◆Unit 6

barter [ 'bɑ:tə(r) ]

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.

baseness [ 'beɪsnɪs ]

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。

bash [ bæʃ ]

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.

bask [ bɑ:sk ]

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.

bathetic [ bə'θetɪk ]

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[ 'beɪθɒs ] 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。

befriend [ bɪ'frend ]

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.

befuddle [ bɪ'fʌdəl ]

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[ bɪ'fʌdld ] adj. 困惑的，糊里糊涂的

beguile [ bɪ'gaɪl ]

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.

beholden [ bɪ'həʊldən ]

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.

behoove [ bɪ'həʊv ]

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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