admonish
v.警告
He admonished his friend not to be late for his work.
他警告他的朋友工作不可遲到。
bide
v.等待
He seems to be doing nothing, but really he's just biding his time.
他好象無事可做，其實他在等待良機。
condone
v.寬恕；赦免
A man who cheats on his income tax and on his expense account tends to condone these practices in his friends.
一個在所得稅和費用帳戶上做手腳的人，有原諒他朋如是做的傾向。
designate
v.指出；指示
I designate you to act for me while am away.
我只定你在我不在時代理我。
fend
v.抵擋；抵御
Most animals let their young fend for themselves at an early age.
大部分的動物讓年輕的一代在年幼時保護自己。
hardy
adj.強大的
Only hardy plants will survive the severe cold in the Arctic area.
只有強壯的植物才能忍受北極地區酷寒而生存下來。
limber
v.使（自身）變柔軟靈活
Baseball players do exercises at the beginning of the season in order to limber themselves up.
棒球選手在球季開始時做練習，以使身體靈活。
philanthropy
n.慈善心
You must pay in humiliation of spirit for every benefit received at the hands of philanthropy.
你必須回報以謙虛的精神，因為每既得的利益受自慈善心。
recollect
v.記起，憶起
Can you recollect the name of the author of Ivanhoe?
你能想到《劫后英雄傳》的作者的名字嗎？
smite
v.打；擊
He was smitten with the view that he stopped and took out his camera.
他被這景象所震撼，所以停下來拿出照相機。
testimony
n.證實；口供
According to the testimony of the medical profession, the health of the mation is improving.
據醫學宣稱，該國的國民健康正在進步中。
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ale
n.麥酒（一種啤酒）
He liked the bitter taste of the ald:beer is his favorite drink.
她喜歡麥酒苦苦的味道；啤酒是他喜愛的飲料。
blend
v.混合；混雜
Blend the butter and the sugar before adding other ingredients of the cake.
在加蛋糕的其它成分之前，先把奶油和糖混合一下。
carnivorous
adj.食肉的
The carnivorous animals are characterized especially by large, sharp canine teeth.
肉食動物的特征是大且尖的犬齒。
denizen
n.公民；居民
The common English sparrow is a denizen of America; it was first brought from Europe to America about 1850.
美洲的英國種麻雀是外來的，大約在1850年第一次由歐洲帶到美洲。
frenzy
n.暴怒；狂亂
She was in a frenzy of grief when she heard that her child was missing.
當她聽到她的孩子走失時，她傷心得快發狂。
incapacitate
v.使不能；使不適于
The play's injury incapacitated him for participating in the football match.
運動員的傷勢使得他無法參加足球比賽。
massacre
v.大屠殺
The hunters came from the East to massacre the buffalos of the plains, killing several million in a short time.
來自東部的獵人屠殺平原的水牛，在很短的時間內就殺了好幾百萬頭。
ponder
v.考慮；沉思
When I asked his advice he pondered the matter and then told me not to go.
當我詢問他的意見時，他考慮了一下那件事，然后告訴我不要去。
riddle
v.不可解之問題；謎
To the riddle "What walks on four legs in the morning two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening? the answer is "man"
謎題：什么東西早上用四只腳走路，中午用兩只腳，黃昏用三只腳？答案是“人”
spank
v.打
The father spanked the naughty child for his bad manners.
父親因那頑皮小孩的壞行為而打他。
totter
v.蹣跚
The old man tottered across the room and sat down on the sofa.
那老人蹣跚地走過房間，然后坐在沙發上。
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appease
v.使平靜，安靜
He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.
他試圖以糖果安撫哭泣的小孩子。
catastrophe
n.異常的大災禍
The war was a terrible catastrophe in which many people died and mnay buildings were destroyed.
戰爭是可怕的大災禍，其間有許多人喪失生命，許多建筑物被摧毀。
daunt
v.恐嚇；使失去勇氣或信心
He felt completely daunted by the difficulties that faced him.
他對面臨的困難感到完全的氣餒。
gape
v.張嘴注視
The crowd gaped at the daring tricks performed by the tightrope walker.
觀眾們張口注視著走繩索人大膽的表演。
duration
n.持續的時間
He will be in the hospital for the duration of the school year.
學年中他都會呆在醫院里。
implore
v.哀求，苦求
We implored him to act before it was too late.
我們苦求他及時行動。
muffle
v.圍住；將……蒙起以使聲音低沉
She muffled her throat in a warm scarf not to catch a cold.
她用一溫暖的圍巾圍起脖子，以免感冒。
prank
n.戲謔；惡作劇
On April Fool's day people often play pranks on each other.
在愚人節人們彼此戲謔。
saunter
v.閑逛；漫步
Soapy took the umbrella and sauntered off with it slowly.
索皮拿著雨傘閑逛。
trickle
n.細流
There was a trickle of blood from the wound on his face.
他臉上的傷處有鮮血滲出。
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astound
v.使驚異
She was astounded by the news that had won the speech contest.
她聽到自己贏了演講比賽的消息而感到十分驚訝。
clan
n.宗族；部落
The people living in that valley are all members of one clan.
住在那山谷的都是同一部落的人。
distort
v.歪曲；扭曲
Newspaper accounts of political and international affairs are often distorted.
報上登載的政治及國際事件常是歪曲的。
entrust
v.信托；交托
While travelling, they entrusted their children to the care of a baby sitter.
旅行時，他們孩子交給保姆看管。
glutton
n.貪食，貪多者
Sometimes he gets hungry and eats like a glutton.
有時他餓的時候，吃起東西來象個老饕。
invalid
adj.無效的；
Unless a check is signed, it is invalid.
支票除非簽了名，否則是無效的。
invalid
adj.&n.有病的（人）
He became invalid as the result of ill health and lack of exercise.
他生病是健康情形不良又缺乏運動的結果。
overtone
n.寓意；弦外音
His words were polite but there was an overtone of anger in his voice.
他客氣的話語中實際有憤怒之聲。
probe
v.探求；細察
They probed his past career to judge his qualifications.
他們探求他過去的職業，以評斷他的資格。
shrine
n.圣地
There are many sacred shrines in the Near East.
在近東有許多古跡圣地。
statute
n.成文法；法規
The statute increased the taxes we must pay.
法律提高了我們必須付的稅。
writher
v.繞；轉動
The wounded soldier writher uncomfortably in pain.
受傷的士兵痛得不舒服地打轉。
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behold
v.看
Watching the first man land on the moon, we beheld a sight never seen before by man.
看那踏上月球的第一人，我們看到了人類所未見的景象。
condescend
v.屈尊；降格相從
They should change this bad habit and condescend to be pleased what is pleasing.
他們應該改變這種不好的習慣，而屈身去和正常的人一同歡笑。
dike
n.1.堤 2.溝
More that 5,000 years age the Chinese were controlling the Yellow River floods with dikes.
五千年前，中國人用堤防來控制洪水泛濫。
The farmers dug a deep dike to carry water to the rice field.
農人們挖深溝把水引到稻田。
flip
v.(以指)彈投
He flipped a coin on the counter to decide whether to go to the theatre or not.
他把硬幣擲在柜臺上以決定要不要去看電影。
grisly
adj.可怕的；猙獰的
My uncle who had travelled to many countries in the world fold a grisly story about people who are human flesh.
我那遍游世界各地的舅舅說了一個吃人肉的可怕故事。
knave
n.騙子；詭計多端的人
The knaves who set fire to the barn have been caught and sent to prison.
縱火繞谷倉的騙子被抓起來送到牢里去了。
parley
n.談判；商議
The general held a parley with the enemy's leader about exchanging prisoners.
將軍和敵軍的領袖商議交換俘虜之事。
shred
n.碎片；細條
There is no ta shred of evidence that missing money was stolen.
毫無證據說丟了的錢是被偷走的。
surmise
v.臆測；猜度
The judge surmised his guilt;there was no proof that he killed the man.
法官猜度他的罪行；沒有證據顯示他殺了那個人。
vicissitude
n.變遷；變化
The future is so uncertain that we cannot know all the vicissitudes of our fortunes.
未來是無法確知的，我們無法知道將來的命運所有的變化。
warden
n.看守人；監護人
The fire warden told us not to light matches near the gas station.