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Unit 8

oblique

philanthropic

knob

askew

welter

dictum

dour

seditious

figment

apparition

bulge

vacillate

oblique [o'blik, ə'blik]

【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。

philanthropic [ˌfɪlən'θrɑpɪk]

【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。

knob [nɑb]

【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。

askew [ə'skju]

【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。

welter ['wɛltɚ]

【考法】 QUANT A welter of something is a large quantity of it which occurs suddenly or in a confusing way. 乱的一堆

【例句】 patients with a welter of confusing symptoms

有一堆疑难症状的病人

dictum ['dɪktəm]

【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

dour [dʊr, daʊr]

【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone as dour, you mean that they are very serious and unfriendly. 厉的;冷冰冰的

【例句】 a dour , taciturn man

冷冰冰、不苟言笑的男子

seditious [sɪ'dɪʃəs]

【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。

figment ['fɪɡmənt]

【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。

apparition [ˌæpə'rɪʃən]

【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。

bulge [bʌldʒ]

【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。

vacillate ['væsəˌlet]

【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。 /h/lO14yFmI3fqb+vclw3SmRbwQICAjpFVcj0c9YKxi8r5aMQ5vSyIRK9Am02N50

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