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□ titular
□ morose
□ usurp
□ pariah
□ canine
□ downtrodden
□ acclimate
□ slack
□ expository
□ euphonious
□ infraction
□ withhold
【考法】 ADJ A titular job or position has a name that makes it seem important, although the person who has it is not really important or powerful. 名义上的；有名无实的；徒有虚名的
【例句】 He is titular head, and merely signs laws occasionally.
他是名义上的首脑，不过偶尔签字批准法律法规。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Someone who is morose is miserable, bad-tempered, and not willing to talk very much to other people. 阴郁的；脾气不好的；孤僻的
【例句】 She was morose , pale, and reticent.
她面色苍白、忧郁孤僻，并且沉默寡言。
【考法】 VERB If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this. 夺取；篡夺；侵占
【例句】 Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart?
她取代了他在他母亲心目中的地位吗？
【考法】 N-COUNT If you describe someone as a pariah, you mean that other people dislike them so much that they refuse to associate with them. 社会弃儿
【例句】 His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah .
房东太太对待他就像对待危险的罪犯、对待社会弃儿一样。
【考法】 ADJ Canine means relating to dogs. 犬（科）的；狗的
【例句】 research into canine diseases
犬类疾病的研究
【考法】 ADJ People who are downtrodden are treated very badly by people with power, and do not have the ability or the energy to do anything about it. 受压迫的；遭蹂躏的；被践踏的
【例句】 The owner is making huge profits at the expense of downtrodden peasants.
物主靠压榨农民而赢得暴利。
【考法】 VERB When you acclimate or are acclimated to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it. 使适应；对……适应
【例句】 Yet as challenging as heat and humidity are, people can acclimate .
虽然热度和湿度都有影响，但人们能够适应。
【考法】 ADJ-GRADED Something that is slack is loose and not firmly stretched or tightly in position. 松弛的； 没拉紧的
【例句】 The boy's jaw went slack .
男孩张大了嘴巴。
【考法】 ADJ of, involving, or assisting in exposition; explanatory 阐述的；解释的
【例句】 And happily, many historians are excellent stylists. Their precise and supple use of English makes their books models of English expository prose at its best.
而且令人高兴的是，很多历史学家也是优秀作家，他们对英语的精妙运用使他们的著作成为英语说明性散文的最好典范。
【考法】 ADJ denoting or relating to euphony; pleasing to the ear 悦耳的
【例句】 The sound of whistle is euphonious , emotional, and melodic.
口哨的音色悦耳动听，抒情性极强，极富歌唱性。
【考法】 N-COUNT An infraction of a rule or law is an instance of breaking it. 违犯
【例句】 parents of kids who committed minor infractions
轻微犯罪孩子的家长。
【考法】 VERB If you withhold something that someone wants, you do not let them have it. 拒绝给予；扣留
【例句】 Police withheld the dead boy's name yesterday until relatives could be told.
警方昨天拒绝在通知亲属前透露死亡男孩的姓名。