="#ff0000">opening</font>: ~ at the bird through his binoculars.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>peer</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. suggests a<font color="#ff0000"> firece</font> or <font color="#ff0000">angry</font> staring: silently ~ back at her accusers.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>gape</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. implies a <font color="#ff0000">fixed</font> and <font color="#ff0000">prolonged</font> attention, as in <font color="#ff0000">w</font>onder, <font color="#ff0000">a</font>dmiration or <font color="#ff0000">a</font>bstractness: ~ at the waves breaking along the shore.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>glare</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>7</b></font>. implies a <font color="#ff0000">direct</font>, <font color="#ff0000">open-eyed</font> gazing denoting curiocity, disbelief or insolence: kept ~ing at them as they tried to eat.
<font color="blue"><b>g</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>gloat</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">gcedfba Right:) </font> <i>group <b>gaze</b> mean to <font color="#ff0000">look attentively</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. is the most <font color="Red">general</font> and applies especially to less<font color="Blue"> formal </font>contexts: school ~s at eight; ~ to wash the dishes.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">initiate</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. may stress the fact of having attained a <font color="#ff0000">mental grasp</font> of something: ~ the instructions.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">begin</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. suggests greater <font color="Red">formality</font>: let the games ~.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">start</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. suggests a<font color="Red"> get</font>ting or <font color="Red">set</font>ting <font color="Red">into motion</font>: the procession ~ed out slowly.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">commence</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. suggests the taking of a <font color="Red">first step</font> of a <font color="Red">process</font> or<font color="Red"> series</font>: ~d the custom of annual gift giving.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font><font color="#ff0000"><strong>understand</strong></font></font>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. implies a <font color="Red">ceremonial </font>beginning: the discovery of penicillin ~d a new medical age.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">inaugurate</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">bedcaf Right:) </font> <i>group <b>begin</b> mean to take the<font color="Red"> first step</font> in a <font color="Red">c</font>ourse, <font color="Red">p</font>rocess, or <font color="Red">o</font>peration.</i><br><br>
<pre>17/28)
<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. implies <font color="Red">strict</font> and <font color="Red">continu</font>ing<font color="Red"> faithful</font>ness to an <font color="Red">o</font>bligation, <font color="Red">t</font>rust, or <font color="Red">d</font>uty: ~ in the performance of one's duties.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">devotion</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. implies a personal and emotional faithfulness that is steadfast in the face of any <font color="Red">temptation</font> to renounce, desert, or betray: valued the ~ of his friends.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">allegiance</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. suggests an <font color="Red">adherence</font> like that of a <font color="Red">citizen to his country</font> and implies an unswerving fidelity maintained <font color="Red">despite conflicting</font> <font color="Red">o</font>bligations or <font color="Red">c</font>laims: a politician who owes ~ to no special interest.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font><strong><font color="Red">disclose</font></strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. stresses <font color="Red">zeal </font>and <font color="Red">service</font> amounting to <font color="Red">self-dedication</font>: a painter's ~ to her artistic vision.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">loyalty</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. may also imply a discovering but more often suggests an<font color="Red"> impart</font>ing of<font color="Red"> </font>information previously kept secret: candidates must ~ their financial assets.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">fealty</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. stresses fidelity to obligations regarded as <font color="Red">natural</font> and <font color="Red">fundamental </font>and the observance of duties required by such fidelity: filial ~ demands that I visit my parents.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">fidelity</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>7</b></font>. implies a fidelity <font color="Red">acknowledged</font> by the individual and as compelling as a <font color="Red">sworn vow</font>: a critic's only ~ is to truth. <font size="1"> (<font color="Blue">compel强迫</font>某"人",<font color="Blue"> compelling强烈难以抗拒的</font>;令人信服的strong, convincing，如a <font color="Blue">compelling</font> need/desire<font color="Blue">强烈</font>的需要/欲望; <font color="Blue">compelling</font> evidence<font color="Blue">有说服力</font>的证据)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>g</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">piety</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">fdbacge Right:) </font> <i>group <b>fidelity</b> meaning unknown</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. applies to an instance offered as a means of <font color="Red">clarify</font>ing or <font color="Red">illuminat</font>ing a general statement: an ~ of Murphy's law. <font size="1">（<font color="Blue">墨菲定律</font></font><font size="1"><font color="Blue">Murphy's law</font>: 事情往往会向你所想到的不好的方向发展，只要存在这个可能性。If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it. 假如一片涂有果酱的面包掉到地毯上，常常是带果酱的一面落在地毯上）</font>
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">sample</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. may stress the fact of having attained a <font color="#ff0000">mental grasp</font> of something: ~ the instructions.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">illustration</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. applies to any <font color="Red">individual p</font>erson, <font color="Red">a</font>ct, or <font color="Red">t</font>hing that may be offered to <font color="Red">illustrate</font> or<font color="Red"> explain</font>, or<font color="Red"> prove</font> or <font color="Red">disprove </font>a<font color="Red"> general statement</font>: an ~ of history repeating itself.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">example</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. applies to an instance that directs attention to a real or assumed occurrence or situation that is to be<font color="Red"> considered</font>,<font color="Red"> studied</font>, or<font color="Red"> dealt with</font>: a ~ of mistaken identity.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">instance</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. implies a <font color="Red">random part</font> or unit taken as<font color="Red"> representative</font> of the larger whole to which it belongs: show us a ~ of your work.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font><font color="#ff0000"><strong>understand</strong></font></font>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. applies to a <font color="Red">typical</font>, <font color="Red">representative</font>, or<font color="Red"> illustrative</font> instance or case: a typical ~ of bureaucratic waste.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">case</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>7</b></font>. applies to any example or sample of a whole OR to an example or sample carefully selected to illustrate important or typical qualities: one of the finest ~s of the jeweler's art.
<font color="blue"><b>g</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">specimen</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">bedfacg Right:) </font> <i>group <b>instance</b> mean something that <font color="Red">exhibits the distinguishing characteristics of the category</font> to which it belongs.</i><br><br>
<pre>19/28)
<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. stresses <font color="#ff0000">harmful </font>or<font color="#ff0000"> annoying delay </font>or<font color="#ff0000"> interference</font> with<font color="#0000ff"> progress</font>: the rain ~ed our climbing.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>light</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. may connote <font color="#ff0000">difficulty</font> in setting combustible materials alight, and is appropriate when special <font color="#ff0000">preparations</font> are needed: we ~ the bonfire just after dark; OR may connote an <font color="#ff0000">excit</font>ing, <font color="#ff0000">arous</font>ing, or <font color="#ff0000">stimulat</font>ing: a look that ~ a responsive spark.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>hinder</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. like kindle, stresses successful lighting but is more likely to apply to <font color="#ff0000">highly flammable</font> materials: ~ a firecracker; OR it may imply a <font color="#ff0000">stir</font>ring into activity: a love of learning ~d by her first-grade teacher.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>kindle</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. is likely to imply anaction for a <font color="#ff0000">specific end</font>, such as <font color="#ff0000">i</font>lluminating, <font color="#ff0000">h</font>eating, or <font color="#ff0000">s</font>moking: ~ a fire in the stove.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>ignite</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. suggests <font color="#ff0000">blazing</font> and rapid combustion and is usually used with respect to something that ignites readily and burns <font color="#ff0000">fierce</font>ly:~ a haystack; OR may imply an <font color="#ff0000">inspir</font>ing, as with passion, zeal, or desire, to energetic activity: an imagination ~ with a thousand new ideas.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>fire</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">bcdae Right:) </font> <i>group <b>light</b> mean <font color="#ff0000">start</font>ing something to <font color="#ff0000">burn</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. suggests that the ambiguity is<font color="#ff0000"> intentional </font>and the intent is to <font color="#ff0000">mislead</font>: a report on the nuclear accident filled with ~s.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>snap</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. a sharp quick action that is <font color="red">abruptly terminated</font>, as in biting, seizing, or breaking: the crododile ~ at the child but missed.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>double entendre</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. refers to a word or expression allowing<font color="#ff0000"> two interpretations</font>, one of them being a<font color="#ff0000"> cover</font> for a <font color="#ff0000">s</font>ubtle,<font color="#0000ff"> </font><font color="#ff0000">i</font>ndelicate, or<font color="#0000ff"> </font><font color="#ff0000">r</font>isque implication: the ~s rife in any bedroom farce.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>tergiversation</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. usually refers to the use of a word or phrase in such a way that it may be <font color="#ff0000">taken in either of two senses</font>: the ~ in the directive's wording caused much confusion.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font><font color="#ff0000"><strong>ambiguity</strong></font></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. stresses the <font color="#ff0000">shifting of senses during the course of one's argument</font> and usually suggests <font color="#ff0000">e</font>vasion or <font color="#ff0000">l</font>ooseness of thought and intentional <font color="#ff0000">s</font>ubterfuge: a thesis that relies on several ~s of the word "society".
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>equivocation</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">eabdc Right:) </font> <i>group <b>ambiguity</b> mean an <font color="#ff0000">expression </font>capable of <font color="#ff0000">more than one interpretation</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. implies unusual power to <font color="#ff0000">see into </font>and<font color="#ff0000"> understand</font> what is<font color="#ff0000"> puzzling </font>and<font color="#ff0000"> hidden</font>: the ~ counselor saw through his facade. <font size="1">(façade: 建筑正面，外表<font color="#0000ff">假象</font>)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>astute</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. stresses the possession or effect of <font color="#ff0000">p</font>ractical, <font color="#ff0000">h</font>ardheaded <font color="#ff0000">cleverness</font> and <font color="#ff0000">w</font>ise, although sometimes <font color="#ff0000">s</font>elfish<font color="#ff0000"> judgment</font>: a ~ judge of character.<font size="1">(这里judge作<font color="#0000ff">动词</font>)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>perspicacious</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. sug. using a person or thing that is <font color="Red">available</font> BUT<font color="Red"> idle</font>,<font color="Red"> i</font>nactive or <font color="Red">d</font>isengaged, by putting to some <font color="Red">work</font> or profitable <font color="Red">activity</font>: your time might have been better ~ by reading.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>employ</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. suggests <font color="#ff0000">w</font>isdom, <font color="#ff0000">p</font>enetration, <font color="#ff0000">f</font>arsightedness, and mature <font color="#ff0000">k</font>eenness of<font color="#ff0000"> j</font>udgment: a series of ~ investments tripled her wealth.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>shrewd</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. suggests<font color="#ff0000"> s</font>hrewdness,<font color="#ff0000"> p</font>erspicacity, and<font color="#ff0000"> a</font>rtfulness, and often an <font color="#ff0000">incapacity for being fooled</font>: an ~ player of party politics.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>sagacious</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">bdcea Right:) </font> <i>group <b>shrewd</b> mean <font color="#ff0000">acute </font>in<font color="#ff0000"> perception</font>, <font color="#ff0000">sound</font> in <font color="#ff0000">judgment</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. suggests a <font color="Red">gross</font>ness of mind precluding <font color="Blue">discriminat</font>ion or <font color="Blue">delicacy</font>: a ~, materialistic people.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">crass</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. applies to an <font color="Red">exasperating obtuse</font>ness or lack of <font color="Blue">comprehension</font>: too ~ to figure out what is going on. <font size="1">(<font color="Blue">exasperating</font>: 让人<font color="Blue">不耐烦恼火</font></font><font size="1">Hardie could be <font color="Blue">exasperating</font> to his colleagues</font><font size="1">哈迪有时让他的同事<font color="Blue">不耐烦恼火</font>)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">dumb</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. implies a<font color="Red"> slow-witted</font> or <font color="Red">dazed </font>state of mind that may be EITHER congenital OR temporary: you're too ~ to know what is good for you.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">dull</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. suggests a <font color="Red">slow</font> or <font color="Red">sluggish</font> mind such as results from <font color="Red">d</font>isease, <font color="Red">d</font>epression or <font color="Red">s</font>hock: monotonous work that left his mind ~.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">dense</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. implies a<font color="Red"> thickheaded</font> <font color="Red">impervious</font>ness to ideas or impressions: was too ~ to take a hint.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">stupid</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. stress a <font color="Red">consecutive</font>, <font color="Red">logical</font> thinking: ~ that the murderer must know the victim.
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <strong><font color="Black">reason</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">abecdf Right:) </font> <i>group <b>stupid</b> mean lacking or seeming to <font color="Red">lack power to absorb ideas or impressions</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. implies making a <font color="Red">light blow</font> usually <font color="Red">repeated</font>: ~ on the window to attract a friend's attention.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">trump</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. implies a<font color="Red"> firmer</font> blow, sometimes amounting to a <font color="Red">pounding</font> or<font color="Red"> hammering</font>, and a correspondingly <font color="Red">louder</font> sound: the messenger ~ed loudly to awaken us.<font size="1"> <font color="Blue">(pound</font> <font color="Blue">1、重击</font>to strike or hit heavily，如Patrick <font color="Blue">pounded</font> the couch with his fists用拳头<font color="Blue">猛敲</font>长沙发，如<font color="Blue">pounding</font> on the door<font color="Blue">嘭嘭捶</font>门<font color="Blue">2、快速跳动</font>to beat, throb, or vibrate with a strong regular rhythm，如her heart was <font color="Blue">pounding</font>她的心<font color="Blue">怦怦狂跳 3、捣碎碾碎</font>to crush or grind into powder or paste，如<font color="Blue">pound</font> the cloves with salt把蒜瓣和盐<font color="Blue">捣碎</font>)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">knock</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. suggests a <font color="Red">smart vigorous striking </font>on a hard surface that produces a <font color="Red">sharp quick sound</font> or series of sounds: the chairman ~ped for order.<font size="1">（<font color="Blue">smart</font>表示<font color="Blue">聪明</font>时，暗示能胜过常人，这里是形容动作<font color="Blue">轻快</font>） <font color="Blue">rap music说唱音乐</font>，快速说唱歌词，也叫快板乐，起源于黑人音乐</font>
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>subside</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. places more emphasis on the <font color="Red">sound</font> and often implies the result of something <font color="Red">falling or striking</font> rather than of something <font color="Blue">being struck</font>: heard the severed tree limbs ~ as they fell.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">rap</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. suggests a <font color="#ff0000">falling </font>to a<font color="#ff0000"> low level </font>and an <font color="#ff0000">easing</font> of<font color="#ff0000"> </font><font color="#0000ff">turbulence</font>: the protests ~d after a few days.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">tap</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. implies a <font color="Red">solid pounding</font> or<font color="Red"> beating</font> that produces a <font color="Red">dull booming sound</font>: heard the ~ing and banging of carpenters working on the floor below.<font size="1"> （<font color="Blue">boom</font>低沉有回响的声音<font color="Blue">隆隆声</font>a loud, deep, resonant sound，如thunder <font color="Blue">boomed</font> in the sky空中传来<font color="Blue">隆隆的</font>雷声,如the guns <font color="Blue">boomed</font>大炮<font color="Blue">隆隆作响</font>，如'Stop right there,' <font color="Blue">boomed</font> the Headmaster”站住”,校长用<font color="Blue">低沉</font>的声音<font color="Blue">说</font>，另外表示<font color="Blue">繁荣成长</font>prosperity and growth，如business is<font color="Blue"> booming</font>商业<font color="Blue">蓬勃发展</font>，如baby <font color="Blue">boom</font>生育<font color="Blue">高峰</font>，特别是美国二战后的生育高峰，如baby boomer)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">thud</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">ebdfca Right:) </font> <i>group <b>tap</b> mean to <font color="Red">strike</font> or hit<font color="Red"> audibly</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. applies to things such as acts, ideas, or movements that are felt as<font color="Red"> harmful </font>to or <font color="Red">destructive</font> of <font color="Red">society</font> or the<font color="Red"> social o</font>rder<font color="Red"> </font>or<font color="Red"> i</font>nstitutions: tried to discourage ~ behavior among her students.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">low</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. may connote <font color="Red">c</font>rafty <font color="Red">c</font>unning, <font color="Red">v</font>ulgarity, or <font color="Red">i</font>mmorality and regularly implies an <font color="Red">outraging</font> of one’s sense of decency or propriety: refused to listen to such ~ talk.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">nonsocial</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. applies to what <font color="Red">cannot be described as social</font> in any relevant sense: ~ bees.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">asocial</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. applies more often to behavior, thoughts, or acts viewed objectively and implies a lack of all the <font color="Blue">qualities</font> conveyed by the word <font color="Red">social</font>, and rather stresses a <font color="Red">self-centered</font>,<font color="Red"> individualistic</font>, <font color="Red">egocentric orientation</font>: dreaming is an ~ act.<font size="1"><font color="Blue">（objective客观</font></font><font size="1">就事论事的，是指以<font color="Blue">当事人以外的人的立场</font>看问题，如an <font color="Blue">objective</font> analysis/assessment/report/criteria<font color="Blue">客观的</font>分析/评价/报告/标准）</font> <font size="1"> (<font color="Blue">ego自我意识</font>: 指对自身的看法，包括自我价值自尊心自信心applies to a person's sense of own value and importance，如winning the prize really boosted her <font color="Blue">ego</font>获奖大大增强了她的<font color="Blue">自信心</font>，如he has the biggest <font color="Blue">ego</font> of anyone I've ever met他是我所见的最<font color="Blue">自负</font>的人，<font color="Blue">egomaniac</font>是<font color="Blue">自私自利</font>的自我主义者，如Adam is clever enough, but he's also something of an egomaniac亚当足够聪明，但是他也有点<font color="Blue">自私自利</font>)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">antisocial</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. implies a <font color="Red">distaste</font> for the <font color="Red">society</font> of others or an <font color="Red">aversion</font> to close<font color="Red"> association</font> or <font color="Red">interaction</font> with others: a very ~ temperament.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">unsocial</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">dabce Right:) </font> <i>group <b>unsocial</b> mean not <font color="Blue">social</font> and therefore opposed to what is social.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. stresses the possession of <font color="Red">expert knowledge</font> and appreciation of fine food and wine and of the rituals of <font color="Red">p</font>reparation and <font color="Red">s</font>erving them: an annual banquet that attracts ~s from all over.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">gastronome</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. stresses<font color="Red"> liveliness </font>and<font color="Red"> spirit </font>in the enjoyment of fine food and drink <font color="Red">in company</font>: ~s rang in the New Year in style.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red"><font color="blue">gourmet</font></font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. implies <font color="Red">fastidious</font>ness and <font color="Red">voluptuous</font>ness of <font color="Red">taste</font>: a delicacy that only an ~ would appreciate.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">bon vivant</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. implies a less<font color="Blue"> fastidious</font> and discerning appreciation of food and wine, but a <font color="Red">hearty interest</font> in an enjoyment of them: a robust dinner fit for an eager ~.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">gourmand</font></strong>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. suggests a <font color="Red">connoisseur</font> in food and drink and suggests <font color="Red">discriminative</font> enjoyment: ~s rate the restaurant highly.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <strong><font color="Red">epicure</font></strong>
</pre><font color="green">acedb Right:) </font> <i>group <b>epicure</b> mean one who takes<font color="Red"> pleasure</font> in <font color="Red">eat</font>ing and <font color="Red">drink</font>ing.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. applies to things acquired before or at birth and transmitted from one's <font color="Red">ancestors</font>: eye color is ~.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="Red"><font color="blue">innate</font></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. suggests a quality or tendency actually present <font color="Red">at birth</font> OR so marked and deep-seated as to <font color="Red">seem so</font>: her ~ love for rugged, outdoorsy life.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>inborn</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. applies to things acquired before or at birth during <font color="Red">fetal development</font>: a baby with ~ heart murmur.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>inbred</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. applies to qualities and characteristics that are part of one's<font color="Red"> inner essential nature</font>: a person with an ~ sense of superiority.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>congenital</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. suggests something acquired <font color="Red">from parents</font>, either by heredity or nurture, or deep-rooted and <font color="Red">ingrained</font>: a man with ~ extremist political views.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="Red"><strong>hereditary</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">ebdac Right:) </font> <i>group <b>innate</b> mean not <font color="#0000ff">acquired after birth</font>.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. may imply that the things under consideration<font color="#ff0000"> are one thing</font> OR, although distinct, have no <font color="#0000ff">appreciable difference</font>: we took the same ~ on the ~ day.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>self<font color="blue">same</font></strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. like<font color="#ff0000"> selfsame</font>, implies <font color="#ff0000">identity</font>: you're the ~ person I've been looking for.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>identical</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. implies <font color="#ff0000">correspondence </font>in value, magnitude, or some specified quality and therefore equivalence: divided it into ~ shares.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>equal</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. <font color="#ff0000">always</font> implies that the things under consideration <font color="#ff0000">are one</font> thing and not<font color="#0000ff"> two</font> or<font color="#0000ff"> more</font> <font color="#0000ff">things</font>: it was the ~ ring I had lost years ago.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font><font color="#ff0000"><strong><font color="blue">same</font></strong></font></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. implies <font color="#ff0000">amounting to</font> the same thing in <font color="#ff0000">w</font>orth or<font color="#ff0000"> s</font>ignificance: two houses of ~ market value.<font size="1"></font>
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>very</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>6</b></font>. may imply <font color="#ff0000">self-same</font>ness OR suggest <font color="#ff0000">absolute agreement</font> in all details: their test answers were ~<font size="1">(不是同一份答案，但完全一致)</font>
<font color="blue"><b>f</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>equivalent</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">decafb Right:) </font> <i>group <b>same</b> mean not <font color="#0000ff">different </font>or not <font color="#0000ff">differing</font> from one another or others.</i><br><br>
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<font color="red"><b>1</b></font>. suggests an <font color="#ff0000">unbroken perpendicular</font> expanse: climbers able to ascend ~ cliffs.
<font color="blue"><b>a</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>impregnate</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>2</b></font>. implies such<font color="#ff0000"> sharp</font>ness<font color="#ff0000"> </font>of<font color="#ff0000"> pitch</font> that <font color="#ff0000">ascent </font>or<font color="#ff0000"> descent </font>is <font color="#ff0000">difficult</font>: a ~ staircase leading to the attic.
<font color="blue"><b>b</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>precipitous</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>3</b></font>. applies to steepness<font color="#ff0000"> approaching the vertical</font>: the airplane went into a ~ nosedive.
<font color="blue"><b>c</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>abrupt</strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>4</b></font>. implies a<font color="#ff0000"> thorough interpenetration</font> of one thing by<font color="#ff0000"> another</font>: a cake strongly ~d with brandy.
<font color="blue"><b>d</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong><font color="blue">steep</font></strong></font>
<font color="red"><b>5</b></font>. implies a sharper pitch and a <font color="#ff0000">sudden break in the level</font>: a beach with an ~ drop-off.
<font color="blue"><b>e</b></font>) <font color="#ff0000"><strong>sheer</strong></font>
</pre><font color="green">edbac Right:) </font> <i>group <b>steep</b> mean having an <font color="#ff0000">incline </font>approaching the <font color="#ff0000">perpendicular</font>.</i><br><br>
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