成年人也會弄錯的20個雅思詞匯

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1.Wanton (adj.) Showing no care for the feelings of others; out of control. As in: "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport." —William Shakespeare, King Lear

Wanton(adj.)：不在乎別人感情的;失控的。

我們之于神，正如蒼蠅之于野孩子。他們殺死我們，不過是為了娛樂(可能有不達(dá)之處，請各位諒解指正!以下同)

--威廉.莎士比亞 《李爾王》

2.Citadel (n.) A fortress that commands a city; a stronghold. As in: "She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken." —John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

Citadel (n.)：城堡;要塞

她似乎理解，接受，也安于她的地位，家庭里的城堡，不能被奪走的好位置。

--約翰.斯坦貝克《憤怒的葡萄》

3.Blasé (adj.) Showing a lack of interest; affected boredom. As in: "Believe me, I may be a bit blasé, but I can still get any man I want." ―F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby Girls

Blasé (adj.)：厭倦的;裝出來的厭倦

相信我，我雖然厭倦于此，但我想要哪個男人，我還是能得到的。

--司各特.菲茨杰拉德《蓋茨比女孩》

4.Tawdry (adj.) Cheap and gaudy in appearance. As in: "The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be." ―Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Tawdry (adj.): 廉價而俗麗的

交流的方式越神奇，其內(nèi)容似乎就越無意義，越華而不實、越讓人壓抑。

--亞瑟.C.克拉克 《2001太空漫游》

5.Mien (n.) Demeanor. As in: "Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year." —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Mien(n.): 神態(tài)，儀表

達(dá)西先生個頭又高又勻稱，五官精致，神態(tài)高貴，很快就吸引了房間里所有人的注意。他進(jìn)門不到五分鐘，消息就滿屋傳開了：他一年進(jìn)帳上萬啦!

--簡.奧斯汀《傲慢與偏見》

6.Retentive (adj.) Able to retain or remember many things. As in: "I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles." ―Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Retentive (adj.)：有記性的;記性強的

我無書不讀，對細(xì)節(jié)記得特別深刻。

--亞瑟.柯楠.道爾《夏洛克.福爾摩斯全集》

7.Servile (adj.) Submissive; slavish. As in: "Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and stumbles to bring it to you. Do the same before a cat, and he will eye you with coolly polite and somewhat bored amusement." —H.P. Lovecraft, Something About Cats

Servile (adj.): 畢恭畢敬的;屈從的

扔出一根棍子，奴隸一般的狗就會呼哧呼哧忙不迭地給你銜回來。在貓跟前做同樣的事，他會瞄你一眼，冷冷地、禮貌地、又有些倦怠的開心。

--H.P. 洛夫克拉夫特《說貓》

8.Simper (v.) To smile insincerely. As in: "If you ever find a man you love, don't waste time hanging your head and simpering. Go right up to him and say, 'I love you. How about getting married?'" ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Simper (v.): 假笑;訕笑

你若是找到了心愛的男人，別只顧耷拉著頭傻笑。走上前去，對他說：“我愛你。我們結(jié)婚如何?”

--貝蒂.史密斯《布魯克林有棵樹》

9.Qualm (n.) A sudden feeling of uneasiness, uncertainty, or nausea. As in: "She was like a bride-to-be who begins to feel her sickening qualms as the day approaches, and dares not speak her mind" —Ian McEwan, Atonement

Qualm(n.): 突然覺得的不適或疑惑

她就像一位待嫁的新娘，隨著日子的臨近，開始感到惶恐不安，還不敢說出來。

--伊恩.麥克尤恩《贖罪》

10.Mendicant (n.) A beggar. As in: "An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours." ― Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy

Mendicant (n.): 乞丐

沒有思想的藝術(shù)家就如乞丐;成天可憐兮兮地四處乞討。

--歐文.斯通《痛苦與狂喜》

11.Oblique (adj.) Indirect; slanted. As in: "He watched sleepily the flakes, silver and dark, falling obliquely against the lamplight." —James Joyce, Dubliners

間接的;傾斜的

12.Churlish (adj.) Impolite, hard to work with. As in: "'Wretched inmates!' I ejaculated, mentally, 'you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality." —Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights

無禮的，不好合作的

13.Discordant (adj.) Out of harmony; conflicting. As in: "And travellers now within that valley, /Through the red-litten windows see/ Vast forms that move fantastically/ To a discordant melody" —Edgar Allen Poe, The Fall of The House of Usher

不和諧的;矛盾的

14.Upbraid (v.) To severely criticize; scold. As in: "'That fiend!' Mr. Darling would cry, and Nana's bark was the echo of it, but Mrs. Darling never upbraided Peter; there was something in the right-hand corner of her mouth that wanted her not to call Peter names." ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

嚴(yán)厲指責(zé)

15.Adage (n.) An old and well-known saying. As in: "Einmal ist keinmal, says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all." —Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

格言

16.Oust (v.) To remove from power; supplant. As in: "Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I look deep down and do believe." ― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

驅(qū)逐;取代

17.Haughty (adj.) Disdainfully proud; arrogant. As in: "Out from the door of the farmhouse came a long file of pigs, all walking on their hind legs...out came Napoleon himself, majestically upright, casting haughty glances from side to side" —George Orwell, Animal Farm

傲氣的;不可一世的

18.Malinger (v.) To pretend to be sick or injured to avoid work. As in: "Pike, the malingerer, who, in his lifetime of deceit, had often successfully feigned a hurt leg, was now limping in earnest." —Jack London, The Call of The Wild

裝病逃避工作

19.Voracious (adj.) Having a huge appetite; ravenous. As in: "It occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again." ―John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

貪婪的;如饑似渴的

20.Stoical (adj.) Showing no emotion, especially in response to pain or distress. As in: "The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet, when we want shoes." ― Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects

不為所動的

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