worldllist13 Flashcards
deciduous
ADJ. /落叶的/falling off as of leaves.
decimate
V. /残杀(十个里面杀一个)/kill, usually one out of ten.
decipher
V. /破译,解密/interpret secret code.
declivity
N. /下坡/downward slope.
decollete
ADJ. /低肩露颈的服装/having a low-necked dress.
decomposition
N. /瓦解;腐烂/decay
decorum
N. /礼貌;温文尔雅/propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners.
decoy
N. /引诱/lure or bait.
decrepit
ADJ. /老化,磨损/worn out by age.
decrepitude
N. /衰老;老耄/state of collapse caused by illness or old age.
decry
V. /强烈反对/express strong disapproval of; disparage.
deducible
ADJ. /可推导的,可推论的/derived by reasoning.
deface
V. /丑化/mar; disfigure.
defame
V. /丑化;诽谤/harm someone’s reputation; malign; slander.
default
N. /不作为,无动于衷/failure to act.
defeatist
ADJ. /失败主义者/attitude of one who is ready to accept
defection
N. /缺点;逃跑,叛逃/desertion.
defer
V. /推迟,延期/delay till later; exempt temporarily.
defer
/缓招/making plans until they hear from their draft boards.
defer
V. /听从/give in respectfully; submit.
deference
N. /尊重的,尊重他人的/courteous regard for another’s wish.
defiance
N. /抵抗;不屈服/refusal to yield; resistance.
defile
V. /污染;亵渎/pollute; profane.
definitive
ADJ. /完全的;最终的/final; complete.
deflect
V. /反射,偏转/turn aside.
defoliate
V. /落叶/destroy leaves.
defray
V. /偿付/pay the costs of.
deft
ADJ. /灵巧的,敏锐地/neat; skillful.
defunct
ADJ. /死的;不存在的,报废的/dead; no longer in use or existence.
defuse
V. /拆弹;化解(危机)/remove the fuse of a bomb; reduce or eliminate a threat.