adjacent
adj.接近的；鄰近的
No one in the adjacent apartments was awakened by their quarreling sounds.
他們的吵架聲沒有吵醒臨近公寓的人。
calamity
n.不幸之事；災難
The spring floods were a great calamity to the farmers whose crops and houses were ruined.
春天的洪水對農人來說是一大災難，他們的農作物和房子都被破壞了。
devastate
v.毀滅，破壞
The floods and storms which have no precedent in the recorded no precedent inthe recorded history devastated the country.
歷史上前所未有的洪水和臺風，摧毀了這個國家。
exultant
adj.狂歡的，大喜的
The exultant players were dancing on the ground over their team's victory.
欣喜苦狂的球員們為他們的勝利，在球場上跳著舞。
inexhaustible
ajd.地窮無盡的
The wealth of our country seems inexhaustible to many people abroad.
對許多海外人士而言，我們國家的財富似乎是無窮盡的。
maudlin
adj.易落淚的
We saw a maudlin movie about an orphan who lost his parents in the war.
我們看了部令人落淚的電影，內容是有關一個在戰爭中失去父母的孤兒。
plunder
v.搶奪
The enemies plundered all the valuable things they could find in the village.
敵人把在村中能夠發現的所有的貴重物品都搶走了。
scrupulous
adj.謹慎的
A scrupulous man never fails to give back the borrowed money to its owner.
謹懼的人絕不會不還錢給債主。
sundry
adj.種種的
From sundry hints, I guessed I was to be given a bicycle for my birthday present.
從種種的暗示來看，我猜我生日時可得一輛腳踏車。
zealous
adj.熱心的
The children made zealous efforts to clean up the house for the Christmas party.
孩子們為了圣誕宴會，熱心勢力地打掃屋子。
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altruistic
adj.利他的
We wonder if human beings are primarily altruistic or selfish.
不知道人類根本上是利他還是利己。
clamor
n.叫囂
The public clamor for lower taxes continued year after year.
人民一年年持續著呼吁降低稅率。
disintegrate
v.風化
The old manuscripts had been disintegrated into a pile of fragments and dust.
陳舊的手稿已風化成一堆碎片和紙屑。
forebear
n.祖先
Although Napoleon was Corsican, he is considered by most modern Frenchmen to have been French as their own forebears.
雖然拿破侖是科西嘉島人，可是今日大多數的法國人仍認為他是他們的祖先法國人。
intact
adj.原封不動的
The money was returned intact by the boy who found it on the street.
那男孩把路上發現的錢，原封不動的送回去了。
molest
v.騷擾
We did not molest the big dog, because we were afraid of him.
我們沒有去驚擾那只大狗，因為我們怕它。
profuse
adj.很多的
The mourner's profuse tears at the burial were heartbreaking.
喪禮時，送葬者太多的淚水使人哀傷。
slack
adj.懈怠的；疏忽的
He was slack in fulfilling his promises and responsibilities.
他對約定的事及其職責敷衍了事。
tart
adj.酸的
Tart apples taste sharp and are pleasantly acid in their taste.
酸蘋果的味道酸，但酸得令人舒服。
viable
adj.可成立的
This plan looks all right in principle, but in practice it wouldn't be viable.
這個計劃原則上沒問題，可是事實上卻無法成立。
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aslant
adj.斜的
The carpenter made the roof aslant to allow water to run down.
木匠把屋頂造斜使水使流下。
concede
v.承認
They conceded that victory was no longer attainable and agreed to a negotiated surrender.
他們承認無法獲勝，并同意判投降。
distrust
v.不信任的
She could no tallow the stranger to enter her house, for the distrusted him.
她不允許那個陌生人進入房子，因為她不信任他。
groggy
adj.不穩定的
The table is very groggy. I think the leg is going to fall off.
那桌子非常不穩，我想桌腳快斷了。
intrepid
adj.勇敢的
The intrepid fireman saved persons trapped in a burning building disregarding of his own safety.
勇敢的救火員，不顧自己的安全，救出了困在失火屋里的人。
overbearing
adj.傲慢的
We found it hard to like the boy because of his overbearing manners.
那男孩傲慢的態度，因此我們發覺很難喜歡他。
rash
adj.魯莽的；冒失的
Only a rash person would have rushed into the burning house to save some clothes.
只有魯莽的人才會沖進失火的屋中，去救一些衣服。
sporadic
adj.零星的
Though polio has been practically wiped out, there have been sporadic cases of the disease.
雖然小兒麻痹癥已差不多被消滅，可是仍有一些零星的病例。
toxic
adj.有毒的
Fumes from automobiles and factory chimneys are toxic.
汽車和工廠煙囪所排出的煙是有毒的。
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avert
v.避免；防止
The driver averted an accident by a quick turn of the steering wheel.
那司機將方向盤急轉，避免了一次意外。
deduce
v.推論
Mother deduced from my loss of appetites what had happened to the cookies.
母親從我沒有食欲，推知餅干被吃掉了。
embark
v.1.搭載 2.從事；著手
Our ship embarked passengers and wool at an Australian port.
我們的船在澳洲港口載了乘客及羊毛。
After leaving college, the young man embarked on a new business career.
那年輕人大學畢業后，從事一項新行業。
humiliate
v.使丟臉
The boy humiliated his parents by behaving badly in front of the guests.
那男孩在客人面前表現不好，使父母失蒙羞。
jovial
adj.快樂的
A gregarious man, he enjoyed the companionship of a large number of jovial friends.
他是愛社交的人，喜歡和一大群快樂的朋友作伴。
pastime
n.消遣；娛樂
Baseball has been called America's national pastime.
棒球一直被稱為美國全國性的消遣。
renounce
v.放棄
The prince renounced his right to the throne.
王子放棄王位繼承權。
snug
adj.溫暖的
My grandmother likes to read a newspaper in a snug corner near the fireplace.
我祖母喜歡在火爐旁的溫暖角落里看報紙。
umpteen
adj.很多的
She doesn't need to borrow a book because she's got umpteen books waiting to be read at home.
她不需借書，因為家中已有一大堆的書等著她去看。
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blur
v.弄臟
The boy blurred the picture by touching it before the paint was dry.
那男孩在顏料未干前用手碰，弄臟了畫。
demolish
v.破壞
The slums were demolished before the town was extended.
此鎮在擴展前，先掃除了貧民窟。
enslave
v.奴役
Education makes people easy to govern but impossible to enslave.
教育使人容易去管理，但不可能去奴役。
impede
v.阻礙
Many a man is impeded in his career by a lack of belief in himself.
許多人因缺乏自信，而阻礙了自己的成功。
lull
v.使人睡使安靜
The mother lulled the baby to sleep by singing a song.
母親唱歌使嬰兒入睡。
plaintiff
n.原告
In the court the plaintiff asserted that the thief had stolen two hundred dollars from his store.
法庭上，原告聲稱小偷從他店里偷去兩百元。
robust
adj.強壯的
He was strong and healthy, but he's never been robust since his illness.
他健康有力，可是自從生病后，就不再強壯了。
strenuous
adj.辛苦的
We had a strenuous day moving into our new house.
我們辛苦一天，搬進了新居。
vitiate
v.1.使污濁 2.使無效
Pollution from smoke and dust vitiates the air.
煙塵的污染使空氣污濁。
All his attempts to improve were vitiated by his lack of will-power.
由于缺乏意志力，他想改良的嘗試全部無效。