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smug
【考法 1】 adj. 自大的，自鳴得意的： having too high an opinion of oneself
【例】 The winner was so smug that he lost the support of the crowd. 勝利者過于自大，以至于失去了群眾的支持。
【近】 complacent, egoistic, overweening, pompous, proud, self-satisfied, vain
【反】 egoless, humble, modest 謙遜的
【考法 2】 adj. 整潔的，有序的： being clean and in good order
【例】 The suburb's smug lawns and tree-lined streets bespeak a comfortable affluence. 郊區整齊有序的草坪和種滿樹木的街道，代表著其間的舒適和財富。
【近】 dapper, kempt, orderly, shipshape, spruce, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed
【反】 disheveled, disordered, messy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy 邋遢的，混亂的
smuggling
【考法 1】 n. 走私，私運： secret importation or exportation contrary to the law and especially without paying duties imposed by law
【例】 He was arrested for smuggling drugs into the country. 他因為向境內走私毒品而被逮捕。
【近】 bootlegging, contraband
snare
【考法 1】 n. 無法逃脫的困境： something that catches and holds
【例】 Someday you'll find that your lies are a snare from which you can't escape. 總有一天你會發現，你所說過的謊話都會變成你無法逃脫的困境?！琧aught in the snare of drug addiction 處于吸毒上癮的困境之中
【近】entanglement, mesh, morass, net, noose, quagmire, quicksand, toil, trap
【考法 2】 vt. 捕捉： to capture by or as if by use of a snare
【例】 They snared a rabbit earlier in the day. 今天的早些時候他們捕獲了一只兔子。‖The car salesman successfully snared three potential customers. 汽車銷售員成功地讓三個潛在的客戶上鉤了。
【近】 catch, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entrap, tangle
【反】 disentangle 解開；free, liberate 釋放
snarl
【考法 1】 v. 糾纏，糾結： to twist together into a usually confused mass
【例】 You'll be awfully sorry if you snarl your fishing line. 要是你把漁網給纏在一起，你肯定會非常后悔的?！琓he new regulation has succeeded in nothing but snarling up rush-hour traffic throughout the city. 新的政策只將全城高峰時期的交通變得更為復雜難解。
【近】 entangle, ensnarl, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, knot, ravel, tangle
【反】 disentangle, extricate, unravel, unsnarl, untwine, untwist 解開
【考法 2】 vi. 咆哮，怒吼： to give vent to anger in surly language
【例】 She snarled at me after I kept badgering her with questions. 在我不斷用問題騷擾她之后，她終于忍不住爆發了。
【近】 bark, fulminate, rant, roar, scream, shout, storm, vent
【反】 calm 冷靜下來
sneer
【考法 1】 vt. （輕蔑地）嘲笑： to speak in a scornful, contemptuous, or derisive manner
【例】 They would invariably sneer every time they passed the hapless nerds. 每次經過那個不幸的書呆子身邊時，他們總是會報以不變的嘲笑。
【近】 deride, gibe, laugh, jeer, jibe, mock, ridicule
【反】 esteem, honor, respect, revere, venerate 尊敬
snobbish
【考法 1】 adj. 諂上傲下的，自大的： being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior
【例】 I expected her to be snobbish but she was warm and friendly. 我本以為她會是個自大的人，結果她非常熱心和友好。
【近】 aristocratic, bumptious, elitist, haughty, imperious, persnickety, pompous, presumptuous, supercilious
【反】 egoless, humble, modest 謙遜的，不自大的
snub
【考法 1】 v. 輕視，不理睬： to treat with contempt or neglect
【例】 The snob in town always snubbed anyone she thought was beneath her. 鎮上那個自命不凡的人總是對那些她認為不如她的人不屑一顧。
【近】 contemn, disdain, disrespect, slight, look down
【反】 esteem, honor, respect, revere, venerate 尊敬
soak
【考法 1】 vt. 使…濕透： to make thoroughly wet or saturated by or as if by placing in liquid
【例】 That downpour soaked my hair, and now I look like a sight. 那場大雨把我的頭發淋濕了，所以我現在看起來格外滑稽。‖We ran for home as soon as the rain started, but our clothes still ended up soaked. 我們一發覺
下雨就開始往家里跑，但我們的衣服還是濕透了。
【近】 douse, drench, drown, impregnate, macerate, saturate, sodden, sop, souse, steep
【反】 dehydrate, dry, desiccate 脫水；parch, sear, scorch 烤干，燒焦；wring 擰干
sober
【考法 1】 adj. 嚴肅的： marked by seriousness, gravity, or solemnity of conduct or character
【例】 She made a sober reply to what was only a teasing comment. 她很嚴肅地回復了那個惡搞的評論?！琁llness is a sober reminder of our mortality. 疾病是死亡給我們發出的嚴肅警告。
【近】 earnest, grave, humorless, sedate, severe, sober, solemn, staid, weighty
【反】 facetious, flip, flippant, humorous, jesting, jocular, joking, playful 輕佻的，幽默有趣的
【考法 2】 adj. 節制的： given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
【例】 decided to live a sober life after bankruptcy 破產以后決定過有節制的生活
【近】 abstentious, abstinent, continent, self-denying, temperate
【反】 hedonistic, licentious, self-indulgent, sensual, sybaritic, voluptuary 縱欲的，享樂主義的
【考法 3】 adj. 有理有據的： based on sound reasoning or information
【例】 a sober assessment of the situation 關于局勢有理有據的分析
【近】 firm, informed, justified, levelheaded, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, solid, valid, well-founded
【反】 groundless, illogical, invalid, unfounded, uninformed, unjustified, unreasonable, unsound 沒有道理的
sodden
【考法 1】 adj. 濕透的： containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
【例】 We stripped off our sodden clothes and wrung them dry. 我們脫下濕透了的衣服并將它們擰干。
【近】 awash, bathed, doused, drenched, logged, saturated, soaked, watered, waterlogged
【反】 arid, dry 干燥的
【考法 2】 vt. 使…濕透： to wet thoroughly with liquid
【例】 Soldiers' boots were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches. 長時間身處泥濘的戰壕使得士兵的靴子濕透了。
【近】 douse, drench, drown, impregnate, macerate, saturate, soak, sop, souse, steep
【反】 dehydrate, dry, desiccate 脫水；parch, sear, scorch 烤干，燒焦；wring 擰干
n. 冷笑，嘲笑
v. 嘲笑，冷笑
