20160711 words

前方预警:请注意这就算是演戏，也够累的。以下是两个list的生词内容，整得我眉毛里面都发痘痘了
entangle使卷入，使纠缠；使变复杂或困难
entice（被希望或欲望所）引诱，诱惑

~ sb (away) (from sth);

~ sb (into sth/doing sth) try to tempt or persuade sb,

usu by offering sth pleasant or a reward 诱惑; 诱使; 怂恿:

Advertisements are designed to entice people into spending money/to spend money. 广告宣传的目的是诱使人花钱. * He enticed the young girl away from home. 他把那小女孩诱惑得离开了家.

enticementn

1.[U] enticing or being enticed 诱惑; 怂恿: the enticement of a child into a car 把一小孩哄进汽车里.
2.[C] thing that entices 诱惑物: There were so many enticements offered that I could not refuse the job. 这项工作有那麽多优惠待遇, 使我难以拒绝.
enticingadj attractive or tempting 有吸引力的; 迷人的; 诱人的: quite an enticing offer 很诱人的条件 * An enticing smell came from the bakery. 从面包房里飘出了诱人的香味. enticingly adv.

entrap诱骗
entrancevt.使狂喜；使入迷（carry away with emotion）

某人（著魔般）狂喜, 著迷:
entranced at the beautiful sight 被美丽的景色迷住了

• They were completely entranced by/with the music. 他们完全陶醉在音乐中.
• We sat entranced by her beauty. 我们坐在那里看著她的美貌出神.

entreat恳求，请求

Please don’t go, I entreat you. 我求求您, 请不要走. May I entreat a favour of you? 您能帮帮忙吗? I entreat you to show mercy. 我求您发发慈悲

enuciate

v.清晰发音（articulate）；阐明

ephemeral

evanescent

adj （象烟雾一样）渐渐消失的；短暂的＝ephemeral＝transient
epic
epicure
gourmet

epigram机智的警句，金句

epilogue结局

epithet

（表示某人[某事物]性格或最主要特性的）修饰词或描述性短语
外号绰号

epitomize

摘要，概括：short statement, main points
代表，体现，是…的典型范例：represent a typical example of
epitomize (v.)
1590s, “shorten, condense,” from epitome + -ize. Meaning “typify, embody” is from 1620s. Related: Epitomized; epitomizing; epitomizes.
Synonyms: condense, digest, inventory, nutshell, sum, summarize, summate, sum up,synopsize
Related Words: boil down, capsulize; outline, tabulate
Contrasted Words: elaborate, enlarge (on), expand
2 to serve as the typical representation or ideal expression of FF1C;he epitomized safe, dull conservatismFF1E;
Synonyms: exemplify, typify
Related Words: embody, incarnate, incorporate, personify, represent, symbolize
3 Synonyms: REPRESENT 2, body (forth), emblematize, embody, exemplify, illustrate, mirror, personify, symbolize, typify

epitome （n 典型；梗概）

equable

adj 稳定不变的＝steady；（脾气、性情）温和的＝tranquil＝serene

equity

n 公平，公正

equivalent

equivocate(找下之前类似的词汇）

v 模棱两可他说（故意使用模棱两可的语言，避免作明确的声明）

Synonyms: LIE, falsify, fib, palter, prevaricate
Related Words: elude, escape, evade

2 to avoid committing oneself by speaking evasively FF1C;he’d rather be brutally frank with them than equivocate on that issueFF1E;
Synonyms: dodge, evade, hedge, pussyfoot, shuffle, sidestep, tergiversate, tergiverse, weasel; compare SKIRT

3 Related Words: cavil, prevaricate, quibble; fence, parry; avoid, elude, eschew

Idioms: beat around (or about) the bush, beg the question, mince words

evasive(之前做题做到相关词汇）
躲避的，逃避的，推诿的，同：equivocate,prevaricate

errant

adj 错误的（偏离适宜轨迹或标准的）；漫无目的的（为寻求冒险经历而漂流、游荡的）

erratic通常作贬义
irregular or uneven in movement, quality or behaviour; unreliable （动作﹑ 品质或行为）不规则的, 无常的, 不可靠的

Deliveries of goods are erratic. 不按规定送货. The singer gave an erratic performance. 演唱者未唱出水平. This clock is rather erratic. 这个钟不太准.
erratically Being out of practice the team played very erratically. 这队因缺乏练习而表现失常.

erudite博学的

having or showing great learning; scholarly

erudition [U] learning 学问: display one’s erudition 炫耀自己的学识 * a man of immense erudition 饱学之士.

esoteric

adj 深奥的（只有内行才懂的）＝abstruse；秘传的；神秘的（不公共披露的）＝confidential＝mysterious

eschew避开，戒绝

estimable

adj 值得尊敬的＝admirable；可估量的
【反】infamous（adj 声名狼藉的）；contemptible（adj 可鄙的）”

etch
v 蚀刻（用酸蚀刻玻璃、金属表面）；铭记；铭刻

ethereal

轻巧精致的：lightness, highly refined, delicate
天国的：heaven
非物质的，精神（上）的：spiritual, not composed of matter

eulogize
v （用语言或文字大力）称赞，颂扬

euphemism婉言

euphoria
心情愉快症
见之前euphoric

euphonious(之前有近义词）dulcet(悦耳的，令人愉悦的）
声音和谐悦耳的

evacuate

evict

evince

v （清楚地）表明，表示＝indicate＝manifest
a child who evinces great intelligence 表现出有极高智力的儿童 * evincing powers of recovery 显示出复原的生理机能.
evincible（adj 容易征服的；易于克服的）

exacerbate使…加重，恶化
exacting

严格的，苛求的：rigorous

费时间心思的：requiring time, effort, attention

exasperate

irritate or annoy (sb) greatly 激怒, 触怒, 惹恼（某人）:That child exasperates me! 那孩子真让我生气! She was exasperated at/by his stupidity. 她因为他愚笨而发怒.

exasperating adj extremely annoying 使人极恼怒的; 使人发火的: He’s probably the most exasperating man I’ve ever met. 他大概是我见过的最让人恼火的人. * It’s exasperating to run for a train and then miss it by half a minute. 跑着赶火车, 却差半分钟没赶上, 真气人. exasperatingly adv.
exasperation n [U] state of being exasperated 愤怒; 恼怒; 恼火: `Stop that noise,’ he cried out in exasperation. ‘不要发出那种噪音,’他愤怒地大喊.

excavate

excoriate
强烈公开谴责＝denounce

an editorial that excoriated the administration for its inaction
一篇强烈谴责政府无所事事的社论

execrate
尤用於被动语态

express or feel hatred of (sb/sth); curse 憎恨, 厌恶（某人[某事物]）;

咒骂; 诅咒. execration
Synonyms: anathematize, curse, damn, objurgate
Related Words: censure, condemn, denounce, reprehend, reprobate, reprove; ban; revile; accurse, imprecate
Contrasted Words: applaud, commend, compliment; acclaim, extol, laud, praise; admire
Antonyms: eulogize
Synonyms: HATE, abhor, abominate, detest, loathe
Synonyms: SWEAR , bedamn, curse, cuss, damn, imprecate

excruciate折磨

exculpate开脱（证明无罪或无责任）

Synonyms:
absolve, acquit, clear, disculpate, exonerate, vindicate
Related Words:
explain, justify, rationalize; condone, excuse, forgive, pardon, remit; amnesty, free, let off
Idioms:
clear the (or one’s) record, wipe the slate clean
Contrasted Words:
blame, censure, denounce, reprehend, reprobate; incriminate; accuse, charge; arraign, indict; impeach; convict

exonerate
免除（罪责、责备、责任、义务或任务）＝absolve

尤用於被动语态: ~ sb (from sth) declare sb free from blame 宣布某人无罪过:
He was exonerated from all responsibility for the accident. 已确定他无须对该事故负任何责任.

excursive离题的，散漫的

exemplary

榜样的，值得效仿的：being a pattern, imitated
作为警告的：warning

exhilarate

鼓舞（使精神振作和精力充沛）＝stimulate；使高兴＝elate

exhort

advise sb strongly or earnestly; urge sb 劝告, 规劝或告诫（某人）:
The chairman exhorted the party workers to action. 主席敦促党的工作人员采取行动. * The teacher exhorted him to work hard. 教师谆谆告诫他要用功.
exhortation

1.[U] (fml 文) action of exhorting 劝告; 规劝; 告诫.
2.[C] earnest request; speech, etc that exhorts 诚恳的要求; 劝告; 告诫: All his father’s exhortations were in vain. 他父亲的一切劝告都无效.

exigent

紧急的（需要立即采取行动或补救的）；苛求的＝demanding

exodus大批人离去
源自《出埃及记>

exorbitant
过分的，过度的（超过了习惯或正当的限度的）＝excessive；价格过高的

expansive
广阔的：great expanse
健谈的，外向的：open, talkative, effusive

注意：区别于expensive

expedite
加快进程：speed up the progress

expedition

动作迅速敏捷＝promptness＝haste；

（为特定目标而进行的）团体旅行或考察；远征探险＝exploration

expiate赎罪；补偿；纠正
explicit

表达清晰的：fully revealed or expressed

成熟的，完全形成的：fully developed

exploit

英雄行为：notable act

最大程度地利用：employ

exponent

倡导者，支持者：advocates

实践者，典型代表：full realization

expurgate

净化（书等），删去（不当处）：remove

exquisite
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1.extremely beautiful or delicate; finely or skilfully made or done 优美的; 优雅的; 精致的; 制作精良的:

(an) exquisite painting 极漂亮的画 * exquisite workmanship 精致的工艺

an exquisite piece of lace 精美的花边.
2.(fml 文) (a) (of emotion) strongly felt; acute （指感情）感觉强烈的; 剧烈的: exquisite joy, happiness, etc 极大的愉快﹑ 幸福等

exquisite pain, agony, etc 剧烈的疼痛﹑ 痛苦等.

(b) (of power to feel) delicate; sensitive （指感觉﹑ 感受）敏锐的, 敏感的:

exquisite taste 高尚的趣味

exquisite sensibility 细腻的感情.
3.exquisitely adv. exquisiteness n [U].

extant现存的
extemporize

即席演说（未经提前准备或练习而做或表演）＝improvise

extenuate

尤用於法律) make (wrongdoing) less serious (by providing an excuse) （提出藉口或理由）使（罪过）的严重性减轻:

• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour. 这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕.
• Because of extenuating circumstances (ie facts taken into consideration that might be regarded as an excuse), the court acquitted him of the crime. 因考虑到情有可原, 法庭判他无罪.

extol
（高度）赞美；吹捧＝laud＝exalt

extol the merits of small businesses 赞扬小企业的优点

extol sb’s virtues to the skies, ie greatly 把某人的美德捧上天 extol sb as a hero 把某人当作英雄来歌颂.

extort（通过强迫或威胁从另一个人处）强索；敲诈勒索＝extract

extraction

血统：origin, ancestry

extraneous
-无关的：no relevance
-非主要因素的：not essential

extravagent
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1.(in the habit of) using or spending too much; (of actions) showing this tendency （惯於）奢侈的, 挥霍的; （指行为）放纵的: an extravagant man 挥霍无度的人 extravagant tastes and habits 奢侈的嗜好和习惯 an extravagant use of natural resources 自然资源的滥用.
2.(of ideas, speech or behaviour) going beyond what is reasonable, usual or necessary （指想法﹑ 言行）放肆的, 越轨的, 过度的: extravagant praise, behaviour, claims 过分的赞扬﹑ 放肆的行为﹑ 过高的要求 pay extravagant compliments 过分夸奖.
3.extravagance / -gəns; -ɡəns/ n [U] being extravagant(1) 奢侈; 挥霍: His extravagance explains why he is always in debt. 他挥霍无度, 难怪总欠债.
[C] extravagant thing, act, statement, etc 奢侈品; 放纵的言行等: I do not regard books as extravagances. 我认为书不是侈奢品. extravagantly adv: extravagantly dressed 衣着奢侈.

extricate 使解脱,救出（free; disentangle）

exuberant
非常高兴的，热情洋溢的：joyously, unrestrained 大量的，充分的：abundance

exultvi. 非常高兴；狂喜，欢欣鼓舞
adj.exultant

exude
使（液体、物体）慢慢逐渐流出；渗出；洋溢

excrete

fable
寓言故事：story teach a basic truth
神话，传说：story of supernatural happenings
谎言，虚构：statement in order to deceive

facetious
adj.轻浮的；好开玩笑的（humorous; jocular）

facile
表面的，浅尝辄止的：lack of depth
容易的，唾手可得的：easily accomplished
superfacile

faction
派别；派系斗争（party; clique; dissension）

fallaciousfallacy

fallow
休耕的，闲置的

fail-safe自动保护装置（经常用其衍生义）
类似 parachute

falter
蹒跚：walk unsteadily
犹豫踌躇：unsteady in purpose or action

fanatic狂热的

farce闹剧

Synonyms: MOCKERY 2, burlesque, caricature, mock, sham, travesty

fast
绝食，斋戒：abstaining from food
快速的：quick
忠诚的：firm in one’s allegiance
稳固的，难以拆卸的：firmly positioned

fastidious
挑剔的，极仔细的，追求完美的

• Synonyms: NICE 1, dainty, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, particular, pernickety, persnickety, squeamish
• Related Words: demanding, exacting; captious, critical, hypercritical
• Contrasted Words: cursory, uncritical

finicky过分讲究的，挑剔的：extremely meticulous

fateful
意义重大的：momentous
带来灾难的，毁灭性的,致命的：fatal

• Synonyms: OMINOUS, apocalyptic, baleful, baneful, direful, doomful, ill-boding, inauspicious, threatening, unpropitious
• Related Words: important, momentous, significant; conclusive, decisive, determinative; acute, critical, crucial
• Contrasted Words: inconclusive, insignificant, trivial, unimportant

Synonyms: FATAL 2, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, disastrous, ruinous

fathom
测量（深度）：measure the depth
彻底理解，弄懂：come to understand

I cannot fathom his remarks. 我不能完全理解他的话.
fathom sth out find a reason or explanation for sth 找出某事物的原因或理由: Can you fathom it out? 你能想出是怎麽回事吗?
fathomless adj (rhet 修辞) too deep to measure 深不可测的: the fathomless ocean 深不可测的海洋

fatuous—fatuity愚昧的形容词

fawn
阿谀奉承：seek favor by flattery

faze

fluster (sb) 使（某人）紧张或慌张:
She’s so calm; nothing seems to faze her. 她很镇静, 遇事不慌.

feckless
无成果的，没有价值的：having no worth
粗心不负责任的：careless

fecund
多产，肥沃的：fruitful

• Synonyms: FERTILE, childing, fruitful, productive, proliferant, prolific, rich, spawning
• Related Words: breeding, generating, propagating, reproducing
• Contrasted Words: infertile, sterile
  Antonyms: barren

feeble衰弱的

feign假装, 冒充, 佯作（某事)
装病 装痴 装疯 装傻 装纯洁 装无辜

fender缓冲装置

feral
（指动物）野的, 凶猛的（尤指捕後逃脱或豢养後逃脱者）:

feral cats 野猫.
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• Synonyms: BRUTISH, animal, beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, ferine, swinish
• Related Words: barbaric, barbarous, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, vicious
• Contrasted Words: gentle, mild, tame
• Synonyms: SAVAGE 1, vicious, wild

fervid
炽热的；热情的＝ardent＝fervent＝fiery＝passionate＝perfervid
a fervid patriot

fervorn 热诚；极大的热情＝ardor
their fervor for the cause
对于革命事业的热诚

fester感染，溃烂，腐烂

a festering sore 化脓的伤处

（指感情或思想）更加痛苦和愤怒:

The resentment festered in his mind. 他心中的愤恨有增无已.

fetid恶臭的

• Synonyms: MALODOROUS 1, fusty, noisome, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, smelly, stinking, strong
• Related Words: loathsome, repugnant, repulsive, revolting
• Contrasted Words: aromatic, balmy, odorous, redolent
  Antonyms: fragrant

fetter脚镣，束缚(cuff手铐）
fiascocatastrophe

fickle（在爱情或友谊上）反复无常的＝capricious＝inconstant
fickle weather fickle fortune a fickle person a fickle lover the fickleness of the weather
(六月的天像娃娃的脸，说的就是fickle）

fictitious
假的＝sham；虚构的＝fabulous＝chimerical＝fictional＝fictive

figurine小雕像

filibuster拖延议事：for the purpose of delaying legislative action
A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.

finesse
娴熟技巧＝adroitness＝delicacy；
计谋＝cunning；外交手段
show finesse in averting a threatened strike

finicky过分讲究的，挑剔的：extremely meticulous
flaccid不结实的，松弛的：lacking firmness
（想象一下那些老人的肉……比如红衣女脱去红衣出现的老相，那就是flaccid)

flag
旗帜，象征：symbol
变得衰弱：become feeble
(立了flag就会衰退）

fledgling没经验的人

Synonyms: NOVICE, apprentice, beginner, boot, colt, freshman, neophyte, newcomer, rookie, tyro
flexible
灵活的，可变的：readily changed 易受影响的：susceptible to influence

flinch畏缩
flippancy轻率，无礼 言语轻浮尖刻

Synonyms: LIGHTNESS, flightiness, frivolity, levity, light-mindedness, volatility Related Words: archness, pertness, sauciness; impishness, mischievousness, playfulness, roguishness, waggishness; cheekiness, cockiness, freshness
*Contrasted Words: earnestness, gravity, soberness, solemnity
Antonyms: seriousness

flirt
调情：behave amorously
无规则地快速运动：make irregular movements
(flirt 花蝴蝶 到处乱飞，无规则地快速运动，就是flirt)

flit
1.[Ipr, Ip] fly or move lightly and quickly from one place to another 轻快地从一处飞到另一处; 掠过:
bees flitting (about) from flower to flower 在花丛中飞来飞去的蜜蜂 He flits from one thing to another, ie does not deal with anything seriously. 他做事总是三心二意. (fig 比喻)
A thought flitted through my mind, ie came suddenly but then quickly disappeared. 在我头脑中有一闪念.
2.[I] (Brit infml 口) move about from one house to another; move from one’s home secretly ,esp in order to avoid paying debts, etc 频繁搬迁; 秘密离家（尤指为躲债等）.

florid
辞藻华丽的，花哨的：fancy expressions
装饰华丽的：elaborately decorated


1.(usu derog 通常作贬义) elaborate and ornate; excessively decorated or colourful 华丽的; 过分装饰的; 过分艳丽的:
florid music, poetry, art, etc 矫揉造作的音乐﹑ 诗﹑ 艺术等 a florid room, painting 过分装饰的房间﹑ 过分艳丽的画.
2.(of a person’s face) red in colour; ruddy （指人的面孔）红润的: a florid complexion 红润的面色.

flounder笨拙地行动，挣扎：act clumsily

1.move or struggle helplessly or clumsily; move with difficulty, as through mud or deep snow 笨拙地移动或挣扎; 艰难地移动（如在泥中或深雪中）:
Anna couldn’t swim and was left floundering (about/around) in the deep end of the swimming-pool. 安娜不会游泳, 在游泳池的深水区里挣扎着.
2.hesitate or make mistakes when talking or when coming to a decision （说话或做决定时）犹豫或出错误: I wasn’t expecting the interviewer to ask about my private life and was left floundering for a while. 我没想到主持面试的人问我私生活的事, 就犹豫了一下.
*flounder (on) through a badly prepared speech 由於准备不充分而讲得错误百出.

flourish
茂盛，繁荣：achieve success 装饰：ornamentation
Germany the baroque style of art flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries

flout
嘲弄性不理会，蔑视：treat with disregard
(嗤之以鼻）口亨！（flout）
flout the law, (a) convention, the rules 藐视法律﹑ 传统﹑ 规则等
flout sb’s advice 轻视某人的劝告.

fluctuate
波动，无规则地变动
（市场价格波动，意见，观点）
At first opinions fluctuated, with one side gaining a slight advantage.
Kingston said that the oil market is not like the stock market, which can fluctuate wildly upon hearing rumors.

fluky
侥幸的：happening by good luck
偶然的：by chance

ACCIDENTAL, casual, chance, contingent, fortuitous, incidental, odd​