vulgar
【考法 1】 adj. 粗俗的,無教養(yǎng)的: morally crude, undeveloped, or unregenerate
【例】 He is a vulgar man but his music is quite divine. 雖然他是一個粗俗的人,但他的音樂卻十分神圣。
【近】 bawdy, coarse, crass, crude, dirty, filthy, gross, lowbred, indecent, nasty, obscene, ribald, rude, uncouth
【反】 civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, urbane, well-bred 有教養(yǎng)的
【考法 2】 adj. 口頭的,非正式的: used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing
【例】 Latin was once the language of scholars, and English the vulgar language used by the common people. 很久以前拉丁語才是學(xué)術(shù)界的官方語言,而英語是普通百姓所使用的。
【近】 conversational, informal, nonliterary, unliterary, vernacular
【反】 bookish, formal, learned, literary 書面的,正式的
vulnerable
【考法 1】 adj. 易受攻擊的,脆弱的: open to attack or damage
【例】 The troops were deployed in a vulnerable position. 部隊被部署在了一個容易遭受攻擊的位置。‖The fort was undefended and vulnerable. 堡壘沒有設(shè)防,十分脆弱。
【近】 assailable, endangered, exposed, subject, susceptible
【反】 guarded, protected, shielded 有保護的;invincible, invulnerable 無敵的
【派】 vulnerability n. 弱點,易受傷害
waddle
【考法 1】 vi. 搖搖擺擺地走: to walk with short steps that tilt the body from side to side
【例】 The duck waddled back into the water. 鴨子一搖一擺地回到了水中
【近】 careen, dodder, reel, teeter, totter
【派】 waddling adj. 搖搖擺擺的
waffle
【考法 1】 vi. 胡扯: to talk or write foolishly
【例】 This lecturer will waffle on for hours. 這個老師會胡說八道地扯幾個小時。
【近】 babble, blather, drivel, gabble, prattle
【反】 articulate 清楚地說
waft
【考法 1】 vt. 飄蕩,漂浮: to float easily and gently, as on the air
【例】 Heavenly aromas wafted from the kitchen. 令人欣悅的香氣從廚房飄出?!珹 feather wafted past us and settled on the grass. 一片羽毛飄過我們身邊,落在草地上。
【近】 buoy, drift, glide, hang, hover, raft
【反】 flounder, sink 沉沒;submerge 下沉
wag
【考法 1】 n. 幽默詼諧的人: a humorous or droll person
【例】 Some wag wrote a droll satire on the scandal. 一些有才的人就丑聞寫了一個搞怪的諷刺。
【近】 comedian, comic, droll, humorist, joker, wit
【考法 2】 vt. 擺動: to move to and fro or up and down especially with quick jerky motions
【例】 The dog wagged its tail. 狗擺動著它的尾巴。
【近】 swish, switch, waggle
wan
【考法 1】 adj. 蒼白的,病態(tài)的: suggestive of poor health
【例】 She looks a little wan after all that tiring work. 在完成那些繁重的工作之后她看起來有些虛弱。
【近】 ashen, ashy, blanched, livid, lurid, sickly, pale, pallid
【反】 blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine 紅潤的,健康的
wanderlust
【考法 1】 n. 旅行癖: a very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
【例】 His wanderlust would not allow him to stay long in one spot. 他對旅行的渴望讓他不可能在一處久待。
wane
【考法 1】 vi. 減少,衰退,降低: to decrease in size, extent, or degree
【例】 In the evening the storm finally waned. 傍晚時分風暴終于減弱了?!琓he moon waxes and then wanes. 月有陰晴圓缺。
【近】 abate, decline, diminish, dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, lessen, lower, moderate, recede, shrink, subside, taper
【反】 accumulate, balloon, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mushroom, rise,
snowball, soar, wax 增加,擴大,上升
【派】 waning adj. 衰退的,減少的
want
【考法 1】 n. 短缺: the condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary
【例】 There's a notable want of teachers in rural areas. 農(nóng)村地區(qū)存在著值得注意的師資短缺問題
【近】 absence, dearth, deficiency, drought, famine, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, scarcity, shortage
【反】 abundance, adequacy, amplitude, opulence, plenitude, plenty, sufficiency, wealth 豐富,大量
【考法 2】 vt. 渴望: to have a strong desire for
【例】 I want a new car so badly! 我太想要一輛新車了!‖She wanted more time to finish the test. 她希望能有更多的時間來完成考試。
【近】 ache, covet, crave, hunger, itch, long, lust, pine, repine, thirst, wish, yearn
【反】 abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe 厭惡,反感
n. 完全,大量,豐富