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  • Illustrating1 the Laws of Attraction

    It is evident to you now that Maggie had arrived at a moment in her life which must be considered by all prudent2 persons as a great opportunity for a young woman. Launched into the higher society of St Ogg’s, with a striking person, which had the advantage of being quite unfamiliar3 to the majority of beholders, and with such moderate assistance of costume as you have seen foreshadowed in Lucy’s anxious colloquy4 with aunt Pullet, Maggie was certainly at a new starting-point in life. At Lucy’s first evening party, young Torry fatigued5 his facial muscles more than usual in order that “the dark-eyed girl there in the corner” might see him in all the additional style conferred by his eyeglass; and several young ladies went home intending to have short sleeves with black lace, and to plait their hair in a broad coronet at the back of their head,—“That cousin of Miss Deane’s looked so very well.” In fact, poor Maggie, with all her inward consciousness of a painful past and her presentiment6 of a troublous future, was on the way to become an object of some envy,—a topic of discussion in the newly established billiard-room, and between fair friends who had no secrets from each other on the subject of trimmings. The Miss Guests, who associated chiefly on terms of condescension7 with the families of St Ogg’s, and were the glass of fashion there, took some exception to Maggie’s manners. She had a way of not assenting8 at once to the observations current in good society, and of saying that she didn’t know whether those observations were true or not, which gave her an air of gaucherie, and impeded9 the even flow of conversation; but it is a fact capable of an amiable10 interpretation11 that ladies are not the worst disposed toward a new acquaintance of their own sex because she has points of inferiority. And Maggie was so entirely12 without those pretty airs of coquetry which have the traditional reputation of driving gentlemen to despair that she won some feminine pity for being so ineffective in spite of her beauty. She had not had many advantages, poor thing! and it must be admitted there was no pretension13 about her; her abruptness15 and unevenness16 of manner were plainly the result of her secluded17 and lowly circumstances. It was only a wonder that there was no tinge18 of vulgarity about her, considering what the rest of poor Lucy’s relations were—an allusion19 which always made the Miss Guests shudder20 a little. It was not agreeable to think of any connection by marriage with such people as the Gleggs and the Pullets; but it was of no use to contradict Stephen when once he had set his mind on anything, and certainly there was no possible objection to Lucy in herself,—no one could help liking21 her. She would naturally desire that the Miss Guests should behave kindly22 to this cousin of whom she was so fond, and Stephen would make a great fuss if they were deficient23 in civility. Under these circumstances the invitations to Park House were not wanting; and elsewhere, also, Miss Deane was too popular and too distinguished24 a member of society in St Ogg’s for any attention toward her to be neglected.

    Thus Maggie was introduced for the first time to the young lady’s life, and knew what it was to get up in the morning without any imperative25 reason for doing one thing more than another. This new sense of leisure and unchecked enjoyment amidst the soft-breathing airs and garden-scents of advancing spring—amidst the new abundance of music, and lingering strolls in the sunshine, and the delicious dreaminess of gliding26 on the river—could hardly be without some intoxicating27 effect on her, after her years of privation; and even in the first week Maggie began to be less haunted by her sad memories and anticipations28. Life was certainly very pleasant just now; it was becoming very pleasant to dress in the evening, and to feel that she was one of the beautiful things of this spring-time. And there were admiring eyes always awaiting her now; she was no longer an unheeded person, liable to be chid29, from whom attention was continually claimed, and on whom no one felt bound to confer any. It was pleasant, too, when Stephen and Lucy were gone out riding, to sit down at the piano alone, and find that the old fitness between her fingers and the keys remained, and revived, like a sympathetic kinship not to be worn out by separation; to get the tunes30 she had heard the evening before, and repeat them again and again until she had found out a way of producing them so as to make them a more pregnant, passionate31 language to her. The mere32 concord33 of octaves was a delight to Maggie, and she would often take up a book of studies rather than any melody, that she might taste more keenly by abstraction the more primitive34 sensation of intervals35. Not that her enjoyment of music was of the kind that indicates a great specific talent; it was rather that her sensibility to the supreme36 excitement of music was only one form of that passionate sensibility which belonged to her whole nature, and made her faults and virtues37 all merge38 in each other; made her affections sometimes an impatient demand, but also prevented her vanity from taking the form of mere feminine coquetry and device, and gave it the poetry of ambition. But you have known Maggie a long while, and need to be told, not her characteristics, but her history, which is a thing hardly to be predicted even from the completest knowledge of characteristics. For the tragedy of our lives is not created entirely from within. “Character,” says Novalis, in one of his questionable39 aphorisms,—“character is destiny.” But not the whole of our destiny. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, was speculative40 and irresolute41, and we have a great tragedy in consequence42. But if his father had lived to a good old age, and his uncle had died an early death, we can conceive Hamlet’s having married Ophelia, and got through life with a reputation of sanity43, notwithstanding many soliloquies, and some moody45 sarcasms46 toward the fair daughter of Polonius, to say nothing of the frankest incivility to his father-in-law.

    Maggie’s destiny, then, is at present hidden, and we must wait for it to reveal itself like the course of an unmapped river; we only know that the river is full and rapid, and that for all rivers there is the same final home. Under the charm of her new pleasures, Maggie herself was ceasing to think, with her eager prefiguring imagination, of her future lot; and her anxiety about her first interview with Philip was losing its predominance; perhaps, unconsciously to herself, she was not sorry that the interview had been deferred47.

    For Philip had not come the evening he was expected, and Mr Stephen Guest brought word that he was gone to the coast,—probably, he thought, on a sketching48 expedition49; but it was not certain when he would return. It was just like Philip, to go off in that way without telling any one. It was not until the twelfth day that he returned, to find both Lucy’s notes awaiting him; he had left before he knew of Maggie’s arrival.

    Perhaps one had need be nineteen again to be quite convinced of the feelings that were crowded for Maggie into those twelve days; of the length to which they were stretched for her by the novelty of her experience in them, and the varying attitudes of her mind. The early days of an acquaintance almost always have this importance for us, and fill up a larger space in our memory than longer subsequent periods, which have been less filled with discovery and new impressions. There were not many hours in those ten days in which Mr Stephen Guest was not seated by Lucy’s side, or standing44 near her at the piano, or accompanying her on some outdoor excursion; his attentions were clearly becoming more assiduous, and that was what every one had expected. Lucy was very happy, all the happier because Stephen’s society seemed to have become much more interesting and amusing since Maggie had been there. Playful discussions—sometimes serious ones—were going forward, in which both Stephen and Maggie revealed themselves, to the admiration50 of the gentle, unobtrusive Lucy; and it more than once crossed her mind what a charming quartet they should have through life when Maggie married Philip. Is it an inexplicable51 thing that a girl should enjoy her lover’s society the more for the presence of a third person, and be without the slightest spasm52 of jealousy53 that the third person had the conversation habitually54 directed to her? Not when that girl is as tranquil-hearted as Lucy, thoroughly55 possessed56 with a belief that she knows the state of her companions’ affections, and not prone57 to the feelings which shake such a belief in the absence of positive evidence against it. Besides, it was Lucy by whom Stephen sat, to whom he gave his arm, to whom he appealed as the person sure to agree with him; and every day there was the same tender politeness toward her, the same consciousness of her wants and care to supply them. Was there really the same? It seemed to Lucy that there was more; and it was no wonder that the real significance of the change escaped her. It was a subtle act of conscience in Stephen that even he himself was not aware of. His personal attentions to Maggie were comparatively slight, and there had even sprung up an apparent distance between them, that prevented the renewal58 of that faint resemblance to gallantry into which he had fallen the first day in the boat. If Stephen came in when Lucy was out of the room, if Lucy left them together, they never spoke59 to each other; Stephen, perhaps, seemed to be examining books or music, and Maggie bent60 her head assiduously over her work. Each was oppressively conscious of the other’s presence, even to the finger-ends. Yet each looked and longed for the same thing to happen the next day. Neither of them had begun to reflect on the matter, or silently to ask, “To what does all this tend?” Maggie only felt that life was revealing something quite new to her; and she was absorbed in the direct, immediate61 experience, without any energy left for taking account of it and reasoning about it. Stephen wilfully62 abstained63 from self-questioning, and would not admit to himself that he felt an influence which was to have any determining effect on his conduct. And when Lucy came into the room again, they were once more unconstrained; Maggie could contradict Stephen, and laugh at him, and he could recommend to her consideration the example of that most charming heroine, Miss Sophia Western, who had a great “respect for the understandings of men.” Maggie could look at Stephen, which, for some reason or other she always avoided when they were alone; and he could even ask her to play his accompaniment for him, since Lucy’s fingers were so busy with that bazaar64-work, and lecture her on hurrying the tempo65, which was certainly Maggie’s weak point.

    One day—it was the day of Philip’s return—Lucy had formed a sudden engagement to spend the evening with Mrs Kenn, whose delicate state of health, threatening to become confirmed illness through an attack of bronchitis, obliged her to resign her functions at the coming bazaar into the hands of other ladies, of whom she wished Lucy to be one. The engagement had been formed in Stephen’s presence, and he had heard Lucy promise to dine early and call at six o’clock for Miss Torry, who brought Mrs Kenn’s request.

    “Here is another of the moral results of this idiotic66 bazaar,” Stephen burst forth67, as soon as Miss Torry had left the room,—“taking young ladies from the duties of the domestic hearth68 into scenes of dissipation among urn-rugs and embroidered69 reticules! I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out. If this goes on much longer, the bonds of society will be dissolved.”

    “Well, it will not go on much longer,” said Lucy, laughing, “for the bazaar is to take place on Monday week.”

    “Thank Heaven!” said Stephen. “Kenn himself said the other day that he didn’t like this plan of making vanity do the work of charity; but just as the British public is not reasonable enough to bear direct taxation70, so St Ogg’s has not got force of motive71 enough to build and endow schools without calling in the force of folly72.”

    “Did he say so?” said little Lucy, her hazel eyes opening wide with anxiety. “I never heard him say anything of that kind; I thought he approved of what we were doing.”

    “I’m sure he approves you,” said Stephen, smiling at her affectionately; “your conduct in going out to-night looks vicious, I own, but I know there is benevolence73 at the bottom of it.”

    “Oh, you think too well of me,” said Lucy, shaking her head, with a pretty blush, and there the subject ended. But it was tacitly understood that Stephen would not come in the evening; and on the strength of that tacit understanding he made his morning visit the longer, not saying good-bye until after four.

    Maggie was seated in the drawing-room, alone, shortly after dinner, with Minny on her lap, having left her uncle to his wine and his nap, and her mother to the compromise between knitting and nodding, which, when there was no company, she always carried on in the dining-room till tea-time. Maggie was stooping to caress74 the tiny silken pet, and comforting him for his mistress’s absence, when the sound of a footstep on the gravel75 made her look up, and she saw Mr Stephen Guest walking up the garden, as if he had come straight from the river. It was very unusual to see him so soon after dinner! He often complained that their dinner-hour was late at Park House. Nevertheless, there he was, in his black dress; he had evidently been home, and must have come again by the river. Maggie felt her cheeks glowing and her heart beating; it was natural she should be nervous, for she was not accustomed to receive visitors alone. He had seen her look up through the open window, and raised his hat as he walked toward it, to enter that way instead of by the door. He blushed too, and certainly looked as foolish as a young man of some wit and self-possession can be expected to look, as he walked in with a roll of music in his hand, and said, with an air of hesitating improvisation,—

    “You are surprised to see me again, Miss Tulliver; I ought to apologise for coming upon you by surprise, but I wanted to come into the town, and I got our man to row me; so I thought I would bring these things from the ‘Maid of Artois’ for your cousin; I forgot them this morning. Will you give them to her?”

    “Yes,” said Maggie, who had risen confusedly with Minny in her arms, and now, not quite knowing what else to do, sat down again.

    Stephen laid down his hat, with the music, which rolled on the floor, and sat down in the chair close by her. He had never done so before, and both he and Maggie were quite aware that it was an entirely new position.

    “Well, you pampered76 minion77!” said Stephen, leaning to pull the long curly ears that drooped78 over Maggie’s arm. It was not a suggestive remark, and as the speaker did not follow it up by further development, it naturally left the conversation at a standstill. It seemed to Stephen like some action in a dream that he was obliged to do, and wonder at himself all the while,—to go on stroking Minny’s head. Yet it was very pleasant; he only wished he dared look at Maggie, and that she would look at him,—let him have one long look into those deep, strange eyes of hers, and then he would be satisfied and quite reasonable after that. He thought it was becoming a sort of monomania with him, to want that long look from Maggie; and he was racking his invention continually to find out some means by which he could have it without its appearing singular and entailing79 subsequent embarrassment80. As for Maggie, she had no distinct thought, only the sense of a presence like that of a closely hovering81 broad-winged bird in the darkness, for she was unable to look up, and saw nothing but Minny’s black wavy82 coat.

    But this must end some time, perhaps it ended very soon, and only seemed long, as a minute’s dream does. Stephen at last sat upright sideways in his chair, leaning one hand and arm over the back and looking at Maggie. What should he say?

    “We shall have a splendid sunset, I think; sha’n’t you go out and see it?”

    “I don’t know,” said Maggie. Then courageously83 raising her eyes and looking out of the window, “if I’m not playing cribbage with my uncle.”

    A pause; during which Minny is stroked again, but has sufficient insight not to be grateful for it, to growl84 rather.

    “Do you like sitting alone?”

    A rather arch look came over Maggie’s face, and, just glancing at Stephen, she said, “Would it be quite civil to say ‘yes’?”

    “It was rather a dangerous question for an intruder to ask,” said Stephen, delighted with that glance, and getting determined85 to stay for another. “But you will have more than half an hour to yourself after I am gone,” he added, taking out his watch. “I know Mr Deane never comes in till half-past seven.”

    Another pause, during which Maggie looked steadily86 out of the window, till by a great effort she moved her head to look down at Minny’s back again, and said,—

    “I wish Lucy had not been obliged to go out. We lose our music.”

    “We shall have a new voice to-morrow night,” said Stephen. “Will you tell your cousin that our friend Philip Wakem is come back? I saw him as I went home.”

    Maggie gave a little start,—it seemed hardly more than a vibration87 that passed from head to foot in an instant. But the new images summoned by Philip’s name dispersed88 half the oppressive spell she had been under. She rose from her chair with a sudden resolution, and laying Minny on his cushion, went to reach Lucy’s large work-basket from its corner. Stephen was vexed89 and disappointed; he thought perhaps Maggie didn’t like the name of Wakem to be mentioned to her in that abrupt14 way, for he now recalled what Lucy had told him of the family quarrel. It was of no use to stay any longer. Maggie was seating herself at the table with her work, and looking chill and proud; and he—he looked like a simpleton for having come. A gratuitous90, entirely superfluous91 visit of that sort was sure to make a man disagreeable and ridiculous. Of course it was palpable to Maggie’s thinking that he had dined hastily in his own room for the sake of setting off again and finding her alone.

    A boyish state of mind for an accomplished92 young gentleman of five-and-twenty, not without legal knowledge! But a reference to history, perhaps, may make it not incredible.

    At this moment Maggie’s ball of knitting-wool rolled along the ground, and she started up to reach it. Stephen rose too, and picking up the ball, met her with a vexed, complaining look that gave his eyes quite a new expression to Maggie, whose own eyes met them as he presented the ball to her.

    “Good-bye,” said Stephen, in a tone that had the same beseeching93 discontent as his eyes. He dared not put out his hand; he thrust both hands into his tail-pockets as he spoke. Maggie thought she had perhaps been rude.

    “Won’t you stay?” she said timidly, not looking away, for that would have seemed rude again.

    “No, thank you,” said Stephen, looking still into the half-unwilling, half-fascinated eyes, as a thirsty man looks toward the track of the distant brook94. “The boat is waiting for me. You’ll tell your cousin?”

    “Yes.”

    “That I brought the music, I mean?”

    “Yes.”

    “And that Philip is come back?”

    “Yes.” (Maggie did not notice Philip’s name this time.)

    “Won’t you come out a little way into the garden?” said Stephen, in a still gentler tone; but the next moment he was vexed that she did not say “No,” for she moved away now toward the open window, and he was obliged to take his hat and walk by her side. But he thought of something to make him amends95.

    “Do take my arm,” he said, in a low tone, as if it were a secret.

    There is something strangely winning to most women in that offer of the firm arm; the help is not wanted physically96 at that moment, but the sense of help, the presence of strength that is outside them and yet theirs, meets a continual want of the imagination. Either on that ground or some other, Maggie took the arm. And they walked together round the grassplot and under the drooping97 green of the laburnums, in the same dim, dreamy state as they had been in a quarter of an hour before; only that Stephen had had the look he longed for, without yet perceiving in himself the symptoms of returning reasonableness, and Maggie had darting98 thoughts across the dimness,—how came he to be there? Why had she come out? Not a word was spoken. If it had been, each would have been less intensely conscious of the other.

    “Take care of this step,” said Stephen at last.

    “Oh, I will go in now,” said Maggie, feeling that the step had come like a rescue. “Good-evening.”

    In an instant she had withdrawn99 her arm, and was running back to the house. She did not reflect that this sudden action would only add to the embarrassing recollections of the last half-hour. She had no thought left for that. She only threw herself into the low arm-chair, and burst into tears.

    “Oh, Philip, Philip, I wish we were together again—so quietly—in the Red Deeps.”

    Stephen looked after her a moment, then went on to the boat, and was soon landed at the wharf100. He spent the evening in the billiard-room, smoking one cigar after another, and losing “lives” at pool. But he would not leave off. He was determined not to think,—not to admit any more distinct remembrance than was urged upon him by the perpetual presence of Maggie. He was looking at her, and she was on his arm.

    But there came the necessity of walking home in the cool starlight, and with it the necessity of cursing his own folly, and bitterly determining that he would never trust himself alone with Maggie again. It was all madness; he was in love, thoroughly attached to Lucy, and engaged,—engaged as strongly as an honourable101 man need be. He wished he had never seen this Maggie Tulliver, to be thrown into a fever by her in this way; she would make a sweet, strange, troublesome, adorable wife to some man or other, but he would never have chosen her himself. Did she feel as he did? He hoped she did—not. He ought not to have gone. He would master himself in future. He would make himself disagreeable to her, quarrel with her perhaps. Quarrel with her? Was it possible to quarrel with a creature who had such eyes,—defying and deprecating, contradicting and clinging, imperious and beseeching,—full of delicious opposites? To see such a creature subdued102 by love for one would be a lot worth having—to another man.

    There was a muttered exclamation103 which ended this inward soliloquy, as Stephen threw away the end of his last cigar, and thrusting his hands into his pockets, stalked along at a quieter pace through the shrubbery. It was not of a benedictory kind.



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    1 illustrating [ˈiləstreitɪŋ] a99f5be8a18291b13baa6ba429f04101   第7级
    给…加插图( illustrate的现在分词 ); 说明; 表明; (用示例、图画等)说明
    参考例句:
    • He upstaged the other speakers by illustrating his talk with slides. 他演讲中配上幻灯片,比其他演讲人更吸引听众。
    • Material illustrating detailed structure of graptolites has been etched from limestone by means of hydrofluoric acid. 表明笔石详细构造的物质是利用氢氟酸从石灰岩中侵蚀出来。
    2 prudent [ˈpru:dnt] M0Yzg   第7级
    adj.谨慎的,有远见的,精打细算的
    参考例句:
    • A prudent traveller never disparages his own country. 聪明的旅行者从不贬低自己的国家。
    • You must school yourself to be modest and prudent. 你要学会谦虚谨慎。
    3 unfamiliar [ˌʌnfəˈmɪliə(r)] uk6w4   第7级
    adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
    参考例句:
    • I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here. 我在这儿人地生疏。
    • The man seemed unfamiliar to me. 这人很面生。
    4 colloquy [ˈkɒləkwi] 8bRyH   第12级
    n.谈话,自由讨论
    参考例句:
    • The colloquy between them was brief. 他们之间的对话很简洁。
    • They entered into eager colloquy with each other. 他们展开热切的相互交谈。
    5 fatigued [fə'ti:gd] fatigued   第7级
    adj. 疲乏的
    参考例句:
    • The exercises fatigued her. 操练使她感到很疲乏。
    • The President smiled, with fatigued tolerance for a minor person's naivety. 总统笑了笑,疲惫地表现出对一个下级人员的天真想法的宽容。
    6 presentiment [prɪˈzentɪmənt] Z18zB   第12级
    n.预感,预觉
    参考例句:
    • He had a presentiment of disaster. 他预感会有灾难降临。
    • I have a presentiment that something bad will happen. 我有某种不祥事要发生的预感。
    7 condescension [ˌkɔndi'senʃən] JYMzw   第9级
    n.自以为高人一等,贬低(别人)
    参考例句:
    • His politeness smacks of condescension. 他的客气带有屈尊俯就的意味。
    • Despite its condescension toward the Bennet family, the letter begins to allay Elizabeth's prejudice against Darcy. 尽管这封信对班纳特家的态度很高傲,但它开始消除伊丽莎白对达西的偏见。
    8 assenting [əˈsentɪŋ] 461d03db6506f9bf18aaabe10522b2ee   第9级
    同意,赞成( assent的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • In an assembly, every thing must be done by speaking and assenting. 在一个群集中,任何事情都必须通过发言和同意来进行。
    • Assenting to this demands. 对这个要求让步。
    9 impeded [imˈpi:did] 7dc9974da5523140b369df3407a86996   第8级
    阻碍,妨碍,阻止( impede的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Work on the building was impeded by severe weather. 楼房的施工因天气恶劣而停了下来。
    • He was impeded in his work. 他的工作受阻。
    10 amiable [ˈeɪmiəbl] hxAzZ   第7级
    adj.和蔼可亲的,友善的,亲切的
    参考例句:
    • She was a very kind and amiable old woman. 她是个善良和气的老太太。
    • We have a very amiable companionship. 我们之间存在一种友好的关系。
    11 interpretation [ɪnˌtɜ:prɪˈteɪʃn] P5jxQ   第7级
    n.解释,说明,描述;艺术处理
    参考例句:
    • His statement admits of one interpretation only. 他的话只有一种解释。
    • Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing. 分析与说明是个很主观的事情。
    12 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。
    13 pretension [prɪˈtenʃn] GShz4   第10级
    n.要求;自命,自称;自负
    参考例句:
    • I make no pretension to skill as an artist, but I enjoy painting. 我并不自命有画家的技巧,但我喜欢绘画。
    • His action is a satire on his boastful pretension. 他的行动是对他自我卖弄的一个讽刺。
    14 abrupt [əˈbrʌpt] 2fdyh   第7级
    adj.突然的,意外的;唐突的,鲁莽的
    参考例句:
    • The river takes an abrupt bend to the west. 这河突然向西转弯。
    • His abrupt reply hurt our feelings. 他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。
    15 abruptness [ə'brʌptnəs] abruptness   第7级
    n. 突然,唐突
    参考例句:
    • He hid his feelings behind a gruff abruptness. 他把自己的感情隐藏在生硬鲁莽之中。
    • Suddenly Vanamee returned to himself with the abruptness of a blow. 伐那米猛地清醒过来,象挨到了当头一拳似的。
    16 unevenness [ˈʌnˈi:vənis] fab24526f4357ba5f93a2a7a8110fdd7   第8级
    n. 不平坦,不平衡,不匀性
    参考例句:
    • This unevenness comes about because topics are developed in a logical order. 所以出现这种不平衡,是因为课题是按逻辑顺序展开的。
    • I sanded the corners to take away any unevenness in the joints. 我用砂纸磨边边角角的地方,去除接头处的不均。
    17 secluded [sɪ'klu:dɪd] wj8zWX   第10级
    adj.与世隔绝的;隐退的;偏僻的v.使隔开,使隐退( seclude的过去式和过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place. 一些人当他们在隐蔽的地方游泳时,喜欢把衣服脱光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • This charming cottage dates back to the 15th century and is as pretty as a picture, with its thatched roof and secluded garden. 这所美丽的村舍是15世纪时的建筑,有茅草房顶和宁静的花园,漂亮极了,简直和画上一样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    18 tinge [tɪndʒ] 8q9yO   第9级
    vt.(较淡)着色于,染色;使带有…气息;n.淡淡色彩,些微的气息
    参考例句:
    • The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red. 枫叶染上了秋天的红色。
    • There was a tinge of sadness in her voice. 她声音中流露出一丝忧伤。
    19 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。
    20 shudder [ˈʃʌdə(r)] JEqy8   第8级
    vi.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动
    参考例句:
    • The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him. 看到那副棺材,他浑身一阵战栗。
    • We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place. 我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。
    21 liking [ˈlaɪkɪŋ] mpXzQ5   第7级
    n.爱好;嗜好;喜欢
    参考例句:
    • The word palate also means taste or liking. Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
    • I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration. 我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。
    22 kindly [ˈkaɪndli] tpUzhQ   第8级
    adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
    参考例句:
    • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable. 她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
    • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman. 一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
    23 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。
    24 distinguished [dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃt] wu9z3v   第8级
    adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的
    参考例句:
    • Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses. 大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
    • A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests. 宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。
    25 imperative [ɪmˈperətɪv] BcdzC   第7级
    n.命令,需要;规则;祈使语气;adj.强制的;紧急的
    参考例句:
    • He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice. 他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
    • The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act. 过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。
    26 gliding [ˈglaɪdɪŋ] gliding   第7级
    v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的
    参考例句:
    • Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。
    • The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。
    27 intoxicating [in'tɔksikeitiŋ] sqHzLB   第8级
    a. 醉人的,使人兴奋的
    参考例句:
    • Power can be intoxicating. 权力能让人得意忘形。
    • On summer evenings the flowers gave forth an almost intoxicating scent. 夏日的傍晚,鲜花散发出醉人的芳香。
    28 anticipations [ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃənz] 5b99dd11cd8d6a699f0940a993c12076   第8级
    预期( anticipation的名词复数 ); 预测; (信托财产收益的)预支; 预期的事物
    参考例句:
    • The thought took a deal of the spirit out of his anticipations. 想到这,他的劲头消了不少。
    • All such bright anticipations were cruelly dashed that night. 所有这些美好的期望全在那天夜晚被无情地粉碎了。
    29 chid [tʃɪd] b04049d41d42995fdd5279008be90361   第10级
    v.责骂,责备( chide的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The nurse chid the little girl for soiling her dress. 保姆温和地责怪了那个小女孩,因为她把自己的衣裙弄脏了。 来自《用法词典》
    • My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconvenience, and I was frequently chid for my singularity. 我不吃肉,带来种种不便,于是常因这种怪癖受到责备。 来自辞典例句
    30 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》
    31 passionate [ˈpæʃənət] rLDxd   第8级
    adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的
    参考例句:
    • He is said to be the most passionate man. 据说他是最有激情的人。
    • He is very passionate about the project. 他对那个项目非常热心。
    32 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。
    33 concord [ˈkɒŋkɔ:d] 9YDzx   第9级
    n.和谐;协调
    参考例句:
    • These states had lived in concord for centuries. 这些国家几个世纪以来一直和睦相处。
    • His speech did nothing for racial concord. 他的讲话对种族和谐没有作用。
    34 primitive [ˈprɪmətɪv] vSwz0   第7级
    adj.原始的;简单的;n.原(始)人,原始事物
    参考例句:
    • It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger. 逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
    • His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society. 他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。
    35 intervals ['ɪntevl] f46c9d8b430e8c86dea610ec56b7cbef   第7级
    n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息
    参考例句:
    • The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. 预报间晴,有阵雨。
    • Meetings take place at fortnightly intervals. 每两周开一次会。
    36 supreme [su:ˈpri:m] PHqzc   第7级
    adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
    参考例句:
    • It was the supreme moment in his life. 那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
    • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court. 他把起诉书送交最高法院。
    37 virtues ['vɜ:tʃu:z] cd5228c842b227ac02d36dd986c5cd53   第7级
    美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处
    参考例句:
    • Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
    • She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。
    38 merge [mɜ:dʒ] qCpxF   第7级
    vt.&vi.(使)结合,(使)合并,(使)合为一体
    参考例句:
    • I can merge my two small businesses into a large one. 我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
    • The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together. 董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。
    39 questionable [ˈkwestʃənəbl] oScxK   第8级
    adj.可疑的,有问题的
    参考例句:
    • There are still a few questionable points in the case. 这个案件还有几个疑点。
    • Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions. 你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。
    40 speculative [ˈspekjələtɪv] uvjwd   第10级
    adj.思索性的,暝想性的,推理的
    参考例句:
    • Much of our information is speculative. 我们的许多信息是带推测性的。
    • The report is highly speculative and should be ignored. 那个报道推测的成分很大,不应理会。
    41 irresolute [ɪˈrezəlu:t] X3Vyy   第12级
    adj.无决断的,优柔寡断的,踌躇不定的
    参考例句:
    • Irresolute persons make poor victors. 优柔寡断的人不会成为胜利者。
    • His opponents were too irresolute to call his bluff. 他的对手太优柔寡断,不敢接受挑战。
    42 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。
    43 sanity [ˈsænəti] sCwzH   第8级
    n.心智健全,神智正常,判断正确
    参考例句:
    • I doubt the sanity of such a plan. 我怀疑这个计划是否明智。
    • She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal. 在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
    44 standing [ˈstændɪŋ] 2hCzgo   第8级
    n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
    参考例句:
    • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
    • They're standing out against any change in the law. 他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
    45 moody [ˈmu:di] XEXxG   第9级
    adj.心情不稳的,易怒的,喜怒无常的
    参考例句:
    • He relapsed into a moody silence. 他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
    • I'd never marry that girl. She's so moody. 我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。
    46 sarcasms [ˈsɑ:ˌkæzəmz] c00b05e7316dbee6fd045772d594fea5   第8级
    n.讥讽,讽刺,挖苦( sarcasm的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • Bertha frowned, finding it difficult to repress the sarcasms that rose to her lips. 伯莎皱起眉头,她觉得要把溜到嘴边的挖苦话咽下去是件难事。 来自辞典例句
    • But as a general rule Bertha checked the sarcasms that constantly rose to her tongue. 然而总的说来,伯莎堵住不断涌到她嘴边的冷嘲热讽。 来自辞典例句
    47 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
    48 sketching ['sketʃɪŋ] 2df579f3d044331e74dce85d6a365dd7   第7级
    n.草图
    参考例句:
    • They are sketching out proposals for a new road. 他们正在草拟修建新路的计划。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • "Imagination is busy sketching rose-tinted pictures of joy. “飞舞驰骋的想象描绘出一幅幅玫瑰色欢乐的场景。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
    49 expedition [ˌekspəˈdɪʃn] fhTzf   第8级
    n.远征,探险队,迅速;
    参考例句:
    • The scientists will go on an expedition to the South Pole. 这些科学家们将要去南极考察。
    • Who will be responsible for the expedition's supplies? 谁将负责探险队的物资供应?
    50 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。
    51 inexplicable [ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbl] tbCzf   第10级
    adj.无法解释的,难理解的
    参考例句:
    • It is now inexplicable how that development was misinterpreted. 当时对这一事态发展的错误理解究竟是怎么产生的,现在已经无法说清楚了。
    • There are many things which are inexplicable by science. 有很多事科学还无法解释。
    52 spasm [ˈspæzəm] dFJzH   第10级
    n.痉挛,抽搐;一阵发作
    参考例句:
    • When the spasm passed, it left him weak and sweating. 一阵痉挛之后,他虚弱无力,一直冒汗。
    • He kicked the chair in a spasm of impatience. 他突然变得不耐烦,一脚踢向椅子。
    53 jealousy [ˈdʒeləsi] WaRz6   第7级
    n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌
    参考例句:
    • Some women have a disposition to jealousy. 有些女人生性爱妒忌。
    • I can't support your jealousy any longer. 我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。
    54 habitually [hə'bitjuəli] 4rKzgk   第7级
    ad.习惯地,通常地
    参考例句:
    • The pain of the disease caused him habitually to furrow his brow. 病痛使他习惯性地紧皱眉头。
    • Habitually obedient to John, I came up to his chair. 我已经习惯于服从约翰,我来到他的椅子跟前。
    55 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。
    56 possessed [pəˈzest] xuyyQ   第12级
    adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
    参考例句:
    • He flew out of the room like a man possessed. 他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
    • He behaved like someone possessed. 他行为举止像是魔怔了。
    57 prone [prəʊn] 50bzu   第7级
    adj.(to)易于…的,很可能…的;俯卧的
    参考例句:
    • Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions. 有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
    • He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him. 人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
    58 renewal [rɪˈnju:əl] UtZyW   第8级
    adj.(契约)延期,续订,更新,复活,重来
    参考例句:
    • Her contract is coming up for renewal in the autumn. 她的合同秋天就应该续签了。
    • Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life. 复活蛋象征新生。
    59 spoke [spəʊk] XryyC   第11级
    n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
    参考例句:
    • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company. 他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
    • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre. 辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
    60 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。
    61 immediate [ɪˈmi:diət] aapxh   第7级
    adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
    参考例句:
    • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call. 他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
    • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting. 我们主张立即召开这个会议。
    62 wilfully ['wɪlfəlɪ] dc475b177a1ec0b8bb110b1cc04cad7f   第12级
    adv.任性固执地;蓄意地
    参考例句:
    • Don't wilfully cling to your reckless course. 不要一意孤行。 来自辞典例句
    • These missionaries even wilfully extended the extraterritoriality to Chinese converts and interfered in Chinese judicial authority. 这些传教士还肆意将"治外法权"延伸至中国信徒,干涉司法。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
    63 abstained [əbˈsteind] d7e1885f31dd3d021db4219aad4071f1   第8级
    v.戒(尤指酒),戒除( abstain的过去式和过去分词 );弃权(不投票)
    参考例句:
    • Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained. 十人投票赞成,五人反对,两人弃权。
    • They collectively abstained (from voting) in the elections for local councilors. 他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    64 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。
    65 tempo [ˈtempəʊ] TqEy3   第7级
    n.(音乐的)速度;节奏,行进速度
    参考例句:
    • The boss is unsatisfied with the tardy tempo. 老板不满于这种缓慢的进度。
    • They waltz to the tempo of the music. 他们跟着音乐的节奏跳华尔兹舞。
    66 idiotic [ˌɪdiˈɒtɪk] wcFzd   第12级
    adj.白痴的
    参考例句:
    • It is idiotic to go shopping with no money. 去买东西而不带钱是很蠢的。
    • The child's idiotic deeds caused his family much trouble. 那小孩愚蠢的行为给家庭带来许多麻烦。
    67 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。
    68 hearth [hɑ:θ] n5by9   第9级
    n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面
    参考例句:
    • She came and sat in a chair before the hearth. 她走过来,在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。
    • She comes to the hearth, and switches on the electric light there. 她走到壁炉那里,打开电灯。
    69 embroidered [im'brɔidəd] StqztZ   第9级
    adj.绣花的
    参考例句:
    • She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers. 她在这些靠垫套上绣了花。
    • She embroidered flowers on the front of the dress. 她在连衣裙的正面绣花。
    70 taxation [tækˈseɪʃn] tqVwP   第8级
    n.征税,税收,税金
    参考例句:
    • He made a number of simplifications in the taxation system. 他在税制上作了一些简化。
    • The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy. 增税是一项重要的财政政策。
    71 motive [ˈməʊtɪv] GFzxz   第7级
    n.动机,目的;adv.发动的,运动的
    参考例句:
    • The police could not find a motive for the murder. 警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
    • He had some motive in telling this fable. 他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
    72 folly [ˈfɒli] QgOzL   第8级
    n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话
    参考例句:
    • Learn wisdom by the folly of others. 从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
    • Events proved the folly of such calculations. 事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。
    73 benevolence [bə'nevələns] gt8zx   第10级
    n.慈悲,捐助
    参考例句:
    • We definitely do not apply a policy of benevolence to the reactionaries. 我们对反动派决不施仁政。
    • He did it out of pure benevolence. 他做那件事完全出于善意。
    74 caress [kəˈres] crczs   第7级
    vt./n.爱抚,抚摸
    参考例句:
    • She gave the child a loving caress. 她疼爱地抚摸着孩子。
    • She feasted on the caress of the hot spring. 她尽情享受着温泉的抚爱。
    75 gravel [ˈgrævl] s6hyT   第7级
    n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
    参考例句:
    • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path. 我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
    • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive. 需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
    76 pampered ['pæmpəd] pampered   第10级
    adj.饮食过量的,饮食奢侈的v.纵容,宠,娇养( pamper的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The lazy scum deserve worse. What if they ain't fed up and pampered? 他们吃不饱,他们的要求满足不了,这又有什么关系? 来自飘(部分)
    • She petted and pampered him and would let no one discipline him but she, herself. 她爱他,娇养他,而且除了她自己以外,她不允许任何人管教他。 来自辞典例句
    77 minion [ˈmɪniən] 1wgyC   第12级
    n.宠仆;宠爱之人
    参考例句:
    • At worst this is a cheap trick conducted by some monoric minion. 这最多也不过是一批低能的小人物自己干的无聊把戏而已。
    • She delegated the job to one of her minions. 她把这份工作委派给她的一个手下。
    78 drooped [dru:pt] ebf637c3f860adcaaf9c11089a322fa5   第10级
    弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Her eyelids drooped as if she were on the verge of sleep. 她眼睑低垂好像快要睡着的样子。
    • The flowers drooped in the heat of the sun. 花儿晒蔫了。
    79 entailing [inˈteilɪŋ] e4413005561de08f3f4b5844e4950e3f   第7级
    使…成为必要( entail的现在分词 ); 需要; 限定继承; 使必需
    参考例句:
    • Israel will face harsh new trials entailing territorial and functional concessions. 以色列将面临严峻的考验,在领土和能源方面做出让步。
    • Taking on China over North Korea option entailing the most strategic risk. 让中国处理朝鲜问题冒有最大的战略风险。
    80 embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] fj9z8   第9级
    n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫
    参考例句:
    • She could have died away with embarrassment. 她窘迫得要死。
    • Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment. 在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。
    81 hovering ['hɒvərɪŋ] 99fdb695db3c202536060470c79b067f   第7级
    鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫
    参考例句:
    • The helicopter was hovering about 100 metres above the pad. 直升机在离发射台一百米的上空盘旋。
    • I'm hovering between the concert and the play tonight. 我犹豫不决今晚是听音乐会还是看戏。
    82 wavy [ˈweɪvi] 7gFyX   第10级
    adj.有波浪的,多浪的,波浪状的,波动的,不稳定的
    参考例句:
    • She drew a wavy line under the word. 她在这个词的下面画了一条波纹线。
    • His wavy hair was too long and flopped just beneath his brow. 他的波浪式头发太长了,正好垂在他的眉毛下。
    83 courageously [kə'reidʒəsli] wvzz8b   第8级
    ad.勇敢地,无畏地
    参考例句:
    • Under the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the army and civilians in flooded areas fought the floods courageously, reducing the losses to the minimum. 在中共中央、国务院的正确领导下,灾区广大军民奋勇抗洪,把灾害的损失减少到了最低限度。
    • He fought death courageously though his life was draining away. 他虽然生命垂危,但仍然勇敢地与死亡作斗争。
    84 growl [graʊl] VeHzE   第8级
    vi. 咆哮着说 vt. 咆哮;(雷电,炮等)轰鸣 n. 咆哮声;吠声;不平
    参考例句:
    • The dog was biting, growling and wagging its tail. 那条狗在一边撕咬一边低声吼叫,尾巴也跟着摇摆。
    • The car growls along rutted streets. 汽车在车辙纵横的街上一路轰鸣。
    85 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。
    86 steadily ['stedɪlɪ] Qukw6   第7级
    adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
    参考例句:
    • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow. 人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
    • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path. 我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
    87 vibration [vaɪˈbreɪʃn] nLDza   第7级
    n.颤动,振动;摆动
    参考例句:
    • There is so much vibration on a ship that one cannot write. 船上的震动大得使人无法书写。
    • The vibration of the window woke me up. 窗子的震动把我惊醒了。
    88 dispersed [dɪ'spɜ:st] b24c637ca8e58669bce3496236c839fa   第7级
    adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的
    参考例句:
    • The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
    • After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后,孩子们四散回家了。
    89 vexed [vekst] fd1a5654154eed3c0a0820ab54fb90a7   第8级
    adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论
    参考例句:
    • The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls. 会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。
    • He was vexed at his failure. 他因失败而懊恼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    90 gratuitous [grəˈtju:ɪtəs] seRz4   第9级
    adj.无偿的,免费的;无缘无故的,不必要的
    参考例句:
    • His criticism is quite gratuitous. 他的批评完全没有根据。
    • There's too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV. 电视里充斥着犯罪和无端的暴力。
    91 superfluous [su:ˈpɜ:fluəs] EU6zf   第7级
    adj.过多的,过剩的,多余的
    参考例句:
    • She fined away superfluous matter in the design. 她删去了这图案中多余的东西。
    • That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it. 我这样写的时候觉得这个请求似乎是多此一举。
    92 accomplished [əˈkʌmplɪʃt] UzwztZ   第8级
    adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
    参考例句:
    • Thanks to your help, we accomplished the task ahead of schedule. 亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
    • Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator. 通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
    93 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
    94 brook [brʊk] PSIyg   第7级
    n.小河,溪;vt.忍受,容让
    参考例句:
    • In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook. 在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
    • The brook trickled through the valley. 小溪涓涓流过峡谷。
    95 amends [ə'mendz] AzlzCR   第7级
    n. 赔偿
    参考例句:
    • He made amends for his rudeness by giving her some flowers. 他送给她一些花,为他自己的鲁莽赔罪。
    • This country refuses stubbornly to make amends for its past war crimes. 该国顽固地拒绝为其过去的战争罪行赔罪。
    96 physically [ˈfɪzɪkli] iNix5   第8级
    adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
    参考例句:
    • He was out of sorts physically, as well as disordered mentally. 他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
    • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick. 一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
    97 drooping ['dru:pɪŋ] drooping   第10级
    adj. 下垂的,无力的 动词droop的现在分词
    参考例句:
    • The drooping willows are waving gently in the morning breeze. 晨风中垂柳袅袅。
    • The branches of the drooping willows were swaying lightly. 垂柳轻飘飘地摆动。
    98 darting [dɑ:tɪŋ] darting   第8级
    v.投掷,投射( dart的现在分词 );向前冲,飞奔
    参考例句:
    • Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠过。 来自辞典例句
    99 withdrawn [wɪðˈdrɔ:n] eeczDJ   第10级
    vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出
    参考例句:
    • Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area. 我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
    • All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries. 一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。
    100 wharf [wɔ:f] RMGzd   第9级
    n.码头,停泊处
    参考例句:
    • We fetch up at the wharf exactly on time. 我们准时到达码头。
    • We reached the wharf gasping for breath. 我们气喘吁吁地抵达了码头。
    101 honourable [ˈɒnərəbl] honourable   第7级
    adj.可敬的;荣誉的,光荣的
    参考例句:
    • I don't think I am worthy of such an honourable title. 这样的光荣称号,我可担当不起。
    • I hope to find an honourable way of settling difficulties. 我希望设法找到一个体面的办法以摆脱困境。
    102 subdued [səbˈdju:d] 76419335ce506a486af8913f13b8981d   第7级
    adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
    参考例句:
    • He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
    • I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候,我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。
    103 exclamation [ˌekskləˈmeɪʃn] onBxZ   第8级
    n.感叹号,惊呼,惊叹词
    参考例句:
    • He could not restrain an exclamation of approval. 他禁不住喝一声采。
    • The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers. 作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号,以引起读者的注意。

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