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□ wile
□ plaintiff
□ prosaic
□ camaraderie
□ boggle
□ hymn
□ caprice
□ fracas
【考法】 VERB A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed. 毁坏；摧毁；搞垮
【例句】 For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.
20年来，这个国家一直被内战外侵所蹂躏。
【考法】 VERB If you enjoin someone to do something, you order them to do it. If you enjoin an action or attitude, you order people to do it or have it. 命令；吩咐
【例句】 She enjoined me strictly not to tell anyone else.
她严令我不准告诉其他任何人。
【考法】 VERB To drench something or someone means to make them completely wet. 使湿透；使浸湿
【例句】 They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them.
他们将消防水管对着人们，把他们浇了个透。
【考法】 VERB If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value. 嘲弄；嘲笑； 侮蔑
【例句】 Opposition MPs derided the Government's response to the crisis.
反对党议员嘲弄政府针对危机作出的反应。
【考法】 VERB to lure, beguile, or entice 消遣
【例句】 It was also considered that if someone had hours to wile away, they should be practicing their archery,not whacking at wooden balls with mallets.
当时认为，如果谁整天有几个小时来消遣，他理应把这些时间用在训练箭术上，而不要用木槌对着木球敲敲打打。
【考法】 N-COUNT A plaintiff is a person who brings a legal case against someone in a court of law. 原告；起 诉人
【例句】 The plaintiff ’ s right to set aside the deed is barred by laches.
原告解约的权利由于迟迟不予行使而不得再次提出。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Something that is prosaic is dull and uninteresting. 枯燥的；乏味的；平淡无奇的
【例句】 His instructor offered a more prosaic explanation for the surge in interest.
对于利息的急剧增加，他的导师给出了一个更为平淡无奇的解释。
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Camaraderie is a feeling of trust and friendship among a group of people who have usually known each other for a long time or gone through some kind of experience together. 同志间的感 情；友情
【例句】 the family camaraderie in Italy
在意大利的家人之间的亲情
【考法】 V-ERG If you say that the mind boggles at something or that something boggles the mind, you mean that it is so strange or amazing that it is difficult to imagine or understand. （思想）困惑；使无法想象；使 难以理解
【例句】 The mind boggles at the possibilities that could be in store for us.
我们简直无法想象将来面临的种种可能性。
【考法】 N-COUNT A hymn is a religious song that Christians sing in church. （基督教的）赞美诗，圣歌
【例句】 I like singing hymns .
我喜欢唱圣歌。
【考法】 N-VAR A caprice is an unexpected action or decision which has no strong reason or purpose. 任性；反 复无常；善变
【例句】 I lived in terror of her sudden caprices and moods.
她的任性妄为和喜怒无常让我整天提心吊胆。
【考法】 N-SING A fracas is a rough, noisy quarrel or fight. 吵闹；喧嚷；打闹
【例句】 As the fracas in Washington has shown, not even the U.S. government can be seen as completely risk free.
正如华盛顿的债务论战所显示出来的，即使是美国政府也不能被视为完全没有风险。