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Question 1

tantamount

Answer 1

等价的，与…相等的：equivalent

Question 2

tantrum

Answer 2

勃然大怒，发脾气：bad temper

Question 3

taper

Answer 3

（使）逐渐变细：become narrower, thinner；逐渐减少，减弱：diminish gradually

Question 4

tardy

Answer 4

缓慢的，迟缓的：slowly；延后的，迟的：delayed

Question 5

tarnish

Answer 5

玷污：morally bad

Question 6

tasty

Answer 6

美味的；令人愉悦的：pleasure or contentment

Question 7

tatty

Answer 7

破旧的，褴褛的：shabby

Question 8

taunt

Answer 8

嘲弄性质疑，挑衅：challenge, jeer at

Question 9

taut

Answer 9

紧绷的：not loose；整洁的：proper order, trim shape

Question 10

tawdry

Answer 10

俗丽的，花哨而庸俗的：gaudy

Question 11

taxing

Answer 11

繁重的，费力的：requiring much time, effort

Question 12

tedious

Answer 12

冗长乏味的：tiresome, dullness, boring

Question 13

teeter

Answer 13

蹒跚，不稳定地行走：unsteadily；犹豫不决：uncertainty

Question 14

telling

Answer 14

禁酒：abstinence alcoholic

Question 15

temerity

Answer 15

有效的，显著的：effective

Question 16

temporize

Answer 16

鲁莽，冒失：foolhardy, recklessness；行动躲躲闪闪以争取时间、躲避争论等：act evasively

Question 17

temperate

Answer 17

（言行举止）有分寸的：avoiding extremes；有节制的：restraint

Question 18

tempestuous

Answer 18

突然的，剧烈的：sudden or violent

Question 19

tenable

Answer 19

有据可依的，无懈可击的：capable defended, reasonable

Question 20

tenacious

Answer 20

顽固的，不屈不挠的：persistent；粘着的：adhere to

Question 21

tendentious

Answer 21

有偏见的：biased

Question 22

tender

Answer 22

正式提出：offer；考虑周到的，关心同情的：sympathy consideration

Question 23

tenuous

Answer 23

没有实际内容的，空洞的：little substance

Question 24

tepid

Answer 24

不太热心的：little or no interest

Question 25

terminology

Answer 25

专业术语：special terms or expressions

Question 26

terminus

Answer 26

终点，终点站：end

Question 27

terror

Answer 27

极度恐惧：intense fear

Question 28

terse

Answer 28

简洁的，简明的：brief

Question 29

testimony

Answer 29

证词，声明：authentication

Question 30

testy

Answer 30

易怒的，暴躁的：easily annoyed, irritable

Question 31

tether

Answer 31

（用绳、铁链）拴系、束缚：fasten, restrain；能力或忍耐力的极限：limit

Question 32

theatrical

Answer 32

做作的，夸张的，矫揉造作的：exaggerated unnatural

Question 33

therapeutic

Answer 33

治疗的，有疗效的：treatment disease

Question 34

thorny

Answer 34

多刺的：full of thorns；棘手的：difficulties

Question 35

threadbare

Answer 35

陈腐的：hackneyed；贫穷的：lacking possessions；破烂的：worn or torn

Question 36

throng

Answer 36

大量聚集：crowd in great numbers

Question 37

thwart

Answer 37

阻挠：oppose

Question 38

ticklish

Answer 38

易怒的：easily offended；棘手的，对技巧要求高的：exceptional skill or caution

Question 39

tiff

Answer 39

小争吵：petty quarrel

Question 40

tightfisted

Answer 40

吝啬的：stingy

Question 41

timeworn

Answer 41

陈腐的：hackneyed

Question 42

timid

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胆小的，不自信的lacking courage, self-confidence

Question 43

timorous

Answer 43

胆小的：fearful

Question 44

tinge

Answer 44

给...着上少量的色彩：color, tint

Question 45

tinker

Answer 45

乱修，乱调整：thoughtlessly

Question 46

tint

Answer 46

涂浅色，微染：slight coloration to

Question 47

tirade

Answer 47

长篇抨击性演讲：angry censorious or denunciatory

Question 48

toady

Answer 48

马屁精；拍马屁：flatters, gaining favors

Question 49

tonic

Answer 49

滋补的，有益健康的：stimulating vigor, beneficial

Question 50

topsy-turvy

Answer 50

混乱的：lacking in order