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Question 1

scion

Answer 1

豪門望族的後裔，富家子弟
He’s the scion of a very wealthy newspaper-publishing family.
他出身於報業世家，家境富裕。

Question 2

obsequious

Answer 2

巴結的，諂媚的；卑躬屈膝的
She is embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority.
她差不多對任何當權者都卑躬屈膝，真令人難堪。

Question 3

indoctrinate

Answer 3

向…灌輸
Some parents were critical of attempts to indoctrinate children in green ideology.
有些父母對向孩子灌輸綠色生態意識的意圖提出了批評。

Question 4

fulsome

Answer 4

過分恭維的；諂媚的；言過其實的
Her new book has received fulsome praise from the critics.
評論界對她的新書稱讚得言過其實。

Question 5

lush

Answer 5

（地區）鬱鬱蔥蔥的，植被茂盛的
lush green valleys
鬱鬱蔥蔥的山谷

Question 6

ponder

Answer 6

沉思，默想，考慮
She sat back for a minute to ponder her next move in the game.
她在椅背上靠了一會兒，思考下一步棋該怎麼走。

Question 7

destitution

Answer 7

窮困；缺乏

Question 8

supplication

Answer 8

懇求，哀求；祈禱，祈求[C][U]

He knelt in supplication. 他跪下祈求。

Question 9

decadence

Answer 9

墮落，頹廢，腐朽
Western decadence
西方的墮落

Question 10

disciple

Answer 10

信徒，門徒，追隨者
an ardent disciple of Gandhi
甘地忠實的追隨者

Question 11

metamorphosis

Answer 11

徹底的變化
Under the new editor, the magazine has undergone a metamorphosis.
在新主編的領導下，這本雜誌徹底改頭換面了。

Question 12

penance

Answer 12

悔過，悔罪；補贖
As a penance, she said she would buy them all a box of chocolates.
為了表示歉意，她說她要給他們每個人都買一盒巧克力。

Question 13

ascetic

Answer 13

（常指因宗教原因）苦行的，禁慾的，過清苦生活的
They live a very ascetic life.
他們過著清心寡慾的生活。

Question 14

desultory

Answer 14

漫無目的的，隨意的；無計劃的
She made a desultory attempt at conversation.
她只是隨意聊聊而已。

Question 15

nurture

Answer 15

養育，培育（尤指幼兒或植物）
She wants to stay at home and nurture her children.
她想留在家裡照顧孩子。

Question 16

bona fide

Answer 16

真的；真實的，非虛假的
Make sure you are dealing with a bona fide company.
要確保和你打交道的不是影子公司。

Question 17

salvation

Answer 17

救助（途徑）； 解救（辦法）
After the diagnosis, getting to know Mary was his salvation.
調查分析一番之後，他意識到結識瑪麗是他唯一的出路。

Question 18

nirvana

Answer 18

涅槃（佛教徒所追尋的超脫一切的極度精神自由的境界）

Question 19

materialism

Answer 19

實利主義，物質主義
So have we become a self-centred society, preoccupied with materialism?
我們的社會已變成一個以自我為中心、物質主義盛行的社會了嗎？

Question 20

juxtapose

Answer 20

把（不同的事物）並置，把…並列
The exhibition juxtaposes Picasso’s early drawings with some of his later works.
展覽同時展出了畢卡索早期的畫作和他的一些晚期作品。

Question 21

incompatibility

Answer 21

不協調，不一致，不相容

Question 22

cope

Answer 22

（成功地）對付，應付，處理
It must be really hard to cope with three young children and a job.
要照顧三個小孩還要工作肯定不容易。

Question 23

plight

Answer 23

困境，窘境
the plight of the poor/homeless
窮人／無家可歸者的困難處境

Question 24

covert

Answer 24

隱蔽的；隱秘的；秘密的
covert actions
秘密活動

Question 25

fabricate

Answer 25

捏造，虛構；偽造 He was late, so he fabricated an excuse to avoid trouble. 他遲到了，就編了個理由以免惹上麻煩。

Question 26

connubial

Answer 26

婚姻的 connubial bliss 婚姻的幸福

Question 27

demur

Answer 27

提出異議；拒絕 The lawyer requested a break in the court case, but the judge demurred. 律師請求休庭，但法官沒有同意。

Question 28

appellation

Answer 28

名稱，稱號 As a child, he received the appellation "Mouse". 他小的時候被叫做「老鼠」。

Question 29

incapacitate

Answer 29

使無能力（正常工作或做事）；使無法（做想做之事） The accident left me incapacitated for seven months. 這次意外導致我七個月不能正常生活和工作。

Question 30

escalation

Answer 30

逐步上升；逐步擴大[U][C] a steady escalation of violence 暴力的逐步上升

Question 31

indifference

Answer 31

不感興趣；漠不關心，冷淡 Many native speakers of a language show indifference to/towards grammatical points. 許多人都不關注其母語的文法。

Question 32

potential

Answer 32

潛在的，可能的 A number of potential buyers have expressed interest in the company. 一些潛在的買主表達了對該公司的興趣。

Question 33

cumulative

Answer 33

累積的；漸增的 The cumulative effect of using so many chemicals on the land could be disastrous. 使用大量化學物質經年累月會對土地造成災難性的後果。

Question 34

recondite

Answer 34

深奧的；玄妙的；晦澀的 We had to work from material that was both complex and recondite. 我們不得不從那些複雜晦澀的資料著手開始工作。

Question 35

acknowledge

Answer 35

承認；認可…屬實或存在 [ + -ing verb ] She acknowledged having been at fault. 她承認自己有過錯。

Question 36

delude

Answer 36

欺騙，矇騙 He's deluding himself if he thinks he's going to be promoted this year. 如果他認為今年將獲得晉升，那他是在自己騙自己。

Question 37

palliate

Answer 37

減輕負面影響 They tried to palliate the hardship of their lives. 他們試圖緩解生活的艱難。

Question 38

prelude

Answer 38

序幕，先聲，前奏 The changes are seen as a prelude to wide-ranging reforms. 這些變革被視為大範圍改革的序幕。

Question 39

chimerical

Answer 39

空想的；妄想的；荒誕不經的；荒唐的

Question 40

maladjusted

Answer 40

（通常指兒童）不適應社會環境的，適應不良的 a residential school for disturbed and maladjusted children 為有心理障礙和適應不良的兒童開設的寄宿學校

Question 41

heterogeneous

Answer 41

各種各樣的；混雜的 Switzerland is a heterogeneous confederation of 26 self-governing cantons. 瑞士是一個由26個不同的自治州組成的聯邦。

Question 42

perspicacious

Answer 42

聰穎的；敏銳的；有洞察力的 His perspicacious grandfather had bought the land as an investment, guessing that there might be gold underground. 他睿智的祖父投資買下了這塊地，認為地下可能有黃金。

Question 43

analogous

Answer 43

類似的；可比擬的[（+to/with）] The heart is analogous to a pump. 心臟和水泵有相似之處。

Question 44

gamut

Answer 44

整個範圍；全部 In her stories she expresses the whole gamut of emotions, from happiness to sorrow. 她的短篇小説呈現了喜怒哀樂等千情百感。

Question 45

neurotic

Answer 45

神經過敏的，神經質的 neurotic behaviour/tendencies 神經質的行為／傾向

Question 46

decade

Answer 46

十年；年代

Question 47

mortality

Answer 47

必死性，生命的有限 Her death made him more aware of his own mortality. 她的去世讓他更加意識到自己終有一死。

Question 48

susceptible

Answer 48

易受影響的，易受傷害的 She isn't very susceptible to flattery. 她不太聽信別人的奉承。

Question 49

phenomenon

Answer 49

（尤指不尋常的或有趣的）現象 Gravity is a natural phenomenon. 重力是一種自然現象。

Question 50

enunciate

Answer 50

清楚地念（字）；清晰地發（音） He doesn't enunciate (his words) very clearly. 他（說話）發音不是太清晰。