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□ acme
□ olive
□ mettle
□ polymath
□ clod
□ squander
□ wart
□ gullible
□ untoward
□ toady
□ aphorism
□ ravel
【考法】 N-SING The acme of something is its highest point of achievement or excellence. 最高点；顶点；顶峰 时刻；顶峰阶段
【例句】 His work is considered the acme of cinematic art.
他的作品被认为是电影艺术的巅峰之作。
【考法】 N-COUNT An olive tree or an olive is a tree on which olives grow. 橄榄树
【例句】 Olives look romantic on a hillside in Provence.
普罗旺斯一处山坡上的橄榄林呈现出一派浪漫风情。
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT Someone's mettle is their ability to do something well in difficult circumstances. （应对 困境的）勇气，才能，气魄
【例句】 His first important chance to show his mettle came when he opened the new session of the legislature.
当他召开新一届立法会议的时候，让他展示才能的第一次重要机会来了。
【考法】 N a person of great and varied learning 博学者
【例句】 If Charles I owned a real Leonardo before he was executed in 1649, this means our national love affair with the Renaissance polymath has been going on for almost 400 years.
若查理一世在1649年被处决前拥有一幅达·芬奇真迹，那意味着我们国家和达·芬奇这位文艺复兴时的博学家有过近400年的渊源。
【考法】 N-COUNT A clod of earth is a large lump of earth. 大泥块；大土块
【例句】 Inside is this a giant dirt clod .
那里面是一个巨大的土块。
【考法】 VERB If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them. 浪费，挥霍（金钱、资源、 机遇等）
【例句】 Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices.
胡克没有将自己的钱浪费在豪华轿车或其他恶习上。
【考法】 N If you describe someone or accept them warts and all, you describe them or accept them as they are,including all their faults. 缺点
【例句】 Lyn loves him warts and all.
琳恩爱他的全部。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone as gullible, you mean they are easily tricked because they are too trusting. 轻信的；易受骗的；易上当的
【例句】 What point is there in admitting that the stories fed to the gullible public were false?
承认向轻信媒体的公众提供了不实报道有何意义呢？
【考法】 ADJ If you say that something untoward happens, you mean that something happens that is unexpected and causes difficulties. 横生枝节的；意外的
【例句】 The surveyor's report didn't highlight anything untoward .
勘测员的报告没有指明有任何麻烦问题。
【考法】 VERB If you say that someone is toadying to an important or powerful person, you disapprove of them because they are flattering or being pleasant towards that person in the hope of getting some advantage from them. 奉承；谄媚；拍马屁
【例句】 They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him.
她们随后来到后台，对他娇语谄媚。
【考法】 N-COUNT An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment. 格言； 警句
【例句】 “What if they gave a war and nobody came?”was one of his generation's favored aphorisms .
“如果他们宣战却无人应战该怎么办？”是他那一代人钟爱的格言。
【考法】 VERB If something such as a rope or wire ravels, or if you ravel it, it becomes tangled or twisted together. （绳子或线）缠绕；使……缠绕
【例句】 I felt her hand in my hair, fingers toying with the locks at my neck, ravelling them up, tugging.
我感到她的手摸着我的头发，手指玩弄着我脖子上的发髻，使发髻缠绕起来，并用力拉着。