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  • First Impressions

    “He is very clever, Maggie,” said Lucy. She was kneeling on a footstool at Maggie’s feet, after placing that dark lady in the large crimson-velvet chair. “I feel sure you will like him. I hope you will.”

    “I shall be very difficult to please,” said Maggie, smiling, and holding up one of Lucy’s long curls, that the sunlight might shine through it. “A gentleman who thinks he is good enough for Lucy must expect to be sharply criticised.”

    “Indeed, he’s a great deal too good for me. And sometimes, when he is away, I almost think it can’t really be that he loves me. But I can never doubt it when he is with me, though I couldn’t bear any one but you to know that I feel in that way, Maggie.”

    “Oh, then, if I disapprove1 of him you can give him up, since you are not engaged,” said Maggie, with playful gravity.

    “I would rather not be engaged. When people are engaged, they begin to think of being married soon,” said Lucy, too thoroughly3 preoccupied4 to notice Maggie’s joke; “and I should like everything to go on for a long while just as it is. Sometimes I am quite frightened lest Stephen should say that he has spoken to papa; and from something that fell from papa the other day, I feel sure he and Mr Guest are expecting that. And Stephen’s sisters are very civil to me now. At first, I think they didn’t like his paying me attention; and that was natural. It does seem out of keeping that I should ever live in a great place like the Park House, such a little insignificant5 thing as I am.”

    “But people are not expected to be large in proportion to the houses they live in, like snails,” said Maggie, laughing. “Pray, are Mr Guest’s sisters giantesses?”

    “Oh no; and not handsome,—that is, not very,” said Lucy, half-penitent at this uncharitable remark. “But he is—at least he is generally considered very handsome.”

    “Though you are unable to share that opinion?”

    “Oh, I don’t know,” said Lucy, blushing pink over brow and neck. “It is a bad plan to raise expectation; you will perhaps be disappointed. But I have prepared a charming surprise for him; I shall have a glorious laugh against him. I shall not tell you what it is, though.”

    Lucy rose from her knees and went to a little distance, holding her pretty head on one side, as if she had been arranging Maggie for a portrait, and wished to judge of the general effect.

    “Stand up a moment, Maggie.”

    “What is your pleasure now?” said Maggie, smiling languidly as she rose from her chair and looked down on her slight, aerial cousin, whose figure was quite subordinate to her faultless drapery of silk and crape.

    Lucy kept her contemplative attitude a moment or two in silence, and then said,—

    “I can’t think what witchery it is in you, Maggie, that makes you look best in shabby clothes; though you really must have a new dress now. But do you know, last night I was trying to fancy you in a handsome, fashionable dress, and do what I would, that old limp merino would come back as the only right thing for you. I wonder if Marie Antoinette looked all the grander when her gown was darned at the elbows. Now, if I were to put anything shabby on, I should be quite unnoticeable. I should be a mere6 rag.”

    “Oh, quite,” said Maggie, with mock gravity. “You would be liable to be swept out of the room with the cobwebs and carpet-dust, and to find yourself under the grate, like Cinderella. Mayn’t I sit down now?”

    “Yes, now you may,” said Lucy, laughing. Then, with an air of serious reflection, unfastening her large jet brooch, “But you must change brooches, Maggie; that little butterfly looks silly on you.”

    “But won’t that mar2 the charming effect of my consistent shabbiness?” said Maggie, seating herself submissively, while Lucy knelt again and unfastened the contemptible7 butterfly. “I wish my mother were of your opinion, for she was fretting8 last night because this is my best frock9. I’ve been saving my money to pay for some lessons; I shall never get a better situation without more accomplishments10.”

    Maggie gave a little sigh.

    “Now, don’t put on that sad look again,” said Lucy, pinning the large brooch below Maggie’s fine throat. “You’re forgetting that you’ve left that dreary11 schoolroom behind you, and have no little girls’ clothes to mend.”

    “Yes,” said Maggie. “It is with me as I used to think it would be with the poor uneasy white bear I saw at the show. I thought he must have got so stupid with the habit of turning backward and forward in that narrow space that he would keep doing it if they set him free. One gets a bad habit of being unhappy.”

    “But I shall put you under a discipline of pleasure that will make you lose that bad habit,” said Lucy, sticking the black butterfly absently in her own collar, while her eyes met Maggie’s affectionately.

    “You dear, tiny thing,” said Maggie, in one of her bursts of loving admiration12, “you enjoy other people’s happiness so much, I believe you would do without any of your own. I wish I were like you.”

    “I’ve never been tried in that way,” said Lucy. “I’ve always been so happy. I don’t know whether I could bear much trouble; I never had any but poor mamma’s death. You have been tried, Maggie; and I’m sure you feel for other people quite as much as I do.”

    “No, Lucy,” said Maggie, shaking her head slowly, “I don’t enjoy their happiness as you do, else I should be more contented13. I do feel for them when they are in trouble; I don’t think I could ever bear to make any one unhappy; and yet I often hate myself, because I get angry sometimes at the sight of happy people. I think I get worse as I get older, more selfish. That seems very dreadful.”

    “Now, Maggie!” said Lucy, in a tone of remonstrance14, “I don’t believe a word of that. It is all a gloomy fancy, just because you are depressed15 by a dull, wearisome life.”

    “Well, perhaps it is,” said Maggie, resolutely16 clearing away the clouds from her face with a bright smile, and throwing herself backward in her chair. “Perhaps it comes from the school diet,—watery rice-pudding spiced with Pinnock. Let us hope it will give way before my mother’s custards and this charming Geoffrey Crayon.”

    Maggie took up the “Sketch17 Book,” which lay by her on the table.

    “Do I look fit to be seen with this little brooch?” said Lucy, going to survey the effect in the chimney-glass.

    “Oh no, Mr Guest will be obliged to go out of the room again if he sees you in it. Pray make haste and put another on.”

    Lucy hurried out of the room, but Maggie did not take the opportunity of opening her book; she let it fall on her knees, while her eyes wandered to the window, where she could see the sunshine falling on the rich clumps18 of spring flowers and on the long hedge of laurels19, and beyond, the silvery breadth of the dear old Floss, that at this distance seemed to be sleeping in a morning holiday. The sweet fresh garden-scent came through the open window, and the birds were busy flitting and alighting, gurgling and singing. Yet Maggie’s eyes began to fill with tears. The sight of the old scenes had made the rush of memories so painful that even yesterday she had only been able to rejoice in her mother’s restored comfort and Tom’s brotherly friendliness20 as we rejoice in good news of friends at a distance, rather than in the presence of a happiness which we share. Memory and imagination urged upon her a sense of privation too keen to let her taste what was offered in the transient present. Her future, she thought, was likely to be worse than her past, for after her years of contented renunciation, she had slipped back into desire and longing21; she found joyless days of distasteful occupation harder and harder; she found the image of the intense and varied22 life she yearned23 for, and despaired of, becoming more and more importunate24. The sound of the opening door roused her, and hastily wiping away her tears, she began to turn over the leaves of her book.

    “There is one pleasure, I know, Maggie, that your deepest dismalness25 will never resist,” said Lucy, beginning to speak as soon as she entered the room. “That is music, and I mean you to have quite a riotous26 feast of it. I mean you to get up your playing again, which used to be so much better than mine, when we were at Laceham.”

    “You would have laughed to see me playing the little girls’ tunes27 over and over to them, when I took them to practise,” said Maggie, “just for the sake of fingering the dear keys again. But I don’t know whether I could play anything more difficult now than ‘Begone, dull care!’”

    “I know what a wild state of joy you used to be in when the glee-men came round,” said Lucy, taking up her embroidery28; “and we might have all those old glees that you used to love so, if I were certain that you don’t feel exactly as Tom does about some things.”

    “I should have thought there was nothing you might be more certain of,” said Maggie, smiling.

    “I ought rather to have said, one particular thing. Because if you feel just as he does about that, we shall want our third voice. St Ogg’s is so miserably29 provided with musical gentlemen. There are really only Stephen and Philip Wakem who have any knowledge of music, so as to be able to sing a part.”

    Lucy had looked up from her work as she uttered the last sentence, and saw that there was a change in Maggie’s face.

    “Does it hurt you to hear the name mentioned, Maggie? If it does, I will not speak of him again. I know Tom will not see him if he can avoid it.”

    “I don’t feel at all as Tom does on that subject,” said Maggie, rising and going to the window as if she wanted to see more of the landscape. “I’ve always liked Philip Wakem ever since I was a little girl, and saw him at Lorton. He was so good when Tom hurt his foot.”

    “Oh, I’m so glad!” said Lucy. “Then you won’t mind his coming sometimes, and we can have much more music than we could without him. I’m very fond of poor Philip, only I wish he were not so morbid30 about his deformity. I suppose it is his deformity that makes him so sad, and sometimes bitter. It is certainly very piteous to see his poor little crooked31 body and pale face among great, strong people.”

    “But, Lucy——” said Maggie, trying to arrest the prattling32 stream.

    “Ah, there is the door-bell. That must be Stephen,” Lucy went on, not noticing Maggie’s faint effort to speak. “One of the things I most admire in Stephen is that he makes a greater friend of Philip than any one.”

    It was too late for Maggie to speak now; the drawingroom door was opening, and Minny was already growling33 in a small way at the entrance of a tall gentleman, who went up to Lucy and took her hand with a half-polite, half-tender glance and tone of inquiry34, which seemed to indicate that he was unconscious of any other presence.

    “Let me introduce you to my cousin, Miss Tulliver,” said Lucy, turning with wicked enjoyment toward Maggie, who now approached from the farther window. “This is Mr Stephen Guest.”

    For one instant Stephen could not conceal35 his astonishment36 at the sight of this tall, dark-eyed nymph with her jet-black coronet of hair; the next, Maggie felt herself, for the first time in her life, receiving the tribute of a very deep blush and a very deep bow from a person toward whom she herself was conscious of timidity.

    This new experience was very agreeable to her, so agreeable that it almost effaced37 her previous emotion about Philip. There was a new brightness in her eyes, and a very becoming flush on her cheek, as she seated herself.

    “I hope you perceive what a striking likeness38 you drew the day before yesterday,” said Lucy, with a pretty laugh of triumph. She enjoyed her lover’s confusion; the advantage was usually on his side.

    “This designing cousin of yours quite deceived me, Miss Tulliver,” said Stephen, seating himself by Lucy, and stooping to play with Minny, only looking at Maggie furtively39. “She said you had light hair and blue eyes.”

    Nay40, it was you who said so,” remonstrated41 Lucy. “I only refrained from destroying your confidence in your own second-sight.”

    “I wish I could always err in the same way,” said Stephen, “and find reality so much more beautiful than my preconceptions.”

    “Now you have proved yourself equal to the occasion,” said Maggie, “and said what it was incumbent42 on you to say under the circumstances.”

    She flashed a slightly defiant44 look at him; it was clear to her that he had been drawing a satirical portrait of her beforehand. Lucy had said he was inclined to be satirical, and Maggie had mentally supplied the addition, “and rather conceited45.”

    “An alarming amount of devil there,” was Stephen’s first thought. The second, when she had bent43 over her work, was, “I wish she would look at me again.” The next was to answer,—

    “I suppose all phrases of mere compliment have their turn to be true. A man is occasionally grateful when he says ‘Thank you.’ It’s rather hard upon him that he must use the same words with which all the world declines a disagreeable invitation, don’t you think so, Miss Tulliver?”

    “No,” said Maggie, looking at him with her direct glance; “if we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a particular meaning, like old banners, or everyday clothes, hung up in a sacred place.”

    “Then my compliment ought to be eloquent46,” said Stephen, really not quite knowing what he said while Maggie looked at him, “seeing that the words were so far beneath the occasion.”

    “No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference,” said Maggie, flushing a little.

    Lucy was rather alarmed; she thought Stephen and Maggie were not going to like each other. She had always feared lest Maggie should appear too old and clever to please that critical gentleman. “Why, dear Maggie,” she interposed, “you have always pretended that you are too fond of being admired; and now, I think, you are angry because some one ventures to admire you.”

    “Not at all,” said Maggie; “I like too well to feel that I am admired, but compliments never make me feel that.”

    “I will never pay you a compliment again, Miss Tulliver,” said Stephen.

    “Thank you; that will be a proof of respect.”

    Poor Maggie! She was so unused to society that she could take nothing as a matter of course, and had never in her life spoken from the lips merely, so that she must necessarily appear absurd to more experienced ladies, from the excessive feeling she was apt to throw into very trivial incidents. But she was even conscious herself of a little absurdity47 in this instance. It was true she had a theoretic objection to compliments, and had once said impatiently to Philip that she didn’t see why women were to be told with a simper that they were beautiful, any more than old men were to be told that they were venerable; still, to be so irritated by a common practice in the case of a stranger like Mr Stephen Guest, and to care about his having spoken slightingly of her before he had seen her, was certainly unreasonable48, and as soon as she was silent she began to be ashamed of herself. It did not occur to her that her irritation49 was due to the pleasanter emotion which preceded it, just as when we are satisfied with a sense of glowing warmth an innocent drop of cold water may fall upon us as a sudden smart.

    Stephen was too well bred not to seem unaware50 that the previous conversation could have been felt embarrassing, and at once began to talk of impersonal51 matters, asking Lucy if she knew when the bazaar52 was at length to take place, so that there might be some hope of seeing her rain the influence of her eyes on objects more grateful than those worsted flowers that were growing under her fingers.

    “Some day next month, I believe,” said Lucy. “But your sisters are doing more for it than I am; they are to have the largest stall.”

    “Ah yes; but they carry on their manufactures in their own sitting-room53, where I don’t intrude54 on them. I see you are not addicted55 to the fashionable vice56 of fancy-work, Miss Tulliver,” said Stephen, looking at Maggie’s plain hemming57.

    “No,” said Maggie, “I can do nothing more difficult or more elegant than shirt-making.”

    “And your plain sewing is so beautiful, Maggie,” said Lucy, “that I think I shall beg a few specimens58 of you to show as fancy-work. Your exquisite59 sewing is quite a mystery to me, you used to dislike that sort of work so much in old days.”

    “It is a mystery easily explained, dear,” said Maggie, looking up quietly. “Plain sewing was the only thing I could get money by, so I was obliged to try and do it well.”

    Lucy, good and simple as she was, could not help blushing a little. She did not quite like that Stephen should know that; Maggie need not have mentioned it. Perhaps there was some pride in the confession,—the pride of poverty that will not be ashamed of itself. But if Maggie had been the queen of coquettes she could hardly have invented a means of giving greater piquancy60 to her beauty in Stephen’s eyes; I am not sure that the quiet admission of plain sewing and poverty would have done alone, but assisted by the beauty, they made Maggie more unlike other women even than she had seemed at first.

    “But I can knit, Lucy,” Maggie went on, “if that will be of any use for your bazaar.”

    “Oh yes, of infinite use. I shall set you to work with scarlet61 wool to-morrow. But your sister is the most enviable person,” continued Lucy, turning to Stephen, “to have the talent of modelling. She is doing a wonderful bust62 of Dr Kenn entirely63 from memory.”

    “Why, if she can remember to put the eyes very near together, and the corners of the mouth very far apart, the likeness can hardly fail to be striking in St Ogg’s.”

    “Now that is very wicked of you,” said Lucy, looking rather hurt. “I didn’t think you would speak disrespectfully of Dr Kenn.”

    “I say anything disrespectful of Dr Kenn? Heaven forbid! But I am not bound to respect a libellous bust of him. I think Kenn one of the finest fellows in the world. I don’t care much about the tall candlesticks he has put on the communion-table, and I shouldn’t like to spoil my temper by getting up to early prayers every morning. But he’s the only man I ever knew personally who seems to me to have anything of the real apostle in him,—a man who has eight hundred a-year and is contented with deal furniture and boiled beef because he gives away two-thirds of his income. That was a very fine thing of him,—taking into his house that poor lad Grattan, who shot his mother by accident. He sacrifices more time than a less busy man could spare, to save the poor fellow from getting into a morbid state of mind about it. He takes the lad out with him constantly, I see.”

    “That is beautiful,” said Maggie, who had let her work fall, and was listening with keen interest. “I never knew any one who did such things.”

    “And one admires that sort of action in Kenn all the more,” said Stephen, “because his manners in general are rather cold and severe. There’s nothing sugary and maudlin64 about him.”

    “Oh, I think he’s a perfect character!” said Lucy, with pretty enthusiasm.

    “No; there I can’t agree with you,” said Stephen, shaking his head with sarcastic65 gravity.

    “Now, what fault can you point out in him?”

    “He’s an Anglican.”

    “Well, those are the right views, I think,” said Lucy, gravely.

    “That settles the question in the abstract,” said Stephen, “but not from a parliamentary point of view. He has set the Dissenters66 and the Church people by the ears; and a rising senator like myself, of whose services the country is very much in need, will find it inconvenient67 when he puts up for the honour of representing St Ogg’s in Parliament.”

    “Do you really think of that?” said Lucy, her eyes brightening with a proud pleasure that made her neglect the argumentative interests of Anglicanism.

    “Decidedly, whenever old Mr Leyburn’s public spirit and gout induce him to give way. My father’s heart is set on it; and gifts like mine, you know”—here Stephen drew himself up, and rubbed his large white hands over his hair with playful self-admiration—“gifts like mine involve great responsibilities. Don’t you think so, Miss Tulliver?”

    “Yes,” said Maggie, smiling, but not looking up; “so much fluency68 and self-possession should not be wasted entirely on private occasions.”

    “Ah, I see how much penetration69 you have,” said Stephen. “You have discovered already that I am talkative and impudent70. Now superficial people never discern that, owing to my manner, I suppose.”

    “She doesn’t look at me when I talk of myself,” he thought, while his listeners were laughing. “I must try other subjects.”

    Did Lucy intend to be present at the meeting of the Book Club next week? was the next question. Then followed the recommendation to choose Southey’s “Life of Cowper,” unless she were inclined to be philosophical71, and startle the ladies of St Ogg’s by voting for one of the Bridgewater Treatises73. Of course Lucy wished to know what these alarmingly learned books were; and as it is always pleasant to improve the minds of ladies by talking to them at ease on subjects of which they know nothing, Stephen became quite brilliant in an account of Buckland’s Treatise72, which he had just been reading. He was rewarded by seeing Maggie let her work fall, and gradually get so absorbed in his wonderful geological story that she sat looking at him, leaning forward with crossed arms, and with an entire absence of self-consciousness, as if he had been the snuffiest of old professors, and she a downy-lipped alumna75. He was so fascinated by the clear, large gaze that at last he forgot to look away from it occasionally toward Lucy; but she, sweet child, was only rejoicing that Stephen was proving to Maggie how clever he was, and that they would certainly be good friends after all.

    “I will bring you the book, shall I, Miss Tulliver?” said Stephen, when he found the stream of his recollections running rather shallow. “There are many illustrations in it that you will like to see.”

    “Oh, thank you,” said Maggie, blushing with returning self-consciousness at this direct address, and taking up her work again.

    “No, no,” Lucy interposed. “I must forbid your plunging76 Maggie in books. I shall never get her away from them; and I want her to have delicious do-nothing days, filled with boating and chatting and riding and driving; that is the holiday she needs.”

    Apropos77!” said Stephen, looking at his watch. “Shall we go out for a row on the river now? The tide will suit for us to the Tofton way, and we can walk back.”

    That was a delightful78 proposition to Maggie, for it was years since she had been on the river. When she was gone to put on her bonnet79, Lucy lingered to give an order to the servant, and took the opportunity of telling Stephen that Maggie had no objection to seeing Philip, so that it was a pity she had sent that note the day before yesterday. But she would write another to-morrow and invite him.

    “I’ll call and beat him up to-morrow,” said Stephen, “and bring him with me in the evening, shall I? My sisters will want to call on you when I tell them your cousin is with you. I must leave the field clear for them in the morning.”

    “Oh yes, pray bring him,” said Lucy. “And you will like Maggie, sha’n’t you?” she added, in a beseeching80 tone. “Isn’t she a dear, noble-looking creature?”

    “Too tall,” said Stephen, smiling down upon her, “and a little too fiery81. She is not my type of woman, you know.”

    Gentlemen, you are aware, are apt to impart these imprudent confidences to ladies concerning their unfavourable opinion of sister fair ones. That is why so many women have the advantage of knowing that they are secretly repulsive82 to men who have self-denyingly made ardent83 love to them. And hardly anything could be more distinctively84 characteristic of Lucy than that she both implicitly85 believed what Stephen said, and was determined86 that Maggie should not know it. But you, who have a higher logic74 than the verbal to guide you, have already foreseen, as the direct sequence to that unfavourable opinion of Stephen’s, that he walked down to the boathouse calculating, by the aid of a vivid imagination, that Maggie must give him her hand at least twice in consequence87 of this pleasant boating plan, and that a gentleman who wishes ladies to look at him is advantageously situated88 when he is rowing them in a boat. What then? Had he fallen in love with this surprising daughter of Mrs Tulliver at first sight? Certainly not. Such passions are never heard of in real life. Besides, he was in love already, and half-engaged to the dearest little creature in the world; and he was not a man to make a fool of himself in any way. But when one is five-and-twenty, one has not chalk-stones at one’s finger-ends that the touch of a handsome girl should be entirely indifferent. It was perfectly89 natural and safe to admire beauty and enjoy looking at it,—at least under such circumstances as the present. And there was really something very interesting about this girl, with her poverty and troubles; it was gratifying to see the friendship between the two cousins. Generally, Stephen admitted, he was not fond of women who had any peculiarity90 of character, but here the peculiarity seemed really of a superior kind, and provided one is not obliged to marry such women, why, they certainly make a variety in social intercourse91.

    Maggie did not fulfil Stephen’s hope by looking at him during the first quarter of an hour; her eyes were too full of the old banks that she knew so well. She felt lonely, cut off from Philip,—the only person who had ever seemed to love her devotedly92, as she had always longed to be loved. But presently the rhythmic93 movement of the oars94 attracted her, and she thought she should like to learn how to row. This roused her from her reverie, and she asked if she might take an oar95. It appeared that she required much teaching, and she became ambitious. The exercise brought the warm blood into her cheeks, and made her inclined to take her lesson merrily.

    “I shall not be satisfied until I can manage both oars, and row you and Lucy,” she said, looking very bright as she stepped out of the boat. Maggie, we know, was apt to forget the thing she was doing, and she had chosen an inopportune moment for her remark; her foot slipped, but happily Mr Stephen Guest held her hand, and kept her up with a firm grasp.

    “You have not hurt yourself at all, I hope?” he said, bending to look in her face with anxiety. It was very charming to be taken care of in that kind, graceful96 manner by some one taller and stronger than one’s self. Maggie had never felt just in the same way before.

    When they reached home again, they found uncle and aunt Pullet seated with Mrs Tulliver in the drawing-room, and Stephen hurried away, asking leave to come again in the evening.

    “And pray bring with you the volume of Purcell that you took away,” said Lucy. “I want Maggie to hear your best songs.”

    Aunt Pullet, under the certainty that Maggie would be invited to go out with Lucy, probably to Park House, was much shocked at the shabbiness of her clothes, which when witnessed by the higher society of St Ogg’s, would be a discredit97 to the family, that demanded a strong and prompt remedy; and the consultation98 as to what would be most suitable to this end from among the superfluities of Mrs Pullet’s wardrobe was one that Lucy as well as Mrs Tulliver entered into with some zeal99. Maggie must really have an evening dress as soon as possible, and she was about the same height as aunt Pullet.

    “But she’s so much broader across the shoulders than I am, it’s very ill-convenient,” said Mrs Pullet, “else she might wear that beautiful black brocade o’ mine without any alteration100; and her arms are beyond everything,” added Mrs Pullet, sorrowfully, as she lifted Maggie’s large round arm, “She’d never get my sleeves on.”

    “Oh, never mind that, aunt; send us the dress,” said Lucy. “I don’t mean Maggie to have long sleeves, and I have abundance of black lace for trimming. Her arms will look beautiful.”

    “Maggie’s arms are a pretty shape,” said Mrs Tulliver. “They’re like mine used to be, only mine was never brown; I wish she’d had our family skin.”

    “Nonsense, aunty!” said Lucy, patting her aunt Tulliver’s shoulder, “you don’t understand those things. A painter would think Maggie’s complexion101 beautiful.”

    “Maybe, my dear,” said Mrs Tulliver, submissively. “You know better than I do. Only when I was young a brown skin wasn’t thought well on among respectable folks.”

    “No,” said uncle Pullet, who took intense interest in the ladies’ conversation as he sucked his lozenges. “Though there was a song about the ‘Nut-brown Maid’ too; I think she was crazy,—crazy Kate,—but I can’t justly remember.”

    “Oh dear, dear!” said Maggie, laughing, but impatient; “I think that will be the end of my brown skin, if it is always to be talked about so much.”



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    1 disapprove [ˌdɪsəˈpru:v] 9udx3   第8级
    vt. 不赞成;不同意 vi. 不赞成;不喜欢
    参考例句:
    • I quite disapprove of his behaviour. 我很不赞同他的行为。
    • She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove. 她想训练自己做戏剧演员,但她的父母不赞成。
    2 mar [mɑ:(r)] f7Kzq   第10级
    vt.破坏,毁坏,弄糟
    参考例句:
    • It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence. 大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
    • Such a marriage might mar your career. 这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
    3 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。
    4 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》
    5 insignificant [ˌɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] k6Mx1   第9级
    adj.无关紧要的,可忽略的,无意义的
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    • In winter the effect was found to be insignificant. 在冬季,这种作用是不明显的。
    • This problem was insignificant compared to others she faced. 这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么。
    6 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。
    7 contemptible [kənˈtemptəbl] DpRzO   第11级
    adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的
    参考例句:
    • His personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible. 他气貌不扬,言语粗俗。
    • That was a contemptible trick to play on a friend. 那是对朋友玩弄的一出可鄙的把戏。
    8 fretting [fretɪŋ] fretting   第9级
    n. 微振磨损 adj. 烦躁的, 焦虑的
    参考例句:
    • Fretting about it won't help. 苦恼于事无补。
    • The old lady is always fretting over something unimportant. 那位老妇人总是为一些小事焦虑不安。
    9 frock [frɒk] 4fuzh   第10级
    n.连衣裙;v.使穿长工作服
    参考例句:
    • That frock shows your petticoat.那件上衣太短,让你的衬裙露出来了。
    • Few Englishmen wear frock coats now.They went out years ago.现在,英国人很少穿大礼服了,大礼服在多年以前就不时兴了。
    10 accomplishments [ə'kʌmplɪʃmənts] 1c15077db46e4d6425b6f78720939d54   第8级
    n.造诣;完成( accomplishment的名词复数 );技能;成绩;成就
    参考例句:
    • It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
    • Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    11 dreary [ˈdrɪəri] sk1z6   第8级
    adj.令人沮丧的,沉闷的,单调乏味的
    参考例句:
    • They live such dreary lives. 他们的生活如此乏味。
    • She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence. 她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事。
    12 admiration [ˌædməˈreɪʃn] afpyA   第8级
    n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
    参考例句:
    • He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene. 他对风景之美赞不绝口。
    • We have a great admiration for the gold medalists. 我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
    13 contented [kənˈtentɪd] Gvxzof   第8级
    adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
    参考例句:
    • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office. 不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
    • The people are making a good living and are contented, each in his station. 人民安居乐业。
    14 remonstrance [rɪˈmɒnstrəns] bVex0   第12级
    n抗议,抱怨
    参考例句:
    • She had abandoned all attempts at remonstrance with Thomas. 她已经放弃了一切劝戒托马斯的尝试。
    • Mrs. Peniston was at the moment inaccessible to remonstrance. 目前彭尼斯顿太太没功夫听她告状。
    15 depressed [dɪˈprest] xu8zp9   第8级
    adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的
    参考例句:
    • When he was depressed, he felt utterly divorced from reality. 他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
    • His mother was depressed by the sad news. 这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
    16 resolutely ['rezəlju:tli] WW2xh   第7级
    adj.坚决地,果断地
    参考例句:
    • He resolutely adhered to what he had said at the meeting. 他坚持他在会上所说的话。
    • He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties. 他不是果敢地去面对困难,而是抱怨自己运气不佳。
    17 sketch [sketʃ] UEyyG   第7级
    n.草图;梗概;素描;vt.&vi.素描;概述
    参考例句:
    • My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
    • I will send you a slight sketch of the house. 我将给你寄去房屋的草图。
    18 clumps [klʌmps] a9a186997b6161c6394b07405cf2f2aa   第10级
    n.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的名词复数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声v.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声
    参考例句:
    • These plants quickly form dense clumps. 这些植物很快形成了浓密的树丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • The bulbs were over. All that remained of them were clumps of brown leaves. 这些鳞茎死了,剩下的只是一丛丛的黃叶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    19 laurels ['lɒrəlz] 0pSzBr   第12级
    n.桂冠,荣誉
    参考例句:
    • The path was lined with laurels. 小路两旁都种有月桂树。
    • He reaped the laurels in the finals. 他在决赛中荣膺冠军。
    20 friendliness ['frendlɪnəs] nsHz8c   第7级
    n.友谊,亲切,亲密
    参考例句:
    • Behind the mask of friendliness, I know he really dislikes me. 在友善的面具后面,我知道他其实并不喜欢我。
    • His manner was a blend of friendliness and respect. 他的态度友善且毕恭毕敬。
    21 longing [ˈlɒŋɪŋ] 98bzd   第8级
    n.(for)渴望
    参考例句:
    • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her. 再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
    • His heart burned with longing for revenge. 他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
    22 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。
    23 yearned [jə:nd] df1a28ecd1f3c590db24d0d80c264305   第9级
    渴望,切盼,向往( yearn的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The people yearned for peace. 人民渴望和平。
    • She yearned to go back to the south. 她渴望回到南方去。
    24 importunate [ɪmˈpɔ:tʃənət] 596xx   第12级
    adj.强求的;纠缠不休的
    参考例句:
    • I would not have our gratitude become indiscreet or importunate. 我不愿意让我们的感激变成失礼或勉强。
    • The importunate memory was kept before her by its ironic contrast to her present situation. 萦绕在心头的这个回忆对当前的情景来说,是个具有讽刺性的对照。
    25 dismalness [smɔ:lnəs] 66cc50d313084837623e6a5898689203   第8级
    阴沉的
    参考例句:
    • She gazed about their bedroom, and its dismalness crawled over her. 她扫视了一遍他们的卧室,一种阴郁沉闷的感觉在她心中油然而生。
    26 riotous [ˈraɪətəs] ChGyr   第11级
    adj.骚乱的;狂欢的
    参考例句:
    • Summer is in riotous profusion. 盛夏的大地热闹纷繁。
    • We spent a riotous night at Christmas. 我们度过了一个狂欢之夜。
    27 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》
    28 embroidery [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəri] Wjkz7   第9级
    n.绣花,刺绣;绣制品
    参考例句:
    • This exquisite embroidery won people's great admiration. 这件精美的绣品,使人惊叹不已。
    • This is Jane's first attempt at embroidery. 这是简第一次试着绣花。
    29 miserably ['mɪzrəblɪ] zDtxL   第7级
    adv.痛苦地;悲惨地;糟糕地;极度地
    参考例句:
    • The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。
    • It was drizzling, and miserably cold and damp. 外面下着毛毛细雨,天气又冷又湿,令人难受。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    30 morbid [ˈmɔ:bɪd] u6qz3   第8级
    adj.病的;致病的;病态的;可怕的
    参考例句:
    • Some people have a morbid fascination with crime. 一些人对犯罪有一种病态的痴迷。
    • It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。
    31 crooked [ˈkrʊkɪd] xvazAv   第7级
    adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的;v.弯成钩形(crook的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him. 他弯了弯手指,示意我们到他那儿去。
    • You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads. 在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。
    32 prattling [ˈprætlɪŋ] 29f1761316ffd897e34605de7a77101b   第12级
    v.(小孩般)天真无邪地说话( prattle的现在分词 );发出连续而无意义的声音;闲扯;东拉西扯
    参考例句:
    • The meanders of a prattling brook, were shaded with straggling willows and alder trees. 一条小河蜿蜒掩映在稀疏的柳树和桤树的树荫间,淙淙作响。 来自辞典例句
    • The villagers are prattling on about the village gossip. 村民们正在闲扯些村里的事。 来自互联网
    33 growling [ɡraulɪŋ] growling   第8级
    n.吠声, 咆哮声 v.怒吠, 咆哮, 吼
    参考例句:
    • We heard thunder growling in the distance. 我们听见远处有隆隆雷声。
    • The lay about the deck growling together in talk. 他们在甲板上到处游荡,聚集在一起发牢骚。
    34 inquiry [ɪn'kwaɪərɪ] nbgzF   第7级
    n.打听,询问,调查,查问
    参考例句:
    • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem. 许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
    • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons. 调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
    35 conceal [kənˈsi:l] DpYzt   第7级
    vt.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽
    参考例句:
    • He had to conceal his identity to escape the police. 为了躲避警方,他只好隐瞒身份。
    • He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure. 他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。
    36 astonishment [əˈstɒnɪʃmənt] VvjzR   第8级
    n.惊奇,惊异
    参考例句:
    • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment. 他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
    • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action. 我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
    37 effaced [ɪˈfeɪst] 96bc7c37d0e2e4d8665366db4bc7c197   第9级
    v.擦掉( efface的过去式和过去分词 );抹去;超越;使黯然失色
    参考例句:
    • Someone has effaced part of the address on his letter. 有人把他信上的一部分地址擦掉了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • The name of the ship had been effaced from the menus. 那艘船的名字已经从菜单中删除了。 来自辞典例句
    38 likeness [ˈlaɪknəs] P1txX   第8级
    n.相像,相似(之处)
    参考例句:
    • I think the painter has produced a very true likeness. 我认为这位画家画得非常逼真。
    • She treasured the painted likeness of her son. 她珍藏她儿子的画像。
    39 furtively ['fɜ:tɪvlɪ] furtively   第9级
    adv. 偷偷地, 暗中地
    参考例句:
    • At this some of the others furtively exchanged significant glances. 听他这样说,有几个人心照不宣地彼此对望了一眼。
    • Remembering my presence, he furtively dropped it under his chair. 后来想起我在,他便偷偷地把书丢在椅子下。
    40 nay [neɪ] unjzAQ   第12级
    adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者
    参考例句:
    • He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable, nay, unique performance. 他为儿子出色的,不,应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
    • Long essays, nay, whole books have been written on this. 许多长篇大论的文章,不,应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。
    41 remonstrated [rɪˈmɔnˌstreɪtid] a6eda3fe26f748a6164faa22a84ba112   第10级
    v.抗议( remonstrate的过去式和过去分词 );告诫
    参考例句:
    • They remonstrated with the official about the decision. 他们就这一决定向这位官员提出了抗议。
    • We remonstrated against the ill-treatment of prisoners of war. 我们对虐待战俘之事提出抗议。 来自辞典例句
    42 incumbent [ɪnˈkʌmbənt] wbmzy   第9级
    adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的
    参考例句:
    • He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality. 他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
    • It is incumbent upon you to warn them. 你有责任警告他们。
    43 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。
    44 defiant [dɪˈfaɪənt] 6muzw   第10级
    adj.无礼的,挑战的
    参考例句:
    • With a last defiant gesture, they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison. 他们被带走投入监狱时,仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
    • He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer. 他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
    45 conceited [kənˈsi:tɪd] Cv0zxi   第8级
    adj.自负的,骄傲自满的
    参考例句:
    • He could not bear that they should be so conceited. 他们这样自高自大他受不了。
    • I'm not as conceited as so many people seem to think. 我不像很多人认为的那么自负。
    46 eloquent [ˈeləkwənt] ymLyN   第7级
    adj.雄辩的,口才流利的;明白显示出的
    参考例句:
    • He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator. 他能言善辩,胜过最好的演说家。
    • These ruins are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of war. 这些废墟形象地提醒人们不要忘记战争的恐怖。
    47 absurdity [əb'sɜ:dətɪ] dIQyU   第10级
    n.荒谬,愚蠢;谬论
    参考例句:
    • The proposal borders upon the absurdity. 这提议近乎荒谬。
    • The absurdity of the situation made everyone laugh. 情况的荒谬可笑使每个人都笑了。
    48 unreasonable [ʌnˈri:znəbl] tjLwm   第8级
    adj.不讲道理的,不合情理的,过度的
    参考例句:
    • I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you. 我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
    • They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes. 他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。
    49 irritation [ˌɪrɪ'teɪʃn] la9zf   第9级
    n.激怒,恼怒,生气
    参考例句:
    • He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited. 他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
    • Barbicane said nothing, but his silence covered serious irritation. 巴比康什么也不说,但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。
    50 unaware [ˌʌnəˈweə(r)] Pl6w0   第7级
    adj.不知道的,未意识到的;adv.意外地;不知不觉地
    参考例句:
    • They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
    • I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。
    51 impersonal [ɪmˈpɜ:sənl] Ck6yp   第8级
    adj.无个人感情的,与个人无关的,非人称的
    参考例句:
    • Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal. 他的孩子们也认为他跟其他人很疏远,没有人情味。
    • His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal. 他的态度似乎很生硬冷淡。
    52 bazaar [bəˈzɑ:(r)] 3Qoyt   第9级
    n.集市,商店集中区
    参考例句:
    • Chickens, goats and rabbits were offered for barter at the bazaar. 在集市上,鸡、山羊和兔子被摆出来作物物交换之用。
    • We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar. 我们在集市通过讨价还价买到了一条很漂亮的地毯。
    53 sitting-room ['sɪtɪŋrʊm] sitting-room   第8级
    n.(BrE)客厅,起居室
    参考例句:
    • The sitting-room is clean. 起居室很清洁。
    • Each villa has a separate sitting-room. 每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。
    54 intrude [ɪnˈtru:d] Lakzv   第7级
    vi.闯入;侵入;打扰,侵扰
    参考例句:
    • I do not want to intrude if you are busy. 如果你忙我就不打扰你了。
    • I don't want to intrude on your meeting. 我不想打扰你们的会议。
    55 addicted [əˈdɪktɪd] dzizmY   第8级
    adj.沉溺于....的,对...上瘾的
    参考例句:
    • He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17. 他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
    • She's become addicted to love stories. 她迷上了爱情小说。
    56 vice [vaɪs] NU0zQ   第7级
    n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
    参考例句:
    • He guarded himself against vice. 他避免染上坏习惯。
    • They are sunk in the depth of vice. 他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
    57 hemming ['hemɪŋ] c6fed4b4e8e7be486b6f9ff17821e428   第10级
    卷边
    参考例句:
    • "Now stop hemming and hawing, and tell me about it, Edward. "别再这个那个的啦,跟我说说吧,爱德华。 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
    • All ideas of stopping holes and hemming in the German intruders are vicious. 一切想要堵塞缺口和围困德国侵略军的办法都是错误的。
    58 specimens [ˈspesimənz] 91fc365099a256001af897127174fcce   第7级
    n.样品( specimen的名词复数 );范例;(化验的)抽样;某种类型的人
    参考例句:
    • Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
    • The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    59 exquisite [ɪkˈskwɪzɪt] zhez1   第7级
    adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的
    参考例句:
    • I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic. 我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
    • I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali. 我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。
    60 piquancy [ˈpi:kənsi] 17ffe2d09b3a59945bf767af8e3aa79c   第10级
    n.辛辣,辣味,痛快
    参考例句:
    • The tart flavour of the cranberries adds piquancy. 越橘的酸味很可口。
    • I`ve got a GOOD start,or at least,a piquancy start. 我有了一个好的开始;如果不算好,也至少是个痛快的开始。 来自互联网
    61 scarlet [ˈskɑ:lət] zD8zv   第9级
    n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的
    参考例句:
    • The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines. 深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
    • The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale, scarlet, bright red, and then light red. 天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了,深红的颜色变成了绯红,绯红又变为浅红。
    62 bust [bʌst] WszzB   第9级
    vt.打破;vi.爆裂;n.半身像;胸部
    参考例句:
    • I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
    • She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust. 她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。
    63 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。
    64 maudlin [ˈmɔ:dlɪn] NBwxQ   第10级
    adj.感情脆弱的,爱哭的
    参考例句:
    • He always becomes maudlin after he's had a few drinks. 他喝了几杯酒后总是变得多愁善感。
    • She continued in the same rather maudlin tone. 她继续用那种颇带几分伤感的语调说话。
    65 sarcastic [sɑ:ˈkæstɪk] jCIzJ   第9级
    adj.讥讽的,讽刺的,嘲弄的
    参考例句:
    • I squashed him with a sarcastic remark. 我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
    • She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks. 她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。
    66 dissenters [dɪ'sentəz] dc2babdb66e7f4957a7f61e6dbf4b71e   第11级
    n.持异议者,持不同意见者( dissenter的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • He attacked the indulgence shown to religious dissenters. 他抨击对宗教上持不同政见者表现出的宽容。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • (The dissenters would have allowed even more leeway to the Secretary.) (持异议者还会给行政长官留有更多的余地。) 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
    67 inconvenient [ˌɪnkənˈvi:niənt] m4hy5   第8级
    adj.不方便的,令人感到麻烦的
    参考例句:
    • You have come at a very inconvenient time. 你来得最不适时。
    • Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting? 他参加那次会议会不方便吗?
    68 fluency [ˈflu:ənsi] ajCxF   第9级
    n.流畅,雄辩,善辩
    参考例句:
    • More practice will make you speak with greater fluency. 多练习就可以使你的口语更流利。
    • Some young children achieve great fluency in their reading. 一些孩子小小年纪阅读已经非常流畅。
    69 penetration [ˌpenɪˈtreɪʃn] 1M8xw   第8级
    n.穿透,穿人,渗透
    参考例句:
    • He is a man of penetration. 他是一个富有洞察力的人。
    • Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration. 我们的目标是进一步打入市场。
    70 impudent [ˈɪmpjədənt] X4Eyf   第10级
    adj.鲁莽的,卑鄙的,厚颜无耻的
    参考例句:
    • She's tolerant toward those impudent colleagues. 她对那些无礼的同事采取容忍的态度。
    • The teacher threatened to kick the impudent pupil out of the room. 老师威胁着要把这无礼的小学生撵出教室。
    71 philosophical [ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪkl] rN5xh   第8级
    adj.哲学家的,哲学上的,达观的
    参考例句:
    • The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem. 老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
    • She is very philosophical about her bad luck. 她对自己的不幸看得很开。
    72 treatise [ˈtri:tɪs] rpWyx   第9级
    n.专著;(专题)论文
    参考例句:
    • The doctor wrote a treatise on alcoholism. 那位医生写了一篇关于酗酒问题的论文。
    • This is not a treatise on statistical theory. 这不是一篇有关统计理论的论文。
    73 treatises ['tri:tɪzɪz] 9ff9125c93810e8709abcafe0c3289ca   第9级
    n.专题著作,专题论文,专著( treatise的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Many treatises in different languages have been published on pigeons. 关于鸽类的著作,用各种文字写的很多。 来自辞典例句
    • Many other treatises incorporated the new rigor. 许多其它的专题论文体现了新的严密性。 来自辞典例句
    74 logic [ˈlɒdʒɪk] j0HxI   第7级
    n.逻辑(学);逻辑性
    参考例句:
    • What sort of logic is that? 这是什么逻辑?
    • I don't follow the logic of your argument. 我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。
    75 alumna [əˈlʌmnə] 0zizAo   第12级
    n.女校友,女毕业生 (pl.alumnae)
    参考例句:
    • I came across a old alumna in the street this morning. 今天早上我在街上碰见一位老校友。
    • My alumni and alumna are present at my birthday party. 我的男校友和女校友都出席了我的生日聚会。
    76 plunging [ˈplʌndʒɪŋ] 5fe12477bea00d74cd494313d62da074   第7级
    adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
    参考例句:
    • War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发,生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    77 apropos [ˌæprəˈpəʊ] keky3   第11级
    adv.恰好地;adj.恰当的;关于
    参考例句:
    • I thought he spoke very apropos. 我认为他说得很中肯。
    • He arrived very apropos. 他来得很及时。
    78 delightful [dɪˈlaɪtfl] 6xzxT   第8级
    adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的
    参考例句:
    • We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday. 上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
    • Peter played a delightful melody on his flute. 彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。
    79 bonnet [ˈbɒnɪt] AtSzQ   第10级
    n.无边女帽;童帽
    参考例句:
    • The baby's bonnet keeps the sun out of her eyes. 婴孩的帽子遮住阳光,使之不刺眼。
    • She wore a faded black bonnet garnished with faded artificial flowers. 她戴着一顶褪了色的黑色无边帽,帽上缀着褪了色的假花。
    80 beseeching [bɪˈsi:tʃɪŋ] 67f0362f7eb28291ad2968044eb2a985   第11级
    adj.恳求似的v.恳求,乞求(某事物)( beseech的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She clung to her father, beseeching him for consent. 她紧紧挨着父亲,恳求他答应。 来自辞典例句
    • He casts a beseeching glance at his son. 他用恳求的眼光望着儿子。 来自辞典例句
    81 fiery [ˈfaɪəri] ElEye   第9级
    adj.燃烧着的,火红的;暴躁的;激烈的
    参考例句:
    • She has fiery red hair. 她有一头火红的头发。
    • His fiery speech agitated the crowd. 他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。
    82 repulsive [rɪˈpʌlsɪv] RsNyx   第8级
    adj.排斥的,使人反感的
    参考例句:
    • She found the idea deeply repulsive. 她发现这个想法很恶心。
    • The repulsive force within the nucleus is enormous. 核子内部的斥力是巨大的。
    83 ardent [ˈɑ:dnt] yvjzd   第8级
    adj.热情的,热烈的,强烈的,烈性的
    参考例句:
    • He's an ardent supporter of the local football team. 他是本地足球队的热情支持者。
    • Ardent expectations were held by his parents for his college career. 他父母对他的大学学习抱着殷切的期望。
    84 distinctively [dis'tiŋktivli] Wu7z42   第8级
    adv.特殊地,区别地
    参考例句:
    • "Public risks" is a recent term for distinctively high-tech hazards. “公共风险”是个特殊的高技术危害个人的一个最新术语。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
    • His language was natural, unaffected, distinctively vivid, humorous and strongly charming. 语言既朴实无华,又鲜明生动,幽默而富有艺术魅力。
    85 implicitly [ɪm'plɪsɪtlɪ] 7146d52069563dd0fc9ea894b05c6fef   第7级
    adv. 含蓄地, 暗中地, 毫不保留地
    参考例句:
    • Many verbs and many words of other kinds are implicitly causal. 许多动词和许多其他类词都蕴涵着因果关系。
    • I can trust Mr. Somerville implicitly, I suppose? 我想,我可以毫无保留地信任萨莫维尔先生吧?
    86 determined [dɪˈtɜ:mɪnd] duszmP   第7级
    adj.坚定的;有决心的;v.决定;断定(determine的过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation. 我已决定毕业后去西藏。
    • He determined to view the rooms behind the office. 他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
    87 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。
    88 situated [ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd] JiYzBH   第8级
    adj.坐落在...的,处于某种境地的
    参考例句:
    • The village is situated at the margin of a forest. 村子位于森林的边缘。
    • She is awkwardly situated. 她的处境困难。
    89 perfectly [ˈpɜ:fɪktli] 8Mzxb   第8级
    adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
    参考例句:
    • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said. 证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
    • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board. 我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
    90 peculiarity [pɪˌkju:liˈærəti] GiWyp   第9级
    n.独特性,特色;特殊的东西;怪癖
    参考例句:
    • Each country has its own peculiarity. 每个国家都有自己的独特之处。
    • The peculiarity of this shop is its day and nigth service. 这家商店的特点是昼夜服务。
    91 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。
    92 devotedly [dɪ'vəʊtɪdlɪ] 62e53aa5b947a277a45237c526c87437   第8级
    专心地; 恩爱地; 忠实地; 一心一意地
    参考例句:
    • He loved his wife devotedly. 他真诚地爱他的妻子。
    • Millions of fans follow the TV soap operas devotedly. 千百万观众非常着迷地收看这部电视连续剧。
    93 rhythmic [ˈrɪðmɪk] rXexv   第9级
    adj.有节奏的,有韵律的
    参考例句:
    • Her breathing became more rhythmic. 她的呼吸变得更有规律了。
    • Good breathing is slow, rhythmic and deep. 健康的呼吸方式缓慢深沉而有节奏。
    94 oars [ɔ:z] c589a112a1b341db7277ea65b5ec7bf7   第7级
    n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • He pulled as hard as he could on the oars. 他拼命地划桨。
    • The sailors are bending to the oars. 水手们在拼命地划桨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    95 oar [ɔ:(r)] EH0xQ   第7级
    n.桨,橹,划手;vi.划行;vt.划(船)
    参考例句:
    • The sailors oar slowly across the river. 水手们慢慢地划过河去。
    • The blade of the oar was bitten off by a shark. 浆叶被一条鲨鱼咬掉了。
    96 graceful [ˈgreɪsfl] deHza   第7级
    adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的
    参考例句:
    • His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful. 他的双杠动作可帅了!
    • The ballet dancer is so graceful. 芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。
    97 discredit [dɪsˈkredɪt] fu3xX   第9级
    vt.使不可置信;n.丧失信义;不信,怀疑
    参考例句:
    • Their behaviour has bought discredit on English football. 他们的行为败坏了英国足球运动的声誉。
    • They no longer try to discredit the technology itself. 他们不再试图怀疑这种技术本身。
    98 consultation [ˌkɒnslˈteɪʃn] VZAyq   第9级
    n.咨询;商量;商议;会议
    参考例句:
    • The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans. 该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
    • The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community. 该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。
    99 zeal [zi:l] mMqzR   第7级
    n.热心,热情,热忱
    参考例句:
    • Revolutionary zeal caught them up, and they joined the army. 革命热情激励他们,于是他们从军了。
    • They worked with great zeal to finish the project. 他们热情高涨地工作,以期完成这个项目。
    100 alteration [ˌɔ:ltəˈreɪʃn] rxPzO   第9级
    n.变更,改变;蚀变
    参考例句:
    • The shirt needs alteration. 这件衬衣需要改一改。
    • He easily perceived there was an alteration in my countenance. 他立刻看出我的脸色和往常有些不同。
    101 complexion [kəmˈplekʃn] IOsz4   第8级
    n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
    参考例句:
    • Red does not suit with her complexion. 红色与她的肤色不协调。
    • Her resignation puts a different complexion on things. 她一辞职局面就全变了。

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