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当代英美散文名篇选读下册词汇总结表-中英文释义 当代英美散文名篇选读下册词汇总结表-中英文释义 PAGE 当代英美散文名篇选读下册词汇总结表-中英文释义 Unit 1 Why Don’t We Complain? unctuously: insincerely 油腔滑调的 mortification: shame and embarrassment 屈辱，禁欲 discreet: careful and prudent 谨慎的；小心的 rectify: correct ostentatiously: showily 招摇的，铺张的 bellicose: fond of fighting or quarreling 好战的，好斗的 deferentially: respectfully 谦恭的，表示敬意的 reproof: censure, rebuke 责备，谴责 virile: full of masculine strength 有男子气概的 apathy: lack of interest, indifferent 冷漠，没兴趣 plenipotentiary: fully empowered 全权代表的 impervious: not affected or influenced 不受影响的，无动于衷的 unobtrusive: not too noticeable 谦虚的，不引人注目的 doleful: sad, sorrow fortify: strength 加强，增强 telltale: revealing 泄密的，搬弄是非的；迹象，搬弄是非者 raring: very eager 渴望的，急切的 whisk: cause to move very quickly 飞奔，疾过 notorious: infamous resignation: passive acceptance, patient submission 顺从，放弃 primed: brief, prepare 待发的，准备好的 nonchalantly: indifferently, unconcernedly 冷淡的，漠不关心的 visualize: from a mental picture, imagine 形象化 head-on: firm and direct 正面的，直接的 showdown: final fight to settle a dispute 最后一决胜负，摊牌 presumption: supposition 推测 irksome: troublesome, annoying 令人厌烦的 intimate: hint, make known indirectly 暗示，通知 compliance: willingness to yield, agreement 顺从，服从 Unit 2 College Pressures scribble: write very fast or carelessly 潦草的写，乱写 authentic: true, reliable unswervingly: unchangingly, firmly 坚定不移的 savor: relish, enjoy 尽情享受；品尝，欣赏 venerated: respect deeply induce: lead, cause 诱导，引用 intangible: that cannot be easily defined, vague dimension: aspect, side visualize: form a clear picture in the mind, imagine sample: get to know by experience 取样，尝试 exhilarated: make cheerful and excited, thrill 振奋的，高兴地 accrue: accumulate 获得，累积 exhort: urge or advise 忠告，劝诫 tenacity: doggedness, perseverance 韧性，固执 pay-off: reward synthesize: bring separate parts into a whole, fuse(融合) 合成，综合 vacillate: be uncertain of what action to take 踌躇，犹豫 furtively: stealthily, secretly 偷偷地，暗中地 symptomatic: indicative, being a sign 有症状的 perceive: view, interpret t