unctuously: insincerely 油腻地, 油腔滑调地
Mortification: shame and embarrassment 耻辱,屈辱
Discreet: careful and prudent 言谈举止谨慎的; 言行审慎的; 不显眼的
rectify: correct
Ostentatiously: showily
Bellicose: fond of fighting and quarreling
Deferentially: respectfully
Reproof:censure, rebuke斥责,责备
Virile: full of masculine strength
Apathy: lack of interest, indifference
Plenipotentiary: fully empowered有全权的
Impervious: not affected and influenced
Unobtrusive: not too noticeable
Doleful: sad, sorrowful
Fortified: strengthen
Telltale: revealing泄露内情的
raring: very eager
Whisked: cause to move very quickly
Notorious: infamous
Resignation: passive acceptance, patient submission
Primed: brief, prepare
Moan: make a low sound of pain or grief
nonchalantly: indifferently, unconcernedly
Visualize: from a mental picture, imagine
head-on: firm and direct
showdown: final fight to settle a dispute
Presumption: supposition假设
Irksome: troublesome, annoying
Intimated: hint, make known indirectly
Compliance: willingness to yield, agreement
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Carry away: lose control, not influenced or guided by conscience, unreasonable
Prevail upon sb. to do sth: 获胜,劝说,说服
Summon up鼓起(勇气),奋起;唤起
Set in:to begin 开始(并将延续下去)
Run out of
Tie up 没空
On sb.'s part站在某人的一边,支持某人;从某人的角度来说,对某人来说
Asset itself/oneself: behave in a determined way so that people do not make he/she does not want to坚持自己的权利(或意见),显示自己的权威
Get on to: get used to; 掌握
Stash away: 被搁在一边;存放, 藏起来
Settle for: to be content with, often less than one wanted
It is now or never立刻, 马上行动起来, 机不可失, 机会难得
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Scribbled: write very fast or carelessly
Authentic: true, reliable
Unswervingly: unchangingly, firmly
Savored: relish, enjoy
Venerated: respect deeply
Induce: lead, cause
intangible: that cannot be easily defined, vague
Dimension: aspect, side
Visualize: form a clear picture in the mind, imagine
Sampled: get to know by experience
Exhilarated: make cheerful and excited, thrill
Accrue: accumulate
Exhorted: urge or advise strongly
Tenacity: doggedness, perseverance坚持;固执
pay-off: reward
Synthesize: bring separate parts into a whole, fuse 综合, 合成
Vacillate:be uncertain of what action to take
Furtively: stealthily, secretly
Symptomatic: indicative, being a sign
Perceive: view, interpret things in a certain way
Contagious: tending to spread easily from person to person
Reverse: change around completely
Juggled: rearrange尽力应付
Nurture: train, educate, develop
Circuitious: long and indirect
Potent:very effective and powerful
Positively: definitely, indeed, really
Intertwined: intermingle, interweave, be twisted so as to become joined
Steer: direct the course of
Drab: uninteresting, dull
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Privy to: sharing in the knowledge of facts that are secret 私下知情的
In perspective 正确,恰当
Hang on to保留(某物);紧紧抓住, 坚持下去,依靠, 留住
Thin out变稀薄;变淡
Up the creek: to be in a difficult situation
Make much of重视, 充分利用
Pile up堆积, 积累
Cut back削减, 急忙返回
Conceive of构想出, 设想,想象,考虑
Catch up with赶上, 对…产生预期的坏影响
Unit 4 Portrait of an Actress
Congenial: agreeable
Seasoned: experienced
Grated: make a harsh unpleasant sound
Growled: say in a low, rough, angry voice
Phantoms: illusion
Insubstantial: imaginary, not real
Scribble: write quickly and roughly
Buffet: push roughly from side to side把某人[某物]打来打去或推来推去
Stumbled: walk unsteadily
Sham: fraud, something not real
Incongruous: out of pace不调和的,不相称的
Domesticity: the state of living at home with your family
Forsake: abandon, desert遗弃,抛弃;舍弃,放弃
Solitude: the state of being alone
Surging: arise suddenly and intensely
Outrageous: very unusual and slightly shocking
Contradicted: say something that conflicts with something said by another
Minute: very detailed, accurate极详细的; 准确的; 精确的
Rambling: walk for pleasure with no special destination杂乱无章的, 闲逛的
Defy: be so difficult as to make impossible使成为不可能
Stock: commonly used常用的
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Throw light on使人了解,阐明
At a venture冒险地(碰运气地, 胡乱地, 随便地)
At any rate无论如何,至少
Fob off with: to give someone something that is not very good instead of the thing they really want打发,搪塞
Above the head of sb: sth which is too difficult/professional for sb to understand
On the rack: suffering great physical and mental pain在极度痛苦、紧张、艰难中
Come upon: affect, happen to
Out of proportion to: 和 ... 不成比例(和 ... 不相称, 与 ... 不相称)
Unit 5 A Wagner Matinee
Legacy: something left behind
Scourged: cause great pain and suffering
Fumbled: finger or handle awkwardly
Upshot: final result, outcome
Reverted: return, go back
Doggedly: perseveringly
Haggard: tired and thin-faced
Conjecture: guess, speculate
Inert: not wanting to move or act or think
Trepidation: fear or nervousness
Excruciatingly: intensely, unbearably
Matinees: a performance held in the afternoon or morning
Drowsy: half asleep, feeling sleepy
Jocularity: the quality of being humorous or given to joking and jesting
Deluge: flood, an overwhelming amount
Interminably: endlessly
Seething: boiling
Myriad: countless, innumerable
Infatuation: intense but foolish love(愚蠢的,非理性的或过分的)迷恋;令人痴迷之物
Contour: outline, shape
Slender: slight, small, poor
Turmoil: a state of confusion or disorder
Gaunt: so thin that the bones under the skin can be seen憔悴的, 骨瘦如柴的
Aloofness: the state of being cool and unconcerned
Perceive: notice, become aware of
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Out of place不在合适的位置;不适当的,格格不入的
Not so much as与其 ... 不如
Dead to不反应,没反应,麻木
Go about:be busy dealing with着手做,处理,忙于;(with)常与…交往
Sink into沉到 ... 里(陷进)
To all intents and purposes几乎在一切方面,实际上
Prevail upon: persuade 说服(劝说, 诱使)
At the mercy of任凭…的摆布,完全受…支配
In short简而言之,总之