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常考 v./n. 以物换物，易货贸易 ：to trade by exchanging one commodity for another
近义 bargain, deal, exchange, negotiate, swap, trade, traffic
举例 They have been bartering wheat for cotton and timber.
常考 n. 卑鄙，下贱 ：the quality or state of being contemptible , selfish or mean-spirited
举例 I did not know how much pose there is in the sincere, how much baseness in the noble.
我不知道真挚中含有多少做作，高尚中蕴藏着多少卑鄙。
常考 v. 严厉地批评，指责 ：to criticize harshly and usually publicly
近义 assail, belabor, blast, castigate, excoriate, lambaste, potshot, savage, scathe, slam, trash, vituperate
举例 The President could continue to bash Democrats as being soft on crime.
常考 v. 沉浸于，尽情享受（赞美、宠爱或崇拜） ：to take great pleasure or satisfaction
近义 indulge, luxuriate, revel, roll, rollick, wallow
举例 He has spent a month basking in the adulation of the fans back in Jamaica.
常考1 adj. 陈腐的；平庸的 ：characterized by bathos , exceptional commonplaceness
举例 a bathetic novel 陈腐的小说
常考2 adj. 假作悲伤的，过分感伤的 ：affectedly or extravagantly emotional
近义 gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, sentimental, slushy, soft, soppy
举例 a bathetic funeral scene 一个过于夸张哀悼的葬礼场面
派生 bathos[ ] n. 陈腐；平庸；假慈悲，过分伤感
注意 bathetic为bathos的形容词，而bathos 本为一种突然的、意外的变化，在文体上从庄严崇高降至平庸可笑，能产生一种意想不到的效果。
常考 v. 交朋友；把……当朋友 ：to behave as a friend to
举例 On the airplane I was befriended by a delightful German woman.
常考 v. 使迷惑；使困惑 ：to confuse ; perplex
近义 addle, bewilder, confound, confuse, discombobulate, dizzy, fuddle, jumble, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle
举例 problems that are befuddling them 搞得他们晕头转向的问题
派生 befuddled[ ] adj. 困惑的，糊里糊涂的
常考 v. 欺骗，哄骗 ：to deceive by guile ; delude
近义 betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick
举例 He used his newspapers to beguile the readers into buying shares in his company.
常考 adj. 欠……人情的；受……恩惠的；对……负有义务的 ：owing something, such as gratitude, to another; indebted
近义 bound, indebted, obligated, obliged
举例 We feel really beholden to them for what they’ve done.
常考 v. 有需要，有必要 ：to be necessary or proper for
近义 become, befit, suit
举例 It behooves you at least to try.
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