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  • “The Young Idea”

    The alterations1 of feeling in that first dialogue between Tom and Philip continued to mark their intercourse2 even after many weeks of schoolboy intimacy3. Tom never quite lost the feeling that Philip, being the son of a “rascal,” was his natural enemy; never thoroughly4 overcame his repulsion to Philip’s deformity. He was a boy who adhered tenaciously5 to impressions once received; as with all minds in which mere7 perception predominates over thought and emotion, the external remained to him rigidly8 what it was in the first instance. But then it was impossible not to like Philip’s company when he was in a good humour; he could help one so well in one’s Latin exercises, which Tom regarded as a kind of puzzle that could only be found out by a lucky chance; and he could tell such wonderful fighting stories about Hal of the Wynd, for example, and other heroes who were especial favourites with Tom, because they laid about them with heavy strokes. He had small opinion of Saladin, whose cimeter could cut a cushion in two in an instant; who wanted to cut cushions? That was a stupid story, and he didn’t care to hear it again. But when Robert Bruce, on the black pony9, rose in his stirrups, and lifting his good battle-axe, cracked at once the helmet and the skull10 of the too hasty knight11 at Bannockburn, then Tom felt all the exaltation of sympathy, and if he had had a cocoanut at hand, he would have cracked it at once with the poker12. Philip in his happier moods indulged Tom to the top of his bent13, heightening the crash and bang and fury of every fight with all the artillery14 of epithets15 and similes16 at his command. But he was not always in a good humour or happy mood. The slight spurt17 of peevish18 susceptibility which had escaped him in their first interview was a symptom of a perpetually recurring19 mental ailment20, half of it nervous irritability21, half of it the heart-bitterness produced by the sense of his deformity. In these fits of susceptibility every glance seemed to him to be charged either with offensive pity or with ill-repressed disgust; at the very least it was an indifferent glance, and Philip felt indifference22 as a child of the south feels the chill air of a northern spring. Poor Tom’s blundering patronage23 when they were out of doors together would sometimes make him turn upon the well-meaning lad quite savagely24; and his eyes, usually sad and quiet, would flash with anything but playful lightning. No wonder Tom retained his suspicions of the humpback.

    But Philip’s self-taught skill in drawing was another link between them; for Tom found, to his disgust, that his new drawing-master gave him no dogs and donkeys to draw, but brooks25 and rustic26 bridges and ruins, all with a general softness of black-lead surface, indicating that nature, if anything, was rather satiny; and as Tom’s feeling for the picturesque27 in landscape was at present quite latent, it is not surprising that Mr Goodrich’s productions seemed to him an uninteresting form of art. Mr Tulliver, having a vague intention that Tom should be put to some business which included the drawing out of plans and maps, had complained to Mr Riley, when he saw him at Mudport, that Tom seemed to be learning nothing of that sort; whereupon that obliging adviser28 had suggested that Tom should have drawing-lessons. Mr Tulliver must not mind paying extra for drawing; let Tom be made a good draughtsman, and he would be able to turn his pencil to any purpose. So it was ordered that Tom should have drawing-lessons; and whom should Mr Stelling have selected as a master if not Mr Goodrich, who was considered quite at the head of his profession within a circuit of twelve miles round King’s Lorton? By which means Tom learned to make an extremely fine point to his pencil, and to represent landscape with a “broad generality,” which, doubtless from a narrow tendency in his mind to details, he thought extremely dull.

    All this, you remember, happened in those dark ages when there were no schools of design; before schoolmasters were invariably men of scrupulous29 integrity, and before the clergy30 were all men of enlarged minds and varied31 culture. In those less favoured days, it is no fable32 that there were other clergymen besides Mr Stelling who had narrow intellects and large wants, and whose income, by a logical confusion to which Fortune, being a female as well as blindfold33, is peculiarly liable, was proportioned not to their wants but to their intellect, with which income has clearly no inherent relation. The problem these gentlemen had to solve was to readjust the proportion between their wants and their income; and since wants are not easily starved to death, the simpler method appeared to be to raise their income. There was but one way of doing this; any of those low callings in which men are obliged to do good work at a low price were forbidden to clergymen; was it their fault if their only resource was to turn out very poor work at a high price? Besides, how should Mr Stelling be expected to know that education was a delicate and difficult business, any more than an animal endowed with a power of boring a hole through a rock should be expected to have wide views of excavation35? Mr Stelling’s faculties36 had been early trained to boring in a straight line, and he had no faculty37 to spare. But among Tom’s contemporaries, whose fathers cast their sons on clerical instruction to find them ignorant after many days, there were many far less lucky than Tom Tulliver. Education was almost entirely38 a matter of luck—usually of ill-luck—in those distant days. The state of mind in which you take a billiard-cue or a dice-box in your hand is one of sober certainty compared with that of old-fashioned fathers, like Mr Tulliver, when they selected a school or a tutor for their sons. Excellent men, who had been forced all their lives to spell on an impromptu39-phonetic system, and having carried on a successful business in spite of this disadvantage, had acquired money enough to give their sons a better start in life than they had had themselves, must necessarily take their chance as to the conscience and the competence40 of the schoolmaster whose circular fell in their way, and appeared to promise so much more than they would ever have thought of asking for, including the return of linen41, fork, and spoon. It was happy for them if some ambitious draper of their acquaintance had not brought up his son to the Church, and if that young gentleman, at the age of four-and-twenty, had not closed his college dissipations by an imprudent marriage; otherwise, these innocent fathers, desirous of doing the best for their offspring, could only escape the draper’s son by happening to be on the foundation of a grammar-school as yet unvisited by commissioners42, where two or three boys could have, all to themselves, the advantages of a large and lofty building, together with a head-master, toothless, dim-eyed and deaf, whose erudite indistinctness and inattention were engrossed43 by them at the rate of three hundred pounds a-head,—a ripe scholar, doubtless, when first appointed; but all ripeness beneath the sun has a further stage less esteemed45 in the market.

    Tom Tulliver, then, compared with many other British youths of his time who have since had to scramble46 through life with some fragments of more or less relevant knowledge, and a great deal of strictly47 relevant ignorance, was not so very unlucky. Mr Stelling was a broad-chested, healthy man, with the bearing of a gentleman, a conviction that a growing boy required a sufficiency of beef, and a certain hearty48 kindness in him that made him like to see Tom looking well and enjoying his dinner; not a man of refined conscience, or with any deep sense of the infinite issues belonging to everyday duties, not quite competent to his high offices; but incompetent49 gentlemen must live, and without private fortune it is difficult to see how they could all live genteelly if they had nothing to do with education or government. Besides, it was the fault of Tom’s mental constitution that his faculties could not be nourished on the sort of knowledge Mr Stelling had to communicate. A boy born with a deficient50 power of apprehending51 signs and abstractions must suffer the penalty of his congenital deficiency, just as if he had been born with one leg shorter than the other. A method of education sanctioned by the long practice of our venerable ancestors was not to give way before the exceptional dulness of a boy who was merely living at the time then present. And Mr Stelling was convinced that a boy so stupid at signs and abstractions must be stupid at everything else, even if that reverend gentleman could have taught him everything else. It was the practice of our venerable ancestors to apply that ingenious instrument the thumb-screw, and to tighten52 and tighten it in order to elicit53 non-existent facts; they had a fixed54 opinion to begin with, that the facts were existent, and what had they to do but to tighten the thumb-screw? In like manner, Mr Stelling had a fixed opinion that all boys with any capacity could learn what it was the only regular thing to teach; if they were slow, the thumb-screw must be tightened,—the exercises must be insisted on with increased severity, and a page of Virgil be awarded as a penalty, to encourage and stimulate55 a too languid inclination56 to Latin verse.

    The thumb-screw was a little relaxed, however, during this second half-year. Philip was so advanced in his studies, and so apt, that Mr Stelling could obtain credit by his facility, which required little help, much more easily than by the troublesome process of overcoming Tom’s dulness. Gentlemen with broad chests and ambitious intentions do sometimes disappoint their friends by failing to carry the world before them. Perhaps it is that high achievements demand some other unusual qualification besides an unusual desire for high prizes; perhaps it is that these stalwart gentlemen are rather indolent, their divinæ particulum auræ being obstructed57 from soaring by a too hearty appetite. Some reason or other there was why Mr Stelling deferred58 the execution of many spirited projects,—why he did not begin the editing of his Greek play, or any other work of scholarship, in his leisure hours, but, after turning the key of his private study with much resolution, sat down to one of Theodore Hook’s novels. Tom was gradually allowed to shuffle59 through his lessons with less rigor60, and having Philip to help him, he was able to make some show of having applied61 his mind in a confused and blundering way, without being cross-examined into a betrayal that his mind had been entirely neutral in the matter. He thought school much more bearable under this modification62 of circumstances; and he went on contentedly63 enough, picking up a promiscuous64 education chiefly from things that were not intended as education at all. What was understood to be his education was simply the practice of reading, writing, and spelling, carried on by an elaborate appliance of unintelligible65 ideas, and by much failure in the effort to learn by rote66.

    Nevertheless, there was a visible improvement in Tom under this training; perhaps because he was not a boy in the abstract, existing solely67 to illustrate68 the evils of a mistaken education, but a boy made of flesh and blood, with dispositions69 not entirely at the mercy of circumstances.

    There was a great improvement in his bearing, for example; and some credit on this score was due to Mr Poulter, the village schoolmaster, who, being an old Peninsular soldier, was employed to drill Tom,—a source of high mutual70 pleasure. Mr Poulter, who was understood by the company at the Black Swan to have once struck terror into the hearts of the French, was no longer personally formidable. He had rather a shrunken appearance, and was tremulous in the mornings, not from age, but from the extreme perversity71 of the King’s Lorton boys, which nothing but gin could enable him to sustain with any firmness. Still, he carried himself with martial72 erectness73, had his clothes scrupulously74 brushed, and his trousers tightly strapped75; and on the Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, when he came to Tom, he was always inspired with gin and old memories, which gave him an exceptionally spirited air, as of a superannuated76 charger who hears the drum. The drilling-lessons were always protracted77 by episodes of warlike narrative78, much more interesting to Tom than Philip’s stories out of the Iliad; for there were no cannon79 in the Iliad, and besides, Tom had felt some disgust on learning that Hector and Achilles might possibly never have existed. But the Duke of Wellington was really alive, and Bony had not been long dead; therefore Mr Poulter’s reminiscences of the Peninsular War were removed from all suspicion of being mythical80. Mr Poulter, it appeared, had been a conspicuous81 figure at Talavera, and had contributed not a little to the peculiar34 terror with which his regiment82 of infantry83 was regarded by the enemy. On afternoons when his memory was more stimulated84 than usual, he remembered that the Duke of Wellington had (in strict privacy, lest jealousies85 should be awakened) expressed his esteem44 for that fine fellow Poulter. The very surgeon who attended him in the hospital after he had received his gunshot-wound had been profoundly impressed with the superiority of Mr Poulter’s flesh,—no other flesh would have healed in anything like the same time. On less personal matters connected with the important warfare86 in which he had been engaged, Mr Poulter was more reticent87, only taking care not to give the weight of his authority to any loose notions concerning military history. Any one who pretended to a knowledge of what occurred at the siege of Badajos was especially an object of silent pity to Mr Poulter; he wished that prating88 person had been run down, and had the breath trampled89 out of him at the first go-off, as he himself had,—he might talk about the siege of Badajos then! Tom did not escape irritating his drilling-master occasionally, by his curiosity concerning other military matters than Mr Poulter’s personal experience.

    “And General Wolfe, Mr Poulter,—wasn’t he a wonderful fighter?” said Tom, who held the notion that all the martial heroes commemorated90 on the public-house signs were engaged in the war with Bony.

    “Not at all!” said Mr Poulter, contemptuously. “Nothing o’ the sort! Heads up!” he added, in a tone of stern command, which delighted Tom, and made him feel as if he were a regiment in his own person.

    “No, no!” Mr Poulter would continue, on coming to a pause in his discipline; “they’d better not talk to me about General Wolfe. He did nothing but die of his wound; that’s a poor haction, I consider. Any other man ’ud have died o’ the wounds I’ve had. One of my sword-cuts ’ud ha’ killed a fellow like General Wolfe.”

    “Mr Poulter,” Tom would say, at any allusion91 to the sword, “I wish you’d bring your sword and do the sword-exercise!”

    For a long while Mr Poulter only shook his head in a significant manner at this request, and smiled patronizingly, as Jupiter may have done when Semele urged her too ambitious request. But one afternoon, when a sudden shower of heavy rain had detained Mr Poulter twenty minutes longer than usual at the Black Swan, the sword was brought,—just for Tom to look at.

    “And this is the real sword you fought with in all the battles, Mr Poulter?” said Tom, handling the hilt. “Has it ever cut a Frenchman’s head off?”

    “Head off? Ah! and would, if he’d had three heads.”

    “But you had a gun and bayonet besides?” said Tom. “I should like the gun and bayonet best, because you could shoot ’em first and spear ’em after. Bang! Ps-s-s-s!” Tom gave the requisite92 pantomime to indicate the double enjoyment of pulling the trigger and thrusting the spear.

    “Ah, but the sword’s the thing when you come to close fighting,” said Mr Poulter, involuntarily falling in with Tom’s enthusiasm, and drawing the sword so suddenly that Tom leaped back with much agility93.

    “Oh, but, Mr Poulter, if you’re going to do the exercise,” said Tom, a little conscious that he had not stood his ground as became an Englishman, “let me go and call Philip. He’ll like to see you, you know.”

    “What! the humpbacked lad?” said Mr Poulter, contemptuously; “what’s the use of his looking on?”

    “Oh, but he knows a great deal about fighting,” said Tom, “and how they used to fight with bows and arrows, and battle-axes.”

    “Let him come, then. I’ll show him something different from his bows and arrows,” said Mr Poulter, coughing and drawing himself up, while he gave a little preliminary play to his wrist.

    Tom ran in to Philip, who was enjoying his afternoon’s holiday at the piano, in the drawing-room, picking out tunes94 for himself and singing them. He was supremely95 happy, perched like an amorphous96 bundle on the high stool, with his head thrown back, his eyes fixed on the opposite cornice, and his lips wide open, sending forth97, with all his might, impromptu syllables98 to a tune of Arne’s which had hit his fancy.

    “Come, Philip,” said Tom, bursting in; “don’t stay roaring ‘la la’ there; come and see old Poulter do his sword-exercise in the carriage-house!”

    The jar of this interruption, the discord99 of Tom’s tones coming across the notes to which Philip was vibrating in soul and body, would have been enough to unhinge his temper, even if there had been no question of Poulter the drilling-master; and Tom, in the hurry of seizing something to say to prevent Mr Poulter from thinking he was afraid of the sword when he sprang away from it, had alighted on this proposition to fetch Philip, though he knew well enough that Philip hated to hear him mention his drilling-lessons. Tom would never have done so inconsiderate a thing except under the severe stress of his personal pride.

    Philip shuddered100 visibly as he paused from his music. Then turning red, he said, with violent passion,—

    “Get away, you lumbering101 idiot! Don’t come bellowing102 at me; you’re not fit to speak to anything but a cart-horse!”

    It was not the first time Philip had been made angry by him, but Tom had never before been assailed103 with verbal missiles that he understood so well.

    “I’m fit to speak to something better than you, you poor-spirited imp6!” said Tom, lighting104 up immediately at Philip’s fire. “You know I won’t hit you, because you’re no better than a girl. But I’m an honest man’s son, and your father’s a rogue105; everybody says so!”

    Tom flung out of the room, and slammed the door after him, made strangely heedless by his anger; for to slam doors within the hearing of Mrs Stelling, who was probably not far off, was an offence only to be wiped out by twenty lines of Virgil. In fact, that lady did presently descend106 from her room, in double wonder at the noise and the subsequent cessation of Philip’s music. She found him sitting in a heap on the hassock, and crying bitterly.

    “What’s the matter, Wakem? what was that noise about? Who slammed the door?”

    Philip looked up, and hastily dried his eyes. “It was Tulliver who came in—to ask me to go out with him.”

    “And what are you in trouble about?” said Mrs Stelling.

    Philip was not her favourite of the two pupils; he was less obliging than Tom, who was made useful in many ways. Still, his father paid more than Mr Tulliver did, and she meant him to feel that she behaved exceedingly well to him. Philip, however, met her advances toward a good understanding very much as a caressed107 mollusk108 meets an invitation to show himself out of his shell. Mrs Stelling was not a loving, tender-hearted woman; she was a woman whose skirt sat well, who adjusted her waist and patted her curls with a preoccupied109 air when she inquired after your welfare. These things, doubtless, represent a great social power, but it is not the power of love; and no other power could win Philip from his personal reserve.

    He said, in answer to her question, “My toothache came on, and made me hysterical110 again.”

    This had been the fact once, and Philip was glad of the recollection; it was like an inspiration to enable him to excuse his crying. He had to accept eau-de-Cologne and to refuse creosote in consequence111; but that was easy.

    Meanwhile Tom, who had for the first time sent a poisoned arrow into Philip’s heart, had returned to the carriage-house, where he found Mr Poulter, with a fixed and earnest eye, wasting the perfections of his sword-exercise on probably observant but inappreciative rats. But Mr Poulter was a host in himself; that is to say, he admired himself more than a whole army of spectators could have admired him. He took no notice of Tom’s return, being too entirely absorbed in the cut and thrust,—the solemn one, two, three, four; and Tom, not without a slight feeling of alarm at Mr Poulter’s fixed eye and hungry-looking sword, which seemed impatient for something else to cut besides the air, admired the performance from as great a distance as possible. It was not until Mr Poulter paused and wiped the perspiration112 from his forehead, that Tom felt the full charm of the sword-exercise, and wished it to be repeated.

    “Mr Poulter,” said Tom, when the sword was being finally sheathed113, “I wish you’d lend me your sword a little while to keep.”

    “No no, young gentleman,” said Mr Poulter, shaking his head decidedly; “you might do yourself some mischief114 with it.”

    “No, I’m sure I wouldn’t; I’m sure I’d take care and not hurt myself. I shouldn’t take it out of the sheath much, but I could ground arms with it, and all that.”

    “No, no, it won’t do, I tell you; it won’t do,” said Mr Poulter, preparing to depart. “What ’ud Mr Stelling say to me?”

    “Oh, I say, do, Mr Poulter! I’d give you my five-shilling piece if you’d let me keep the sword a week. Look here!” said Tom, reaching out the attractively large round of silver. The young dog calculated the effect as well as if he had been a philosopher.

    “Well,” said Mr Poulter, with still deeper gravity, “you must keep it out of sight, you know.”

    “Oh yes, I’ll keep it under the bed,” said Tom, eagerly, “or else at the bottom of my large box.”

    “And let me see, now, whether you can draw it out of the sheath without hurting yourself.” That process having been gone through more than once, Mr Poulter felt that he had acted with scrupulous conscientiousness115, and said, “Well, now, Master Tulliver, if I take the crown-piece, it is to make sure as you’ll do no mischief with the sword.”

    “Oh no, indeed, Mr Poulter,” said Tom, delightedly handing him the crown-piece, and grasping the sword, which, he thought, might have been lighter116 with advantage.

    “But if Mr Stelling catches you carrying it in?” said Mr Poulter, pocketing the crown-piece provisionally while he raised this new doubt.

    “Oh, he always keeps in his upstairs study on Saturday afternoon,” said Tom, who disliked anything sneaking117, but was not disinclined to a little stratagem118 in a worthy119 cause. So he carried off the sword in triumph mixed with dread—dread that he might encounter Mr or Mrs Stelling—to his bedroom, where, after some consideration, he hid it in the closet behind some hanging clothes. That night he fell asleep in the thought that he would astonish Maggie with it when she came,—tie it round his waist with his red comforter, and make her believe that the sword was his own, and that he was going to be a soldier. There was nobody but Maggie who would be silly enough to believe him, or whom he dared allow to know he had a sword; and Maggie was really coming next week to see Tom, before she went to a boarding-school with Lucy.

    If you think a lad of thirteen would not have been so childish, you must be an exceptionally wise man, who, although you are devoted120 to a civil calling, requiring you to look bland121 rather than formidable, yet never, since you had a beard, threw yourself into a martial attitude, and frowned before the looking-glass. It is doubtful whether our soldiers would be maintained if there were not pacific people at home who like to fancy themselves soldiers. War, like other dramatic spectacles, might possibly cease for want of a “public.”



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    1 alterations [ˌɔ:ltə'reɪʃəns] c8302d4e0b3c212bc802c7294057f1cb   第9级
    n.改动( alteration的名词复数 );更改;变化;改变
    参考例句:
    • Any alterations should be written in neatly to the left side. 改动部分应书写清晰,插在正文的左侧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code. 基因突变是指DNA 密码的改变。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    2 intercourse [ˈɪntəkɔ:s] NbMzU   第7级
    n.性交;交流,交往,交际
    参考例句:
    • The magazine becomes a cultural medium of intercourse between the two peoples. 该杂志成为两民族间文化交流的媒介。
    • There was close intercourse between them. 他们过往很密。
    3 intimacy [ˈɪntɪməsi] z4Vxx   第8级
    n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行
    参考例句:
    • His claims to an intimacy with the President are somewhat exaggerated. 他声称自己与总统关系密切,这有点言过其实。
    • I wish there were a rule book for intimacy. 我希望能有个关于亲密的规则。
    4 thoroughly [ˈθʌrəli] sgmz0J   第8级
    adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
    参考例句:
    • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting. 一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
    • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons. 士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
    5 tenaciously [tə'neɪʃəslɪ] lg3zdW   第9级
    坚持地
    参考例句:
    • Though seriously ill, he still clings tenaciously to life. 他虽病得很重,但仍顽强地活下去。 来自辞典例句
    • It was apparently more tenaciously held to surface than fraction three. 它比级分三更顽强地保持在表面上。 来自辞典例句
    6 imp [ɪmp] Qy3yY   第12级
    n.顽童
    参考例句:
    • What a little imp you are! 你这个淘气包!
    • There's a little imp always running with him. 他总有一个小鬼跟着。
    7 mere [mɪə(r)] rC1xE   第7级
    adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
    参考例句:
    • That is a mere repetition of what you said before. 那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
    • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer. 再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
    8 rigidly ['ridʒidli] hjezpo   第7级
    adv.刻板地,僵化地
    参考例句:
    • Life today is rigidly compartmentalized into work and leisure. 当今的生活被严格划分为工作和休闲两部分。
    • The curriculum is rigidly prescribed from an early age. 自儿童时起即已开始有严格的课程设置。
    9 pony [ˈpəʊni] Au5yJ   第8级
    adj.小型的;n.小马
    参考例句:
    • His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present. 他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
    • They made him pony up the money he owed. 他们逼他还债。
    10 skull [skʌl] CETyO   第7级
    n.头骨;颅骨
    参考例句:
    • The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. 头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
    • He fell out of the window and cracked his skull. 他从窗子摔了出去,跌裂了颅骨。
    11 knight [naɪt] W2Hxk   第7级
    n.骑士,武士;爵士
    参考例句:
    • He was made an honourary knight. 他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
    • A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed. 一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。
    12 poker [ˈpəʊkə(r)] ilozCG   第10级
    n.扑克;vt.烙制
    参考例句:
    • He was cleared out in the poker game. 他打扑克牌,把钱都输光了。
    • I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it. 我打扑克是老手了,可以玩些花样。
    13 bent [bent] QQ8yD   第7级
    n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的;v.(使)弯曲,屈身(bend的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • He was fully bent upon the project. 他一心扑在这项计划上。
    • We bent over backward to help them. 我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
    14 artillery [ɑ:ˈtɪləri] 5vmzA   第9级
    n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队)
    参考例句:
    • This is a heavy artillery piece. 这是一门重炮。
    • The artillery has more firepower than the infantry. 炮兵火力比步兵大。
    15 epithets [ˈepəˌθets] 3ed932ca9694f47aefeec59fbc8ef64e   第11级
    n.(表示性质、特征等的)词语( epithet的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • He insulted me, using rude epithets. 他用粗话诅咒我。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He cursed me, using a lot of rude epithets. 他用上许多粗鲁的修饰词来诅咒我。 来自辞典例句
    16 similes ['sɪmɪlɪz] b25992fa59a8fef51c217d0d6c0deb60   第10级
    (使用like或as等词语的)明喻( simile的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Similes usually start with "like" or "as". 明喻通常以like或as开头。
    • All similes and allegories concerning her began and ended with birds. 要比仿她,要模拟她,总得以鸟类始,还得以鸟类终。
    17 spurt [spɜ:t] 9r9yE   第10级
    vi. 冲刺;喷出;迸发 n. 冲刺;喷射 vt. 喷射;喷出
    参考例句:
    • He put in a spurt at the beginning of the eighth lap. 他进入第八圈时便开始冲刺。
    • After a silence, Molly let her anger spurt out. 沉默了一会儿,莫莉的怒气便迸发了出来。
    18 peevish [ˈpi:vɪʃ] h35zj   第12级
    adj.易怒的,坏脾气的
    参考例句:
    • A peevish child is unhappy and makes others unhappy. 一个脾气暴躁的孩子自己不高兴也使别人不高兴。
    • She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face. 她低头瞪着我,一脸怒气。
    19 recurring [ri'kə:riŋ] 8kLzK8   第7级
    adj.往复的,再次发生的
    参考例句:
    • This kind of problem is recurring often. 这类问题经常发生。
    • For our own country, it has been a time for recurring trial. 就我们国家而言,它经过了一个反复考验的时期。
    20 ailment [ˈeɪlmənt] IV8zf   第9级
    n.疾病,小病
    参考例句:
    • I don't have even the slightest ailment. 我什么毛病也没有。
    • He got timely treatment for his ailment. 他的病得到了及时治疗。
    21 irritability [ˌiritə'biliti] oR0zn   第9级
    n.易怒
    参考例句:
    • It was the almost furtive restlessness and irritability that had possessed him. 那是一种一直纠缠着他的隐秘的不安和烦恼。
    • All organisms have irritability while alive. 所有生物体活着时都有应激性。
    22 indifference [ɪnˈdɪfrəns] k8DxO   第8级
    n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
    参考例句:
    • I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat. 他的漠不关心使我很失望。
    • He feigned indifference to criticism of his work. 他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。
    23 patronage [ˈpætrənɪdʒ] MSLzq   第10级
    n.赞助,支援,援助;光顾,捧场
    参考例句:
    • Though it was not yet noon, there was considerable patronage. 虽然时间未到中午,店中已有许多顾客惠顾。
    • I am sorry to say that my patronage ends with this. 很抱歉,我的赞助只能到此为止。
    24 savagely ['sævɪdʒlɪ] 902f52b3c682f478ddd5202b40afefb9   第7级
    adv. 野蛮地,残酷地
    参考例句:
    • The roses had been pruned back savagely. 玫瑰被狠狠地修剪了一番。
    • He snarled savagely at her. 他向她狂吼起来。
    25 brooks [bruks] cdbd33f49d2a6cef435e9a42e9c6670f   第7级
    n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时,狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了,今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    26 rustic [ˈrʌstɪk] mCQz9   第9级
    adj.乡村的,有乡村特色的;n.乡下人,乡巴佬
    参考例句:
    • It was nearly seven months of leisurely rustic living before Michael felt real boredom. 这种悠闲的乡村生活过了差不多七个月之后,迈克尔开始感到烦闷。
    • We hoped the fresh air and rustic atmosphere would help him adjust. 我们希望新鲜的空气和乡村的氛围能帮他调整自己。
    27 picturesque [ˌpɪktʃəˈresk] qlSzeJ   第8级
    adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的
    参考例句:
    • You can see the picturesque shores beside the river. 在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸。
    • That was a picturesque phrase. 那是一个形象化的说法。
    28 adviser [ədˈvaɪzə(r)] HznziU   第8级
    n.劝告者,顾问
    参考例句:
    • They employed me as an adviser. 他们聘请我当顾问。
    • Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser. 我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
    29 scrupulous [ˈskru:pjələs] 6sayH   第8级
    adj.审慎的,小心翼翼的,完全的,纯粹的
    参考例句:
    • She is scrupulous to a degree. 她非常谨慎。
    • Poets are not so scrupulous as you are. 诗人并不像你那样顾虑多。
    30 clergy [ˈklɜ:dʒi] SnZy2   第7级
    n.[总称]牧师,神职人员
    参考例句:
    • I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example. 我衷心希望,我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
    • All the local clergy attended the ceremony. 当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。
    31 varied [ˈveərid] giIw9   第8级
    adj.多样的,多变化的
    参考例句:
    • The forms of art are many and varied. 艺术的形式是多种多样的。
    • The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment. 宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。
    32 fable [ˈfeɪbl] CzRyn   第7级
    n.寓言;童话;神话
    参考例句:
    • The fable is given on the next page. 这篇寓言登在下一页上。
    • He had some motive in telling this fable. 他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
    33 blindfold [ˈblaɪndfəʊld] blindfold   第7级
    vt.蒙住…的眼睛;adj.盲目的;adv.盲目地;n.蒙眼的绷带[布等]; 障眼物,蒙蔽人的事物
    参考例句:
    • They put a blindfold on a horse. 他们给马蒙上遮眼布。
    • I can do it blindfold. 我闭着眼睛都能做。
    34 peculiar [pɪˈkju:liə(r)] cinyo   第7级
    adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
    参考例句:
    • He walks in a peculiar fashion. 他走路的样子很奇特。
    • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression. 他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
    35 excavation [ˌekskəˈveɪʃn] RiKzY   第10级
    n.挖掘,发掘;被挖掘之地
    参考例句:
    • The bad weather has hung up the work of excavation. 天气不好耽误了挖掘工作。
    • The excavation exposed some ancient ruins. 这次挖掘暴露出一些古遗迹。
    36 faculties [ˈfækəltiz] 066198190456ba4e2b0a2bda2034dfc5   第7级
    n.能力( faculty的名词复数 );全体教职员;技巧;院
    参考例句:
    • Although he's ninety, his mental faculties remain unimpaired. 他虽年届九旬,但头脑仍然清晰。
    • All your faculties have come into play in your work. 在你的工作中,你的全部才能已起到了作用。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    37 faculty [ˈfæklti] HhkzK   第7级
    n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员
    参考例句:
    • He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages. 他有学习外语的天赋。
    • He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time. 他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。
    38 entirely [ɪnˈtaɪəli] entirely   第9级
    ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
    参考例句:
    • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
    • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
    39 impromptu [ɪmˈprɒmptju:] j4Myg   第9级
    adj.即席的,即兴的;adv.即兴的(地),无准备的(地)
    参考例句:
    • The announcement was made in an impromptu press conference at the airport. 这一声明是在机场举行的临时新闻发布会上作出的。
    • The children put on an impromptu concert for the visitors. 孩子们为来访者即兴献上了一场音乐会。
    40 competence [ˈkɒmpɪtəns] NXGzV   第7级
    n.能力,胜任,称职
    参考例句:
    • This mess is a poor reflection on his competence. 这种混乱情况说明他难当此任。
    • These are matters within the competence of the court. 这些是法院权限以内的事。
    41 linen [ˈlɪnɪn] W3LyK   第7级
    n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的
    参考例句:
    • The worker is starching the linen. 这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。
    • Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool. 精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。
    42 commissioners [kəˈmɪʃənəz] 304cc42c45d99acb49028bf8a344cda3   第8级
    n.专员( commissioner的名词复数 );长官;委员;政府部门的长官
    参考例句:
    • The Commissioners of Inland Revenue control British national taxes. 国家税收委员管理英国全国的税收。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The SEC has five commissioners who are appointed by the president. 证券交易委员会有5名委员,是由总统任命的。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
    43 engrossed [ɪnˈgrəʊst] 3t0zmb   第12级
    adj.全神贯注的
    参考例句:
    • The student is engrossed in his book. 这名学生正在专心致志地看书。
    • No one had ever been quite so engrossed in an evening paper. 没人会对一份晚报如此全神贯注。
    44 esteem [ɪˈsti:m] imhyZ   第7级
    n.尊敬,尊重;vt.尊重,敬重;把…看作
    参考例句:
    • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust. 我认为他不值得信赖。
    • The veteran worker ranks high in public love and esteem. 那位老工人深受大伙的爱戴。
    45 esteemed [ɪs'ti:md] ftyzcF   第7级
    adj.受人尊敬的v.尊敬( esteem的过去式和过去分词 );敬重;认为;以为
    参考例句:
    • The art of conversation is highly esteemed in France. 在法国十分尊重谈话技巧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He esteemed that he understood what I had said. 他认为已经听懂我说的意思了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    46 scramble [ˈskræmbl] JDwzg   第8级
    vt. 攀登;使混杂,仓促凑成;扰乱 n. 抢夺,争夺;混乱,混乱的一团;爬行,攀登 vi. 爬行,攀登;不规则地生长;仓促行动
    参考例句:
    • He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall. 他爬墙摔断了腿。
    • It was a long scramble to the top of the hill. 到山顶须要爬登一段长路。
    47 strictly [ˈstrɪktli] GtNwe   第7级
    adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地
    参考例句:
    • His doctor is dieting him strictly. 他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
    • The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence. 客人严格按照地位高低就座。
    48 hearty [ˈhɑ:ti] Od1zn   第7级
    adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的
    参考例句:
    • After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen. 工作完了,他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
    • We accorded him a hearty welcome. 我们给他热忱的欢迎。
    49 incompetent [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt] JcUzW   第8级
    adj.无能力的,不能胜任的
    参考例句:
    • He is utterly incompetent at his job. 他完全不能胜任他的工作。
    • He is incompetent at working with his hands. 他动手能力不行。
    50 deficient [dɪˈfɪʃnt] Cmszv   第9级
    adj.不足的,不充份的,有缺陷的
    参考例句:
    • The crops are suffering from deficient rain. 庄稼因雨量不足而遭受损害。
    • I always have been deficient in selfconfidence and decision. 我向来缺乏自信和果断。
    51 apprehending [ˌæpriˈhendɪŋ] a2f3cf89539c7b4eb7b3550a6768432c   第8级
    逮捕,拘押( apprehend的现在分词 ); 理解
    参考例句:
    • China has not been totally unsuccessful apprehending corruption suspects. 在逮捕腐化分子方面,中国并非毫无进展。
    • Apprehending violence is not an easy task. 惧怕暴力不是一件容易的事。
    52 tighten [ˈtaɪtn] 9oYwI   第7级
    vt.&vi.(使)变紧;(使)绷紧
    参考例句:
    • Turn the screw to the right to tighten it. 向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
    • Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation. 一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策,以避免通货膨胀。
    53 elicit [iˈlɪsɪt] R8ByG   第7级
    vt.引出,抽出,引起
    参考例句:
    • It was designed to elicit the best thinking within the government. 机构的设置是为了在政府内部集思广益。
    • Don't try to elicit business secrets from me. I won't tell you anything. 你休想从我这里套问出我们的商业机密,我什么都不会告诉你的。
    54 fixed [fɪkst] JsKzzj   第8级
    adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
    参考例句:
    • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet? 你们俩选定婚期了吗?
    • Once the aim is fixed, we should not change it arbitrarily. 目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
    55 stimulate [ˈstɪmjuleɪt] wuSwL   第7级
    vt.刺激,使兴奋;激励,使…振奋
    参考例句:
    • Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts. 你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
    • Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts. 成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。
    56 inclination [ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃn] Gkwyj   第7级
    n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好
    参考例句:
    • She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head. 她微微点头向我们致意。
    • I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry. 我没有丝毫着急的意思。
    57 obstructed [əb'strʌktɪd] 5b709055bfd182f94d70e3e16debb3a4   第7级
    阻塞( obstruct的过去式和过去分词 ); 堵塞; 阻碍; 阻止
    参考例句:
    • Tall trees obstructed his view of the road. 有大树挡着,他看不到道路。
    • The Irish and Bristol Channels were closed or grievously obstructed. 爱尔兰海峡和布里斯托尔海峡或遭受封锁,或受到了严重阻碍。
    58 deferred [dɪ'fɜ:d] 43fff3df3fc0b3417c86dc3040fb2d86   第7级
    adj.延期的,缓召的v.拖延,延缓,推迟( defer的过去式和过去分词 );服从某人的意愿,遵从
    参考例句:
    • The department deferred the decision for six months. 这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
    • a tax-deferred savings plan 延税储蓄计划
    59 shuffle [ˈʃʌfl] xECzc   第8级
    n.拖著脚走,洗纸牌;v.拖曳,慢吞吞地走
    参考例句:
    • I wish you'd remember to shuffle before you deal. 我希望在你发牌前记得洗牌。
    • Don't shuffle your feet along. 别拖着脚步走。
    60 rigor ['rɪgə] as0yi   第8级
    n.严酷,严格,严厉
    参考例句:
    • Their analysis lacks rigor. 他们的分析缺乏严谨性。||The crime will be treated with the full rigor of the law. 这一罪行会严格依法审理。
    61 applied [əˈplaɪd] Tz2zXA   第8级
    adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
    参考例句:
    • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics. 她打算学习应用语言学课程。
    • This cream is best applied to the face at night. 这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
    62 modification [ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃn] tEZxm   第8级
    n.修改,改进,缓和,减轻
    参考例句:
    • The law, in its present form, is unjust. It needs modification. 现行的法律是不公正的,它需要修改。
    • The design requires considerable modification. 这个设计需要作大的修改。
    63 contentedly [kən'tentɪdlɪ] a0af12176ca79b27d4028fdbaf1b5f64   第8级
    adv.心满意足地
    参考例句:
    • My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe.父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。
    • "This is brother John's writing,"said Sally,contentedly,as she opened the letter.
    64 promiscuous [prəˈmɪskjuəs] WBJyG   第11级
    adj.杂乱的,随便的
    参考例句:
    • They were taking a promiscuous stroll when it began to rain. 他们正在那漫无目的地散步,突然下起雨来。
    • Alec knew that she was promiscuous and superficial. 亚历克知道她是乱七八糟和浅薄的。
    65 unintelligible [ˌʌnɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl] sfuz2V   第9级
    adj.无法了解的,难解的,莫明其妙的
    参考例句:
    • If a computer is given unintelligible data, it returns unintelligible results. 如果计算机得到的是难以理解的数据,它给出的也将是难以理解的结果。
    • The terms were unintelligible to ordinary folk. 这些术语一般人是不懂的。
    66 rote [rəʊt] PXnxF   第11级
    n.死记硬背,生搬硬套
    参考例句:
    • Learning by rote is discouraged in this school. 这所学校不鼓励死记硬背的学习方式。
    • He recited the poem by rote. 他强记背诵了这首诗。
    67 solely [ˈsəʊlli] FwGwe   第8级
    adv.仅仅,唯一地
    参考例句:
    • Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement. 成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
    • The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade. 这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。
    68 illustrate [ˈɪləstreɪt] IaRxw   第7级
    vt.举例说明,阐明;图解,加插图,vi.举例
    参考例句:
    • The company's bank statements illustrate its success. 这家公司的银行报表说明了它的成功。
    • This diagram will illustrate what I mean. 这个图表可说明我的意思。
    69 dispositions [dɪspə'zɪʃnz] eee819c0d17bf04feb01fd4dcaa8fe35   第7级
    安排( disposition的名词复数 ); 倾向; (财产、金钱的)处置; 气质
    参考例句:
    • We got out some information about the enemy's dispositions from the captured enemy officer. 我们从捕获的敌军官那里问出一些有关敌军部署的情况。
    • Elasticity, solubility, inflammability are paradigm cases of dispositions in natural objects. 伸缩性、可缩性、易燃性是天然物体倾向性的范例。
    70 mutual [ˈmju:tʃuəl] eFOxC   第7级
    adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的
    参考例句:
    • We must pull together for mutual interest. 我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
    • Mutual interests tied us together. 相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
    71 perversity [pə'vɜ:sɪtɪ] D3kzJ   第12级
    n.任性;刚愎自用
    参考例句:
    • She's marrying him out of sheer perversity. 她嫁给他纯粹是任性。
    • The best of us have a spice of perversity in us. 在我们最出色的人身上都有任性的一面。
    72 martial [ˈmɑ:ʃl] bBbx7   第8级
    adj.战争的,军事的,尚武的,威武的
    参考例句:
    • The sound of martial music is always inspiring. 军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
    • The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial. 这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
    73 erectness [] bea832717044ad976966b9b4c28f63e5   第7级
    n.直立
    参考例句:
    74 scrupulously ['skru:pjələslɪ] Tj5zRa   第8级
    adv.一丝不苟地;小心翼翼地,多顾虑地
    参考例句:
    • She toed scrupulously into the room. 她小心翼翼地踮着脚走进房间。 来自辞典例句
    • To others he would be scrupulously fair. 对待别人,他力求公正。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
    75 strapped [stræpt] ec484d13545e19c0939d46e2d1eb24bc   第7级
    adj.用皮带捆住的,用皮带装饰的;身无分文的;缺钱;手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词);用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带
    参考例句:
    • Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    76 superannuated [ˌsu:pərˈænjueɪtɪd] YhOzQq   第12级
    adj.老朽的,退休的;v.因落后于时代而废除,勒令退学
    参考例句:
    • Are you still riding that superannuated old bike? 你还骑那辆老掉牙的自行车吗?
    • No one supports these superannuated policies. 没人支持这些过时的政策。
    77 protracted [prəˈtræktɪd] 7bbc2aee17180561523728a246b7f16b   第9级
    adj.拖延的;延长的v.拖延“protract”的过去式和过去分词
    参考例句:
    • The war was protracted for four years. 战争拖延了四年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • We won victory through protracted struggle. 经过长期的斗争,我们取得了胜利。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    78 narrative [ˈnærətɪv] CFmxS   第7级
    n.叙述,故事;adj.叙事的,故事体的
    参考例句:
    • He was a writer of great narrative power. 他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
    • Neither author was very strong on narrative. 两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。
    79 cannon [ˈkænən] 3T8yc   第7级
    n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮
    参考例句:
    • The soldiers fired the cannon. 士兵们开炮。
    • The cannon thundered in the hills. 大炮在山间轰鸣。
    80 mythical [ˈmɪθɪkl] 4FrxJ   第10级
    adj.神话的;虚构的;想像的
    参考例句:
    • Undeniably, he is a man of mythical status. 不可否认,他是一个神话般的人物。
    • Their wealth is merely mythical. 他们的财富完全是虚构的。
    81 conspicuous [kənˈspɪkjuəs] spszE   第7级
    adj.明眼的,惹人注目的;炫耀的,摆阔气的
    参考例句:
    • It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health. 很明显,抽烟对健康有害。
    • Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous. 它的色彩使它非常惹人注目。
    82 regiment [ˈredʒɪmənt] JATzZ   第9级
    n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制
    参考例句:
    • As he hated army life, he decide to desert his regiment. 因为他嫌恶军队生活,所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
    • They reformed a division into a regiment. 他们将一个师整编成为一个团。
    83 infantry [ˈɪnfəntri] CbLzf   第10级
    n.[总称]步兵(部队)
    参考例句:
    • The infantry were equipped with flame throwers. 步兵都装备有喷火器。
    • We have less infantry than the enemy. 我们的步兵比敌人少。
    84 stimulated ['stimjəˌletid] Rhrz78   第7级
    a.刺激的
    参考例句:
    • The exhibition has stimulated interest in her work. 展览增进了人们对她作品的兴趣。
    • The award has stimulated her into working still harder. 奖金促使她更加努力地工作。
    85 jealousies [ˈdʒeləsi:z] 6aa2adf449b3e9d3fef22e0763e022a4   第7级
    n.妒忌( jealousy的名词复数 );妒羡
    参考例句:
    • They were divided by mutual suspicion and jealousies. 他们因为相互猜疑嫉妒而不和。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • I am tired of all these jealousies and quarrels. 我厌恶这些妒忌和吵架的语言。 来自辞典例句
    86 warfare [ˈwɔ:feə(r)] XhVwZ   第7级
    n.战争(状态);斗争;冲突
    参考例句:
    • He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare. 他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
    • Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare. 他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。
    87 reticent [ˈretɪsnt] dW9xG   第10级
    adj.沉默寡言的;言不如意的
    参考例句:
    • He was reticent about his opinion. 他有保留意见。
    • He was extremely reticent about his personal life. 他对自己的个人生活讳莫如深。
    88 prating [preɪtɪŋ] d35e72093ace1d26fcb521107ef19592   第10级
    v.(古时用语)唠叨,啰唆( prate的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Listen to him prating on about nothing. 听他瞎唠叨。 来自辞典例句
    • He is always prating about her wealthy relations, if anybody cared. 他总是对别人炫耀她的阔亲戚,好像别人对此感兴趣似的。 来自互联网
    89 trampled [ˈtræmpld] 8c4f546db10d3d9e64a5bba8494912e6   第7级
    踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯
    参考例句:
    • He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊,怕他让暴民踩着。
    • People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。
    90 commemorated [kəˈmeməreitid] 5095d6b593f459f1eacbc41739a5f72f   第9级
    v.纪念,庆祝( commemorate的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Lincoln commemorated the soldiers killed in the battle in his address. 林肯在演说中表扬阵亡将士。 来自辞典例句
    • You'll be commemorated for killing a spy, and be specially discharged. 你们每杀一个间谍将会被记录到特殊档案。 来自电影对白
    91 allusion [əˈlu:ʒn] CfnyW   第9级
    n.暗示,间接提示
    参考例句:
    • He made an allusion to a secret plan in his speech. 在讲话中他暗示有一项秘密计划。
    • She made no allusion to the incident. 她没有提及那个事件。
    92 requisite [ˈrekwɪzɪt] 2W0xu   第9级
    adj.需要的,必不可少的;n.必需品
    参考例句:
    • He hasn't got the requisite qualifications for the job. 他不具备这工作所需的资格。
    • Food and air are requisite for life. 食物和空气是生命的必需品。
    93 agility [ə'dʒɪlətɪ] LfTyH   第10级
    n.敏捷,活泼
    参考例句:
    • The boy came upstairs with agility. 那男孩敏捷地走上楼来。
    • His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt. 他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。
    94 tunes [tju:nz] 175b0afea09410c65d28e4b62c406c21   第7级
    n.曲调,曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调
    参考例句:
    • a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
    • When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时,她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    95 supremely [su'pri:mli] MhpzUo   第7级
    adv.无上地,崇高地
    参考例句:
    • They managed it all supremely well. 这件事他们干得极其出色。
    • I consider a supremely beautiful gesture. 我觉得这是非常优雅的姿态。
    96 amorphous [əˈmɔ:fəs] nouy5   第10级
    adj.无定形的
    参考例句:
    • There was a weakening of the intermolecular bonds, primarily in the amorphous region of the polymer. 分子间键合减弱,尤其在聚合物的无定形区内更为明显。
    • It is an amorphous colorless or white powder. 它是一种无定形的无色或白色粉末。
    97 forth [fɔ:θ] Hzdz2   第7级
    adv.向前;向外,往外
    参考例句:
    • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth. 风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
    • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession. 他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
    98 syllables [ˈsiləblz] d36567f1b826504dbd698bd28ac3e747   第8级
    n.音节( syllable的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • a word with two syllables 双音节单词
    • 'No. But I'll swear it was a name of two syllables.' “想不起。不过我可以发誓,它有两个音节。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
    99 discord [ˈdɪskɔ:d] iPmzl   第8级
    n.不和,意见不合,争论,(音乐)不和谐
    参考例句:
    • These two answers are in discord. 这两个答案不一样。
    • The discord of his music was hard on the ear. 他演奏的不和谐音很刺耳。
    100 shuddered [ˈʃʌdəd] 70137c95ff493fbfede89987ee46ab86   第8级
    v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动
    参考例句:
    • He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车,车颤抖着停住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • I shuddered at the sight of the dead body. 我一看见那尸体就战栗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    101 lumbering ['lʌmbəriŋ] FA7xm   第7级
    n.采伐林木
    参考例句:
    • Lumbering and, later, paper-making were carried out in smaller cities. 木材业和后来的造纸都由较小的城市经营。
    • Lumbering is very important in some underdeveloped countries. 在一些不发达的国家,伐木业十分重要。
    102 bellowing [beˈləuɪŋ] daf35d531c41de75017204c30dff5cac   第10级
    v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的现在分词 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫
    参考例句:
    • We could hear he was bellowing commands to his troops. 我们听见他正向他的兵士大声发布命令。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • He disguised these feelings under an enormous bellowing and hurraying. 他用大声吼叫和喝采掩饰着这些感情。 来自辞典例句
    103 assailed [əˈseɪld] cca18e858868e1e5479e8746bfb818d6   第9级
    v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 );困扰;质问;毅然应对
    参考例句:
    • He was assailed with fierce blows to the head. 他的头遭到猛烈殴打。
    • He has been assailed by bad breaks all these years. 这些年来他接二连三地倒霉。 来自《用法词典》
    104 lighting [ˈlaɪtɪŋ] CpszPL   第7级
    n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
    参考例句:
    • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting. 煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
    • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic. 那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
    105 rogue [rəʊg] qCfzo   第12级
    n.流氓;v.游手好闲
    参考例句:
    • The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on. 这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
    • They defined him as a rogue. 他们确定他为骗子。
    106 descend [dɪˈsend] descend   第7级
    vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降
    参考例句:
    • I hope the grace of God would descend on me. 我期望上帝的恩惠。
    • We're not going to descend to such methods. 我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。
    107 caressed [kəˈrest] de08c4fb4b79b775b2f897e6e8db9aad   第7级
    爱抚或抚摸…( caress的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • His fingers caressed the back of her neck. 他的手指抚摩着她的后颈。
    • He caressed his wife lovingly. 他怜爱万分地抚摸着妻子。
    108 mollusk ['mɒləsk] u6ozk   第12级
    n.软体动物
    参考例句:
    • I swear I have never seen such a mollusk with thorns all over its body. 我敢发誓我从来没有见过这种全身长满棘刺的软体动物。
    • The colour varies with the mollusk and its environment. 颜色因母体及其环境的不同而异。
    109 preoccupied [priˈɒkjupaɪd] TPBxZ   第10级
    adj.全神贯注的,入神的;被抢先占有的;心事重重的v.占据(某人)思想,使对…全神贯注,使专心于( preoccupy的过去式)
    参考例句:
    • He was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong. 他只顾想着心事,没注意到有什么不对。
    • The question of going to the Mount Tai preoccupied his mind. 去游泰山的问题盘踞在他心头。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    110 hysterical [hɪˈsterɪkl] 7qUzmE   第9级
    adj.情绪异常激动的,歇斯底里般的
    参考例句:
    • He is hysterical at the sight of the photo. 他一看到那张照片就异常激动。
    • His hysterical laughter made everybody stunned. 他那歇斯底里的笑声使所有的人不知所措。
    111 consequence [ˈkɒnsɪkwəns] Jajyr   第8级
    n.结果,后果;推理,推断;重要性
    参考例句:
    • The consequence was that he caught a bad cold. 结果是他得了重感冒。
    • In consequence he lost his place. 结果,他失去了他的位置。
    112 perspiration [ˌpɜ:spəˈreɪʃn] c3UzD   第9级
    n.汗水;出汗
    参考例句:
    • It is so hot that my clothes are wet with perspiration. 天太热了,我的衣服被汗水湿透了。
    • The perspiration was running down my back. 汗从我背上淌下来。
    113 sheathed [ʃi:θt] 9b718500db40d86c7b56e582edfeeda3   第11级
    adj.雕塑像下半身包在鞘中的;覆盖的;铠装的;装鞘了的v.将(刀、剑等)插入鞘( sheathe的过去式和过去分词 );包,覆盖
    参考例句:
    • Bulletproof cars sheathed in armour. 防弹车护有装甲。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The effect of his mediation was so great that both parties sheathed the sword at once. 他的调停非常有效,双方立刻停战。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    114 mischief [ˈmɪstʃɪf] jDgxH   第7级
    n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹
    参考例句:
    • Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
    • He seems to intend mischief. 看来他想捣蛋。
    115 conscientiousness [ˌkɒnʃɪ'enʃəsnɪs] 792fcedf9faeda54c17292f7a49bcc01   第7级
    责任心
    参考例句:
    • Conscientiousness is expected of a student. 学生要诚实。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Only has the conscientiousness, diligently works, can make a more splendid result! 只有脚踏实地,努力工作,才能做出更出色的成绩! 来自互联网
    116 lighter [ˈlaɪtə(r)] 5pPzPR   第8级
    n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级
    参考例句:
    • The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter. 这张画经过润色,色调明朗了一些。
    • The lighter works off the car battery. 引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。
    117 sneaking ['sni:kiŋ] iibzMu   第7级
    a.秘密的,不公开的
    参考例句:
    • She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
    • She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走,躲开采访者。
    118 stratagem [ˈstrætədʒəm] ThlyQ   第11级
    n.诡计,计谋
    参考例句:
    • Knit the brows and a stratagem comes to mind. 眉头一皱,计上心来。
    • Trade discounts may be used as a competitive stratagem to secure customer loyalty. 商业折扣可以用作维护顾客忠诚度的一种竞争策略。
    119 worthy [ˈwɜ:ði] vftwB   第7级
    adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
    参考例句:
    • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust. 我认为他不值得信赖。
    • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned. 没有值得一提的事发生。
    120 devoted [dɪˈvəʊtɪd] xu9zka   第8级
    adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
    参考例句:
    • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland. 他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
    • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic. 我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
    121 bland [blænd] dW1zi   第8级
    adj.淡而无味的,温和的,无刺激性的
    参考例句:
    • He eats bland food because of his stomach trouble. 他因胃病而吃清淡的食物。
    • This soup is too bland for me. 这汤我喝起来偏淡。

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