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renege .
【考法 1】 vt. 放棄，摒棄： to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
【例】 She refused to renege the principles by which she had always lived her life, even if it resulted in losing her business. 盡管有可能使她失去她的事業(yè)，但她仍然拒絕放棄她在生命中所堅(jiān)持的那些原則。
【近】 abnegate, forswear, recant, renounce, repeal, repudiate, retract, withdraw
【反】 adhere 堅(jiān)持
【派】 renegade n. 叛徒
rigmarole .
【考法 1】 n. 混亂而無(wú)意義的話(huà)： language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions; confused or meaningless talk
【例】 The security guard gave me some kind of rigmarole about passes and authorizations. 保安不知所云地跟我說(shuō)了一些關(guān)于通關(guān)和授權(quán)的話(huà)。
【近】 abracadabra, babble, drivel, gabble, gibber, jabber, nonsense, prattle
implicit .
【考法 1】 adj. 不言而喻的，心照不宣的： capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed
【例】 The implicit agreement among members of the outing club is that everyone pays his or her own way on all trips. 野外俱樂(lè)部成員之間一條心照不宣的約定就是：沿途所有開(kāi)銷(xiāo)都 AA。
【近】 implied, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced, wordless
【反】 explicit, expressed, spoken, stated, voiced 明確聲明的
【考法 2】 adj. 無(wú)疑問(wèn)的，無(wú)保留的： being without doubt or reserve
【例】 Members of the expedition must have implicit trust in their leaders. 遠(yuǎn)征的隊(duì)員必須百分之百地信任他們的領(lǐng)隊(duì)。
【近】 assured, clear, confident, doubtless, positive, sanguine, sure
【反】 doubtful, dubious, uncertain, unsure 不確定的，存有疑惑的
marginal .
【考法 1】 adj. 邊緣的： located at or near a border
【例】 Marginal locations in the open-air market are a bit cheaper. 露天市場(chǎng)邊緣的地段通常都要便宜些。
【近】 frontier
【反】 interior 內(nèi)在的
【考法 2】 adj. 不重要的： not of central importance
【例】 regards violence as a marginal rather than a central problem 并不把暴力問(wèn)題當(dāng)作重要的核心問(wèn)題來(lái)看
【近】 inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, slight, trifling, trivial
【反】 consequential, eventful, important, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, weighty 重要的
pivotal .
【考法 1】 adj. 最關(guān)鍵的，最為重要的： of the greatest possible importance
【例】 The report was missing a pivotal piece of information. 報(bào)告遺漏了最為重要的信息。
【近】 critical, crucial, decisive, key, vital
【反】 inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, marginal, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, slight, trifling, trivial 不重要的
unavailing .
【考法 1】 adj. 徒勞的，無(wú)果的： producing no results
【例】 an unavailing effort to avert a war 試圖避免戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的徒勞嘗試
【近】 abortive, barren, bootless, fruitless, ineffectual, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain
【反】 effective, effectual, efficacious, fruitful, potent, productive 有效的；successful 成功的
cachet .
【考法 1】 n. 威望，聲望： a mark or quality, as of distinction, individuality, or authenticity
【例】 Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack. 聯(lián)邦法院擁有州立法院所不具備的威信。
【近】 credit, distinction, esteem, homage, kudos, prestige
【反】 infamy, notoriety 不好的名聲
graft .
【考法 1】 vt. 移植，移接： to implant (living tissue) surgically or as if surgically
【例】 The top layer of skin has to be grafted onto the burns. 頂層的皮膚需要被移植到燒傷的傷口上。‖graft old traditions onto the new ones 把老傳統(tǒng)移植到新的習(xí)俗之上
【近】 implant, transplant
feisty .
【考法 1】 adj. 好斗的，好爭(zhēng)論的： having or showing a lively aggressiveness
【例】 At 66, she was as feisty as ever. 盡管已經(jīng) 66 歲高齡，她還是一樣好斗。
【近】 aggressive, agonistic, assaultive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, gladiatorial, militant, quarrelsome, truculent
【反】 pacific, peaceful, peace-loving 熱愛(ài)和平的
cascade .
【考法 1】 n. （尤指小的）瀑布： a steep usually small fall of water
【例】 The river forms a series of cascades as it drops a total of 200 feet in elevation. 這條河前后海拔差達(dá)200 余英尺，故而形成了一系列的小瀑布。
【近】 fall, waterfall
【反】 cataract 大瀑布
adj. 未說(shuō)出口的；無(wú)言的；不言而喻的
