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dexterity [dɛk'stɛrɪti]
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Dexterity is skill in using your hands, or sometimes your mind. （双手的）灵巧；（思维的）敏捷
【例句】.Reid’s dexterity on the guitar.
里德弹吉他的娴熟指法
puppy ['pʌpi]
【考法】 N-COUNT A puppy is a young dog. 小狗；幼犬
【例句】One Sunday he began trying to teach the two puppies to walk on a leash.
一个星期天，他开始尝试训练两只小狗系上皮带走路。
scion ['saɪən]
【考法】 N-COUNT A scion of a rich or famous family is one of its younger or more recent members. （名门望族的）年轻子弟，小少爷
【例句】Nabokov was the scion of an aristocratic family.
纳博科夫是一个贵族家庭的阔少。
credence ['kridns]
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT If something lends or gives credence to a theory or story, it makes it easier to believe. （理论或故事的）可信性，真实性
【例句】Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
需要进行认真的研究，以让人们相信在这一重要领域可以取得真正的进展。
skysail ['skaɪˌseɪl]
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT a square sail set above the royal on a square-rigger 天帆；第三桅上帆
【例句】.skysail lift.
天帆吊索
staff [stæf]
【考法】 N-COUNT The staff of an organization are the people who work for it. （一组织的）全体工作人员，全体职员
【例句】The staff were very good.
职员都很出色。
wherefore ['wɛəfɔr]
【考法】 ADV for what reason? why? 为何；为什么
【例句】Wherefore? because I love you not?
为什么呢？是因为我不爱你们吗？
solicitude [sə'lɪsɪtud]
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Solicitude is anxious concern for someone. 关怀；挂念
【例句】He is full of tender solicitude towards my sister.
他对我妹妹满心牵挂。
longevity [lɑn'dʒɛvəti]
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Longevity is long life. 长寿；长命
【例句】Human longevity runs in families.
人类的长寿具有家族遗传性。
dejected [dɪ'dʒɛktɪd]
【考法】 ADJ If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something. 沮丧的；失意的；泄气的
【例句】Everyone has days when they feel dejected or down.
每个人都有沮丧失意或情绪低落的时候。
calamitous [kə'læmɪtəs]
【考法】 ADJ If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious. 不幸的；灾难性的；严重的
【例句】.the calamitous state of the country.
国势危难
intellect ['ɪntəlɛkt]
【考法1】N-VAR Intellect is the ability to understand or deal with ideas and information. 智力；理解力；领悟力；思维能力
【例句1】Do the emotions develop in parallel with the intellect?
情感与智力是并行发展的吗？
【考法2】N-VAR Intellect is the quality of being very intelligent or clever. 非凡的才智；出众的才华
【例句2】Her intellect is famed far and wide.
她的非凡才智闻名遐迩。