【達(dá)人】新概念英語單詞:Lesson 34 Adolescence 青春期
Lesson 34 Adolescence 青春期
adolescence [??d??les?ns] n. 青春期
slur [sl??] n. 詆毀
【擴(kuò)】slander 詆毀，中傷
【搭】throw a slur on 破壞……的名譽(yù)
disloyalty [dis?l?i?lti] n. 不忠實(shí)
【例】He felt deeply wounded by their disloyalty.
因?yàn)樗麄儾恢遥謧摹?
spite [spait] n. 惡意，懷恨
【擴(kuò)】malice 惡意 maliciousness 惡意
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A: I'm sure he took my parking space just out of spite.
B: Maybe you worried too much.
A：我認(rèn)為他侵占我的停車位肯定是有意和我作對(duì)。
B：也許你多慮了。
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disillusionment [?disi?lu???nm?nt] n. 幻滅感
evaluation [?iv?lju?ei??n] n. 評(píng)價(jià)
【擴(kuò)】valuation 評(píng)價(jià)
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A: I am not satisfied with this evaluation.
B: You should work harder, I mean.
A：這個(gè)評(píng)價(jià)讓我很不滿。
B：我的意思是，你需要更加努力地工作。
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infallibility [in?f?l??biliti] n. 一貫正確
【例】No one can claim infallibility.
誰也不能說自己是一貫正確的。
resent [ri?zent] v. 怨恨
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A: His father seems to resent my being here.
B: Don't think it that way.
A：我呆在這里他的父親似乎不大高興。
B：你別那么想。
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sincerity [sin?seriti] n. 誠(chéng)摯
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A: Your sincerity is not in dispute.
B: Then what made you disgruntled?
A：你的誠(chéng)懇是無可置辯的。
B：那是什么讓你不滿呢？
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Victorian [vik?t??ri?n] adj. 維多利亞式的
retreat [ri?tri?t] v. 后退
【擴(kuò)】fall back 后退
【搭】in full retreat 逃跑
【例】The defeated army had to retreat hastily from the field of the battle to the coast.
敗軍被迫倉(cāng)皇地從戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)向海岸撤退。
unreasoning [?n?ri?z?ni?] adj. 不理智的
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A: It's very unreasoning to quit it right now.
B: But I don't have any other choice.
A：現(xiàn)在放棄是很不理智的。
B：但是我沒有別的選擇。
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authoritarian [??θ??ri?t??ri?n] adj. 專制的
【派】authoritarianism 專制主義
【擴(kuò)】absolute 專制的，完全的
【例】He is a strict authoritarian.
他是一個(gè)絕對(duì)的權(quán)利主義者。
cow [kau] v. 嚇唬
