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conjure .
【考法 1】 vt. 請求，懇求： to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly
【例】 I conjure you to hear my plea for mercy. 請您發發慈悲吧。‖He conjured them with his dying breath to look after his children. 臨終前他懇求他們照顧他的孩子。
【近】 appeal, beseech, besiege, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, solicit, supplicate
【考法 2】 vi. 在腦海中浮現： to form a mental picture of
【例】 With certain flowers I instantly conjure up memories of our Caribbean honeymoon. 這些鮮花讓我立即回想起加勒比海的蜜月之旅。
【近】 conceive, dream, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, feature, ideate, image, picture, vision, visualize
consent
【考法 1】 n. 同意，贊同： the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something
【例】 We had to get our neighbor's consent in order to trim the tree from his side. 想要從鄰居家那邊修剪樹木，我們得先得到他們的同意。
【近】 allowance, approval, authorization, clearance, concurrence, granting, license, sanction, warrant
【反】 interdiction, prohibition, proscription 禁止
【考法 2】 vi. 同意： to give assent or approval
【例】 consent to being tested in her neurobiology experiment 同意作為被試參加神經生物學的實驗‖refused to consent to the marriage 拒絕這樁婚事
【近】 acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, subscribe
【反】 dissent 反對；deny, veto 否決
consign
【考法 1】 vt. 轉交，轉移（給他人）： to give, transfer, or deliver into the hands or control of another
【例】 The record shows that the deliveryman had consigned our package to a next-door neighbor. 記錄顯示郵遞員把我們的包裹轉投給隔壁鄰居了。‖a writer consigned to oblivion 湮沒無聞的作家
【近】 commend, commit, confide, delegate, deliver, entrust, hand, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, vest
【反】 hold, keep, retain 保留
consternation .
【考法 1】 n. 驚愕，恐慌，恐懼： a state of paralyzing dismay
【例】 The two girls stared at each other in consternation without any idea about what to do. 兩個小女孩驚恐地望著對方，顯得不知所措。
【近】 alarm, apprehension, dread, fear, fright, horror, terror, trepidation
【反】 bravery, courage, dauntlessness, fearlessness, fortitude, intrepidity, stoutness, valor 勇氣，無畏
contemplate .
【考法 1】 vt./vi. 沉思，仔細思索： to view or consider with continued attention
【例】 contemplate the vastness of the universe 沉思著宇宙的廣袤無垠‖She contemplated the problem for several hours before reaching a decision. 她苦苦思索了幾個小時的問題后才做出決定。
【近】 cogitate, consider, deliberate, meditate, mull, perpend, pore, revolve, ruminate, study, weigh, wrestle
【反】 disregard, ignore, overlook, slight 忽視
【派】 contemplation n. 沉思，思索
contempt .
【考法 1】 n. 蔑視，鄙視： open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect
【例】 my undying contempt for people who abuse animals 我對于虐待動物者的無盡鄙視‖Her contempt for illiterate was obvious. 你可以很明顯地看出她對文盲的鄙夷。
【近】 contemptuousness, despisement, despite, despitefulness, disdain, misprision, scorn
【反】 admiration, esteem, estimation, regard, respect, reverence, veneration 尊敬，敬仰
【派】 contemptible adj. 可鄙的；contemptuous adj. 蔑視的
contend .
【考法 1】 vi. 競爭，爭奪： to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties
【例】 two traditional rivals contending for the championship 兩支爭奪冠軍頭銜的老對手
【近】 battle, fight, race, rival, vie
【反】 capitulate, quit, succumb, surrender, give in 投降
【考法 2】 vt. 聲明，聲稱： to state as a fact usually forcefully
【例】 contended that his opponent was wrong about practically everything 宣稱對手幾乎在所有問題上都犯了錯誤‖that the his considerable experience made him the best candidate 聲稱因為他見多識廣，所以是最佳人選
【近】 affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, declare, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrant
【反】 deny, gainsay 否認
contradict .
【考法 1】 vt. 否認，反駁；相矛盾： to assert the contrary of; to imply the opposite or a denial of
【例】 contradict a rumor 反駁謠言‖Your actions contradict your words. 你的行為和你說的話自相矛盾。
【近】 deny, disaffirm, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, refute, reject, repudiate
【反】 acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, confirm 承認
【派】 contradictory adj. 矛盾的，相反的
contrived .
【考法 1】adj. 不自然的，刻意的：lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
【例】We are bored with the contrived applause of a TV studio audience that has been told when to clap. 攝影棚中的觀眾會被告知什么時候鼓掌，這種經過精心指揮的掌聲讓我們倍感困倦。
【近】affected, assumed, bogus, factitious, feigned, plastic, pretended, pseudo, simulated, unnatural
【反】artless, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced 真誠的，不虛偽的
correlate .
【考法 1】 vt. 使…相關聯： to establish a mutual or reciprocal relation between
【例】 a demanding father who always correlated success with hard work 一個總將成功和辛勤工作關聯起來的嚴格父親‖In this work, we correlate the simulation in the lab and the observation in the field to examine the validity of our theory. 本文中，我們將實驗室的模擬結果和場地外的觀測數據聯系起來以驗證理論的真實性。
【近】 connect, identify, link, relate
【反】 separate 分離
【派】 correlation n. 關聯，關系
vt. 承認，公開宣稱聲明
