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Katrina_demain 专八词汇日日更
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from:《蒙娜丽莎的微笑》
day two 男神镇楼
banter
playful, good-humored testing
u./vi. 打趣,戏谑,开玩笑
e.g. the actress exchanged banters with repoters. 女演员与记者互相开玩笑。
subsist
matain or support oneself,especially at a minimal level
生存, 糊口, 勉强维持生活
e.g. we are unable to subsist without air and water. 没有空气和水我们无法存活。
*词源小探:"sub- " equals to "from below" & "sist" equals to "set, stand"
and combine them together we get "struggle to stand firm" .
So that how the meaning come into existence.
partisan
uncritically supporting a person, group or cause; baised.
盲从的,党派性强的,偏袒的
e.g. In their anger, they forget all the partisan quarrels. 愤怒中,他们忘掉了一切党派之争。
avarice
extrem greed for wealth or material gain
u. 贪婪,贪得无厌
e.g. Avarice is the ban to happiness. 贪婪是毁损幸福的祸根。
*随词附送形容词形式 avaricious
venial
not very serious and therefore able to be forgiven
adj. (罪过或错误)轻微而可原谅的
e.g. Her poverty had been a venial fault for two gallant gentlemen. 对那两位殷勤的绅士而言,她贫穷只是一个微不足道的缺点。
posthumous
happening after a person's death
遗腹的,死后的,身后的
e.g. The legendary actor received a posthumous achievement award. 这位传奇男星在过世后获得终身成就奖的肯定。
* "post-" equals "after" post-war战后
"humous" associated with "ground"
after+ground=after one was burried in the ground=after death
abiding
of a feeling or memory endure.
长久的,始终不渝的
e.g. He has a genuine and abiding love of the craft.他对这门手艺有着真挚持久的热爱。
*abide informally means tolerate, but we remember it as stick to/follow/observe when combined with "by".
quiescent
[f.] in a state or period of inactivity.
沉寂的,处于静止状态
e.g. Great distance in either time or space has wonderful power to lull and render quiescent the human mind. 时间和空间上的远距离有一种奇妙的力量,可以使人的心灵平静。
sliver
a very small thin piece of sth.
裂片,细片
e.g. Then, one night, Monica saw a thin sliver of the moon reappear. 之后的一天晚上,莫尼卡看到了一个月牙。
perilous
extremely dangerous
冒险的,危险的
e.g. The journey through the jungle was perilous. 穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
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