willy-nilly .

【考法1】adv. 不論是否愿意的（地）：whether desired or not

【例】After herboss fell sick, she willy-nilly found herself directing the project. 在她老板生病后，她發現自己不論愿不愿意，都得指導這項工程。

【近】helplessly, inescapably, inevitably, perforce, unavoidably

【考法2】adj. 無秩序的，隨意的：without order or plan

【例】willy-nilly taxing laws 雜亂無序的稅收法

【近】aimless,arbitrary, desultory, erratic, haphazard, scattered, slapdash, stray

【反】methodical, orderly, organized, regular, systematic 有序的，有組織的

adjudicate .

【考法1】vt. 裁決，判定：to hear and settlea case, dispute or conflict

【例】When mywife and I asked the salesclerk to adjudicate our disagreement, she agreed withme that the white shoes looked better. 我和我妻子要求售貨員來裁決我們之間的爭論，最后她還是同意了我的觀點，認為白色的鞋子看起來更漂亮。

【近】adjudge,arbitrate, decide, determine, judge, referee, settle, umpire

belligerence

【考法1】n. 好斗，好戰：an aggressive or truculent attitude, atmosphere, or disposition

【例】Among theNative American tribes of the colonial period, the Iroquois were known fortheir belligerence. 在殖民時期的美洲土著部落中，易洛魁人因為他們的好戰而著名。

【近】aggressiveness, assaultiveness, bellicosity, combativeness, contentiousness,disputatiousness, feistiness, militance, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness,scrappiness, truculence

【反】pacifism 愛好和平

canny

【考法1】adj. 精明的，聰明的：careful and shrewd,especially where one's own interests are concerned

【例】He is acanny card player who is good at psyching out his opponents. 他是一個善于琢磨對手心思的精明的撲克玩家。

【近】astute,clever, hardheaded, heady, knowing, savvy, sharp, shrewd, smart

【反】ignorant,unknowing 無知的；foolish,idiotic, imbecile, moronic, silly, thoughtless, witless 愚笨的

disenchant

【考法1】vt. 使清醒：to free from illusion

【例】If youthought that you could pass this course without doing any work, let me be thefirst to disenchant you. 如果你覺得你不做任何功課也能及格，那就讓我做第一個讓你清醒的人。

【近】disabuse,undeceive

【反】beguile,cozen, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, misguide, misinform, mislead 誘騙

forage

【考法1】vi. 尋找：to make a search

【例】wentforaging for change for the parking meter 尋找付停車費的零錢

【近】chase,hunt, pursue, quest, rummage, search

【反】ignore,neglect 忽視，忽略；conceal,hide 隱藏

【派】forager n.為動物尋找飼料的人

illustrious

【考法1】adj. 著名的，杰出的：well known and verydistinguished

【例】the mostillustrious scientists of the century 本世紀最為杰出的科學家

【近】distinguished, luminous, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, preeminent,prestigious, redoubtable, signal

【反】average,inferior, mediocre 平凡的，較差的

monarch

【考法1】n. 君主，帝王：one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usuallyhereditary authority

【例】The rulingmonarch of Britain at that time was Queen Elizabeth I. 伊麗莎白一世是當時英國的君主。

【近】autocrat,lord, potentate, ruler, sovereign

【考法2】n. 巨頭，大亨：a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field

【例】thereigning monarchs of the recording industry 唱片業的巨頭們

【近】baron,captain, king, lion, lord, magnate, mogul, prince, tycoon

【反】nobody,nothing, zero 不起眼的人物

【派】monarchyn. 君主體制

plebeian

【考法1】adj. 平民的，社會下層的：belonging to the class ofpeople of low social or economic rank

【例】a man whorose to greatness but never forgot his plebeian past 一個仕途通達，但從未忘卻自己平民出身的人

【近】baseborn,common, humble, inferior, lowborn, lumpen, mean, prole, proletarian, unwashed,vulgar

【反】aristocratic, genteel, gentle, highborn, highbred, lofty, noble, partrician,wellborn 上流社會的

squeamish

【考法1】adj. 惡心的，暈船的：affected with nausea

【例】therolling of the ship made the young sailor squeamish 搖晃的船只讓年輕的水手感到惡心

【近】ill,nauseated, qualmish, queasy, queer, queerish, sick, sickish

【反】healthy,well 狀態良好的