worldlist 15 Flashcards
dishearten
V. /挫败/discourage; cause to lose courage or hope.
disheveled
ADJ. /邋遢,肮脏/untidy.
disinclination
N. /不情愿,厌恶/unwillingness.
disingenuous
ADJ. /不诚恳的/lacking genuine candor; insincere.
disinter
V. /挖出,出土/dig up; unearth.
disinterested
ADJ. /公正的,无私的/unprejudiced.
disjointed
ADJ. / 断开/disconnected.
dislodge
V. /强制移除/remove (forcibly).
dismantle
V. /拆除/take apart.
dismay
V. /使沮丧;使害怕/discourage; frighten.
dismember
V. /分解,肢解/cut into small parts.
dismiss
V. /拒绝;排除/put away from consideration; reject.
disparage
V. /忽略,轻视/belittle. A doting mother
disparate
ADJ. /大相径庭的;没关系的/basically different; unrelated.
disparity
N. /不同;差距/difference; condition of inequality.
dispassionate
ADJ. /平静的;公平的/calm; impartial.
dispatch
N. /急速;急件/speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed
dispel
V. /驱散,消除/scatter; drive away; cause to vanish.
disperse
V. /散开/scatter. The police fired tear gas into the crowd to disperse the protesters
dispirited
ADJ. /没情绪的,沮丧的/lacking in spirit.
disputatious
ADJ. /好辩的/argumentative; fond of arguing.
disquiet
V. /使焦虑,使难受/make uneasy or anxious.
dissection
N. /分析;解剖/analysis; cutting apart in order to examine.
dissemble
V. /伪装,做作,掩饰/disguise; pretend.
disseminate
V. /分发,扩散,散布/distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds).
dissent
V. /反对/disagree. In the recent Supreme Court decision,
dissertation
N. /论文(博士生)/formal essay.
dissident
ADJ. /持不同意见的;难于对付的/dissenting; rebellious.
dissimulate
V. /伪装,做作,掩饰/pretend; conceal by feigning.
dissipate
V. /驱散,消散;浪费/squander; waste; scatter. He is a fine artist,
dissolute
ADJ. /放纵,挥霍/loose in morals.
dissolution
N. /解散;终止;解体/breaking of a union; decay; termination.
dissonance
N. /不和谐的(声音)/discord.
dissuade
V. /劝阻;使灰心/persuade not to do; discourage.