高級英語詞彙

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1aberration [,æbə'reɪʃ(ə)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，波蘭隊贏得了世界盃。但他們的勝利被證明是用不正當的手段獲取的。而在那以後，波蘭隊再也沒能贏得世界盃。

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abhor [əb'hɔː]

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.

因為Marcin總是在打板球的時候被打中頭部而受傷，他開始厭惡這項體育運動了。

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acquiesce [,ækwɪ'es]

v. 默然(或勉強)同意;默認

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.

儘管Pospieszny先生想留在屋外的車庫裏幹活，但當他的妻子喊他進屋吃晚飯的時候，他還是勉強答應了。

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alacrity [ə'lækrɪtɪ]

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.

出於某種原因，Simon喜歡去儘可能地幫助女朋友，所以當女友讓他去擺桌子的時候，他欣然照做了。

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amiable ['eɪmɪəb(ə)l]

adj. 友善的;和藹可親的

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

Neil是一個友善的人，他和大家都相處得很好。

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appease [ə'piːz]

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 [ɑː'keɪn]

adj. 深奧的，晦澀難解的

The professor is an expert in arcane Kashubian literature.

這個教授是晦澀難懂的卡舒布文學方面的專家。

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bizarre [bɪ'zɑː]

adj. 奇異的，怪異的

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

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brazen ['breɪz(ə)n]

adj. 厚臉皮的

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

這個作家厚顏無恥剽竊Frankow-Czerwonko作品的行為遭到了批評家們的指責。

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brusque [brʊsk]

adj. 粗暴的，生硬無禮

Simon’s brusque manner sometimes offends his colleagues.

Simon不修邊幅的簡慢態度有時候會冒犯他的同事。

11cajole [kə'dʒəʊl]

v. 勸誘;哄騙

Magda's friends cajoled her into drinking too much.

Magda的朋友們哄着她喝了好多酒。

12callous ['kæləs]

adj. 鐵石心腸的;起老繭的

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

謀殺犯毫無悔意的冷血態度震驚了陪審團。

13candor ['kændɚ]

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，畢竟她説話向來都含糊其辭。

14chide [tʃaɪd]

v. 責罵，責備

Hania chided Gregory for his vulgar habits and sloppy appearance.

Gregory粗魯的行為和邋遢的外表招來了Hania的責備。

15circumspect ['sɜːkəmspekt]

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.

儘管我向Marta的父親保證，午夜之前我一定會送她回家，但假如我考慮得再周到一點而不確定一個具體的時間，結果可能更好。

16clandestine [klæn'destɪn]

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嘴上和她男朋友説她要去圖書館，實際上她是找George幽會去了。

17coerce [kəʊ'ɜːs]

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，因為他是在被逼迫的情況下簽字的。

18coherent [kə(ʊ)'hɪər(ə)nt]

adj. 連貫的;協調的

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到底看見了什麼，因為Harold簡直精神錯亂，已經是語無倫次了。

19complacency [kəm'pleɪs(ə)nsɪ]

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 ['kɒnfɪdænt; ,kɒnfɪ'dɑːnt]

n. 密友，心腹

Shortly after we met, he became my chief confidant.

我們認識後不久，他就成了我最好的知己。

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connive [kə'naɪv]

v. 暗中勾結，密謀

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

她私底下謀劃着讓我放棄我的計劃，去做新的生意。