1.glumly adv. 1. 憂郁地;悶悶不樂地2. 陰郁地

Simon glumly watched TV and went to bed snappy.
西蒙悶悶不樂地看電視，然后沒好氣地去睡覺。

2.breech n. 后膛, 臀部

3.stew [stju:] n. 燉湯, 燜, 煩惱 v. 燉湯, 燜, 憂慮

Simmer the stew for an hour.
用文火把菜燉一小時.

4.court n. 法院, 庭院, 奉承, 球場 v. 獻(xiàn)殷勤, 追求, 招致危險

The young man courted the young lady by bring her flowers every day.
那青年通過每天給那女子送花而向她求愛。

5.approbation n. 認(rèn)可, 嘉許

The goods are not allowed to be exported without approbation of the customs.
沒有海關(guān)的許可, 這些貨物是不允許出口的。

6.fervently adv. 熱心地, 熱誠地

I fervently believe in our eventual victory.
我堅信我們最后會勝利。

7.tame [teim] adj. 馴服的,柔順的,乏味的 vt. 馴養(yǎng),使...馴服 vi. 變得馴服

Many kinds of squirrels are easy to tame.
很多種類的松鼠都很容易馴養(yǎng)。

8.diverge v. 分歧

Our views diverged so greatly that it was impossible to agree.
我們的觀點(diǎn)存在著嚴(yán)重的分歧, 絕無調(diào)和余地。