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Question 1

esoteric

Answer 1

Development work is also under way on esoteric devices such as robot snakes, carrying warheads, which can infiltrate via air ducts and cable runs.
一些如机器蛇之类的秘密装置的研究也在进行当中，机器蛇可以从通风口和电缆 线路中入侵，运送弹头。

Question 2

crisp

Answer 2

adj.
脆的; 易碎的 a crisp cracker
清新的; 凉爽的; 寒冷的 crisp air
轻快的; 有生气的 crisp musical tempi
👉轮廓分明的; 条理清楚的; 简明扼要的; 干净利落的 
a crisp illustration 线条分明的插图
a crisp analysis; 条理清楚的分析
a crisp reply 简明扼要的回答

Question 3

tantrum

Answer 3

But just like kids, sometimes grown-ups throw tantrums and need a time-out.
就像你们小孩子一样，我们大人有时候也发发脾气，停战休息。

Question 4

grotesque

Answer 4

Now, look at Caravaggio. A decapitated head, he’s Goliath, a bloody grotesque, a monster.
现在看看卡瓦拉乔吧，一个砍下来的首级－他就是歌利亚，一个嗜杀的怪人，一个怪兽

Question 5

ostracize

Answer 5

So they get a bit ostracized from society.”

所以他们有点被社会排斥。

Question 6

full-bodied

Answer 6

Okay, I just opened a bottle, a beautiful 18-year-old, full-bodied.
我刚开了一瓶18年陈酿，味道醇厚。

Question 7

loath

Answer 7

“I took her from a knight. The man was loath to give her up, but your name changed his thinking somewhat…that, and my dirk at his throat.”

“从一个骑士手上抢的，那家伙根本不愿放弃她，是你的名字让他改变了主意……当然，还有我架在他脖子上的匕首。”

Question 8

lax

Answer 8

Emily: I uh, I got it from the gift shop. They have really lax security there. It’s a joke.
我额，我在礼品店搞到的。那保安很松，开个玩笑。

Question 9

invigorate

Answer 9

Around these peaks invigorated by daily sunshine, marine life flourishes in spectacular abundance.
这些山峰白天阳光充足，吸引了大量海洋生物在此繁衍生息。

No, I’m invigorated. This fresh mountain air is…A little help?
不，我精神好得很。山间新鲜的空气真是……帮帮我？

Question 10

willy-nilly

Answer 10

Mr Trump had suggested that he would scrap trade deals, ditch allies, put a figurative bomb under the rules-based global order and drop literal ones willy-nilly.
特朗普已经放言，他会废除贸易协议、抛弃盟友，会在以法律为基础的全球秩序之下放置一枚具有象征意义的炸弹，杂乱无章地投下一批文字炸弹。

Question 11

hallmark

Answer 11

Beautiful lawns, spacious homes, happy families, these are the hallmarks of suburbia.
漂亮的草坪，宽敞的房子，幸福的家庭，这些都是郊区幸福生活的标志。

Question 12

extraneous

Answer 12

These types of extraneous markings might also be noted.
这种无关的标记也可能会被记录下来。

You said you would stick to the topic, but you keep introducing extraneous issues.
你说你将不离主题，可是却一直介绍不相干的事物。

Question 13

blight

Answer 13

Over the past few years most social blights—from crime to teenage pregnancy—have declined.
在过去的几年间，大多数社会痼疾—从犯罪到未成人人怀孕—已经有所下降。

Question 14

verbatim

Answer 14

And I can still quote what the New York Times said about me verbatim.
至今我仍能一字不差的复述纽约时报对我的评价。

As opposed to simply transcribing verbatim re-framing the information into your own words while writing out physically links to better performance on tests.
如果不单单只是逐字逐句地抄写，而是写下自己重新整合的句子，在考试上会有比较好的表现。

Question 15

shrewd

Answer 15

Shrewd governments welcome foreign students. Stupid ones block and expel them.
精明的政府欢迎留学生，愚蠢的政府阻碍并赶走他们。

Question 16

deleterious

Answer 16

So, as evolutionary theory predicts, over the course of the experiment genomes containing deleterious mutations disappeared and positive mutations accumulated in the genomes of cells that remained.
所以，正如进化论预言的那样，在实验过程中包含有害突变的基因组消失了，有益突变则在剩余细胞基因组上积累。

Question 17

convene

Answer 17

A local grand jury convene today to start looking at evidence.
今天，当地组建了一个大陪审团开始研究证据。

Question 18

fulminate

Answer 18

A December budget crunch saw Nancy Pelosi, the Democrats’ boss in the House, fulminate against her own president’s willingness to cut deals with Republicans. Greybeards counsel calm.
众议院民主党领袖南希·佩洛西经历了12月预算的缩减后，严厉批评总统个人想要削减与共和党的交易的意愿。资深人士建议对此保持平静。

Question 19

tantalize

Answer 19

The considerate hostess removed the strawberry shortcake from the table so as not to tantalize her weight-conscious guest.
体贴心细的女主人将草莓油酥糕从桌上移走，使她担心体重的客人不会因看着吃不着而难受。

Question 20

patina

Answer 20

turning a deep rust red and then dark brown before taking on the familiar light green patina in years to come.
然后再转为深棕色，几年后会染上大家熟悉的浅绿的铜锈色。