Masticate /ˈmæstɪˌkeɪt/
When you masticate food, you chew it. 咀嚼; 嚼碎
Hines slowly masticated a shrimp.
海恩斯慢慢地咀嚼着一只虾。
Don't gulp everything down without masticating.
不要不咀嚼就全吞下去。
mastication
Poor digestion can be caused by defective mastication of the food in the mouth.
消化不良可能是因为嘴里的食物没有完全嚼碎而引起的。
Stifle /ˈstaɪfəl/
If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing. 压制
Regulations on children stifled creativity.
对孩子们制定的各种规定压制了创造力。
If you stifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing. 忍住 (呵欠或笑声)
She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.
她并未试图忍住一个哈欠。
If you stifle your natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way. 控制 (感情或行为)
It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone.
最好忍住好奇心，别碰鸟巢。
Jubilant /ˈdʒuːbɪlənt/ TEM8
If you are jubilant, you feel extremely happy because of a success. 欢欣鼓舞的
The team were greeted by thousands of jubilant supporters.
该队受到了上千名欢欣鼓舞的支持者的欢迎。
Assiduous /əˈsɪdjʊəs/
Someone who is assiduous works hard or does things very thoroughly. 勤奋的; 坚持不懈的
Podulski had been assiduous in learning his adopted language.
珀杜斯基曾经勤奋地学习他所选的外语。
Diligent /ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/
Someone who is diligent works hard in a careful and thorough way. 勤奋
Meyers is a diligent and prolific worker.
迈耶斯是个勤奋而且出活多的工人。
Excursion /ɪkˈskɜːʃən/
You can refer to a short trip as an excursion, especially if it is taken for pleasure or enjoyment. 短途旅行
In Bermuda, Sam's father took him on an excursion to a coral barrier.
在百慕大，萨姆的父亲带他去了一趟到珊瑚堤的短途旅行。
An excursion is a trip or visit to an interesting place, especially one that is arranged or recommended by a travel agency or tourist organization. (尤指旅行社安排的) 短程旅游
Another pleasant excursion is Matamoros, 18 miles away.
另一个怡人的短程旅游是18英里外的马塔莫罗斯。
Contentious /kənˈtɛnʃəs/
A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments. 引起争议的 [正式]
Sanctions are expected to be among the most contentious issues.
制裁预计位居最具有争议的问题之列。
Vehement /ˈviːɪmənt/
If a person or their actions or comments are vehement, the person has very strong feelings or opinions and expresses them forcefully. (人) 激动的; (行为或评论) 激烈的
She suddenly became very vehement and agitated, jumping around and shouting.
她突然变得十分激动和不安，四处暴跳并大喊大叫。
He spoke more loudly and with more vehemence than he had intended.
他演讲得比自己预想的声音更响亮，语调也更激烈。
Unease /ʌnˈiːz/
If you have a feeling of unease, you feel anxious or afraid, because you think that something is wrong. 不安
Sensing my unease about the afternoon ahead, he told me, 'These men are pretty easy to talk to.'
觉察到我对要来临的下午心神不安，他告诉我,“这些人很容易交谈。”
We left with a deep sense of unease, because we knew something was being hidden from us.
我们深感不安地离开了，因为我们知道有事瞒着我们。
If you say that there is unease in a situation, you mean that people are dissatisfied or angry, but have not yet started to take any action. 不安
He faces growing unease among the Democrats about the likelihood of war.
他面对着民主党人对战争可能性的日益增加的不安。
Contemptuous /kənˈtɛmptjʊəs/
If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all. 心怀蔑视的
He was contemptuous of the poor.
他那时对穷人是心怀蔑视的。
He's openly contemptuous of all the major political parties.
他对所有主要政党公然心怀蔑视。
Bucolic /bjuːˈkɒlɪk/
Bucolic means relating to the countryside. 乡村的; 田园的
the bucolic surroundings of Chantilly.
尚蒂伊的田园景致。
Screwy /ˈskruːɪ/
odd, crazy, or eccentric 奇怪的; 疯狂的; 古怪的
Sullen /ˈsʌlən/
Someone who is sullen is bad-tempered and does not speak much. 愤懑的
The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence.
这些罪犯陷入了愤懑的沉默。
Prestigious /prɛˈstɪdʒəs/
A prestigious institution, job, or activity is respected and admired by people. 有声望的
It's one of the best equipped and most prestigious schools in the country.
它是该国设备最好、最有声望的学校之一。
Mitigate /ˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪt/
To mitigate something means to make it less unpleasant, serious, or painful. 缓解 [正式]
ways of mitigating the effects of an explosion.
减轻爆炸后果的方法。
Allay /əˈleɪ/
If you allay someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful. 消除 (恐惧、疑虑) [正式]
He did what he could to allay his wife's myriad fears.
他尽其所能来消除他妻子的各种恐惧。
Exacerbate /ɪɡˈzæsəˌbeɪt/
If something exacerbates a problem or bad situation, it makes it worse. 使…恶化 [正式]
Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.
由来已久的贫穷因种族分裂而更加恶化了。
exacerbation 恶化
the exacerbation of global problems.
全球问题的恶化。
Convey /kənˈveɪ/
To convey information or feelings means to cause them to be known or understood by someone. 传达
When I returned home, I tried to convey the wonder of this machine to my husband.
回到家之后，我设法让我丈夫知道这台机器的神奇之处。
In every one of her pictures she conveys a sense of immediacy.
她的每一张画都有一种直观性。
Sediment /ˈsɛdɪmənt/
Sediment is solid material that settles at the bottom of a liquid, especially earth and pieces of rock that have been carried along and then left somewhere by water, ice, or wind. 沉淀物; 沉渣
Many organisms that die in the sea are soon buried by sediment.
许多在海里死亡的生物很快便被沉淀物掩埋。
Deposit /dɪˈpɒzɪt/
A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it. 保证金
The initial deposit required to open an account is a minimum 100 dollars.
开户需要的首笔存入额是至少100美元。
A deposit is a sum of money which is in a bank account or savings account, especially a sum which will be left there for some time. 存款
A deposit is an amount of a substance that has been left somewhere as a result of a chemical or geological process. 沉积物; 矿床
underground deposits of gold and diamonds.
黄金和钻石的地下矿床。
A deposit is a sum of money which you pay when you start renting something. The money is returned to you if you do not damage what you have rented. 押金 [usu sing]
I put down a $500 security deposit for another apartment.
我为另一套公寓支付了$500押金。
A deposit is a sum of money which you put into a bank account. 银行存款
She told me I should make a deposit every week and they'd stamp my book.
她告诉我我每周都要存一次钱，而他们会在我的存折上盖印。
If you deposit a sum of money, you put it into a bank account or savings account. 存储
The customer has to deposit a minimum of $100 monthly.
顾客每月必须至少存入$100。
To deposit someone or something somewhere means to put them or leave them there. 放置
Mr. Crenshaw deposited the boys and their suitcases on Mr. Peck's lawn.
克伦肖先生把男孩子和他们的手提箱留在了派克先生的草坪上。
If you deposit something somewhere, you put it where it will be safe until it is needed again. 寄存
You are advised to deposit valuables in the hotel safe.
建议您将贵重物品寄存在旅馆的保险柜里。
Discourse /ˈdɪskɔːs/
Discourse is spoken or written communication between people, especially serious discussion of a particular subject. (某专题的) 会话
a tradition of political discourse.
一个政治对话的传统。
Brawl /brɔːl/
A brawl is a rough or violent fight. 斗殴
He had been in a drunken street brawl.
他曾参与了一场街头醉酒斗殴。
If someone brawls, they fight in a very rough or violent way. 斗殴
He was suspended for a year from the university after brawling with police over a speeding ticket.
他在就一张超速罚单与警察斗殴后被该大学停学一年。
Deluge /ˈdɛljuːdʒ/
A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time. 泛滥
There was a deluge of requests for interviews and statements.
对接受访谈和发表声明的要求铺天盖地地涌来。
If a place or person is deluged with things, a large number of them arrive or happen at the same time. 使充斥 [usu passive]
During 1933, Papen's office was deluged with complaints.
在1933年间，巴本的办公室接到的投诉案件层出不穷。
Diminish /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/
When something diminishes, or when something diminishes it, it becomes reduced in size, importance, or intensity. 使减少; 变少
The threat of nuclear war has diminished.
核战的威胁变小了。
Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state.
联邦制度旨在削弱中央政府的权力。
If you diminish someone or something, you talk about them or treat them in a way that makes them appear less important than they really are. 贬低
He never put her down or diminished her.
他从未轻视过她或贬低过她。
Postulate /ˈpɒstjʊleɪt/
If you postulate something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis. 假定 [正式]
He dismissed arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures and regions.
他无法接受的是假定人权标准在不同文化和地区有所不同。
Relapse /rɪˈlæps/ 名词可读作rɪˈlæps或ˈriːlæps。
If you say that someone relapses into a way of behaving that is undesirable, you mean that they start to behave in that way again. 复发
'I wish I did,' said Phil Jordan, relapsing into his usual gloom.
“我要是做了就好了，”菲尔·乔丹说着，回到平时的忧郁中。
Relapse is also a noun. 复发
a relapse into the nationalism of the nineteenth century.
一个回到19世纪民族主义的倒退。
If a sick person relapses, their health suddenly gets worse after it had been improving. (旧病) 复发
In 90 percent of cases the patient will relapse within six months.
90％的病人会在6个月内旧病复发。
Relapse is also a noun. (旧病的) 复发
The treatment is usually given to women with a high risk of relapse after surgery.
该治疗通常用于术后复发可能性高的女性。
Blatant /ˈbleɪtənt/
You use blatant to describe something bad that is done in an open or very obvious way. 公然的 [强调]
Outsiders will continue to suffer the most blatant discrimination.
圈外人将继续遭受极其明目张胆的歧视。
a blatant attempt to spread the blame for the fiasco.
公然想要分摊这次惨败的责任的企图。
blatantly 公然地
a blatantly sexist question.
一个毫不掩饰的性别歧视问题。
