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GRE_Vocabulary_Luxin_Verb2
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Belittle
- / bɪˈlɪtl /
 - be-: 動詞字首 little
- to speak slightingly of: DISPARAGE (slight (v.) to treat as slight or unimportant 輕視;藐視;怠慢)
to cause (a person or thing) to seem little or less DECRY, DEPRECIATE, DISPARAGE, BELITTLE mean to express a low opinion of. - 輕視;貶
- He tends to belittle her efforts.
- <>: exaggerate, vaunt
- exaggerate
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: OVERSTATE 誇張,誇大;對...言過其實 I couldn't sleep for three days - I'm not exaggerating.
- to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal : OVEREMPHASIZE 使增大,使擴大;使過大
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Bestow
- / bɪˈstəʊ/
- be-: 動詞字首 stow: package 打包
- to put to use : APPLY bestowed his spare time on study
to convey as a gift usually used with on or upon GIVE, PRESENT, DONATE, BESTOW, CONFER, AFFORD mean to convey to another as a possession. - 使用,花費
把...贈與,把...給與 - honors bestowed on him by the Queen
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Acclimate
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Accost
- / əˈkɒst/
- ac, ad: 動詞字首 cost: coast -> side
- to approach and speak to often in a challenging or aggressive way
- 接近(不識者)與之攀談
- He was accosted by four youths and forced to give them all his money.
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Accouter
- / əˈkutər/
- ac, ad: 動詞字首 couter: costume (/ ˈkɒstjʊm/) 民族服裝、戲裝
- to provide with equipment or furnishings : OUTFIT
FURNISH, EQUIP, OUTFIT, APPOINT, ACCOUTRE mean to supply one with what is needed. - 穿,配備,裝備
- bedizen <> strip
- bedizen () to dress or adorn gaudily 過分地打扮
- strip (/ strɪp /) to remove clothing, covering, or surface matter from 脫去衣服,脫光衣服
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Allay
- / əˈleɪ /
- al, ad: 動詞字首 lay: 平躺
- to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity: ALLEVIATE
RELIEVE, ALLEVIATE, LIGHTEN, ASSUAGE, MITIGATE, ALLAY mean to make something less grievous. GRE 3 「減輕」: mitigate, alleviate, palliate - 使平靜,平息;使緩和,減輕
- The president made a statement to allay public anxiety.
- <>: increase the intensity of, exacerbate, aggravate
- aggravate (grav: gravity) to make a bad situation, an illness, or an injury worse
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Alleviate
- / əˈliːvieɪt /
- RELIEVE, LESSEN: as a: to make (as suffering) more bearable b: to partially remove or correct
RELIEVE, ALLEVIATE, LIGHTEN, ASSUAGE, MITIGATE, ALLAY mean to make something less grievous. GRE 3 「減輕」: mitigate, alleviate, palliate - 減輕;緩和
- a new medicine to alleviate the symptoms of flu
- <>: exacerbate, aggravate
- aggravate (grav: gravity) to make a bad situation, an illness, or an injury worse
- alleviate : intensity = console, assuage : grief (sorrow) (降低關係)
to reduce intensity : intensity = to reduce grief : grief - console (con-: together sole: 單獨) to alleviate the grief, sense of loss, or trouble of: COMFORT 安慰,撫慰,慰問
- grief deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement 悲痛,悲傷
SORROW, GRIEF, ANGUISH, WOE, REGRET mean distress of mind.
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Allocate
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Anneal
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Appease
- / əˈpiːz /
- ap-: 動詞字首 pease: peace
- to bring to a state of peace or quiet : CALM
to cause to subside : ALLAY PACIFY, CONCILIATE PACIFY, APPEASE, PLACATE, MOLLIFY, PROPITIATE, CONCILIATE mean to ease the anger or disturbance of. - 平息;緩和;撫慰;
- They attempted to appease international opposition by promising to hold talks.
- <>: IRRITATE, EXASPERATE, NETTLE, PROVOKE, RILE, PEEVE mean to excite a feeling of anger or annoyance.
exasperate, chafe, bait, enrage, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, fume, pique, roil(rile), smart, sulk, gall, rankle, (harass, molest, vex), rouse, arouse hostility, antagonize - bait (/ beɪt /，餌) to deliberately try to make someone angry by criticizing them, using rude names etc 逗弄
- enrage (en-: make, rage: 盛怒) to fill with rage 激怒
- incense (/ ɪnˈsens /) to make someone very angry 激怒
- inflame (flame: fire) to make someone's feelings of anger, excitement etc much stronger 激怒
- infuriate (/ ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt / , fur: fire (ex: furious)) to make someone extremely angry 激怒
- irritate to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in : ANNOY 激怒
- fume (smoke: 會燙人的煙) to be angry about something 發怒
- roil (rile) to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of 徹底攪拌 to stir up : DISTURB, DISORDER 擾亂
- smart to be upset because someone has hurt your feelings or offended you 引起劇痛;感到難受
- sulk (/ sʌlk /) to be silently angry and refuse to be friendly or discuss what is annoying or upsetting you 生悶氣
- gall (/ gɔːl /) to make someone feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair 使惱火
- rankle if something rankles, you still remember it angrily because it upset you or annoyed you a lot 使怨憤
- harass to make someone's life unpleasant，molest (/ məˈlest /) to attack or harm someone，vex to make someone feel annoyed or worried 騷擾
- rouse to stir up : EXCITE 激起(情感等);激怒;使激動
- antagonize (ant: angainst /ænˈtægənaɪz/)
- to act in opposition to: COUNTERACT 對...起反作用;中和
- to incur or provoke the hostility of 使對抗;使敵對 Do not antagonize your customers.
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Appraise
- / əˈpreɪz /
- ap-: 動詞字首 praise: price，此不是讚美
- to evaluate the worth, significance, or status of; especially: to give an expert judgment of the value or merit of
to set a value on : estimate the amount of ESTIMATE, APPRAISE, EVALUATE, VALUE, RATE, ASSESS mean to judge something with respect to its worth or significance. - 估計,估量;估價
- Greenpeace has been invited to appraise the environmental costs of such an operation.
- appraiser 評價人;鑑定人;不動產鑑識家
- 可能可以比上 value, price, building
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Ascertain
- / ˌæsərˈteɪn/
- certain
- to find out or learn with certainty
DISCOVER, ASCERTAIN, DETERMINE, UNEARTH, LEARN mean to find out what one did not previously know. - 查明,確定,弄清
- Tests were conducted to ascertain whether pollution levels have dropped.
- 可能可以比上 doubt, certain
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Assail
- / əˈseɪl /
- sail: jump 借代為 attack
- to attack violently with blows or words
ATTACK, ASSAIL, ASSAULT, BOMBARD, STORM mean to make an onslaught upon. - 攻擊,襲擊
- Carla was suddenly assailed by doubts.
- 可能可以比上 attack (程度類比)，praise (反義類比)
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Asseverate
- / əˈsevəˌreɪt/ /
- sever: serious
- to affirm or aver positively or earnestly (aver (ver: 真) to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause 斷言為真)
- 鄭重聲明;斷言;堅持說
- 可能可以比上 earnest, speak humorously
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Assuage
- / əˈsweɪdʒ /
- as: 動詞字首 suage: suave (smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated 和藹的,文雅的;討好的)
- to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : EASE
RELIEVE, ALLEVIATE, LIGHTEN, ASSUAGE, MITIGATE, ALLAY mean to make something less grievous. (GRE 3「減輕」): mitigate, alleviate, palliate mollify (conciliate GRE 「安撫」字) - 緩和,減輕(病痛等)
- Nothing could assuage his guilt.
- <>: intensify, exacerbate, aggravate
- aggravate (grav: gravity) to make a bad situation, an illness, or an injury worse
(所有降低減少關係類比)
- assuage, console, solace : grief, sorrow = alleviate : distress, intensity
- abate : tax = adulterate : purity = enervate, enfeeble : vitality, vigor, vim, verve
- abate to reduce in degree or intensity: MODERATE b: to reduce in value or amount: make less especially by way of relief 減少,減弱,減輕;
- palliate : severity = mollify : anger = hearten : dejection = attenuate : intensity, thickness, force
- hearten, dejection: 見 mollify 之類比
- attenuate (tenu: thin，/ əˈtenjueɪt /)
- to make thin or slender 使)變細;(使)變小
- to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of: WEAKEN (使)變(稀)薄;(使)減弱
- to reduce the severity, virulence, or vitality of 減輕
- truncate, curtail : duration = abase : prestige = taper : width = dampen : ardor, fervor, enthusiasm = debase : value
- prestige standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion 名望,聲望,威望
- taper (/ ˈteɪpər/) to become progressively smaller toward one end (一端)逐漸變細,成錐形 to diminish gradually 逐漸減少,逐漸變弱
- dampen (damp (n.) MOISTURE, HUMIDITY 濕氣,潮濕 DEPRESSION, DEJECTION 消沈,沮喪) to make damp 使潮濕 to check or diminish the activity or vigor of: DEADEN 使消沈(澆熄熱情)
- ardor (ar: fire (arson: 縱火) /ˈɑːrdər/) (<> apathy (無情)) extreme vigor or energy: INTENSITY, ZEAL 熱情;熱忱;熱切
- fervor (fer: fire /fərvər/) intensity of feeling or expression 熱烈,熱情
- PASSION, FERVOR, ARDOR, ENTHUSIASM, ZEAL mean intense emotion compelling action.
- debase to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character, to reduce the exchange value of (a monetary unit) 降低(品質、價值等);貶低(人格);使(貨幣)貶值
DEBASE, VITIATE, DEPRAVE, CORRUPT, DEBAUCH, PERVERT mean to cause deterioration or lowering in quality or character.
- muffle : sound = mute : color = cool, chill : temperature (sound, color, odor 皆為五官感知對象之一)
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Adapt
- / əˈdæpt /
- apt: fit, suit
- to make fit (as for a specific or new use or situation) often by modification
ADAPT, ADJUST, ACCOMMODATE, CONFORM, RECONCILE mean to bring one thing into correspondence with another. - 使適應,使適合
- The children are finding it hard to adapt to the new school.
- <>: duplicate (without modification)
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Alienate
- / ˈeɪliəneɪt /
- alien: STRANGE, FOREIGN
- to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent where attachment formerly existed
to convey or transfer (as property or a right) usually by a specific act rather than the due course of law ESTRANGE, ALIENATE, DISAFFECT mean to cause one to break a bond of affection or loyalty. - 使疏遠;離間; 轉讓,讓渡(財產等)
- The latest tax proposals will alienate many voters.
- <>: reunite to bring together again 再結合;再聯合;重聚 The children were finally reunited with their families.
(~able 類比)(im~able: 9x% 左邊不能被右邊，~able: 9x% 左邊能被右邊)
- inalienable : surrendred = immutable : altered = implacable : propitiated = intransigent : compromised = indomitable : subdued, conquered
- impracticable : effected = indemonstrable : proven = incontrovertible : disputed = untenable : defended
- impracticable (practice, / ɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl /) not practicable : incapable of being performed or accomplished by the means employed or at command 不能實行的,行不通的
- effect (v.) to cause to come into being 造成;產生;招致 to bring about often by surmounting obstacles : ACCOMPLISH 實現,達到(目的) to put into operation 造成;產生;招致
- indemonstrable (demonstrate: prove) incapable of being demonstrated : not subject to proof 不能證明的
- incontrovertible (controvert: 反駁;駁斥) not open to question : INDISPUTABLE 無疑的;明白的 incontrovertible evidence
- dispute to engage in argument : DEBATE; especially : to argue irritably or with irritating persistence 爭論;爭執;提出質疑
- untenable (ten: hold) not able to be defended 難以防守的,不能防守的，(論據等)站不住腳的 not able to be occupied
tenable (ten: hold => 可把握的，站得住腳的) capable of being held, maintained, or defended : DEFENSIBLE, REASONABLE (學說等)站得住腳的,經得起批判的，(陣地等)守得住的,可防守的
- incorrigible : rectify = incorruptible : bribe = inviolable : profane = unflappable : upset = unexceptionable : opposition = unique : precedent
- incorrigible (corri: correct, / ɪnˈkɒrɪdʒɪbəl /) incapable of being corrected or amended 屢教不改的,不可救藥的;根深蒂固的
- rectify (rect: 正，矯正) to set right : REMEDY，to correct by removing errors : ADJUST 矯正;改正
CORRECT, RECTIFY, EMEND, REMEDY, REDRESS, AMEND, REFORM, REVISE mean to make right what is wrong. - incorruptible (corrupt) incapable of corruption: as a: not subject to decay or dissolution b: incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted 不腐敗的;不能收買的;清廉的
- bribe (v.)to induce or influence by or as if by bribery 賄賂 (n.) money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust 賄賂
- inviolable (viol: violation) secure from violation or profanation 神聖不可褻瀆的
- profane (/ prəˈfeɪn /) to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt: DESECRATE，to debase by a wrong, unworthy, or vulgar use 褻瀆(聖物);玷污
- unflappable (flap: 拍翅) marked by assurance and self-control 不慌張的;鎮定的
- upset to throw into disorder 打亂,攪亂
- unexceptionable (exception) not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : UNIMPEACHABLE 無懈可擊的;完美無缺的
- opposition (oppose) an act of setting opposite or over against : the condition of being so set，hostile or contrary action or condition 反對;反抗;對抗
- precedent (/ ˈpresədənt /) an earlier occurrence of something similar 先例,前例; An epidemic on this scale is without precedent.
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Amass
- / əˈmæs /
- mass
- to collect for oneself : ACCUMULATE, garner
- 積聚(財富),積累
- For 25 years, Darwin amassed evidence to support his theories.
- <>: disintegrate (dis-, integrate, 使碎裂;使瓦解,使崩潰): a society disintegrating under economic pressures
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Augment
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Batten
- / ˈbætn /
- 拉丁文 f 跟 b 有時可交換： fatten
- to grow fat
to make one secure by or as if by battens (n.) a strip, bar, or support resembling or used similarly to a batten - 長胖 (n.)條板;小方材;扣板;曲尺
- Scholars will be battening on the footnotes for years to come.
- <>: lose weight
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Bolster
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Broach
- / broʊtʆ/
- break (out) 開始
- (n.) any of various pointed or tapered tools, implements, or parts: as
a: a spit for roasting meat b: a tool for tapping casks c: a cutting tool for removing material from metal or plastic to shape an outside surface or a hole 鑿子;手鑽;擴空器;(烤肉用的)炙叉 (v.) to pierce (as a cask) in order to draw the contents; also: to open for the first time b : to open up or break into (as a mine or stores) 鑽孔開啟(桶等) to shape or enlarge (a hole) with a broach 用鑿子擴大(或修琢) a : to make known for the first time b : to open up (a subject) for discussion 開始提及;引入;提出;開始討論 - 開始提及;引入;提出;開始討論
- I broached the subject of his past.
- <>: close off
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Burgeon
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Burnish
- / ˈbɜːnɪʆ/
- to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing: POLISH
- 擦亮;使光亮;磨光
- He missed no opportunity to burnish his image.
- burnish : lustrous = numb : insensible (正面性質)(左邊動作產生右邊性質)
- lustrous (/ ˈlʌstrəs /) reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle 有光澤的;光亮的 Her hair was beautifully dark and lustrous.
- numb (v.) (adj.) devoid of sensation especially as a result of cold or anesthesia 使失去感覺,使麻木 My fingers were so numb I could hardly write.
- insensible incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation，lacking emotional response : APATHETIC, INDIFFERENT 無感覺的,麻木不仁的[;無感情的,無動於衷的;冷淡的
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Canvass
- / ˈkænvəs /
- to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments
ASCERTAIN - solicit (/ səˈlɪsɪt /)
- a: to make petition to : ENTREAT b: to approach with a request or plea 請求;懇求;乞求
- to entice or lure especially into evil 誘惑;勾引...做壞事
- to urge (as one's cause) strongly, to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas
- 遊說以贏得(或徵求、徵訂等)，推銷、拉選票、做民意調查
- Candidates from all three parties were out canvassing in Darlington today.
- exponent : advocate = pollster : canvass (人物動作)
- exponent (/ ɪkˈspəʊnənt/)
- a symbol written above and to the right of a mathematical expression to indicate the operation of raising to a power 指數
- one that expounds or interprets (原理、學說等的)闡述者;說明者
- one that champions, practices, or exemplifies 倡導者;代表者;典型 (champion: 擁護,支持)
- pollster one that conducts a poll or compiles data obtained by a poll 民意測驗專家
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Coalesce
- / ˌkəʊəˈles/
- co: together
- to grow together
to unite into a whole : FUSE MIX, MINGLE, COMMINGLE, BLEND, MERGE, COALESCE, AMALGAMATE, FUSE mean to combine into a more or less uniform whole. - 聯合;合併
- Gradually the different groups of people coalesced into one dominant racial group.
- <>: polarize (pole: 兩極) to break up into opposing factions or groupings 使分裂 a campaign that polarized the electorate
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Condone
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Descry
- / dɪˈskraɪ /
- des-: out
- a: to catch sight of b: FIND OUT, DISCOVER
- 看見,辨認出;發現,找到
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Encompass
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Endue
- / ɪnˈdju/
- to furnish with an income; especially: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of: PROVIDE, ENDOW
- endow to furnish with an income; especially: to make a grant of money providing for the continuing support or maintenance of，to provide with something freely or naturally 捐贈,資助
- 賦予...(才能、天資);授予;捐贈;資助;向...捐錢(或物)
- Her resistance to the Nationalists endowed her with legendary status.
- endow : income = endorse : approval (提供)
- endorse (dors: back)
- to write on the back of; especially: to sign one's name as payee on the back of (a check) in order to obtain the cash or credit represented on the face (票據)背面簽名,背書;簽署
- to approve openly especially: to express support or approval of publicly and definitely 贊同;認可
APPROVE, ENDORSE, SANCTION, ACCREDIT, CERTIFY mean to have or express a favorable opinion of.
- philanthropist : endow = prevaricator : mislead (人物動作)
- philanthropist ( / fəˈlænθrəpɪst / ) one who practices philanthropy 慈善家
- philanthropy goodwill to fellowmen; especially : active effort to promote human welfare 博愛;仁慈;慈善行為;慈善事業
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Engross
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Enhance
- /ɪnˈhæns/
- han: hang -> high
- HEIGHTEN, INCREASE; especially: to increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness
- 提高,增加(價值,品質,吸引力等)
- The publicity has done little to enhance his reputation .
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Enrapture
- / ɪnˈræptʆər/
- rapt: (adj.) transported with emotion 欣喜若狂的 wholly absorbed : ENGROSSED 全神貫注的
- to fill with delight
- 使狂喜
- The orchestra played before an enraptured audience.
- <>: indifferent marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : APATHETIC 不感興趣的;不關心的;冷淡的
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Enthrall
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Exhort
- / ɪgˈzɔːrt/
- to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly
- (強力)催促;力勸;激勵
- Police exhorted the crowd to remain calm.
- exhortative, hortatory : urge = didactic : teach (正面性質)
- exhortative serving to exhort 具激勵作用的
- hortatory HORTATIVE, EXHORTATORY => exhortative 具激勵作用的 an exhortatory appeal
- didactic (/ daɪˈdæktɪk/) a : designed or intended to teach 為教導的;教訓的
- exhort : suggest, encourage = goad : direct (程度類比)(左邊大於右邊)
- exhortation : motivate = invective, obloquy : discredit (功用目的)
- exhoratation an act or instance of exhorting 激勵 language intended to incite and encourage 激勵
- obloquy (ob-: oppose loq: 講話，/ ˈɒbləkwi/) a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language 破口大罵;攻擊
ABUSE, VITUPERATION, INVECTIVE, OBLOQUY, BILLINGSGATE mean vehemently expressed condemnation or disapproval. - discredit (dis-: not credit) (v.)
- to refuse to accept as true or accurate : DISBELIEVE 不信,懷疑
- to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of 使不足信
- to deprive of good repute : DISGRACE 使丟臉;敗壞...的名聲
- (n.) loss of credit or reputation 信用的喪失;名聲的敗壞 lack or loss of belief or confidence : DOUBT 不信,懷疑
- exhortation : encouraging, motivating = equivocation : misleading (正面性質)
- equivocation (equi: equal, voc: voice 相似的聲音 => 模稜兩可 / ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʆən/) to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive 用模稜兩可的話;含糊其辭
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Extol
- / ɪkˈstəʊl/
- tol:up, raise
- to praise highly : GLORIFY
- 讚美;頌揚
- a speech extolling the merits of free enterprise
- <>: (GRE 所有 negative verb： 罵、批評、詆毀)
- SCOLD, UPBRAID, BERATE, RAIL, REVILE, VITUPERATE mean to reproach angrily and abusively.
- DECRY, DEPRECIATE, DISPARAGE, BELITTLE mean to express a low opinion of.
- REPROVE, REBUKE, REPRIMAND, ADMONISH, REPROACH, CHIDE mean to criticize adversely.
- CRITICIZE, REPREHEND, CENSURE, REPROBATE, CONDEMN, DENOUNCE mean to find fault with openly.
- CONDEMN (con: together (少數 con 開頭負面) demn: damn)
to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil usually after weighing evidence and without reservation 責難,責備,譴責 to pronounce guilty : CONVICT 宣告...有罪 - DENOUNCE (de: down nounce: announce) to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil 譴責 to announce formally the termination of (as a treaty) 通告廢除(或終止)
- DESPISE, CONTEMN, SCORN, DISDAIN mean to regard as unworthy of one's notice or consideration.
- MALIGN, TRADUCE, ASPERSE, VILIFY, CALUMNIATE, DEFAME, SLANDER mean to injure by speaking ill of.
- MALIGN (mal: bad) to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about : speak evil of 誹謗,中傷
- ASPERSE (asper: rough 粗暴) to attack with evil reports or false or injurious charges 誹謗,中傷 SPRINKLE; especially : to sprinkle with holy water 灑聖水於
- denigrate, deprecate, execrate, impeach, impugn, contemn, flout
- detract, excoriate, pan, lambaste
- detract (de-: down tract: draw 拉) DIVERT 轉移(注意等);使分心 to diminish the importance, value, or effectiveness of something 減損;詆毀
- excoriate (ex-: off cori: skin 皮膚脫落 => 罵得體無完膚 / ɪkˈskɔːrieɪt /) to wear off the skin of: ABRADE 剝(皮);擦破...的皮膚 to censure scathingly 痛責
- pan (平底鍋 => 煎) to criticize severely 嚴厲地批評 the show was panned
- lambaste (/ ˈlæmbæst /) to assault violently : BEAT, WHIP 不停地打;痛打 to attack verbally : CENSURE 粗暴地罵;嚴責
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Foster
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Galvanize
- /ˈgælvənaɪz/
- Galvan 人名，科學家
- to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock
to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically to coat (iron or steel) with zinc; especially : to immerse in molten zinc to produce a coating of zinc-iron alloy - 刺激;激起,引起，用電流刺激，在...上鍍鋅
- an issue that would galvanize public opinion
- <>: lull (/ lʌl /) to cause to sleep or rest : SOOTHE 使安靜;使入睡 to cause to relax vigilance 使平靜;使緩和
lullaby (n.) a soothing refrain; specifically: a song to quiet children or lull them to sleep 催眠曲,搖籃曲 (v.) to quiet with or as if with a lullaby 唱搖籃曲使入睡 - galvanize : stimulate = irrigate : flush (同義類比)
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Gape
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Garner
- /ˈgɑːrnər /
- grain 穀物 (granary: 穀倉,糧倉)
- to gather into storage ACCUMULATE, COLLECT, amass
- 把...儲入穀倉;收藏;獲得
- The party garnered 70 percent of the vote.
- <>: disseminate (dis: apart semi: seed) to spread abroad as though sowing seed 散佈 Her findings have been widely disseminated.
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Glean
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Glut
- / glʌt /
- 喉嚨 (adj.) gluttonus
- (v.) to fill especially with food to satiety
(v.) to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand (n.) an excessive quantity : OVERSUPPLY SATIATE, SATE, SURFEIT, CLOY, PALL, GLUT, GORGE mean to fill to repletion. - (v.) 滿足(食慾、慾望);過度供應(市場)
(n.) (商品的)供應過多 - the glutted property market
- <>: dearth
- glutton : overindulgence = ascetic : self-denial (人物性質)
- glutton (/ ˈglʌtn / )
- one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking 老饕,貪吃的人
- one that has a great capacity for accepting or enduring something 可以忍受很多的人 a glutton for punishment
- prodigality : spending = gluttony : eating (程度類比)(左邊大於右邊)(有雙條件就可以選了： spending 和 eating 都是簡單動詞，gluttony > eating)
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Goad
- / gəʊd/
- (n.) a pointed rod used to urge on an animal (驅趕家畜用的)刺棒 something that urges or stimulates into action : SPUR 刺激物;刺激;激勵
to incite or rouse as if with a goad 刺激;驅使;唆使 MOTIVE, IMPULSE, INCENTIVE, INDUCEMENT, SPUR, GOAD mean a stimulus to action. - 刺激;驅使;唆使
- Kathy goaded him into telling her what he had done.
- <>: lull, curb
- attack : vanquished = goad : provoked (同義類比) (都轉成動詞)
- vanquish to overcome in battle : subdue completely，to defeat in a conflict or contest 征服,擊敗;克服,抑制
CONQUER, VANQUISH, DEFEAT, SUBDUE, REDUCE, OVERCOME, OVERTHROW mean to get the better of by force or strategy. - provoke to incite to anger 對...挑釁;煽動;激怒,激起 to call forth (as a feeling or action) : EVOKE 誘導,導致
IRRITATE, EXASPERATE, NETTLE, PROVOKE, RILE, PEEVE mean to excite a feeling of anger or annoyance.
- command : entreaty = goad : enticement (程度類比)(左邊大於右邊)(都轉為動詞，態度強硬婉轉差別)
- entreat to make an earnest request : PLEAD 懇求;乞求;請求 His friends entreated him not to go.
- entice to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : TEMPT 誘使;慫恿 Our special offers are intended to entice people to buy.
- exhort : suggest = goad : direct (程度類比)(左邊大於右邊)
- gadfly : goad = humorist : amuse (人物動作)
- gadfly (/ ˈgædflaɪ /) a person who stimulates or annoys especially by persistent criticism (牛虻 => 有意刺激或困擾他人者)
- humorist a person specializing in or noted for humor 滑稽者;滑稽演員
- amuse a: to entertain or occupy in a light, playful, or pleasant manner b: to appeal to the sense of humor of 使歡樂,逗...高興;使發笑 amuse the child with a story
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Gorge
- /gɔːrdʒ /
- (n.) THROAT
(n.) a narrow passage through land; especially : a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon (v.) to stuff to capacity : GLUT，to fill completely or to the point of distension (v.) to consume greedily SATIATE, SATE, SURFEIT, CLOY, PALL, GLUT, GORGE mean to fill to repletion. - (n.) 咽喉，(山)峽;峽谷 (v.) 塞飽，狼吞虎嚥地吃;吞吃
- We gorged ourselves on ripe plums.
- gorge <> vomit, disgorge
- vomit (/ ˈvɒmɪt/) to disgorge the stomach contents 嘔吐;使嘔吐
- disgorge to discharge the contents of (as the stomach)，to discharge by the throat and mouth : VOMIT 吐出,嘔出
- disgorge <> swallow, ingest
- reticent : talk = abstemious : eat (反面性質)
- river : gorge = wind : dune (因果關係) (自然事物就要選自然事物搭)
- dune (/ djuːn/) a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind (風吹積成的)沙丘
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Imbue
- / ɪmˈbjuː /
- bu: bibulous (/ ˈbɪbjuləs /) highly absorbent 吸水的,吸潮的
- to permeate or influence as if by dyeing
to tinge or dye deeply INFUSE, SUFFUSE, IMBUE, INGRAIN, INOCULATE, LEAVEN mean to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. - 灌輸;深深影響
使滲透 - His philosophical writings are imbued with religious belief.
- thristy : imbibe = exhausted, fatigued : rest, repose (消除)
- imbibe DRINK 飲,喝 to receive into the mind and retain 吸收,接受(思想,知識等)
- exhausted to tire extremely or completely 精疲力竭的
- fatigued (/ fəˈtiːgd /) to weary with labor or exertion 疲乏的
- repose to take a rest 使休息;使依靠;使靜臥
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Importune
- /ˌɪmpərˈtuːn /
- to press or urge with troublesome persistence，to request or beg for urgently
ANNOY, TROUBLE BEG, ENTREAT, BESEECH, IMPLORE, SUPPLICATE, ADJURE, IMPORTUNE mean to ask urgently. - 強求;胡攪蠻纏
- importune : request = pry : inquiry (動作關係)
- pry (/ praɪ /) to extract, detach, or open with difficulty，to look closely or inquisitively; also: to make a nosy or presumptuous inquiry 刺探,打聽
- inquiry (n.) (/ ɪnˈkwaɪəri) examination into facts or principles: RESEARCH，a request for information， a systematic investigation often of a matter of public interest 探究，打聽，調查
- persecute : injure = probe : investigate (程度類比)(左邊大於右邊)
- persecute (sec: seq => follow，/ ˈpɜːsɪkjuːt/)
- to harass in a manner designed to injure, grieve, or afflict; specifically : to cause to suffer because of belief 迫害,殘害
- to annoy with persistent or urgent approaches (as attacks, pleas, or importunities) : PESTER 困擾,為難
- probe to search into and explore with great thoroughness : subject to a penetrating investigation 刺探;徹底調查
- investigate to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry
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Incite
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Quell
- / kwel /
- kill
- to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
QUIET, PACIFY - quash (ech. 擬音字)
- to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely 鎮壓,平息;壓碎
- to nullify especially by judicial action 【律】撤銷;宣佈...為無效
- squash (ech. 擬音字) PUT DOWN, SUPPRESS 鎮壓,壓制
- squelch (ech. 擬音字 / skweltʆ /) to completely suppress : QUELL 鎮壓;
- suppres
- to put down by authority or force : SUBDUE 鎮壓
- to keep from public knowledge: as to keep secret 封鎖
- to restrain from a usual course or action 忍住
- to inhibit the growth or development of 阻止...生長(或發展)
- 鎮壓;平息;壓制，消除;減輕
- Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances.
- <>: INCITE, INSTIGATE, ABET, FOMENT mean to spur to action.
- rouse to stir up : EXCITE 激起(情感等);激怒;使激動
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Relish
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Render
- / ˈrendər/
- to transmit to another : DELIVER
- 提出;呈報;匯報
- an obligation to render assistance to those in need
- rend <> combine, yoke, unite; repair, mend
- rend
- to remove from place by violence: WREST 扯下
- to split or tear apart or in pieces by violence 撕裂
- to tear (the hair or clothing) as a sign of anger, grief, or despair (因憤怒、痛苦等而)揪扯(衣服或頭髮等)
- to lacerate mentally or emotionally 分裂,割裂
- yoke (n.) 牛軛< (v.) to join as if by a yoke 連接,結合
- mend to free from faults or defects: as
- to improve in manners or morals : REFORM 改過
- to set right : CORRECT 改正
- to put into good shape or working order again : patch up : REPAIR 修復
- to improve or strengthen (as a relationship) by negotiation or conciliation used chiefly in the phrase mend fences 改善 spends the weekend mending political fences E. O. Hauser
- to restore to health : CURE 痊癒
- tear <> insert
- tear a : to separate parts of or pull apart by force : REND b : to wound by or as if by tearing : LACERATE 撕開,撕裂;扯破,劃破
TEAR, RIP, REND, SPLIT, CLEAVE, RIVE mean to separate forcibly.
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Salvage
- / ˈsælvɪdʒ /
- save
- to rescue or save especially from wreckage or ruin
- (船難、空難、災難)救助;營救;搶救;挽救
- He fought to salvage the company's reputation.
- unsalvageable : restore, repair = insatiable : slake = unexceptionable : oppose (in~able 類比)
- restore
- GIVE BACK, RETURN 歸還,交還
- to put or bring back into existence or use 修復
- to bring back to or put back into a former or original state : RENEW 使復原
- to put again in possession of something 使復位,使復職
- insatiable (sat: satisfy，/ ɪnˈseɪʆəbəl /) incapable of being satisfied : QUENCHLESS 永不滿足的;貪得無厭的 had an insatiable desire for wealth
- slake SATISFY, QUENCH 消解;平息;使滿足 slake your thirst，will slake your curiosity
- unexceptionable (exception) not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : UNIMPEACHABLE 無懈可擊的;完美無缺的
- oppose to place opposite or against something 反對;反抗;妨礙
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Sublimate
- / ˈsʌbləmeɪt /
- to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its primitive form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable
SUBLIME - 使高尚化;使理想化
- Players have to sublimate their egos for the good of the team.
- sublime <> base, common, despicable, scurvy
- sublime (adj.) of outstanding spiritual, intellectual, or moral worth 高尚的
- base
- common a : falling below ordinary standards : SECOND-RATE b : lacking refinement : COARSE 粗鄙的,低級的
- scurvy disgustingly mean or contemptible : DESPICABLE 卑鄙的,下流的 a scurvy trick
CONTEMPTIBLE, DESPICABLE, PITIABLE, SORRY, SCURVY mean arousing or deserving scorn.
- sublimnial (同形義異) <> at a perceptible level
- subliminal (sub: under)
- inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception 無法產生感知
- existing or functioning below the threshold of consciousness 下意識的;潛在意識的 the subliminal mind，subliminal advertising
- perceptible (perception) capable of being perceived especially by the senses 可感知的,可察覺的;可辨的 a perceptible change in her tone
PERCEPTIBLE, SENSIBLE, PALPABLE, TANGIBLE, APPRECIABLE, PONDERABLE mean apprehensible as real or existent.
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Surfeit
- / ˈsɜːfɪt/
- sur-: over feit: do
- (n.) an overabundant supply : EXCESS
(v.) to feed, supply, or give to surfeit: SATIATE SATIATE, SATE, SURFEIT, CLOY, PALL, GLUT, GORGE mean to fill to repletion. - (n.) 過量,過度 (v.) 使飲食過度,使厭膩
- Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.
- <>: (famish, starve), (deficency, deprivation)
- famish to cause to suffer severely from hunger 使挨餓
- starve to suffer extreme hunger 挨餓;渴望;極需要
- deficency
- the quality or state of being deficient : INADEQUACY 不足,缺乏
- an amount that is lacking or inadequate : SHORTAGE 不足的數額
- deprivation (/ ˌdeprəˈveɪʆən /)
- the state of being deprived : PRIVATION; especially: removal from an office, dignity, or benefice 剝奪;免職
- an act or instance of depriving : LOSS 損失 Low birth weight is related to economic deprivation.
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Unearth
- / ʌnˈɜːθ/
- to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : EXHUME (hume: soil)
to make known or public : bring to light DISCOVER, ASCERTAIN, DETERMINE, UNEARTH, LEARN mean to find out what one did not previously know. - (從地下)發掘,掘出，發現;揭露
- The inquiry unearthed some disturbing evidence.
- <>: conceal to prevent disclosure or recognition of 隱蔽,隱藏;隱瞞
HIDE, CONCEAL, SCREEN, SECRETE, BURY mean to withhold or withdraw from sight.
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Veer
- /vɪr /
- to change direction or course
SWERVE, VEER, DEVIATE, DEPART, DIGRESS, DIVERGE mean to turn aside from a straight course. - 改變方向;轉向
- This latest proposal appears to veer in the direction of Democratic ideals.
- <>: remain, maintain constant
- veer : course, direction = convert, proselytize : belief (對象關係)
- convert to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another 轉換;改變
- course : deviate = topic : digress (對象關係)
- deviate (de: down, from，/ ˈdiːvieɪt /) to depart from an established course or norm 脫離;越軌 The plane had to deviate from its normal flight path.
- digress (di: apart，/ daɪˈgres /) to turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument 脫離主題 Do you mind if I digress for a moment?
SWERVE, VEER, DEVIATE, DEPART, DIGRESS, DIVERGE mean to turn aside from a straight course.
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Vie
- / vaɪ /
- to strive for superiority : CONTEND, COMPETE
- 競爭
- There are at least twenty restaurants vying with each other for custom.
- rig : contest = gerrymander : district (對象關係)
- rig to manipulate or control usually by deceptive or dishonest means (用不正當手段)操縱;壟斷 rig an election
- gerrymander (/ ˈdʒeriˌmændər/ ) to divide (a territorial unit) into election districts to give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts as possible 為一黨私利而重新將(某地)劃分選區
- trophy : contestant = honor : student (對象關係)
- trophy (/ ˈtrəʊfi/ ) something gained or given in victory or conquest especially when preserved or mounted as a memorial 戰利品;勝利紀念品;獎品
- contestant one that participates in a contest
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Whet
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Babble
- / ˈbæbəl /
- ech. 擬聲字
- to talk enthusiastically or excessively
to utter meaningless or unintelligible sounds - 嘮叨滔滔不絕，(嬰兒)牙牙學語;模糊不清地說話
- I have no idea what he was babbling on about.
- <>: to speak succinctly (/ səkˈsɪŋkt /) marked by compact precise expression without wasted words 簡練的;簡潔的
CONCISE, TERSE, SUCCINCT, LACONIC, SUMMARY, PITHY, COMPENDIOUS mean very brief in statement or expression. - babble : talk = scribble : write = simper : smile (動作關係) (簡單動詞對簡單動詞)
- scribble (scrib: write，ex: describe / ˈskrɪbəl /) to write hastily or carelessly without regard to legibility or form 潦草地書寫;在...上面亂塗(或亂畫)
- simper to smile in a silly manner 傻笑
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Chafe
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Cite
- / saɪt /
- to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
to quote by way of example, authority, or proof to refer to; especially: to mention formally in commendation or praise SUMMON, CALL, CITE, CONVOKE, CONVENE, MUSTER mean to demand the presence of. - 傳喚,傳訊，引用;引...為證;舉出，表揚,表彰;傳令嘉獎
- The passage cited above is from a Robert Frost poem.
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Clamber
- / ˈklæmbər/
- climb
- to climb awkwardly (as by scrambling)
- (手腳並用費勁地)爬,攀登
- They clambered over the slippery rocks.
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Champ
- / tʆæmp /
- ech. 擬音字
- CHOMP
MASH, TRAMPLE - 大聲地咀嚼;格格地咬，咬,嚙
- He champed on his gum in time to the music, and kept a poker-faced expression.
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Compute
- / kəmˈpjuːt /
- to determine especially by mathematical means *compute your income tax*; also : to determine or calculate by means of a computer
- 計算;估算;推斷
- Final results had not yet been computed.
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Cull
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Deploy
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Depict
- / dɪˈpɪkt /
- pict: picture
- to represent by or as if by a picture LIMN
- 描繪
- In this new biography she is depicted as a lonely and unhappy woman.
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Descant
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Devolve
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Embellish
- / ɪmˈbelɪʆ /
- em-: make bell: beautiful
- to make beautiful with ornamentation : DECORATE
to heighten the attractiveness of by adding ornamental details : ENHANCE ADORN, DECORATE, ORNAMENT, EMBELLISH, BEAUTIFY, DECK, GARNISH mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential. - 美化;裝飾
- The dress was embellished with gold threads.
- florid <> lacking in embellishments
- florlid (flor: flower) elaborately decorated (過分)華麗的
- verbosity : words = floridness : embellishments (程度類比)(左邊大於右邊)
- embellsih : austere = adulterate : pure (反面性質)
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Flail
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Fleck
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Glaze
- / gleɪz /
- glass
- (n.) a smooth slippery coating of thin ice
(n.) a (1) : a liquid preparation applied to food on which it forms a firm glossy coating (2) : a mixture mostly of oxides (as silica and alumina) applied to the surface of ceramic wares to form a moisture-impervious and often lustrous or ornamental coating b : a transparent or translucent color applied to modify the effect of a painted surface c : a smooth glossy or lustrous surface or finish (v.) to furnish or fit with glass (v.) to coat with or as if with a glaze (v.) to give a smooth glossy surface to (v.) STARE - (n.) 光滑的表層，釉;釉料
(v.) 給...裝玻璃;用玻璃覆蓋，給...上釉;給...上光;給(食物)表面澆糖汁，變光滑;變光亮 (v.) 瞪;凝視 - Glaze the rolls with egg-white.
- <>: rumble WRINKLE, CRUMPLE，to make unkempt : TOUSLE 弄皺;使凌亂
- glaze : porcelain = varnish : wood = wax : linoleum (對象類比)
- porcelain (ˈpɔːrsəlɪn ) a hard, fine-grained, sonorous, nonporous, and usually translucent and white ceramic ware that consists essentially of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar and is fired at high temperatures 瓷;(總稱)瓷器
- varnish
- (n.) a liquid preparation that when spread and allowed to dry on a surface forms a hard lustrous typically transparent coating 清漆,亮光漆
- (v.) to apply varnish to 給...塗清漆;塗亮光漆使光亮 ADORN, EMBELLISH 裝飾,修飾
- linoleum (/ lɪˈnpʊliəm/) a floor covering made by laying on a burlap or canvas backing a mixture of solidified linseed oil with gums, cork dust or wood flour or both, and usually pigments 亞麻油地氈,鋪地板油布
- varnish : glossy = sand : smooth (功用目的)
- sand
- (v.) to smooth or dress by grinding or rubbing with an abrasive (as sandpaper) 用沙(或砂紙等)擦;磨光
- (v.) to cover or fill with sand 撒沙於;撒沙似地佈滿
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Gibber
- / ˈdʒɪbər/
- ech. (擬音字)
- to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly
- 說話快而不清楚且時常帶點愚笨
- Something else Hugh saw nearly made him gibber.
- gibberish <> speaking articulately
- gibberish unintelligible or meaningless language 胡言亂語;無意義的聲音
- articulate
- expressing oneself readily, clearly, or effectively 明確有力地表達: Many people are unable to articulate the unhappiness they feel.
- divided into syllables or words meaningfully arranged : INTELLIGIBLE 清晰地吐(字);清晰地發(音)
- consisting of segments united by joints : JOINTED 使成為系統的整體;使相互連貫
- gibber : sense = vacillate : resolution (缺乏)
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Improvise
- / ˈɪmprəvaɪz /
- to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously(即席的)
to make, invent, or arrange offhand(即席地,不假思索地,未經準備地) to fabricate out of what is conveniently on hand - 即興創作(詩歌、樂曲等);即興表演(或朗誦等)，臨時做;臨時提供;臨時湊成，用手邊事物臨時做
- I just started playing, and the other guys started improvising around me.
- improvised act <> rite a prescribed form or manner governing the words or actions for a ceremony 慣例;儀式
- improvised : score = extemporize : text (對象關係)
- score the copy of a musical composition in written or printed notation 樂譜
- extemporize to do something extemporaneously : IMPROVISE; especially: to speak extemporaneously 即席演講
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Limn
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Lope
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Muse
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Nurture
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Ogle
- /ˈoʊgəl/
- ogl: eye (ex: oculist: / ˈɒkjulɪst/ 眼科醫生)
- to glance with amorous invitation or challenge
- 向...拋媚眼
- I didn't like the way he was ogling me.
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Paraphrase
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Portend
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Quaff
- / kwɒf/
- ech. 擬音字
- to drink deeply
- 大口地喝
- Wedding guests quaffed champagne.
- quaff, swill, guzzle, gulp : sip = gobble : nibble (程度類比)(左邊大於右邊)
- swill (sw-: swallow)
- a semiliquid food for animals (as swine) composed of edible refuse mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk 養豬用的殘食
- to drink great drafts of : GUZZLE 大口喝;牛飲 WASH, DRENCH 用水沖洗;洗滌 to feed (as a pig) with swill 餵豬
- guzzle (ech. 擬音字) to drink especially liquor greedily, continually, or habitually 大口喝
- gulp (ech. 擬音字) to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one swallow 狼吞虎嚥地吃;大口地飲
- sip (n.) a small draft taken with the lips 一小口 (v.)to drink in small quantities 小口啜飲
- gobble (/ ˈgɒbəl) to swallow or eat greedily 狼吞虎嚥
- nibble (nib: 捏) (n.) a very small quantity or portion (as of food) 咬一口的量;少量 (v.) to eat or chew in small bits 一點點地咬(或吃);一點一點去掉
- nibble : eat = inch : move (種類類比)
- inch (v.) to move by small degrees : progress slowly 緩慢地移動(一吋一吋移動)
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Rummage
- / ˈrʌmɪdʒ /
- rum: room
- to make a thorough search or investigation
- 仔細搜查
- Looks like someone's been rummaging around in my desk.
- rummage : search (程度類比)(左邊大於右邊)
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