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1、1.insight: the capacity to gain an accurate and deep instinctive understanding of a situation. 洞察力。 2.checkered tablecloth: tablecloth that has a pattern consisting of alternating squares of different colours. The British spelling of checkered is chequered有方格图案的桌布。 3.chew the cud: think reflectively
2、。反复思考。 4.gnome: (in legends) a little old man who lives underground and guards the earths treasures 土地神；a small ugly person 侏儒。 5.melancholy: (adj.) sad，gloomy，depressed.忧郁地。 6.berate: scold or criticize angrily。严责。 7.a perverse streak: an obstinate quality。固执。 8.ruefully: regretfully。悔恨地。 9.drag: (
3、slang) a boring thing；nuisance。令人厌烦的东西 10.immortality: never-ending life or endless fame。不朽, 不朽的声名 1.cool ones heels：be forced to wait; be kept waiting。空等。 2.attest to：testify to; serve as an evidence to affirmto be proof of。证实， 证明。 3.apocalyptic：foreboding imminent disaster or final doom 。启示录的。 4.p
4、roconsul：an administrator in a colony usually with wide powers。地方总督。 5.ruminate：go over in the mind repeatedly and often slowly。沉思，反刍。 6.nattering：chattering；hence, noisy。唠叨，瞎扯。 7.echelon：rank, 1evel。排成梯队。 8.fortify ：encourage；support。设防于，使坚强。 9.reappraisal ：re-evaluation。重新估计，评价。 10.academe：the aca
5、demic community; academics。研究院。 11.shrink：psychoanalyst or psychiatrist。收缩，缩短。 12.subliminal：existing or functioning outside the area of conscious awareness。潜意识的。 13.truism：an undoubted or self-evident truth。真实性。 14.mellow and marinate：to mellow is to become ripe or fully developed, and to marinate
6、is to steep (meat, fish) in a savory sauce to enrich its flavour；here, ripen and mature。使醇香，浸泡。 1. tangible：substantially real; material。切实的。确凿的。 2. custom：business patronage; regular support given to a tradesman by those who buy his goods。商业赞助。 3. impregnable：unassailable, unattackable; sturdy。无法攻取
7、的，攻不破的。 4. credit：trust in a persons ability and intention to pay at a later time for goods, etc. supplied。信用。 5. dash：vigour in style and action。精力, 干劲 6. flair：ingenuity and vitality。才能，本领。 7. invulnerability：freedom from harm or attack。不会受伤害的，刀枪不入的。 8. composition：arrangement into proper proporti
8、on or relation and especially into artistic form。组成，构成。 9. illusory：deceptive。错觉的，虚假的。 10. preclude：make impossible。排除。 1.assumption：something taken for granted; supposition。假定，设想 2.crave for：long for; desire eagerly。渴望。 3.humdrum：lacking variety; dull。单调的。 4.immerse：involve deeply; absorb。沉浸，使陷入。 5
9、.transmute：change; transform。改变。 6.physiological pressures：irritation; annoyance; affliction。愤怒 7.vexation：illnesses; discomforts。苦恼的原因。 8.seminal：having possibilities of future development; highly original and influencing the development of future events。有潜在发展可 能性的。 9.inordinate：excessive。过度的；过分的。
10、patible with：able to exist together。兼容的。 11.thrive on：enjoy and do well as a result of。以.旺盛 12.stave off：keep off; prevent in time。避开, 挡开, 延迟 1.lamely：weakly, unsatisfactorily。虚弱地，有病的。 2.paradoxical：seemingly self-contradictory; incongruous; puzzling。荒谬的。 3.seductive：attractive; charming。诱人的。 4.peda
11、gogical：teaching：教学法的。 5.wary：heedful; careful。机警的。 6.on the defensive：prepared for disapproval or attack。用于防御的。 7.demeaning overtones：implications of humiliation。羞辱，蒙耻。 8.vestiges：traces that have once existed but exist no more。遗迹。 9.to the detriment of：to the harm of。对有损。 10.throes：a condition of
12、agonizing struggle or effort; upheaval。剧痛。 11.narcissism：excessive admiration of oneself。自我陶醉。 12.obligation：duty; social requirement that compels one to follow a certain course of action。义务，职责。 13.fretful：irritable; complaining。烦躁的。 14.pass muster：be accepted as satisfactory。及格, 符合要求。 15.depreciation：a disparaging or a belittling act or instance。贬值，跌落，轻 视。 16.censure：an expression of blame or disapproval。责难。 17.preen：adorn or trim (oneself) carefully。打扮。 18.interminable：endless。无限的。
