descendants n. 后代，后裔
They are the descendants of Queen Victoria.
他們是維多利亞女王的后裔。
Etiquette has been passed down from him to his descendants.
他的后裔，一向以禮儀傳家。

barely adv. 幾乎不；剛剛；勉強
He is so weak that he can barely stand up.
他身體虛弱幾乎站不起來。
I had barely started speaking when he interrupted me.
我剛剛開始講話，他便打斷了我。
We had barely enough money to last through the weekend.
我們的錢只能勉強維持到周末。

ancestry n. 祖先
Many of the early settlers in America had English ancestry.
許多早期美國移民的祖先都是英國人。

sneak v. 偷偷摸摸地做，偷偷地拿、帶
He sneaked a chocolate from the box.
他從盒子里偷拿了一塊巧克力。
I'll see if I can sneak him in after dark.
我看天黑后能否讓他偷偷地溜進去。
I can sneak you out without being noticed.
我能把你偷偷地帶出去，別人了現不了。

stunned adj. 震驚的，驚訝的
One woman was stunned as, ironically, the ladybirds seemed to be attracted to her canary yellow VW Beetle.
一名婦女被震驚的，諷刺的是，瓢蟲似乎是吸引她的淡黃色大眾甲殼蟲。
Stunned by the market response, lawmakers regrouped and added new items to the bill to win votes.
被市場反應所震驚的議員們隨后再次集結，向救助計劃加入新內容以期獲得支持。

persecute v. 迫害
They persecute those who do not conform to their idea.
他們迫害那些不信奉他們思想的人。
They came to America after being persecuted for their religious beliefs.
他們是在他們因宗教信仰而受到迫害之后來到美洲的。

rise v. 反抗
The king's cruelty excited the people to rise against him.
那個國王的殘酷激起了人民起來反對他。

quell v. 壓制，平息
Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.
已派士兵去鎮壓動亂。
The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.
不得不出動軍隊來鎮壓暴力行動。

snicker v. 切竊笑
The shuffle and snicker become the comedian's trademark.
攪和與竊笑成為那個戲劇演員的標志。

martyr n. 烈士，殉道者
He is a martyr of his country.
他為國捐軀。
He was posthumously accepted as a martyr.
他被追認為烈士。

heritage n. 遺產，繼承物
It is the heritage of all human beings.
這都是整個人類繼承的東西。

taunt v. 辱罵，嘲弄
But in England if the palm faces inward it's a taunt, especially if executed with an up-ward jerk of the fingers.
可在英國，做該手勢時如果掌心向內，特別是還同時把手指往上伸的話，則表示對人的辱罵。

suspect v. 懷疑，猜想
They suspected an ambush.
他們懷疑有埋伏。
I suspect he was lying by the boy's abnormal behaviour.
從那個男孩的反常舉動中,我懷疑他在撒謊。

restore v. 回復，還原，復原
The new manager's job is to restore the company to profitability.
新經理的工作是讓這家公司能恢復盈利狀況。
I feel quite restored to health after my holiday.
假期過后，我覺得健康恢復得相當不錯。

blemish v. 玷污，損害
His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he had taken bribes.
報紙上一篇文章說他受賄，他的聲譽因此受到玷污。

retaliate v. 報復，回敬
He was waiting for an opportunity to retaliate.
他在伺機報復。
He slapped his sister, who retaliated by kicking him.
他打了妹妹一巴掌，他妹妹回敬他一腳。

tormentor n. 使人痛苦的人或物
Vowing revenge, he got hold of a gun and tracked down his tormentor.
他發誓要報仇，弄了一把槍，跟蹤著毆打他的人而去。

immune adj. 免疫的
I'm immune to smallpox as a result of vaccination.
我接種過疫苗了,所以對天花有免疫力。

anesthesiologist n. 麻醉學家，麻醉師
The anesthesiologist told me I was the calmest person he'd ever seen.
麻醉師告訴我說，我是他所見到的最鎮定的人。