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常见英语单词的生僻意义（供英语学习者查漏补缺）
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Abide
忍耐
I
can
’
t abide that man.
居住
Abide with me.
Ablaze
着火
=on fire
The
world center was ablaze soon.
Abrupt
唐突地
One should
feel ashamed of one
’
s abrupt
manner.
Accent
重音、重音符
Accessory
帮凶
Acid
尖刻的
You should
not say with that acid tone.
Adequate
可以胜任的
I hope you
will prove adequate for the job.
Advanced
晚期的
An advanced stage of illness.
Affect
假装
He used to
affect a foreign accent.
Agreeable
容易相处的
He is an agreeable young man.
Air
气派，风度，样子
His
uniform gives him an air of importance.
Alibi
借口
Don
’
t take it as
an alibi for your being late.
Alien
不同的
Her accent is alien from the Beijing
dialect.
Allow
允许进入
They
won
’
t allow dogs in the
house.
Ancestor
原型
The ancestor
of modern bicycle.
Apology
勉强的替代
It is a sad
apology for a hat.
Apparent
表面上的（很可能是假的）
He
did well in his exams, despite his apparent lack
of interest in his work.
Appropriate
拨款
Congress appropriated 5 million for
international women
’
s year.
Argue
证明
The statements
argues a change of attitude by the management.
Arrival
到达者
He was the
last arrival.
Artificial
假装的
An artificial
smile.
Aspect
朝向
A south-facing
aspect.
Automatic
必然发生的
Littering
results in an automatic fine.
B
Baby
有孩子气的人
Don
’
t be such a
baby.
Back
(
书或报纸之）末尾
There is a lot of useful info at the
back of the dictionary.
下赌注于
Jane backed the winner and won 5
dollars.
Backwards
Know sth backwards
透彻了解
I
’
ve always been
over it so many times that I know it backwards.
Bag
无意中顺手拿走
He
’
s bagged my
pencil.
Bald
无遮掩的；直率的
It
’
s a bald lie.
A bald statement.
Balloon
像气球一样变大或变圆
His
cheeks ballooned as he got fatter and fatter.
Banish
试着忘却
They tried
to banish the memory from their minds.
Bankrupt
使破产
His
generosity bankrupted him.
Bar
把
...
关在里面或外面
She barred him out
of her room.
Barren
不育的
The woman was
barren.
无效果的
It
is useless to continue such a barren argument.
Basis
主要成分
The basis of
this drink is orange juice.
Bay
（建筑物之间）隔间
In the library, the books on history
are all kept in one bay.
Beauty
美人；美丽的东西
She was a beauty in her day.
That flower is really a beauty.
Bed
Flower beds
花圃
Behave
(
机器）运作
It can behave either as an acid or as a
salt.
Bench
工作台
A
carpenter
’
s bench
Beside
和
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相比
This
years sales figures don
’
t
look very good beside last
year
’
s results.
Bias
偏爱
Her scientific bias showed itself in
early childhood.
Blank
无表情的
Zoe looked
at me with a blank expression.
Blunder
跌跌撞撞
Mr ford blundered through a dark
forest.
Board
伙食
How much is
bed and board?
Body
浓郁
A small amount
of tomato paste will give extra color and body to
the sauce.
Boil
疖子
The
boy
’
s body is covered in
boils.
Bone
去骨
Will you bone
this joint of meat for me?
Bore
讨厌的事或人
Waiting is a bore.
Brave
（勇敢的）面对
More than 100 people braved the
elements and attended the rally.
Breach
不合，隔阂
She wanted to help heal the breach
between them.
Breeze
非常容易的事（非正式）
Don
’
t think that
learning Dutch will be a breeze.
Brick
积木（英式）
Bypass
绕过某人
Francis
bypassed his manager and wrote straight to the
director.
C
Cage
把
...
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The little bird was
caged.
Callow
少不经事的
A callow
youth
Cashier
革职
The corrupted
official was cashiered.
Cast
铸造
Statue of a horse cast in bronze.
Catch
钩住
A nail caught
my skirt.
圈套
This
deal looks too good to be true-there must be a
catch somewhere.
Ceremony
礼节
The queen was
crowned with due ceremony.
Charter
特许状
The town
’
s
charter was granted in 1838.
Cheap
小气的
She
’
s too cheap
to take a cab.
Check
制止
The police are
failing to take adequate measures to check the
growth in Crime.
Chicken
胆小鬼
Don
’
t be such a
chicken!
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