unit 29

Question 1

conflagration

Answer 1

武装冲突，战争

erupted into a conflagration

Question 2

conflate

Answer 2

混合

conflate past and present

Question 3

consign

Answer 3

转交，转移（给他人）

consigned our package to a next-door neighbor

Question 4

consternation

Answer 4

恐惧，恐慌

stared at each other in consternation

Question 5

convene

Answer 5

召开，召集

convene the members of the council

Question 6

coy

Answer 6

不愿与人交往的，内向的

she was modest without being coy

Question 7

crow

Answer 7

感到高兴

crowing about victory

Question 8

dashing

Answer 8

爱好冒险的，大胆的

the dashing heroes

Question 9

debonair

Answer 9

无忧无虑的，不在乎的
his debonair dismissal of my inquiry concerning
风度翩翩的
the debonair gentleman

Question 10

decadent

Answer 10

堕落的，道德上腐败的

gambling is a decadent form of entertainment

Question 11

deflect

Answer 11

使倾斜，使转向

deflect the public attention from the troubled economy

Question 12

defray

Answer 12

支付

defraying the cost of wat

Question 13

deign

Answer 13

(不情愿地）屈尊，俯就

deign to answer that absurd accusation

Question 14

deplorable

Answer 14

可鄙的，可耻的

deplorable behavior

Question 15

dichotomy

Answer 15

对立

a dichotomy between A and B

Question 16

disenchant

Answer 16

使清醒

disenchant voters

Question 17

domineer

Answer 17

专制统治

he tried to domineer over everyone

Question 18

dread

Answer 18

恐惧

we were filled with dread

Question 19

efficacious

Answer 19

有效的

efficacious new drug

Question 20

elude

Answer 20

1躲闪，躲避
manage to elude capture
2使无法理解，使困惑
a metaphor that eluded them

Question 21

enamored

Answer 21

迷恋的，热爱的

became enamored of the movie idol

Question 22

ethos

Answer 22

道德准则

the ethos of the ancient Spartans

Question 23

exorcise

Answer 23

除去

exorcise the unhappy memories

Question 24

fallible

Answer 24

可能出错的

they are only human and all too fallible

Question 25

fanciful

Answer 25

不切实际的，荒谬的

a fanciful man

Question 26

figment

Answer 26

虚构的事物，幻觉

a figment of my imagination

Question 27

fitful

Answer 27

断断续续

fitful progress

Question 28

forage

Answer 28

寻找

go foraging for change for the parking meter

Question 29

foreground

Answer 29

强调，重视

foregrouned his experience

Question 30

forsake

Answer 30

彻底放弃，抛弃

forsake ideals

Question 31

germinate

Answer 31

发芽
Some seed varieties germinate very quickly
出现
germinate in her mind

Question 32

glower

Answer 32

怒目而视

glowered at their TVs

Question 33

graft

Answer 33

移植，交接

graft old traditions onto the new ones

Question 34

grit

Answer 34

(面对困难时所表现出来的）毅力

she was an athlete with true grit

Question 35

grumble

Answer 35

(尤指低声地）抱怨，埋怨

find something to grumble about

Question 36

heckle

Answer 36

起哄，使难堪

heckling the speaker

Question 37

hobble

Answer 37

阻碍，妨碍

hobble the economy

Question 38

humdrum

Answer 38

无聊的，乏味的

a humdrum but well-paid job