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□ protractor
□ anterior
□ dainty
□ reprieve
□ obituary
□ prevaricate
□ suffice
□ beseech
□ epistolary
□ woe
□ endemic
□ execrate
【考法】 N-COUNT A protractor is a flat, semi-circular piece of plastic or metal which is used for measuring angles. 量角器；分度规
【例句】 As if she had a protractor in her head, she also sees precise angles.
如同她的脑袋里长着一个量角器，她同样能读出准确的角度。
【考法】 ADJ Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part. （指身体 某部位）位于前部的，前面的
【例句】 the left anterior descending artery.
左前方下行动脉
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty. （动作）文雅的；（人）娇小的，秀丽的；（物）小巧的，精致的
【例句】 The girls were dainty and feminine.
这些女孩子娇美温柔。
【考法】 VERB If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved, their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled. 对……缓期执行；撤销……的刑罚
【例句】 Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved .
因谋杀前首相而即将处以绞刑的14个人已获缓刑。
【考法】 N-COUNT Someone's obituary is an account of their life and character which is printed in a newspaper or broadcast soon after they die. （报纸上或广播里的）讣告，讣闻
【例句】 I read your brother's obituary in the Times.
我在《泰晤士报》上看到了你哥哥的讣告。
【考法】 VERB If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision. 支吾；搪塞；推诿； 闪烁其词
【例句】 British ministers continued to prevaricate .
英国的大臣们仍然闪烁其词。
【考法】 VERB If you say that something will suffice, you mean it will be enough to achieve a purpose or to fulfil a need. 足够；充足
【例句】 A cover letter should never exceed one page; often a far shorter letter will suffice .
附信不应超过一页，通常来说，一封相对非常简短的信就足够了。
【考法】 VERB If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously. 恳求；央求； 哀求
【例句】 She beseeched him to cut his drinking and his smoking.
她哀求他戒掉烟酒。
【考法】 ADJ An epistolary novel or story is one that is written as a series of letters. （小说等）书信体的
【例句】 It's written in epistolary form.
它是用书信体写成的。
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Woe is very great sadness. 悲痛；悲哀；哀伤
【例句】 He listened to my tale of woe .
他听我诉说悲伤的故事。
【考法】 ADJ If a disease or illness is endemic in a place, it is frequently found among the people who live there. （疾病）地方性的，流行的
【例句】 Polio was then endemic among children my age.
那时小儿麻痹症在我这个年纪的孩子中很常见。
【考法】 VERB to loathe; detest; abhor 憎恶
【例句】 There is, in the synagogue, in the mosque, in the pagoda, in the wigwam, a hideous side which we execrate , and a sublime side, which we adore.
圣殿、清真寺、菩萨庙、神舍，所有那些地方都有它丑恶的一面，是我们所唾弃的，同时也有它卓绝的一面，是我们所崇敬的。