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vertigo
【考法 1】 n. 眩暈： a dizzy confused state of mind
【例】 He had a dreadful attack of vertigo at the top of the tower. 他站在塔頂，感到一陣令人窒息的眩暈。
【近】 dizziness, giddiness
【反】 sobriety 清醒
verve
【考法 1】 n. 活力，熱情： vitality, liveliness
【例】 The instrumentalists played with skill and verve. 器樂表演者們有著高超的技巧與飽滿的熱情
【近】 animation, dynamism, energy, exuberance, liveliness, robustness, vibrancy, vigorousness, vim, vitality
【反】 lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity 精神不振
vessel
【考法 1】 n.管： a tube or canal (as an artery) in which a body fluid is contained and conveyed or circulated
【例】 blood vessel 血管
【近】 artery, vein
【考法 2】 n. 船，艦艇： a watercraft bigger than a rowboat
【例】 the largest military vessel afloat 最大的軍用艦艇
【近】 boat, cruiser, destroyer, ferry, ship, watercraft
vestige
【考法 1】 n. 微小的遺跡，小痕跡： the smallest quantity or trace
【例】 A few strange words carved on a stone were the only vestige of the lost civilization. 石碑上刻著的幾個奇怪的字符是這個失落文明的唯一的遺跡。‖the fossilized vestige of a dinosaur that traversed that muddy landscape millions of years ago 千萬年橫跨那塊泥濘土壤的恐龍的化石碎片
【近】 echo, ghost, relic, remain, remnant, residual, shadow, trace
【派】 vestigial adj. 殘留的；退化的
vestigial
【考法 1】 adj. 退化的，發育不全的： (of certain organs or parts of organisms) having attained a simple structure and reduced size and function during the evolution of the species
【例】 snake that has vestigial limbs 擁有退化四肢的蛇
【近】 incomplete, rudimentary, undeveloped
【反】 adult, full-blown, full-fledged, matured, ripe, ripened 成熟的，發育完全的
veteran
【考法 1】 n. 老兵，有豐富經驗的人： one having knowledge or ability gained through long experience
【例】 As a veteran of overseas travel, she offered us solid advice about planning our trip. 作為一名資深的旅行家，她給了我們提供了許多關于旅行規劃的中肯建議。
【近】 doyen, expert, master, maven, warhorse
【反】 beginner, colt, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, neophyte, novice, recruit, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro 新手
【考法 2】 adj. 經驗豐富的，資深的： having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
【例】 She is a veteran teacher who can mentor new teachers. 她的教師資歷都老到可以教新教師了。
【近】 accomplished, adept, consummate, experienced, masterful, professed, skilled, versed, virtuoso
【反】 amateur, inexperienced, inexpert, unprofessional, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful 業余的，經驗不足的
veto
【考法 1】 n./vt. 否決，禁止： to forbid or prohibit authoritatively
【例】 The President vetoed the bill. 總統否決了提案。‖We wanted to do a cross-country trip, but our parents vetoed it. 我們想來一次跨國旅行，但是父母不肯批準。
【近】 blackball, decline, disallow, disapprove, kill, negative, refuse, reject
【反】 accredit, approbate, authorize, clear, confirm, finalize, formalize, ratify, sanction, warrant 批準
vex
【考法 1】 vt. 使煩惱，使惱怒： to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
【例】 vexed by her son's failure to clean his room 因為她兒子不清理房間而惱怒
【近】 aggravate, annoy, bother, exasperate, gall, grate, irk, nettle, peeve, rile
【反】 appease, assuage, conciliate, mollify, placate, propitiate 平息怒火
【派】 vexation n. 煩惱
viable
【考法 1】 adj. 可行的： capable of being done or carried out
【例】 a viable solution to the problem 解決問題的一個可行方案
【近】 achievable, attainable, doable, feasible, practicable, realizable, workable
【反】 hopeless, impossible, impracticable, infeasible, unattainable, unviable, unworkable 不可行的
【派】 viability n. 可行性
vicarious
【考法 1】 adj. 代理的，取代的： performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the
benefit or advantage of another
【例】 use Internet as a vicarious form of social life 把互聯網當作一種虛擬的社交生活
【近】 indirect, substitute, surrogate
【反】 firsthand 直接的
vt. 成就，使達到極點，（初次洞房）成婚，圓房 adj
