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□ philanthropic
□ knob
□ askew
□ welter
□ dictum
□ dour
□ seditious
□ figment
□ apparition
□ bulge
□ vacillate
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe a statement as oblique, you mean that is not expressed directly or openly,making it difficult to understand. 不直截了当的；拐弯抹角的
【例句】 It was an oblique reference to his mother.
这影射到了他的母亲。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED A philanthropic person or organization freely gives money or other help to people who needit. 慈善的；捐助的
【例句】 Some of the best services for the aging are sponsored by philanthropic organizations.
一些一流老人服务机构是由慈善组织资助的。
【考法】 N-COUNT A knob is a round handle on a door or drawer which you use in order to open or close it. （门 或抽屉的）球形把手
【例句】 He turned the knob and pushed against the door.
他扭动把手推了推门。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Something that is askew is not straight or not level with what it should be level with. 斜的；歪的；不平的
【例句】 She stood there, hat askew .
她站在那里，歪戴着帽子。
【考法】 QUANT A welter of something is a large quantity of it which occurs suddenly or in a confusing way. 杂 乱的一堆
【例句】 patients with a welter of confusing symptoms
有一堆疑难症状的病人
【考法】 N-COUNT A dictum is a saying that describes an aspect of life in an interesting or wise way. 名言；格言； 箴言
【例句】 the dictum that it is preferable to be roughly right than precisely wrong
有句格言说道，大致对总比完全错要好
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone as dour, you mean that they are very serious and unfriendly. 严 厉的；冷冰冰的
【例句】 a dour , taciturn man
冷冰冰、不苟言笑的男子
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED A seditious act, speech, or piece of writing encourages people to fight against or oppose the government. 煽动叛乱的；煽动反政府的；反动性的
【例句】 He fell under suspicion for distributing seditious pamphlets.
他因散发反政府传单而遭到怀疑。
【考法】 N If you say that something is a figment of someone's imagination, you mean that it does not really exist and that they are just imagining it. 臆造的事物；虚构的事物
【例句】 The attack wasn't just a figment of my imagination.
袭击可不是我凭空想象出来的。
【考法】 N-COUNT An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being. 幻影；鬼魂；幽灵
【例句】 The patient recognized one of the women as the apparition she had seen.
病人认出其中一个女的是她曾见过的幽灵。
【考法】 VERB If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out. 凸出；鼓胀
【例句】 Jiro waddled closer, his belly bulging and distended.
伊罗步履蹒跚地走近，肚子鼓胀凸出。
【考法】 VERB If you vacillate between two alternatives or choices, you keep changing your mind. 犹豫不定； 踌躇；拿不定主意
【例句】 She vacillates between men twice her age and men younger than she.
她犹豫不决，不知道是该选择年龄比她大一倍的男人还是比她小的男人。