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常考1 adj. 平淡乏味的 ：watered-down; insipid
近义 banal, bland, driveling, flat, inane, innocuous, jejune, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, sapless, vapid, waterish, watery, wishy-washy
举例 At the time, I thought that passage was pretty anodyne.
常考2 n. 能解除或减轻忧愁的（事物）；止痛剂 ：something that soothes, calms, or comforts; a medicine that relieves pain
近义 narcotic, nepenthe, opiate analgesic, anesthetic, pain-killer
举例 the anodyne of bridge, a comfortable book, or sport
常考 v. 选定，指定 ：to choose by or as if by divine election; to designate as if by a ritual anointment
举例 The populist party anointed him as its candidate.
平民党选定他做候选人。
常考 adj. 反常的；不规则的 ：inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected: irregular , unusual
近义 aberrant, abnormal, anomalistic, atypical, deviant, divergent, irregular, preternatural, unnatural
举例 For years this anomalous behavior has baffled scientists...
常考 n. 异常，反常 ：deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule
近义 aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, abnormality, deviance, deviancy, deviation, irregularity, preternaturalness, unnaturalness
举例 the climate anomaly 气候异常
注意 注意该词的复数形式：anomalies。
常考1 adj. 匿名的 ： not named or identified
近义 innominate, nameless, undesignated, unnamed
举例 an anonymous letter 匿名信
常考2 adj. 缺少个性，不显著的 ： lacking individuality , distinction, or recognizability
举例 the most anonymous part of north-west Washington
常考 n. 对抗；敌意 ： hostility that results in active resistance, opposition , or contentiousness
近义 antithesis, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, contrariness, opposition, polarity
举例 old antagonisms resurfaced 旧怨重生
常考 adj. 反对的；敌对的 ：acting against or in opposition
近义 adversarial, adverse, antipathetic, opposed, opposing, oppositional
举例 He’s always antagonistic towards new ideas.
他总是抗拒新思想。
常考 v. 惹恼；引起敌意 ：to incur or provoke the hostility of
近义 aggravate, exasperate, gall, nettle, provoke, irritate, rile, roil
举例 He didn’t want to antagonize her.
他不想引起她的反感。
常考 v. 先于，发生于……以前 ：to be of an earlier date than; precede in time
近义 antecede, precede, predate
举例 Though feminist in its implications, Yvonne Rainer’s 1974 film antedated the filmmaker’s active involvement in feminist politics.
尽管女权主义在它里面只是一种暗示，但是Yvonne Rainer 1974年的电影比该电影制作人积极参与女权主义政治活动还要早。
常考 adj. 古老的；陈旧的；过时的 ：extremely old and antiquated；extremely primitive or outmoded
近义 old, ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, old, olden, old-time, timeworn, venerable
举例 antediluvian attitudes to women看待女性的旧观念
常考1 v. 预期，期望 ：to look forward to , especially with pleasure; expect
举例 Her first concert appearance was disappointingly perfunctory and derivative, rather than the inspired performance in the innovative style we had anticipated.
让人失望的是，她的第一次音乐会敷衍了事，毫无创造性，而不是我们期待的创新的风格。
常考2 v. 预感，预料 ：to feel or realize beforehand ; foresee
近义 divine, envision, foreknow, foresee, see
举例 At the time we couldn’t have anticipated the result of our campaigning.
常考3 v. 早于……做（或想、说）；先于……行动 ：to do something before someone else
近义 antecede, antedate, predate
举例 The skeleton of a primitive bird that was recently discovered indicated that this ancient creature anticipated today’s birds in that, unlike earlier birds and unlike reptilian ancestors, it had not a tooth in its head.
最近发现的一种原始鸟的骨架表明，这种古老的生物的出现比今天的鸟类还要早，因为不像以前的鸟类和爬行动物的祖先，它没有牙。
派生 unanticipated[ ] adj. 未曾料到的，意料之外的