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1aberration [,?b?'re??(?)n]

n. 背離正確的情況;不正直

In 1974, Poland won the World Cup, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and Poland have not won a World Cup since.

1974年，波蘭隊(duì)贏得了世界杯。但他們的勝利被證明是用不正當(dāng)?shù)氖侄潍@取的。而在那以后，波蘭隊(duì)再也沒能贏得世界杯。

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abhor [?b'h??]

v. 憎惡;痛恨

Because he always wound up getting hit in the head when he tried to play cricket, Marcin began to abhor the sport.

因?yàn)镸arcin總是在打板球的時(shí)候被打中頭部而受傷，他開始厭惡這項(xiàng)體育運(yùn)動(dòng)了。

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acquiesce [,?kw?'es]

v. 默然(或勉強(qiáng))同意;默認(rèn)

Though Mr. Pospieszny wanted to stay outside and work in his garage,

when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner, he acquiesced to her demands.

盡管Pospieszny先生想留在屋外的車庫(kù)里干活，但當(dāng)他的妻子喊他進(jìn)屋吃晚飯的時(shí)候，他還是勉強(qiáng)答應(yīng)了。

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alacrity [?'l?kr?t?]

n. 樂意，欣然

For some reason, Simon loved to help his girlfriend whenever he could, so when his girlfriend asked him to set the table he did so with alacrity.

出于某種原因，Simon喜歡去盡可能地幫助女朋友，所以當(dāng)女友讓他去擺桌子的時(shí)候，他欣然照做了。

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amiable ['e?m??b(?)l]

adj. 友善的;和藹可親的

An amiable fellow, Neil got along with just about everyone.

Neil是一個(gè)友善的人，他和大家都相處得很好。

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appease [?'pi?z]

v. 使平靜

When Jerry cries, his mother gives him chocolate to appease him.

只要Jerry一哭，他的媽媽就給他巧克力，讓他安靜下來。

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arcane [ɑ?'ke?n]

adj. 深?yuàn)W的，晦澀難解的

The professor is an expert in arcane Kashubian literature.

這個(gè)教授是晦澀難懂的卡舒布文學(xué)方面的專家。

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bizarre [b?'zɑ?]

adj. 奇異的，怪異的

The building was of bizarre appearance.這是一棟外形奇葩的建筑。

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brazen ['bre?z(?)n]

adj. 厚臉皮的

Critics condemned the writer’s brazen attempt to plagiarize Frankow-Czerwonko’s work.

這個(gè)作家厚顏無(wú)恥剽竊Frankow-Czerwonko作品的行為遭到了批評(píng)家們的指責(zé)。

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brusque [br?sk]

adj. 粗暴的，生硬無(wú)禮

Simon’s brusque manner sometimes offends his colleagues.

Simon不修邊幅的簡(jiǎn)慢態(tài)度有時(shí)候會(huì)冒犯他的同事。

11cajole [k?'d???l]

v. 勸誘;哄騙

Magda's friends cajoled her into drinking too much.

Magda的朋友們哄著她喝了好多酒。

12callous ['k?l?s]

adj. 鐵石心腸的;起老繭的

The murderer’s callous lack of remorse shocked the jury.

謀殺犯毫無(wú)悔意的冷血態(tài)度震驚了陪審團(tuán)。

13candor ['k?nd?]

n. 爽直，坦率

We were surprised by the candor of the politician’s speech because she is usually rather evasive.

這位政客的坦率演講令我們驚訝，畢竟她說話向來都含糊其辭。

14chide [t?a?d]

v. 責(zé)罵，責(zé)備

Hania chided Gregory for his vulgar habits and sloppy appearance.

Gregory粗魯?shù)男袨楹湾邋莸腵外表招來了Hania的責(zé)備。

15circumspect ['s??k?mspekt]

adj. 考慮周到的

Though I promised Marta’s father I would bring her home promptly by midnight, it would have been more circumspect not to have specified a time.

盡管我向Marta的父親保證，午夜之前我一定會(huì)送她回家，但假如我考慮得再周到一點(diǎn)而不確定一個(gè)具體的時(shí)間，結(jié)果可能更好。

16clandestine [kl?n'dest?n]

adj. 暗中的;偷偷摸摸的

Announcing to her boyfriend that she was going to the library, Maria actually went to meet George for a clandestine liaison.

Maria嘴上和她男朋友說她要去圖書館，實(shí)際上她是找George幽會(huì)去了。

17coerce [k??'??s]

v. 脅迫;迫使

The court decided that David did not have to honor the contract because he had been coerced into signing it.

法庭裁決David不需要去履行合同，因?yàn)樗窃诒槐破鹊那闆r下簽字的。

18coherent [k?(?)'h??r(?)nt]

adj. 連貫的;協(xié)調(diào)的

William could not figure out what Harold had seen because he was too distraught to deliver a coherent statement.

William弄不明白Harold到底看見了什么，因?yàn)镠arold簡(jiǎn)直精神錯(cuò)亂，已經(jīng)是語(yǔ)無(wú)倫次了。

19complacency [k?m'ple?s(?)ns?]

n. 自鳴得意;自滿情緒

Simon tried to shock his friends out of their complacency by painting a frightening picture of what might happen to them.

Simon試圖通過描繪可能發(fā)生在他身上的可怕事情，來將他的朋友們從自滿情緒中喚醒。

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confidant ['k?nf?d?nt; ,k?nf?'dɑ?nt]

n. 密友，心腹

Shortly after we met, he became my chief confidant.

我們認(rèn)識(shí)后不久，他就成了我最好的知己。

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connive [k?'na?v]

v. 暗中勾結(jié)，密謀

She connived to get me to give up my plans to start up a new business.

她私底下謀劃著讓我放棄我的計(jì)劃，去做新的生意。