黃冠文 p.120-139 Flashcards by liu ti

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inexorable

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not to be persuaded

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conciliate

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=appease

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indemnify

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=compensate

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remunerate

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recompensate, reward

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recompense

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=reward

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reimburse

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=pay back

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countervail

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補償, 對抗

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offset

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compensate for

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strive

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try hard, rival, struggle

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vie

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compete with

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provoke

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激怒, 搧動

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exasperate

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=irritate

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exacerbate

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make worse

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estrange

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遠離

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supersede

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=replace

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unravel

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闡明, 解開

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debacle

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崩潰, 倒塌

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scrupulous

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doing sth. correctly

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trenchant

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=severe

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incisive

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expressing an idea in clear way

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retrench

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cut down

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excavate

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挖掘

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mercenary

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貪財的

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domesticate

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馴養

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ungainly

=clumsy

pamper

=coddle(寵愛)

garment

piece of clothing

hoax

plan to deceive sb.

garnish

=adorn

ornament

=decoration

trudge

walk wearily

drudge

person who does hard boring work

sporadic

occational

entail

使必需, 限定繼承

radical

extreme, fundamental

dismiss

解散

meld

=mix

dash

break sth. into peices

peity

虔誠

reverence

敬畏

venerate

尊敬

propitiate

撫慰

ingenuous

誠實的

hypocritical

虛偽的

ecstatic

extremely happy

mutter

=murmur

peevish

easily annoyed

petulant

easily annoyed

assuage

=relieve

rein

韁繩, 限制

curb

=restrain

manacles

手銬, 限制

lionize

make sb. famious

lucrative

有利益的

buoy

使浮起, 鼓勵

bemuse

=bewilder

entrench

保護, 侵犯

prowess

great ability

tame

溫順的

valiant

very brave

pertain

=relate

coddle

=pamper(寵愛)

bludgeon

警棍, 用棒打

hoax

a plan to deceive sb.

defeasible

capable of being terminated

clerical

relating to priests, relating to work done in an office