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【考法】 VERB If you say that one situation is predicated on another, you mean that the first situation can be true or real only if the second one is true or real. 基于；取决于；以……为基础
【例句】 Financial success is usually predicated on having money or being able to obtain it.
先要有钱或者能弄到钱才能够赚钱。
【考法】 ADJ Homicidal is used to describe someone who is dangerous because they are likely to kill someone. 可能会杀人的；嗜杀（成性）的
【例句】 That man is a homicidal maniac.
那人是个杀人狂。
【考法】 N-COUNT A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law. （受法律约束的）协约，契约，合同
【例句】 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
公民权利和政治权利国际公约
【考法】 N-SING If there is a vogue for something, it is very popular and fashionable. 时尚；时髦；流行；风尚
【例句】 Despite the vogue for so-called health teas, there is no evidence that they are any healthier.
尽管现在流行所谓的健康茶饮，但没有证据证明这些茶更有益健康。
【考法】 VERB To coddle someone means to treat them too kindly or protect them too much. 溺爱；娇纵
【例句】 She coddled her youngest son madly.
她对小儿子过于溺爱。
【考法】 N-COUNT You can describe a situation in which a lot of unpleasant or complicated things are happening, and from which it is very difficult to escape, as a whirlpool. （很多不愉快或复杂事情构成 的）漩涡
【例句】 They felt they were being sucked into a whirlpool of publicity.
他们觉得好像陷入了一个宣传的漩涡中。
【考法】 N-PLURAL Your kin are your relatives. （统称）家属，亲属，亲戚
【例句】 She has gone to live with her husband's kin .
她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT If you say that a person has the temerity to do something, you are annoyed about something they have done which you think showed a lack of respect. 鲁莽；冒失；无礼
【例句】 He has even had the temerity to invoke the names of Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X in defense of his actions.
他竟然敢搬出马丁·路德·金和马尔科姆·艾克斯的名字来为自己的行为辩解。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you say that someone is servile, you disapprove of them because they are too eager to obey someone or do things for them. 奴性的；逢迎的；恭顺的
【例句】 He was subservient and servile .
他低声下气、卑躬屈膝。
【考法】 N-COUNT A squad of soldiers is a small group of them. 班；小队
【例句】 a squad of commandos
突击小分队
【考法】 VERB If you inculcate an idea or opinion in someone's mind, you teach it to them by repeating it until it is fixed in their mind. 反复灌输
【例句】 We have tried to inculcate a feeling of citizenship in youngsters.
我们试图向年轻人灌输公民意识。
【考法】 N-COUNT A smock is a loose garment, rather like a long blouse, usually worn by women. （通常指女式） 宽身袍子
【例句】 She was wearing wool slacks and a paisley smock .
她穿着羊毛宽松裤和涡旋花纹宽袍。