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a perverse streak: an obstinate
quality
。固执。
a coveted fellowship---a fellowship
that everyone longs jealously to
possess
令人垂涎
的奖学金
academe
：
the
academic community;
academics
。研究院
allegorically---
figuratively
比喻地
a
pocalyptic
：
foreboding
imminent disaster or final doom
启示录的
articulate
---using language easily and fluently; having
facility with words
as often as not---
at least half the time; frequently
assu
mption
：
something taken for
granted; supposition
假定，设想
attest to
：
testify
to; serve as an evidence to
affirm
／
to be proof
of
证实
berate: scold or criticize
angrily
。严责
blow-
out---a large, usu. Lavish
meal
盛宴
bludgeon
---force into somebody; beat
burgeoning
---thriving
censure
：
an
expression of blame or
disapproval
。责难。
checkered tablecloth: tablecloth that
has a pattern consisting of alternating squares of
different colours.
chew the cud: think
reflectively
。反复思考
chivalry
—
the
qualities that knights in the Western countries in
the Middle Ages were
expected to have,
compatible
with
：
able to exist
together
。兼容的。
composition
：
arrange
ment
into
proper
proportion
or
relation
and
especially
into
artistic
form
。组成，构成。
cool
one’s heels
：
be forced to
wait; be kept waiting
。空等
crave for
：
long
for; desire eagerly
。渴望
credit
：
trust in a
person’s ability and intention to pay at a later
time for goods, etc.
supplied
信用。
custom
：
business
patronage; regular support given to a tradesman by
those who buy
his
goods
。惠顾
dash
：
vigour in
style and action
。精力
,
干劲
deliberate fasting---eating little or
no food on purpose
绝食
demeaning
overtones
：
implications of
humiliation
。羞辱，蒙耻。
depreciation
：
a
disparaging or a belittling act or
instance
。贬值，跌落，轻视。
drag: (slang) a boring thing
；
nuisance
。令人厌烦的东西
echelon
：
rank,
1evel
。排成梯队。
fidelity---loyalty,
faithfulness
flair
：
ingenuity
and vitality
。才能，本领。
fortify
：
encourag
e
；
support
。设防于，使坚强
。
fretful
：
irritable;
complaining
。烦躁的。
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