当代英美散文名篇选读下册词汇总结表 中英文释义

Unit 1

Why Don

’

t We Complain?

unctuously

: insincerely

油腔滑调的

mortification

: shame and embarrassment

屈辱，禁欲

discreet

: careful and prudent

谨慎的；

小

心的

rectify

: correct

ostentatiously

: showily

招摇的，

铺张的

bellicose

:

fond

of

fighting

or

quarreling

好战的，好斗的

deferentially

: respectfully

谦恭的，

表示

敬意的

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reproof

: censure, rebuke

责备，谴责

virile

: full of masculine strength

有男子

气概的

apathy

:

lack

of

interest,

indifferent

冷

漠，没兴趣

plenipotentiary

:

fully

empowered

全权

代表的

impervious

:

not

affected

or

influenced

不受影响的，无动于衷的

unobtrusive

: not too noticeable

谦虚的，

不引人注目的

doleful

: sad, sorrow

fortify

: strength

加强，增强

telltale

: revealing

< br>泄密的，

搬弄是非的；

迹象，搬弄是非者

raring

: very eager

渴望的，急切的

whisk

:

cause

to

move

very

quickly

飞

奔，疾过

notorious

: infamous

resignation

:

passive

acceptance,

patient

submission

顺从，放弃

primed

:

brief,

prepare

待发的，准备好

的

nonchalantly

:

indifferently,

unconcernedly

冷淡的，漠不关心的

visualize

: from a mental picture, imagine

形象化

head-on

:

firm

and

direct

正面的，直接

的

showdown

: final fight to settle a dispute

最后一决胜负，摊牌

presumption

: supposition

推测

irksome

: troublesome, annoying

令人厌

烦的

intimate

:

hint,

make

known

indirectly

暗示，通知

compliance

:

willingness

to

yield,

agreement

顺从，服从

Unit 2

College Pressures

scribble

: write very fast or carelessly

潦

草的写，乱写

authentic

: true, reliable

unswervingly

:

unchangingly,

firmly

坚

定不移的

savor

: relish, enjoy

尽情享受；

品尝，

欣

赏

venerated

: respect deeply

induce

: lead, cause

诱导，引用

intangible

: that cannot be easily defined,

vague

dimension

: aspect, side

visualize

:

form

a

clear

picture

in

the

mind, imagine

sample

:

get

to

know

by

experience

取

样，尝试

exhilarated

:

make

cheerful

and

excited,

thrill

振奋的，高兴地

accrue

: accumulate

获得，累积

exhort

: urge or advise

忠告，劝诫

tenacity

:

doggedness,

perseverance

韧

性，固执

pay-off

: reward

synthesize

:

bring

separate

parts

into

a

whole, fuse(

融合

)

合成，综合

vacillate

:

be

uncertain

of

what

action

to

take

踌躇，犹豫

furtively

: stealthily, secretly

偷偷地，暗

中地

symptomatic

: indicative, being a sign

有

症状的

perceive

:

view,

interpret

things

in

a

certain way

感觉，理解，认知

contagious

: tending to spread easily from

person to person

感染的

reverse

: change around completely

juggle

: rearrange

nurture

: train, educate, develop

circuitous

: long and indirect

迂回的

potent

: very effective and powerful

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