adj. 宏偉的,堂皇的,浮夸的
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54.arrogant/haughty/overweening/hubris <> modest/self-deprecatory 驕傲的:謙虛的
(1)A scientist should not automatically reject folkways that might at first seem silly or superstitious; scientific qualifications are not a license for___, nor do they___ prejudice or bias.
(A) experimentation, eliminate
(B) arrogance, pursue
(C) humility, advocate
(D) smugness, legitimate
(E) rigidity, console
arrogant的特征automatically reject
55.artless: affected/cunning/disingenuous/ 樸實的:做作的/狡猾的/虛偽的
(1)A scientist is anyone who, by observations and experiments conducted, by the literature read, and even by the company kept, puts himself or herself in the way of making a discovery. These individuals, by deliberate action, have enormously enlarged their awareness---their candidacy for good fortune---and will now take into account evidence of a kind that a beginner or a casual observer would probably overlook or misinterpret.
Question:“deliberate” most nearly means
(A) cunning
(B) slow
(C) compelling
(D) cautious
(E) intentional
關鍵不是這道題,上面這個同樣是個長難句,好好理解一下。
56.ascend: descend/go down 上升:下降
57.Ascetic/stoic: hedonist/sumptuous/indulgent 禁欲者:享樂主義者/奢侈的/放縱的
(1)Jared has the habits of___: he lives simple and donate most of his income to local charities.
(A) a skeptic
(B) a pundit
(C) a dilettante
(D) an insurgent
(E) an ascetic
(2)The patient bore the pain___, neither wincing nor whimpering when incision was made.
A. histrionically
B. stoically
C. sardonically
D. poorly
E. marginally
wince 退縮,whimper 低聲哭泣
(3) sumptuous: 奢侈的,華麗的rich and superior in quality
Her father was a highly positioned diplomat in an Asian country, and she had lived surrounded by sumptuous elegance….No wonder, she said, that when this part of her life came to an end, at age thirteen, she felt she had been exiled from paradise, and had been searching for it ever since.
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grandiose | ['grændiəus] |
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marginally | ['mɑ:dʒinəli] |
想一想再看 adv. 在邊上,邊際地 形容詞marginal的副詞形 |
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pursue | [pə'sju:] |
想一想再看 v. 追捕,追求,繼續從事 |
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malicious | [mə'liʃəs] |
想一想再看 adj. 懷惡意的,惡毒的 |
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assertion | [ə'sə:ʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 斷言,主張 |
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perceptive | [pə'septiv] |
想一想再看 adj. 知覺的,有洞察力的,感知的 |
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extraordinary | [iks'trɔ:dnri] |
想一想再看 adj. 非凡的,特別的,特派的 |
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indefinite | [in'definit] |
想一想再看 adj. 模糊的,不確定的,無限的 |
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paradoxical | [pærə'dɔksikəl] |
想一想再看 adj. 似是而非的,矛盾的,詭論的 |
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occasionally | [ə'keiʒənəli] |
想一想再看 adv. 偶爾地 |

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