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常考1 v. 流放，放逐 ：to force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile
近义 deport, exile, expatriate, expel, ostracize, transport
举例 John was banished from England.
约翰被逐出了英格兰。
常考2 v. 赶走；打消……的念头 ：to drive away ; expel
举例 We banished all our doubts and fears.
我们消除了所有的怀疑与恐惧。
常考1 n. 轻松、幽默的谈话 ：good-humored, playful conversation
近义 badinage, chaff, raillery, taunt
举例 She heard Tom exchanging good-natured banter with Jane.
常考2 v. 开玩笑，打趣 ：to speak to in a playful or teasing way
近义 chaff, joke, josh
举例 The soldiers bantered with him as though he was a kid brother.
常考 n. 带刺的话；尖刻的话 ：a biting or pointedly critical remark or comment
举例 The barb stung her exactly the way he hoped it would.
常考1 adj. 野蛮的，未开化的 ：primitive in culture and customs; uncivilized
近义 barbarian, barbaric, primitive, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, wild
举例 He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.
他认为惠特曼的诗歌太粗俗。
常考2 adj. 残暴的；极其残忍的；凶残的 ：characterized by savagery; very cruel
近义 bestial, cruel, fell, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish
举例 a barbarous attack 凶残的进攻
常考 adj. 厚颜无耻的 ：undisguisedly bold; brazen ; used to describe a remark or action that is clearly untrue or unpleasant, and that shows that you do not care about offending someone
近义 bald-faced, blatant, brazen, brazenfaced, shameless, unabashed, unblushing
举例 Why are you telling such barefaced lies?
注意 该词有时也写为bare-faced。
常考1 adv. 仅仅；几乎不 ：by a very little; hardly
近义 hardly, just, scarce, scarcely
举例 could barely see the road in the fog 在雾中几乎不能看清路
常考2 adv. 简陋地；很少 ：in a scanty manner; sparsely
举例 a barely furnished room 陈设简陋的房间
常考1 adj. 复杂精美的；精雕细琢的 ：characterized by grotesqueness, extravagance, complexity, or flamboyance; complicated and elaborate
近义 flamboyant, florid, ornate, rococo
举例 Paul Muldoon, who is among the most baroque of contemporary poets
常考2 adj. 形状不规则的 ： irregular in shape
举例 baroque pearls 形状不规则的珍珠
常考1 adj. 贫瘠的，缺少植被的 ： lacking vegetation , especially useful vegetation
近义 infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive
反义 prolific adj. 多产的；大量繁殖的
常考2 adj. 无用的；无益的；无效果的 ： unproductive of results or gains; unprofitable
近义 bootless, fruitless, futile, unavailing, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain
举例 As the leaves of autumn wither and fall, so has my own life become barren.
常考1 v. 封锁，阻挡；在……设路障 ：to close off or block with a barricade
举例 The rioters barricaded streets with piles of blazing tyres.
常考2 n. 障碍物，路障；街垒 ：an obstruction or rampart thrown up across a way or passage to check the advance of the enemy
近义 bar, barrier, block, blockage, clog, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stop, traverse, wall
举例 Large areas of the city have been closed off by barricades set up by the demonstrators.
常考1 n. 妨碍，阻碍物 ：something immaterial that obstructs or impedes
近义 check, drawback, handicap, hindrance, impediment, limitation, restriction, stumbling-block
举例 Intolerance is a barrier to understanding.
不容异己是理解的一大障碍。
常考2 n. 大关；界限 ：a boundary or limit
举例 They are fearful that unemployment will soon break the barrier of three million.