abdicate
v.放棄權力
When the king abdicated his throne, his brother succeeded him.
國王遜位時，其弟繼承王位。
accrue
v.自然增殖，自然增加
Ability to think clearly will accrue to you from good habits of study.
你的思考能力將因良好的學習習慣而自然增進。
badger
v.困擾
The salesman has been badgering my father for two weeks to buy a new car.
二個多禮拜來，那推銷員一直纏著我父親，要求他買新車。
baffle
v.使困惑；使迷惑
They succeeded in baffling the enemy's attack plans.
他們成功地擾亂了敵人的攻擊計劃。
conjecture
v.推測；猜想
He conjectured that his new stocks would rise on the stock market.
他猜他的新股票價格在股票市場會上升。
derange
v.使錯亂；擾亂
The poor woman's mind has been deranged for many years.
那女人已精神錯亂好幾年了。
fiend
n.惡魔；窮兇極惡的人
The natives thought the explorer was possessed by a fiend.
土著們認為探險家被惡魔附身。
pine
v.渴望；苦思
The mother was pining to see her son and daughter.
母親渴望見到她的子女。
smother
v.使窒息；悶死
The gas almost smothered the coal miners but they got out in time.
煤礦工差點被瓦斯悶死，好在他們及時逃出。
throb
v.悸動；跳動
The long climb up the mountain made her heart throb rapidly.
長程爬山使她的心快速跳動。
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broth
n.煮肉的清湯
Many people usually drink hot broth when thay are sick.
很多人在生病時喝熱的肉湯。
crevice
n.裂縫；破口
Some tiny plants grow in the crevice of the stong wall.
有些小植物從石墻的裂縫中長出來。
demean
v.貶抑；降低
The duke's son demeaned himself by doing manual labor with his servants.
公爵的兒子降低自己的身份和傭人一起做工。
foster
n.養育；看護
We fostered the young girl while her mother was in hospital.
當這個小女孩的母親在醫院時，我們照顧她。
incentive
n.刺激；鼓勵
Our country has prospered by various incentive systems.
我們的國家因各種不同的獎勵制度而繁榮起來。
maze
n.迷宮
A guide led us through the maze of tunnels in the cave.
向導帶領我們通過山洞里如迷宮般的隧道。
pore
1.v.熟讀；熟視 2.n.毛孔；孔
She pored over the picture book in silence enjoying the various colors.
她默默地讀那圖畫書，欣賞著各種不同的顏色。
Like human skin, soil has holes that are called pore.
和人類的皮膚一樣，土壤也有許多洞叫做毛細孔。
rubbish
n.廢物；垃圾
Pick up the rubbish and throw it in the garbage can.
把廢物撿起來丟進垃圾桶內。
speculate
v.沉思；思索
We don't need to speculate about the possible winner in the game.
我們不必去想誰可能是這場比賽的贏家。
transfix
v.刺穿
Sweet music caught and held him transfixed against the iron fence.
甜美的音樂穿過了鐵墻而緊緊地扣住他的心弦。
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anomaly
n.反常之事物
A bird that cannot fly is an anomaly.
一只不能飛的鳥是異常的。
converge
v.集中于一點
If you look at the end of your nose, your eyes converge.
你如望著你的鼻尖，你的兩眼就向一點集中。
duplicate
adj.完全相同的；副的
We have a duplicate key to the front door.
我們有一把開前門用的相同的鑰匙。
epoch
n.紀元；時代
There were few peaceful epochs in the history of our country.
我國的歷史中，很少有和平的時期。
gaunt
adj.憔悴的；骨瘦如柴的
Hunger and suffering from cold had made the lost hikers gaunt.
迷路的徒步旅行者因饑餓和寒冷而骨瘦如柴。
incessant
adj.不斷的
The incessant barking of the dog kept him awake through the night.
不斷的狗叫聲使他整夜未能入睡。
mute
adj.沉默的；無言的
Though the teacher asked a simple question about her parents the little girl stood mute with embarrassment.
雖然老師只問了一個有關她父母親的簡單問題，但那小女孩無言地站著，似乎很困窘的樣子。
partisan
n.幫伙，同黨者
He was a passionate partisan of these people and had organized a Worker's Union.
他是這些人的熱心伙伴，組織了一個工會。
scan
v.1.細察；審視 2.匆匆一閱
The parents of the sick boy scanned the doctor's face for a sign of hope.
病孩的父母審視醫生的臉，相查明是否有希望的征兆。
She scanned the newspaper in a few minutes.
她在幾分鐘之內把報紙大略翻閱一下。
stab
v.刺；刺傷
He stabbed a piece of meat from the plate with his fork.
他用叉子從盤中叉了一片肉來。
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botch
v.因工作笨拙而弄壞
I tried to cook a nice dinner, but I'm afraid I've rather botched it.
我想煮一頓美好的晚餐，但卻恐怕把它弄壞了。
chafe
v.擦熱；擦痛
Her new shoes chafed the skin on both her feet.
她的新皮鞋把她兩只腳弄痛了。
dissipate
v.1.使消散；驅散 2.浪費
After a brisk morning wind dissipate the clouds, the sky was clear all day.
早上一陣強風把云吹散后，一整天天空萬里無云。
The foolish son dissipated is fathers' fortune by spending it on drinking and gambling.
愚蠢的兒子把父親的財產亂花在喝酒和賭博上。
efface
v.消除；抹殺
The inscriptions on the ancient monuments have been effaced by time.
古代石碑上的文字，已經因時間長久而磨蝕去。
glint
n.閃爍；閃光
There was a glint in her eyes that showed she was angry.
她眼中有生氣的眼神。
onerous
adj.繁重的；煩苛的
Overtime work is often onerous, though it is well paid.
加班的工作報酬很好，但常常是很繁重的。
iterate
v.重做；重述
The girl did not move though the policeman iterated his command that she go.
警察重述他的命令叫她走，她還是沒走。
propensity
n.傾向；嗜好；習性
Most boys have a propensity of playing with machinery.
大多數的男孩子有玩機械的傾向。
singe
v.微燒；燙焦
Mother singed chicken to get rid of hairs.
母親把雞稍稍燒了一下，以便去毛。
strut
v.昂首闊步
The little boy put on his father's medals and strutted aroundthe room.
那孩子佩上他父親的勛章，昂首闊步在房內走來走去。
unravel
v.解開；闡明
There are many kinds of diseases that medical science is yet to unravel.
有多種疾病醫學尚無方法解決。
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bellow
v.大聲呼叫；怒吼
He bellowed in pain when the hammer came down on his finger.
當鐵錘砸到手指時，他痛得大叫。
cloak
n.1.寬大有袖或無袖的外衣 2.掩飾；隱匿
The horseback rider drew his cloak tightly around him in the rian.
在雨中，馬背上的騎士把外衣拉緊。
His friendly behavior was a cloak for his evil intention.
他友善的行為掩飾他的惡意。
devout
adj.虔誠的
The ministry was a very devout man and devoted his whole life to Christian mission work.
那位牧師是位虔誠的教徒，把他的一生獻于基督教傳教工作。
guise
n.裝束；外貌
A man appeared at the castle gate in the guise of a woodcutter.
有一個有以樵夫的裝束出現在城堡的大門口。
latent
adj.隱藏的；不易被察覺
The power of a grain of wheat to grow into a plant remains latent if it is not planted.
如果不種植的話，一顆麥子長成一株植物的力量仍然潛在著。
pawn
v.典當；抵押
He pawned his watch to buy food until be could get a job.
他把表當了去買食物，直到他有工作再贖回來。
quake
v.震動；戰栗
When the cannon was fired, the earth quaked under his feet.
當開炮時，地在他腳下震動。
sequel
n.繼續，結果
Famine has often been the sequel of war.
饑餓常是戰爭的結果。
salvage
n.對海上遇險的船舶，船員及貨物的救護
After the ship sank, salvage of its cargo was impossible
船沉了之后，貨物是不可能被救起來的。
virtual
adj.實質上的；事實上的
The battle was won with so great a loss of soldiers that it was a virtual defeat.
該仗的獲勝損失兵員甚多；故實際等于是一次敗仗。
wizard
n.男巫
He does things that are marvellous or apparently impossible;he is a wizard.
他能做奇異的或顯然不可能的事；他真是個巫師。