001 Flashcards
(17 cards)
crux
We are now at the crux of the whole matter, aren’t we?
我们现在谈到了问题的关键，是吧？
convolute
OK. So this is going to sound a little complicated or convoluted so just bear with me here, OK?
好的，这听起来有些复杂难懂，请耐心听我解释，好吗？
gloat
You’re willing to do what needs to be done, but you don’t gloat over it. You don’t love killing.
当做之事你甘愿去做，但不会以之为乐。你不好杀戮。
decadent
So what were the stones telling him?’’ This is what happens to decadent empires, ‘’ they said.
那么这些石头究竟告诉了他什么呢？他们说：“这就是衰败的帝国的下场”。
feisty
Penguins - behind their feisty charm lies an amazing character.
企鹅，在它们争强好胜的表面之下，性格实则令人吃惊。
diverge
Continuing then to pursue his walk in silence, I ventured to recall him to the point whence he had abruptly diverged.
随后他继续默默地走路，我冒昧地提醒他刚才突然岔开去的话题。
prophetic
Everyone knew that dreams were prophetic.
大家都知道梦是预言和先兆。
ramshackle
Here in these ramshackle restaurants, hidden away in the alleys and backstreets of the city.
这些摇摇欲坠的小餐馆隐藏在成都的后街小巷之中。
unkempt
Day was socially inept and uncouth, his hair unkempt, but he was generally admired for his honesty and idealism.
虽然在社交场合戴总是笨手笨脚、
不懂礼数，头发也是乱蓬蓬的，但他却因刚正不阿、乐观理想受到众人的敬重。
boon
On its face, a cheaper currency should be a boon to domestic producers.
从表面上看，贬值的货币对于国内的生产商来说是有益的。
conservatory
This will not, as might have been the case on Earth, be a conservatory or loft conversion.
这并不会像地球上那样是一个温室或者改装后的阁楼居室。
jargon
It looks soft and full of feeling. It smiles at my jargon. It is susceptible.
看上去温柔而充满感情。笑对着我的闲聊。显得非常敏感。
Doctors sometimes confuse laymen with their jargon.
医生有时用专门术语把外行人弄得稀里糊涂。
heteredox
Rethinking Economics wants curricula to cover heterodox schools of thought.
“反思经济学”希望经济学课程能够涵盖非正统的思想流派。
Then Clare, thrown by sheer misery into one of the demoniacal moods in which a man does despite to his true principles, called her close to him, and fiendishly whispered in her ear the most heterodox ideas he could think of.
这时候克莱尔苦闷到了极点，产生出来一种着魔似的情绪，在这种情绪里，一个人就不再顾及他的真实原则了。他把梅茜小姐叫到跟前，在她的耳边恶魔似地低声说了一通他所能想到的离经叛道的话。
enmity
The gaiety with which they had set out had somehow vanished, and yet there was no enmity or malice between them.
她们一块儿出门时的欢乐情绪也不知道怎么消失了；但是在她们中间并没有仇恨和恶意。
We see attempts to stir up revolution, ranging from organizing unlawful public protests to open propaganda of hatred and enmity in social networks.
我们看到有人试图引发革命，他们组织非法公众抗议活动，还在社会网络中公开宣传仇恨和敌意。
invidious
Wise teachers avoid invidious rules against the students.
聪明的老师避免令学生厌恶的规定。
Either the change in the quality of the air from heavy to light, or the sense of being amid new scenes where there were no invidious eyes upon her, sent up her spirits wonderfully.
也许是空气的性质从沉闷到轻松的变化，也许是她觉得已经到了没有人用恶意的眼光看待她的新地方，于是她的精神奇妙地振作起来。
admonish
a : to indicate duties or obligations to
b : to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner.
disenchant
: to free from illusion
Synonyms
disabuse, disillusion, undeceive
