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9月26日
volition
(名) 意志, 决心, 意志力
volition (noun) The act or an instance of making a conscious choice or decision.
Synonyms: willing
Usage: Without volition I leaned toward her, as a tree is swayed by the wind.
9月27日
congeal
(动)冻结; 瘫痪; 凝结; 使冻结; 使固定; 使凝结; 使瘫痪
congeal (verb) Become gelatinous.
Synonyms: jell, set
Usage: We waited patiently for the jello to congeal before cutting it into fun shapes with cookie cutters.
9月28日
flyblown
(形) 有苍蝇产卵的, 弄脏的
flyblown (adjective) Foul and run-down and repulsive.
Synonyms: sordid, squalid
Usage: The gang met at a flyblown, grimy little bar on the edge of town to plan its next heist.
9月29日
fiebrig
adj. 发热的。发烧的。兴奋的。
febrile (adjective) Of, relating to, or characterized by fever.
Synonyms: feverish
Usage: The mother took her febrile and sweating child to the pediatrician.
10月1日
unprejudiced
(形) 无偏见的, 公平的, 没有成见的
unprejudiced (adjective) Free from undue bias or preconceived opinions.
Synonyms: impartial
Usage: I claim to be an absolutely unprejudiced witness.
10月2日
despair
(动) 绝望
despairing (adjective) Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless.
Synonyms: desperate
Usage: The set-back to their hopes made them despairing and desperate.
10月3日
importunity
(名) 硬要; 强求
importunity (noun) Insistent solicitation and entreaty.
Synonyms: urgency, urging
Usage: And to the importunity of their persisted questionings he had finally given in; and so it came to pass that every one now knew the shameful story of his wretched fate.
10月4日
regurgitate
(动) 涌回; 反胃; 流回; 反刍
regurgitate (verb) Repeat after memorization.
Synonyms: reproduce
Usage: In order to score well on the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information.
10月5日
excavate
(动) 挖掘; 发掘; 开凿; 挖掘; 发掘
excavate (verb) Remove the inner part or the core of.
Synonyms: dig, hollow
Usage: The mining company wants to excavate the hillside and build a tunnel.
10月6日
condescension
(名) 高傲态度
condescension (noun) A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the
recipient.
Synonyms: disdain, patronage
Usage: Natasha did not like the visitor's tone of condescension to childish things.
10月7日
patter
(动) 啪嗒啪嗒地响; 啪嗒啪嗒地走; 轻轻拍打; 使发嗒嗒声; 喋喋不休地说;
patter (verb) Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).
Synonyms: line of gab, spiel
Usage: The automobile salesman spoke about the old car so approvingly and at such length
that the customers soon began to grow tired of his patter.
10月8日
odoriferous
(形) 散发气味的, 臭的
odoriferous (adjective) Having a natural fragrance.
Synonyms: sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, perfumed, scented, odorous, sweet
Usage: There were large bottles filled with serpents, ticketed according to their species;
dried lizards shone like emeralds set in great squares of black wood, and bunches of wild
odoriferous herbs.
10月9日
rattlebrained
(形) 头脑空虚的; 愚蠢多嘴的
rattlebrained (adjective) Giddy and talkative; foolish.
Synonyms: rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty
Usage: Grandpa's rattlebrained, crackpot ideas always made us laugh.
10月10日
kinetic
(形) 运动的, 动力学的, 运动引起的
kinetic (adjective) Supplying motive force.
Synonyms: energizing
Usage: The bustling market was the kinetic center of the city, and all movement seemed to radiate outward from it.
10月11日
scopolamine
(名) 莨菪碱
scopolamine (noun) A thick, syrupy, colorless alkaloid, C17H21NO4, extracted from plants such as henbane and used primarily as a mydriatic and sedative, and to treat nausea and prevent motion sickness.
Synonyms: hyoscine
Usage: At the conclusion of the surgical procedure, the doctor applied a transdermal scopolamine patch to the patient to prevent postoperative nausea.
10月12日
agonistic
(形) 好斗的; 属于竞赛的; 竭力求效果的
agonistic (adjective) Striving to overcome in argument.
Synonyms: combative
Usage: The incumbent's aggressive, agonistic approach to the debate alienated many of his supporters.
10月13日
intone
(动) 吟咏, 吟诵; 给...一种特殊声调; 吟咏, 吟诵
intone (verb) Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm.
Synonyms: cantillate, chant
Usage: I heard the eight singers of the King of Sicily intone the first verse of seven o'clock mass in the Sainte-Chapelle.
