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□ scamper
□ duress
□ sycophant
□ hoary
□ zipper
□ preen
□ tepee
□ abstinence
□ macabre
□ demented
□ hindsight
□ glutinous
【考法】 VERB When people or small animals scamper somewhere, they move there quickly with small, light steps. （步子小而轻地）奔跑，疾走；蹦蹦跳跳
【例句】 Children scampered off the yellow school bus and into the playground.
孩子们欢快地跑下黄色的校车，冲进运动场。
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT To do something under duress means to do it because someone forces you to do it or threatens you. 胁迫；强迫
【例句】 He thought her confession had been made under duress .
他认为她是被刑讯逼供的。
【考法】 N-COUNT A sycophant is a person who behaves in a sycophantic way. 阿谀奉承的人；谄媚者；马 屁精
【例句】 a dictator surrounded by sycophants , frightened to tell him what he may not like
被一群不敢谏言的佞臣簇拥的独裁者
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe a problem or subject as hoary, you mean that it is old and familiar. 古老 的；陈旧的；老掉牙的
【例句】 the hoary old myth that women are unpredictable
“女人心，海底针”这种老一套的鬼话。
【考法】 N-COUNT A zipper is a device used to open and close parts of clothes and bags. It consists of two rows of metal or plastic teeth which separate or fasten together as you pull a small tag along them. 拉锁； 拉链
【例句】 the metal zipper on his jacket
他的夹克上的金属拉锁
【考法】 VERB If someone preens themselves, they spend a lot of time making themselves look neat and attractive; used especially if you want to show that you disapprove of this behavior or that you find it ridiculous and amusing. 精心打扮；刻意修饰
【例句】 50% of men under 35 spend at least 20 minutes preening themselves every morning in the bathroom.
50%的35岁以下男性每天早上至少花20分钟在盥洗室精心打扮。
【考法】 N-COUNT A tepee is a round tent. Tepees were first made by Native American peoples from animal skins or the outer covering of trees. （美洲印第安人用动物的毛皮或树皮制作的）圆锥形帐篷
【例句】 Designed by the renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, the Cathedral of Brasília rises like a tepee in the middle of Brazil's capital city.
由巴西著名建筑大师Oscar Niemeyer设计的巴西利亚大教堂，看上去像一个在首都中心搭起的印第安大帐篷。
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex,often for health or religious reasons. 戒绝；节制；禁欲
【例句】 six months of abstinence
禁欲6个月。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED You describe something such as an event or story as macabre when it is strange and horrible or upsetting, usually because it involves death or injury. 令人毛骨悚然的；恐怖的；可怕的； 与死亡（或伤害）有关的
【例句】 Police have made a macabre discovery.
警方有一个令人毛骨悚然的发现。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Someone who is demented has a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease. 精神错乱的；（尤指）患早老性痴呆的
【例句】 At what point does it become necessary to place a demented person in a nursing home?
到了什么时候算是有必要把早老性痴呆病人送到养老院去？
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Hindsight is the ability to understand and realize something about an event after it has happened, although you did not understand or realize it at the time. 后见之明；事后聪明
【例句】 With hindsight , we'd all do things differently.
有了事后的认识，我们都会以不同的方式行事。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Something that is glutinous is very sticky. 黏的；胶质的；胶似的
【例句】 The sauce was glutinous and tasted artificial.
这种酱有些黏，尝起来不是非常地道。