atrophy
【考法 1】 vi. 萎縮,衰退: to waste away; wither or deteriorate
【例】 The years following the closing of the last textile mill, the town atrophied. 隨著最后一家紡織廠的倒閉,整
個城鎮開始衰退。
【近】 crumble, decay, decline, degenerate, descend, devolve, ebb, regress, retrograde, rot, sink, worsen
【反】 ameliorate, improve, meliorate 改善,提升
idle
【考法 1】 adj. 閑置的,未使用的: not turned to normal or appropriate use
【例】 The car was idle for two weeks while they went on vacation. 因為他們出去旅行了,他們的車閑置了兩周。
【近】 dead, dormant, fallow, free, inert, inoperative, latent, unused, vacant
【反】 active, alive, employed, functioning, operative, running, working 使用中的
【考法 2】 adj. 懶散的: shiftless, lazy
【例】 an idle employee who always seems to be either on break or at lunch 這個懶散的員工似乎不是在休息就是在吃飯
【近】 indolent, lazy, shiftless, slothful
【反】 diligent, industrious 勤奮的
【考法 3】 vi. 懶散度日,無所事事: to pass (time) without working or while avoiding work
【例】 idle the afternoon away 打發下午的時光
【近】 dally, dillydally, drone, laze, loaf, loll, lounge
【反】 drudge, grind, hustle, labor, moil, plod, slave, sweat, toil, travail, work (辛苦地)干活,工作
【派】 idlly adv. 懶散地
splutter
【考法 1】 vi. 急切而不清楚地說: to speak hastily and incoherently, as when confused or angry
【例】 They begin to splutter and move restlessly about if they feel time is slipping away without some return.
當他們感到時間在悄悄流逝卻一無所得時,他們便開始激動地說話,不安地走動。
【近】 babble, drivel, gabble, gibber, jabber, sputter, stammer, stutter
【反】 articulate, enunciate, pronounce 清楚地說
vouchsafe
【考法 1】 vt. 允諾,給予: to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner
【例】 refused to vouchsafe an explanation 拒絕給出任何解釋
【近】 accord, award, grant, vest
【反】 withhold 保留,不給予;recant, retract, withdraw 撤回,收回
deadlock
【考法 1】 n. 僵局: a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions
【例】 The deadlock was broken with a key compromise. 一個關鍵性的妥協打破了僵局。
【近】 gridlock, halt, impasse, logjam, stalemate, standoff, standstill
【考法 2】 vt. 使陷入僵局,使停頓: to bring or come to a deadlock
【反】 expedite 加速進程
groggy
【考法 1】 adj. 虛弱的,(走路)不穩的: weak and unsteady on the feet or in action
【例】 She was feeling a bit groggy when I saw her. 當我看到她的時候她顯得有些走路不穩。
【近】 rickety, rocky,shaky, unbalanced, unsound, unstable, unsteady, wobbly
【反】 balanced, stable, steady, sound 平衡的,穩定的
【考法 2】 adj. 無法思考的,頭腦不清的: not able to think or move normally because of being tired, sick, etc.
【例】 I'm still a little groggy from my nap. 我還沒完全從睡夢中清醒過來。‖The medicine sometimes makes patients groggy. 這種藥偶爾會讓病人產生醉酒一樣的麻醉感。
【近】 dazed, dopey, muddleheaded, muzzy, punch-drunk, punchy, stupefied, zonked, zonked-out
【反】 clearheaded, unconfused 頭腦清楚的
acquisitive .
【考法 1】 adj. 貪婪的: strongly desirous of acquiring and possessing
【例】 Acquisitive developers are trying to tear down the ancient temple and build a shopping mall instead. 貪婪的開發商打算鏟平這座古老的神廟,取而代之地建造一座購物中心。
【近】 avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, grabby, grasping, mercenary, moneygrubbing, rapacious
【反】 benevolent, generous, liberal, philanthropic, munificent 慷慨的
agonize .
【考法 1】 vt. 折磨,使痛苦: to cause to suffer agony
【例】 She got into more trouble, further agonizing her poor mother. 她惹上了更多的麻煩,進一步加劇了她可憐的母親所遭受的痛苦。
【近】 bedevil, beset, besiege, curse, excruciate, harrow, persecute, plague, rack, torment, torture
【反】 comfort, console, solace, soothe 安撫,安慰
【考法 2】 vi. 感到痛苦: to suffer agony, torture, or anguish
【例】 She agonized for days over the moral issues involved. 一連幾天她都為被卷入的道德糾紛而感到痛苦。
【近】 anguish, bleed, hurt, mourn, sorrow, suffer
【反】 cheer, crow, delight, exult, joy, rejoice 感到高興
alienate .
【考法 1】 vt. 使…疏遠: to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly
existed
【例】 His heartless treatment of their mother during the divorce proceeding has completely alienated the two children. 他在離婚過程中對妻子表現出來的殘酷,已經徹底地讓兩個孩子與他疏遠起來。
【近】 alien, disaffect, disgruntle, sour
【反】 reconcile 使…重歸于好
【考法 2】 vt. 轉讓,讓渡: to convey or transfer (as property or a right) usually by a specific act rather than the due course of law
【例】 A landowner has a right to alienate his right of ownership - in other words, he can sell the land if he wants to. 地主擁有轉讓所有權的權力--也就是說如果愿意,他可以出售他的土地。
【近】 assign, cede, convey, deed, make over
【反】 expropriate 接納他人財產
【派】 unalienable adj. 不可予奪的,不可轉讓的
anachronistic
【考法 1】 adj. 時代錯誤的: chronologically misplaced
【例】 Despite the occasional anachronistic word or concept, he has a good feel for the period. 盡管有時會犯一些詞匯和概念上的時代性錯誤,但他對于那個時代的整體把握還是不錯的。
【近】 anachronic,anachronous
【反】 accurate 準確的
n. 事跡,行為,[法]契約
vt. 立契轉讓