1. option:可供選擇的事物
【典型范例】There weren't many options open to him.
他沒有什么選擇余地。
2. huff:發(fā)怒
【典型范例】After the row in a pub he drove off in a huff.
在酒吧里吵了一架后,他氣鼓鼓地開車走了。
3. puff:吹噓;鼓吹,吹捧
【典型范例】What is presented to the public as a critical evaluation is really an elaborate puff for him and his magazine.
公眾所看到的評(píng)論界的好評(píng)實(shí)際上是對(duì)他和他的雜志的一種吹捧。
4. echo:隨聲附和
【典型范例】——That was a truly delicious piece of pork,' he said. ——5. "Yes, wasn't it?' echoed Penelope.
那塊豬肉真好吃,”他說。“沒錯(cuò),可不是么?”佩內(nèi)洛普附和道。
6. bother:惱人的事物;討厭的事物
【典型范例】What a bother! We've missed the bus.
真惱人! 我們誤了公共汽車。
7. termagant:悍婦,潑婦
【典型范例】A termagant wife may, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
從某些方面來說,有一個(gè)潑辣的妻子,也可以看作是相當(dāng)有福氣的。
8.determined:決意的
【典型范例】His enemies are determined to ruin him.
他的敵人決意要?dú)Я怂?/p>
9.parade:夸耀,炫耀
【典型范例】She was parading her new fur coat yesterday.
昨天她向人炫耀她那件新的毛皮大衣。