2023.08.03
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01【transitory】
Adj.短暂的,瞬息的
[例句]
Human bias is inevitable, but another source of bias in the representation of history has to do with the transitory nature of the materials themselves.
人类的偏见是在所难免的,但在历史的表现中,偏见的另一种来源与材料本身的短暂性有关。
02【squalid】
Adj.肮脏的,污秽的,卑劣的
[例句]
The early industrial cities were squalid and unhealthy places.
早期的工业城市曾是些又脏又乱、不利健康的地方。
03【succor】
N./V.救援,援助者
04【curt】
Adj.简短失礼的,简略的
05【stolid】
Adj.迟钝的,冷漠的
[例句]
Stolid, he looked me over through his sunglasses.
透过太阳镜,他茫然地望着我。
06【restitution】
N.恢复,赔偿,归还
[例句]
If we have transgressed, we must make restitution, ask forgiveness, learn from our error and move on.
如果我们真的做错事儿,那就必须补偿、请求原谅并且从错误中学习、继续向前走。
07【concur】
V.同意,赞同,同时发生
[例句]
Local feeling does not necessarily concur with the press.
当地人的看法不一定和媒体一致。
08【dormant】
Adj.冬眠的,静止的,潜伏期的
[例句]
In himself, too, he knew that it was vibrating at last, that chord hitherto dormant and unsuspected.
在他自己心里,他也知道那根弦终于在颤动了,那根弦一直蛰伏着,不曾被察觉。
09【jargon】
N.黑话,行话
10【desultory】
Adj.断断续续的,散漫的,不连贯的,无条理的
[例句]
I wandered about in a desultory fashion.
我漫无目的地四处游荡。
11【inducement】
N.诱因,刺激
[例句]
inducement allowance
奖励津贴
12【voluminous】
Adj.宽松的,浩繁的,冗长的
[例句]
voluminous literature
长篇文学
13【dandy】
N.华丽物品,花花公子,极品 Adj.上等的,华丽的,与花花公子有关的
[例句]
She falls head over heels in love with the dandy.
她神魂颠倒地爱上了那位花花公子。
14【affable】
Adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的
15【patrician】
Adj.贵族的,显贵的 N.贵族,有教养的人
[例句]
The public, he concluded, was often being duped by a convert patrician conservatism, conveyed through commercial culture, that re