11月 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Pervasive
普通的
Common things - cheap things
Spreading or spread throughout
Prevalent
流行
Popular
Something is common, it’s prevalent
Most frequent or common
Derivative
衍生物
A kind of financial agreement or deal.
Borrows heavily from something else that came before it.
Compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound.
Result of mathematical differential, the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another.
Financial instrument whose value is based on another security.
Resulting from or employing derivation.
Incessant
不断的
Continues without interruption
Never stop
Negative way
Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.
Grueling
严罚，艰苦
Really difficult
Horrible punishment
Effort to the point of exhaustion没精力
Vacillate
动摇，犹豫不决
Wave back and forth
Unable to decide
Undecided about something
Waver between conflicting positions or courses of action.
Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern.
Usurp
篡夺
If you take over your neighbor’s backyard and claim his in ground swimming pool as your own, you might size 抢 control of, or usurp his yard.
Don’t ask for permission to take control.
Callous
冷酷
Insensitive or emotionally hardened
Having skin made tough and thick through wear.
Deaden feelings or morals.
Brevity
简洁
Shortness, conciseness, brief, fleeting
Incite
煽动
Urge on or cause to act or occur
Negative context
Provoke or stir up
Give an incentive for action
Dissonance
不知谐音
Disagreeable sounds
Cover ears with hands
Auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality, sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.
Conflict of people’s opinions or actions or characters.
Lavish
奢侈的，丰富
Generous and extravagant
Expand profusely
Meager
微簿
Small, not enough
Deficient 不足 in amount or quality or extent.
Negligent
疏忽的
Someone who doesn’t care
Lack of attention or concern to the well being of something or someone.
Obscure
朦胧，模糊
Vague, hard to see, unclear
Not clearly understood or expressed.
Marked by difficulty of style or expression.
Not drawing attention, not famous
Formidable
强大
Inspire fear and respect thanks to their size, special ability, or unusual qualities.
Worthy one.
Extremely impressive in strength or excellent.
Rigorous
严格的
Extremely carefully and precisely
Rigidly accurate, no deviation from a standard.
Strict attention to rules and procedures.
Enhance
提高，增强
Increase your chances if winning or earning a contest or prize.
Heighten it or make it better
Increase
Florid
华丽的
Elaborate and full of if extra flourish, ornamented.
Healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life.
Obstentatious
炫耀的
Flashy, showy
Intend to attract notice and impress others.
Display tawdry or vulgar
Emulate
仿真
Imitate 模仿 them
Model yourself after someone
Compete with successfully, approach or reach equality with.
Intuitive
直觉
Having the ability to understand or know something without any direct evidence or reasoning process.
Natural tendency
Impetuous
浮躁
Act too hastily or carelessly or impulsive 冲动
Lack of thought
Marked by violent force
Precocious
早熟
Beyond their years in skill or knowledge.
Young people have adult like quality
