topsy-turvy
【考法 1】 adj. 混亂的: lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
【例】 He left his room topsy-turvy. 他把他的房間弄的很亂。
【近】 disordered, chaotic, messy, anarchic, jumbled
【反】 kempt, neat, orderly, organized, shipshape, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered 有序的
torpid
【考法 1】 adj. 麻木的,沒有知覺的: lacking in sensation or feeling
【例】 My tongue and throat remained torpid for a time following the endoscopy. 胃鏡檢查之后,我的舌頭和喉嚨一直是麻木的。
【近】 asleep, benumbed, dead, insensitive, numbed, unfeeling
【反】 feeling, sensible, sensitive
【考法 2】 adj. 遲鈍的,行動(dòng)遲緩的: slow to move or act
【例】 a torpid sloth that refused to budge off its tree branch 趴在樹枝上一動(dòng)不動(dòng)的樹獺
【近】 dull, inert, lethargic, quiescent, sleepy, sluggish, torpid
【反】 active 活躍的
torpor
【考法 1】 n. 缺乏興趣: lack of interest or concern
【例】 After a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned
fatalism and dull torpor. 一生都充滿了挫折、失敗,他只能用宿命論和麻木不仁來迎接又一次的壞消息。
【近】 apathy, casualness, complacence, disinterestedness, disregard, incuriosity, insouciance, nonchalance
【反】 concern, interest, regard 有興趣
【考法 2】 n. (肉體或精神上的)遲鈍: physical or mental inertness
【例】 Following Thanksgiving dinner, we spent the rest of the day lounging about in a contented torpor. 吃完感恩節(jié)晚餐后,我們慵懶地靠在沙發(fā)上打發(fā)剩下的時(shí)間。
【近】 languor, lassitude, listlessness, stupor
【反】 vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity 活力
torrential
【考法 1】 adj. 急流的: caused by or resulting from action of rapid streams
【例】 a torrential rain 傾盆大雨
【反】 trickling 涓涓細(xì)流的
torrid
【考法 1】 adj. 酷熱的: intensely hot
【例】 the dry, torrid summers in southern Arizona 南亞利桑那州干燥、炎熱的夏天
【近】 hot, scalding, scorching, sweltering
【反】 arctic, bone-chilling, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, icy 寒冷的
【考法 2】 adj. 熱情的,情感深厚的: having or expressing great depth of feeling
【例】 torrid love affair 炙熱的愛
【近】 ardent, burning, fervid, flaming, glowing, impassioned, incandescent, intense, passionate, vehement
【反】 dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, unemotional 冷漠的
tortuous
【考法 1】 adj. 轉(zhuǎn)彎抹角的: marked by devious or indirect tactics: crooked, tricky
【例】 a tortuous path 一條蜿蜒的道路
【近】 bending, curling, curvy, devious, serpentine, sinuous, twisted, windy
【反】 direct, straightforward 直接的
tout
【考法 1】 vt. 極力贊揚(yáng): to promote or praise energetically; publicize
【例】 to tout victory in the war 鼓吹戰(zhàn)果
【近】 acclaim, laud, praise, ballyhoo, tout
【反】 asperse, censure, denounce, berate, rate, revile, vituperate 指責(zé)
toy
【考法 1】 vi. 草率或不認(rèn)真地對(duì)待: to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously
【例】 That microscope is a delicate instrument, not something to be toyed with. 那個(gè)顯微鏡是精密儀器,不是隨隨便便的一個(gè)玩具。
【近】 diddle with, fiddle with, fool with, mess with, monkey with, tinker with, twiddle with
tractable
【考法 1】 adj. 易駕馭的,溫順的: readily giving in to the command or authority of another
【例】 a tractable horse 一匹溫順的馬
【近】 obedient, amenable, docile, flexible, manageable, compliant, submissive, tame
【反】 balky, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, incompliant, insubordinate, obstreperous, rebellious,
recalcitrant, refractory, restive, unamenable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful 任性的,難以馴服的
tranquility
【考法 1】 n. 寧?kù)o,淡定: a state of freedom from storm or disturbance
【例】 enjoyed the tranquillity of the snow-covered field at dusk 享受傍晚時(shí)分被雪覆蓋的田野的靜謐
【近】 calm, quiet, silence, serenity
【反】 bustle, commotion, hubbub, pandemonium, tumult, turmoil, unquietness, unrest, uproar 喧鬧,騷亂
adj. 易辦的,易管理的,易控制的