*hierarchical
adj. 分层的,等级体系的(layered)
【例】It has an uncomfortable connection to old hierarchical codes at odds with our democratic values.
*democratic
adj. 民主的,民主政体的(based on the principles of democracy)
【例】democratic rules
*humanistic
adj. 人文主义的
【例】The code of the communist ethics included not all main aspects of the European humanistic one.
*genteel
adj. 上流社会的,有教养的(well-bred; courteous)
【记】和gentle(adj. 温柔的)一起记
*exotic
adj. 外来的;有异国风味的(unusual; foreign)
【记】exo(外面)+tic→外来的
【例】Susan and Bill love to eat spicy and exotic food.
*rustic
adj. 乡村的(rural);质朴的(unsophisticated)
【记】rust(乡村)+ic→乡村的
*companionable
adj. 好交往的,友善的(amicable)
【例】She made chickens seem less like livestock and more like useful and companionable creatures.
*colonial
adj. 殖民地的;占有殖民地的(of, relating to or possessing a colony or colonies)
【例】Predecessors of the cowboy date back to colonial times.
*folkway
n. 民风,社会习俗(tradition)
**phenomenology
n. 现象学
*grassroot
n. 草根
*famine
n. 饥荒
【记】家庭(family)处于饥荒(famine)中
*asylum
n. 精神病院;安全,庇护(safety; refuge)
【例】be granted political asylum
*commercialization
n. 商品化
*dentistry
n. 牙科学
【例】The student is Michele McAuley, who is in the first year of a course in dentistry.
*elitist
n. 优秀人才,杰出人物
【例】He argued that Bloomberg was an elitist, out of touch with regular New Yorkers.
*pluralism
n. 多元论
**aviation
n. 航空学,航空(science or practice of flying aircraft)
*slum
n. 贫民窟(house or rooms in a street, alley, etc of badly-built, over-crowded buildings)
【例】brought up in a slum