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□ predicament
□ éclair
□ alimentary
□ fatuous
□ expatiate
□ fledgling
□ pettish
□ momentum
□ enlist
□ vituperate
□ derelict
□ purge
【考法】 N-COUNT If you are in a predicament, you are in an unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of. 困境；艰难的处境；尴尬的境地
【例句】 Hank explained our predicament.
汉克说明了我们的艰难处境。
【考法】 N a usually chocolate-frosted oblong pastry filled with whipped cream or custard （法）一种指形小饼
【考法】 ADJ of or relating to nutrition 营养的
【例句】 Internally their digestive system is geared for meat, having a much shorter alimentary track than vegetarian fish.
其内部的消化系统是面向肉类的，有一个比素鱼更短的消化道轨道。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED If you describe a person, action, or remark as fatuous, you think that they are extremely silly, showing a lack of intelligence or thought. 愚蠢的；傻的；笨的
【例句】 The Chief was left speechless by this fatuous remark.
这句傻话让主任一时说不出话来。
【考法】 VEBR to enlarge (on a theme, topic, etc) at length or in detail; elaborate (on) 阐述（主题、话题等）
【例句】 It is needless to expatiate on its poetic merit or felicity of diction.
阐述这首诗的优点或是措辞的得当，没有这个必要。
【考法】 ADJ You use fledgling to describe a person, organization, or system that is new or without experience. 新手的；（组织或系统）新建的，没有经验的
【例句】 the sound practical advice he gave to fledgling writers
他给初出茅庐的作家提出的可靠实用的建议
【考法】 ADJ peevish; petulant 易怒的；使性子的
【例句】 Snacks are a man to woman offensive weapon, snacks are women to man act in pettish chips.
零食是男人向女人进攻的武器，零食是女人向男人撒娇的筹码。
【考法】 N-UNCOUNT If a process or movement gains momentum, it keeps developing or happening more quickly and keeps becoming less likely to stop. 势头；冲劲；动力
【例句】 This campaign is really gaining momentum .
该运动的势头越来越猛。
【考法】 V-ERG If someone enlists or is enlisted, they join the army, navy, marines, or air force. （使）参军； （使）入伍
【例句】 Michael Hughes of Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, enlisted in the 82nd Airborne 20 years ago.
来自宾夕法尼亚州拉克万纳的迈克尔·休斯20年前参军，在第82空降师服役。
【考法】 VERB to berate or rail (against) abusively; revile 辱骂；谩骂
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time. 破败的；弃置的；年久失修的
【例句】 Her body was found dumped in a derelict warehouse less than a mile from her home.
在距离她家不到一英里的一座废弃仓库里发现了她遭弃的尸体。
【考法】 VERB To purge an organization of its unacceptable members means to remove them from it. You can also talk about purging people from an organization. 清除，清洗，肃清（组织中的异己分子）
【例句】 The leadership voted to purge the party of “hostile and anti-party elements”.
领导层投票决定清除党内的“敌对和反党分子”。