taxing
【考法 1】 adj. 繁重的,費力的: requiring much time, effort, or careful attention
【例】 The journey proved to be very taxing. 旅途很艱辛。
【近】 arduous, burdensome, exacting, grueling, laborious, onerous, toilsome
【反】 light, easy 輕快的
tedious
【考法 1】 adj. 冗長乏味的: tiresome because of length or dullness: boring
【例】 a tedious public ceremony 冗長無聊的公開儀式
【近】 drab, dreary, jading, monotonous, stale, stodgy, stuffy, weary, drudging
【反】 entertaining, absorbing, stimulating, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing, involving, riveting 令人愉快的,吸引人的
teeter
【考法 1】 vi. 蹣跚,不穩定的行走: to move unsteadily: wobble
【例】 She teetered down the street in her high heels. 她穿著高跟鞋,在街上搖搖欲墜。
【近】 careen, dodder, lurch, reel
【反】 stabilize 使…穩固
【考法 2】 v. 猶豫不決: to show uncertainty about the right course of action
【例】 was teetering on the brink of making a decision about college
【近】 balance, dither, falter, hang back, scruple, shilly-shally, stagger, vacillate, waver, wobble
【反】 dive in, plunge in
teetotalism
【考法 1】 n. 禁酒: the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks
【反】 intemperance 飲酒過度
telling
【考法 1】 adj. 有效的,顯著的: effective, expressive
【例】 the most telling evidence 最有力的證據
【近】 compelling, conclusive, convincing, forceful, persuasive, satisfying
【反】 inconclusive, indecisive, ineffective, uncompelling, unconvincing, unpersuasive 無效的
temerity
【考法 1】 n. 魯莽,冒失: foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness
【例】 She was punished for his temerity. 她因冒失遲到了苦頭。
【近】 audacity, brashness, presumption, presumptuousness
【反】 circumspection, cautious approach, pusillanimity 謹慎
temporize
【考法 1】 v. 行動躲躲閃閃以爭取時間、躲避爭論等: to act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or postpone a decision
【例】“Colonial officials . . . ordered to enforce unpopular enactments, tended to temporize, to find excuses for evasion”(J.H. Parry) “被命令來執行不受歡迎法案的殖民地官員們傾向于敷衍了事,去尋找逃避的理由”(J.H. 帕里)
temperate
【考法 1】 adj. 言行舉止有分寸的: avoiding extremes in behavior or expression
【例】 rather temperate in his appraisal of the movie, calling it good but not great 對于電影的贊賞很適度,說其“還好”而不是“很棒”
【反】 immoderate, extreme, frivolous 極端的
【考法 2】 adj. 有節制的: given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites
【例】 a soft-spoken, serious-minded person of temperate habits 一個說話溫和、認真嚴肅的人,興趣愛好都很適度
【近】 abstentious, abstinent, continent, self-abnegating, self-denying, sober
【反】 self-indulgent 放縱的
tempestuous
【考法 1】 adj. 突然且劇烈的變化: marked by sudden or violent disturbance
【例】 In terms of social change, the 1960s are generally considered the most tempestuous decade in recent American history. 就社會變革來說,20 世紀 60 年代是近現代美國歷史上最動蕩的十年。
【近】 cataclysmal, tumultuous, turbulent
【反】 serene 平靜的
tenable
【考法 1】 adj. 有據可依的,無懈可擊的: capable of being held or defended; reasonable
【例】 a tenable theory 一個站得住腳的理論 || a tenable outpost 一個守得住的前哨
【近】 defendable, justifiable, maintainable, supportable, sustainable
【反】 unjustified, unsound, specious, indefensible, fallacious 不合理的
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