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TOFEL Words(1-50)
Question | Answer |
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Abandon | 放棄 abondoned the sinking ship (S) relinquish 放棄; forgo 放棄;forsake 背叛 |
Abash | 羞愧 abashed before the assembled dignitaries (S) fluster 慌亂; disconcert 搞亂; discompose 驚 (A) self-possessed 鎮靜 |
Abdicate | 放棄 abdicated the throne (S) renounce 放棄; abandon 放棄;relinquish 放棄 |
Abet | 助長 treacherously abetted the enemy (S) spur 帶動; incite 煽動; (A) deter 阻止 |
Abridge | 刪減 abridged his lengthy speech (S) curtail 縮短;diminish 減少; (A) protract 拖長;elongate 拉長 |
Abrogate | 廢除 a treaty abrogated by mutual consent (S) annul 廢止; nullify 廢止; rescind 廢除; |
Abstemious | 節制 abstemioius in his habits (S) temperate 節制 |
Academic | 學術 theoretical academic interests (S) scholastic 學術的 |
Accede | 同意 accede to a request (S) assent 同意 |
Accelerate | 加速 took an accelerated course in order to graduate early (S) expedite 促進; (A) retard 減速 |
Accolade | 榮譽 a tremendous accolade for a returning hero (S) tribute 貢獻; ovation 歡呼 |
Accord | 符合 in full accord with his view (S) concord 和睦; concurrence 同意 |
Acrimonious | 尖酸刻薄 stung by the acrimonious remark (S)caustic 尖酸刻薄; acerb 尖酸刻薄; (A) affable 和藹可親 |
Acumen | 敏銳 showing exceptional business acumen (S) perspicacity 洞察力; discernment 洞察; obtuseness 遲鈍 |
Admonish | 勸告 admonishing the unruly child (S) chide 斥責; reprimand 譴責 |
Adversary | 對手 his adversary in a bitter debate (S) antagonist 對手 |
Aesthetic | 審美的 interested in aesthetic values rather than in purely practical affairs |
Affable | 和藹可親 affable gentleman (S) complaisant 彬彬有禮; benign 良性的; (A) brusque 唐突 |
Affluent | 富裕的 a large bequest from an affluent grandfather (S) opulent 豐裕的; profuse 很多的; (A) destitute 窮困的 |
Aggressive | 好鬥的 annoyed people by his aggressive attitude (S) bumptious 自誇自擂的; officious 多管閑事的 |
Alacrity | 樂意 responded to the flattering offer with alacrity (S) celerity 樂意; briskness 敏捷; (A) apathy 冷漠 |
Alienate | 疏遠 altenated by his gruff manner |
Allay | 使鎮靜 at ease now that his fears have been allayed (S) appease 安撫; alleviate 使緩和; (A) intensify 強化 |
Allude | 暗指 alluded quite subtly to his friend's misfortune (S) insinuate 暗示; intimate 暗示; (A) refer 參考 |
Allure | 引誘 allured by the prospect of a new job (S) lure 引誘; decoy 誘騙; (A) repel 抵抗 |
Ambiguous | 曖昧 (in more than one way puzzled) by the ambiguous statement (S) hazy 朦朧; obscure 含糊; (A) explicit 清楚 |
Amenable | 肯服從的 amenable to the suggestion (S) tractable 易於管教; docile 易於管教; (A) intractable 倔強的 |
Amiable | 親切的 attracted friends by his amiable disposition (S) complaisant 杉杉有禮的 |
Anachronism | 不合潮流 A machine gun at the Battle of Yorktown would be an anachronism |
Analogy | 類比 He indicated points of analogy between the two situations (S) correspondence 對應; affinity 共鳴; anomaly 異常 |
Anarchy | 無政府狀態 a country bought to utter anarchy by civil war (S) chaos 混亂; pandemonium 地獄 |
Animus | 敵意felt no animus, even against the enemy (S) enmity 敵意; rancor 敵意; amity 友好 |
Annals | 年鑒 in the annals of literature |
Anonymous | 佚名 an anonymous publication |
Anthology | 詩選 an anthology of modern poetry |
Antithesis | 對照 his selfish attitude seemed to me the antithesis of patriotism |
Apathy | 冷漠 attribute his failure to apathy, rather than lack of ability (S) torpor 麻木; lethargy 昏睡; (A )zeal 熱心 |
Apprehensive | 憂慮 being unprepared, John is apprehensive of the examination |
Apprise | 通知 apprised his lieutenants of the new situation |
Approbation | 批准 a plan that met with hearty approbation (S) sanction 認可; commendation 推薦; disapprobation 不答應 |
Apt | 有傾向的 apt to succeed (S) prone 有傾向的 |
Arbiter | 仲裁人 a fair decision renered by the arbiter (S) mediator 仲裁人; arbitrator 仲裁人 |
Archetype | 原型 copies reproduced from the archetype (S) prototype 原型 |
Arid | 乾燥的 the arid desert land (S) jejune 不毛的; parched 焦的; (A) arable 適於耕種 |
Aristocracy | 貴族 special privileges enjoyed by the aristocracy (S) oligarchy 寡頭政治; democracy 自由 |
Armistice | 休戰 the armistice halted the war (S) truce 停戰 |
Artful | 狡猾的 attained his mean objective by artful measures (S) cunning 狡猾的; wily 使用計謀的; (A) guileless 誠實的 |
Articulate | 清淅的 articulated slowly so that he could not be misunderstood |
Ascetic | 修道者 pursued the ascetic life of a monk (S) austere 簡樸的; abstinent 有節制的; (A)wanton 蕩婦; 荒唐的 |
Askance | 斜視地 looked askance at th forged signature |