proprietary .
【考法 1】 n. 所有權: ownership
【近】 dominion, ownership, possession, property, proprietorship
【考法 2】 adj. 私營的: privately owned and managed and run as a profit-making organization
【例】 a proprietary hospital 私人醫院
【近】 private
【反】 public 政府提供的;state-owned 國有的
prototype .
【考法 1】 n. 原型: an original model on which something is patterned
【例】 The manufacturer exhaustively tested the prototype of the vehicle before approving production. 生產商在將該車型投入生產之前對其原型進行了詳細的測試。
【近】 archetype
【反】 copy, imitation, replica, reproduction 復制品
redeem .
【考法 1】 vt. 實踐,履行(諾言等): to do what is required by the terms of
【例】 The coach redeemed his promise to take the players out for ice cream if they improved their fielding over the season. 教練履行了他的諾言,那就是如果球員們能夠在賽季中提升防守能力的話,他就請他們吃冰淇淋。
【近】 answer, complete, comply, fill, fulfill, keep, meet, satisfy
【反】 breach, break, transgress, violate 違反,違背
【考法 2】 vt. 改過自新: to make better in behavior or character
【例】 The unfaithful husband made a determined effort to redeem himself in the eyes of his wife and children. 在妻子和孩子的監督下,不忠的丈夫下定決心要改過自新。
【近】 habilitate, reclaim, redeem, regenerate, rehabilitate
【派】 redeemable adj. 可贖回的,可挽救的
replicate .
【考法 1】 vt. 復制,復刻: to make an exact likeness of
【例】 replicated the famous painting in our art class 在藝術課上復刻一幅名畫
【近】 clone, copy, copycat, duplicate, imitate, reduplicate, render, reproduce
【反】 originate 原創
【考法 2】 vt. 重復,反復: to make or do again
【例】 I cannot replicate your results when I do the experiment myself. 我自己的實驗里無法重復你的結果。
【近】 redo, reiterate, renew, repeat
【派】 replicable adj. 可復制的,能復現的
restitution .
【考法 1】 n. 補償,賠償: a making good of or giving an equivalent for some injury
【例】 The victims are demanding full restitution. 受害者要求全額補償。
【近】 damages, indemnity, quittance, recompense, recoupment, redress, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital
resurrect .
【考法 1】 vt. 使重生,使復蘇: to bring back to life, practice, or activity
【例】 believed that his body would be resurrected 相信他的身體將會復活‖Attempts are being made by both parties to resurrect the stalled arms negotiations. 雙方正在努力重啟受阻的武裝談判。
【近】 reanimate, recharge, regenerate, rejuvenate, rekindle, renew, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, revivify
【反】 kill 殺死
【派】 resurrection n. 重生,復蘇
retrieve .
【考法 1】 vt. 尋回,找回: to get back again
【例】 I needed to retrieve the book from my friend so I could return it to the library. 我需要先把書從朋友那里拿回來才能還給圖書館。
【近】 reacquire, recapture, reclaim, re-collect, recoup, recover, regain, repossess, retake
【近】 lose, mislay, misplace 丟失
reverberate .
【考法 1】 vi. 回蕩,回響: to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves
【例】 The sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other. 打雷的聲音在山間不斷回蕩。
【近】 echo, reecho, resonate, resound
【派】 reverberation n. 回響,回音
ruthless .
【考法 1】 adj. 沒有憐憫心的,殘忍的: having no pity
【例】 an office supervisor with a ruthless disregard for others' feelings 一個從不顧及他人感情的無情領導
【近】 cruel, heartless, inhumane, ironfisted, iron-hearted, pitiless, merciless, mortal, relentless, remorseless
【反】 charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, merciful, sympathetic, tender 有同情心的,善良的
scourge .
【考法 1】 n. 禍害: a source of harm or misfortune
【例】 The sheer ubiquity of food seems to be the scourge of humanity, as evidenced by the obesity epidemic. 無所不在的食品似乎要成為人類的罪惡之源了,這一點可以從肥胖病的泛濫得以佐證。
【近】 affliction, bane, curse, nemesis
【反】 benefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, manna, windfall 恩賜,福音
n. 發源地,來源,原始資料