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  • Philip Re-enters

    The next morning was very wet,—the sort of morning on which male neighbours who have no imperative1 occupation at home are likely to pay their fair friends an illimitable visit. The rain, which has been endurable enough for the walk or ride one way, is sure to become so heavy, and at the same time so certain to clear up by and by, that nothing but an open quarrel can abbreviate2 the visit; latent detestation will not do at all. And if people happen to be lovers, what can be so delightful3, in England, as a rainy morning? English sunshine is dubious4; bonnets5 are never quite secure; and if you sit down on the grass, it may lead to catarrhs. But the rain is to be depended on. You gallop6 through it in a mackintosh, and presently find yourself in the seat you like best,—a little above or a little below the one on which your goddess sits (it is the same thing to the metaphysical mind, and that is the reason why women are at once worshipped and looked down upon), with a satisfactory confidence that there will be no lady-callers.

    “Stephen will come earlier this morning, I know,” said Lucy; “he always does when it’s rainy.”

    Maggie made no answer. She was angry with Stephen; she began to think she should dislike him; and if it had not been for the rain, she would have gone to her aunt Glegg’s this morning, and so have avoided him altogether. As it was, she must find some reason for remaining out of the room with her mother.

    But Stephen did not come earlier, and there was another visitor—a nearer neighbour—who preceded him. When Philip entered the room, he was going merely to bow to Maggie, feeling that their acquaintance was a secret which he was bound not to betray; but when she advanced toward him and put out her hand, he guessed at once that Lucy had been taken into her confidence. It was a moment of some agitation7 to both, though Philip had spent many hours in preparing for it; but like all persons who have passed through life with little expectation of sympathy, he seldom lost his self-control, and shrank with the most sensitive pride from any noticeable betrayal of emotion. A little extra paleness, a little tension of the nostril8 when he spoke9, and the voice pitched in rather a higher key, that to strangers would seem expressive10 of cold indifference11, were all the signs Philip usually gave of an inward drama that was not without its fierceness. But Maggie, who had little more power of concealing12 the impressions made upon her than if she had been constructed of musical strings13, felt her eyes getting larger with tears as they took each other’s hands in silence. They were not painful tears; they had rather something of the same origin as the tears women and children shed when they have found some protection to cling to and look back on the threatened danger. For Philip, who a little while ago was associated continually in Maggie’s mind with the sense that Tom might reproach her with some justice, had now, in this short space, become a sort of outward conscience to her, that she might fly to for rescue and strength. Her tranquil14, tender affection for Philip, with its root deep down in her childhood, and its memories of long quiet talk confirming by distinct successive impressions the first instinctive15 bias,—the fact that in him the appeal was more strongly to her pity and womanly devotedness16 than to her vanity or other egoistic excitability of her nature,—seemed now to make a sort of sacred place, a sanctuary17 where she could find refuge from an alluring18 influence which the best part of herself must resist; which must bring horrible tumult19 within, wretchedness without. This new sense of her relation to Philip nullified the anxious scruples20 she would otherwise have felt, lest she should overstep the limit of intercourse21 with him that Tom would sanction; and she put out her hand to him, and felt the tears in her eyes without any consciousness of an inward check. The scene was just what Lucy expected, and her kind heart delighted in bringing Philip and Maggie together again; though, even with all her regard for Philip, she could not resist the impression that her cousin Tom had some excuse for feeling shocked at the physical incongruity22 between the two,—a prosaic23 person like cousin Tom, who didn’t like poetry and fairy tales. But she began to speak as soon as possible, to set them at ease.

    “This was very good and virtuous24 of you,” she said, in her pretty treble, like the low conversational25 notes of little birds, “to come so soon after your arrival. And as it is, I think I will pardon you for running away in an inopportune manner, and giving your friends no notice. Come and sit down here,” she went on, placing the chair that would suit him best, “and you shall find yourself treated mercifully.”

    “You will never govern well, Miss Deane,” said Philip, as he seated himself, “because no one will ever believe in your severity. People will always encourage themselves in misdemeanours by the certainty that you will be indulgent.”

    Lucy gave some playful contradiction, but Philip did not hear what it was, for he had naturally turned toward Maggie, and she was looking at him with that open, affectionate scrutiny26 which we give to a friend from whom we have been long separated. What a moment their parting had been! And Philip felt as if he were only in the morrow of it. He felt this so keenly,—with such intense, detailed27 remembrance, with such passionate28 revival29 of all that had been said and looked in their last conversation,—that with that jealousy30 and distrust which in diffident natures is almost inevitably31 linked with a strong feeling, he thought he read in Maggie’s glance and manner the evidence of a change. The very fact that he feared and half expected it would be sure to make this thought rush in, in the absence of positive proof to the contrary.

    “I am having a great holiday, am I not?” said Maggie. “Lucy is like a fairy godmother; she has turned me from a drudge32 into a princess in no time. I do nothing but indulge myself all day long, and she always finds out what I want before I know it myself.”

    “I am sure she is the happier for having you, then,” said Philip. “You must be better than a whole menagerie of pets to her. And you look well. You are benefiting by the change.”

    Artificial conversation of this sort went on a little while, till Lucy, determined33 to put an end to it, exclaimed, with a good imitation of annoyance34, that she had forgotten something, and was quickly out of the room.

    In a moment Maggie and Philip leaned forward, and the hands were clasped again, with a look of sad contentment, like that of friends who meet in the memory of recent sorrow.

    “I told my brother I wished to see you, Philip; I asked him to release me from my promise, and he consented.”

    Maggie, in her impulsiveness35, wanted Philip to know at once the position they must hold toward each other; but she checked herself. The things that had happened since he had spoken of his love for her were so painful that she shrank from being the first to allude36 to them. It seemed almost like an injury toward Philip even to mention her brother,—her brother, who had insulted him. But he was thinking too entirely37 of her to be sensitive on any other point at that moment.

    “Then we can at least be friends, Maggie? There is nothing to hinder that now?”

    “Will not your father object?” said Maggie, withdrawing her hand.

    “I should not give you up on any ground but your own wish, Maggie,” said Philip, colouring. “There are points on which I should always resist my father, as I used to tell you. That is one.”

    “Then there is nothing to hinder our being friends, Philip,—seeing each other and talking to each other while I am here; I shall soon go away again. I mean to go very soon, to a new situation.”

    “Is that inevitable38, Maggie?”

    “Yes; I must not stay here long. It would unfit me for the life I must begin again at last. I can’t live in dependence,—I can’t live with my brother, though he is very good to me. He would like to provide for me; but that would be intolerable to me.”

    Philip was silent a few moments, and then said, in that high, feeble voice which with him indicated the resolute39 suppression of emotion,—

    “Is there no other alternative, Maggie? Is that life, away from those who love you, the only one you will allow yourself to look forward to?”

    “Yes, Philip,” she said, looking at him pleadingly, as if she entreated40 him to believe that she was compelled to this course. “At least, as things are; I don’t know what may be in years to come. But I begin to think there can never come much happiness to me from loving; I have always had so much pain mingled41 with it. I wish I could make myself a world outside it, as men do.”

    “Now you are returning to your old thought in a new form, Maggie,—the thought I used to combat,” said Philip, with a slight tinge42 of bitterness. “You want to find out a mode of renunciation that will be an escape from pain. I tell you again, there is no such escape possible except by perverting43 or mutilating one’s nature. What would become of me, if I tried to escape from pain? Scorn and cynicism would be my only opium44; unless I could fall into some kind of conceited45 madness, and fancy myself a favourite of Heaven because I am not a favourite with men.”

    The bitterness had taken on some impetuosity as Philip went on speaking; the words were evidently an outlet46 for some immediate47 feeling of his own, as well as an answer to Maggie. There was a pain pressing on him at that moment. He shrank with proud delicacy48 from the faintest allusion49 to the words of love, of plighted50 love that had passed between them. It would have seemed to him like reminding Maggie of a promise; it would have had for him something of the baseness of compulsion. He could not dwell on the fact that he himself had not changed; for that too would have had the air of an appeal. His love for Maggie was stamped, even more than the rest of his experience, with the exaggerated sense that he was an exception,—that she, that every one, saw him in the light of an exception.

    But Maggie was conscience-stricken.

    “Yes, Philip,” she said, with her childish contrition51 when he used to chide52 her, “you are right, I know. I do always think too much of my own feelings, and not enough of others’,—not enough of yours. I had need have you always to find fault with me and teach me; so many things have come true that you used to tell me.”

    Maggie was resting her elbow on the table, leaning her head on her hand and looking at Philip with half-penitent dependent affection, as she said this; while he was returning her gaze with an expression that, to her consciousness, gradually became less vague,—became charged with a specific recollection. Had his mind flown back to something that she now remembered,—something about a lover of Lucy’s? It was a thought that made her shudder53; it gave new definiteness to her present position, and to the tendency of what had happened the evening before. She moved her arm from the table, urged to change her position by that positive physical oppression at the heart that sometimes accompanies a sudden mental pang54.

    “What is the matter, Maggie? Has something happened?” Philip said, in inexpressible anxiety, his imagination being only too ready to weave everything that was fatal to them both.

    “No, nothing,” said Maggie, rousing her latent will. Philip must not have that odious55 thought in his mind; she would banish56 it from her own. “Nothing,” she repeated, “except in my own mind. You used to say I should feel the effect of my starved life, as you called it; and I do. I am too eager in my enjoyment of music and all luxuries, now they are come to me.”

    She took up her work and occupied herself resolutely57, while Philip watched her, really in doubt whether she had anything more than this general allusion in her mind. It was quite in Maggie’s character to be agitated58 by vague self-reproach. But soon there came a violent well-known ring at the door-bell resounding59 through the house.

    “Oh, what a startling announcement!” said Maggie, quite mistress of herself, though not without some inward flutter. “I wonder where Lucy is.”

    Lucy had not been deaf to the signal, and after an interval60 long enough for a few solicitous61 but not hurried inquiries62, she herself ushered63 Stephen in.

    “Well, old fellow,” he said, going straight up to Philip and shaking him heartily64 by the hand, bowing to Maggie in passing, “it’s glorious to have you back again; only I wish you’d conduct yourself a little less like a sparrow with a residence on the house-top, and not go in and out constantly without letting the servants know. This is about the twentieth time I’ve had to scamper65 up those countless66 stairs to that painting-room of yours, all to no purpose, because your people thought you were at home. Such incidents embitter67 friendship.”

    “I’ve so few visitors, it seems hardly worth while to leave notice of my exit and entrances,” said Philip, feeling rather oppressed just then by Stephen’s bright strong presence and strong voice.

    “Are you quite well this morning, Miss Tulliver?” said Stephen, turning to Maggie with stiff politeness, and putting out his hand with the air of fulfilling a social duty.

    Maggie gave the tips of her fingers, and said, “Quite well, thank you,” in a tone of proud indifference. Philip’s eyes were watching them keenly; but Lucy was used to seeing variations in their manner to each other, and only thought with regret that there was some natural antipathy68 which every now and then surmounted69 their mutual70 good-will. “Maggie is not the sort of woman Stephen admires, and she is irritated by something in him which she interprets as conceit,” was the silent observation that accounted for everything to guileless Lucy. Stephen and Maggie had no sooner completed this studied greeting than each felt hurt by the other’s coldness. And Stephen, while rattling71 on in questions to Philip about his recent sketching72 expedition73, was thinking all the more about Maggie because he was not drawing her into the conversation as he had invariably done before. “Maggie and Philip are not looking happy,” thought Lucy; “this first interview has been saddening to them.”

    “I think we people who have not been galloping,” she said to Stephen, “are all a little damped by the rain. Let us have some music. We ought to take advantage of having Philip and you together. Give us the duet in ‘Masaniello’; Maggie has not heard that, and I know it will suit her.”

    “Come, then,” said Stephen, going toward the piano, and giving a foretaste of the tune in his deep “brum-brum,” very pleasant to hear.

    “You, please, Philip,—you play the accompaniment,” said Lucy, “and then I can go on with my work. You will like to play, sha’n’t you?” she added, with a pretty, inquiring look, anxious, as usual, lest she should have proposed what was not pleasant to another; but with yearnings toward her unfinished embroidery74.

    Philip had brightened at the proposition, for there is no feeling, perhaps, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music,—that does not make a man sing or play the better; and Philip had an abundance of pent-up feeling at this moment, as complex as any trio or quartet that was ever meant to express love and jealousy and resignation and fierce suspicion, all at the same time.

    “Oh, yes,” he said, seating himself at the piano, “it is a way of eking75 out one’s imperfect life and being three people at once,—to sing and make the piano sing, and hear them both all the while,—or else to sing and paint.”

    “Ah, there you are an enviable fellow. I can do nothing with my hands,” said Stephen. “That has generally been observed in men of great administrative76 capacity, I believe,—a tendency to predominance of the reflective powers in me! Haven’t you observed that, Miss Tulliver?”

    Stephen had fallen by mistake into his habit of playful appeal to Maggie, and she could not repress the answering flush and epigram.

    “I have observed a tendency to predominance,” she said, smiling; and Philip at that moment devoutly77 hoped that she found the tendency disagreeable.

    “Come, come,” said Lucy; “music, music! We will discuss each other’s qualities another time.”

    Maggie always tried in vain to go on with her work when music began. She tried harder than ever to-day; for the thought that Stephen knew how much she cared for his singing was one that no longer roused a merely playful resistance; and she knew, too, that it was his habit always to stand so that he could look at her. But it was of no use; she soon threw her work down, and all her intentions were lost in the vague state of emotion produced by the inspiring duet,—emotion that seemed to make her at once strong and weak; strong for all enjoyment, weak for all resistance. When the strain passed into the minor78, she half started from her seat with the sudden thrill of that change. Poor Maggie! She looked very beautiful when her soul was being played on in this way by the inexorable power of sound. You might have seen the slightest perceptible quivering through her whole frame as she leaned a little forward, clasping her hands as if to steady herself; while her eyes dilated79 and brightened into that wide-open, childish expression of wondering delight which always came back in her happiest moments. Lucy, who at other times had always been at the piano when Maggie was looking in this way, could not resist the impulse to steal up to her and kiss her. Philip, too, caught a glimpse of her now and then round the open book on the desk, and felt that he had never before seen her under so strong an influence.

    “More, more!” said Lucy, when the duet had been encored. “Something spirited again. Maggie always says she likes a great rush of sound.”

    “It must be ‘Let us take the road,’ then,” said Stephen,—“so suitable for a wet morning. But are you prepared to abandon the most sacred duties of life, and come and sing with us?”

    “Oh, yes,” said Lucy, laughing. “If you will look out the ‘Beggar’s Opera’ from the large canterbury. It has a dingy80 cover.”

    “That is a great clue, considering there are about a score covers here of rival dinginess,” said Stephen, drawing out the canterbury.

    “Oh, play something the while, Philip,” said Lucy, noticing that his fingers were wandering over the keys. “What is that you are falling into?—something delicious that I don’t know.”

    “Don’t you know that?” said Philip, bringing out the tune more definitely. “It’s from the ‘Sonnambula’—‘Ah! perchè non posso odiarti.’ I don’t know the opera, but it appears the tenor81 is telling the heroine that he shall always love her though she may forsake82 him. You’ve heard me sing it to the English words, ‘I love thee still.’”

    It was not quite unintentionally that Philip had wandered into this song, which might be an indirect expression to Maggie of what he could not prevail on himself to say to her directly. Her ears had been open to what he was saying, and when he began to sing, she understood the plaintive83 passion of the music. That pleading tenor had no very fine qualities as a voice, but it was not quite new to her; it had sung to her by snatches, in a subdued84 way, among the grassy85 walks and hollows, and underneath86 the leaning ash-tree in the Red Deeps. There seemed to be some reproach in the words; did Philip mean that? She wished she had assured him more distinctly in their conversation that she desired not to renew the hope of love between them, only because it clashed with her inevitable circumstances. She was touched, not thrilled by the song; it suggested distinct memories and thoughts, and brought quiet regret in the place of excitement.

    “That’s the way with you tenors,” said Stephen, who was waiting with music in his hand while Philip finished the song. “You demoralise the fair sex by warbling your sentimental87 love and constancy under all sorts of vile88 treatment. Nothing short of having your heads served up in a dish like that mediæval tenor or troubadour, would prevent you from expressing your entire resignation. I must administer an antidote89, while Miss Deane prepares to tear herself away from her bobbins.”

    Stephen rolled out, with saucy90 energy,—

    “Shall I, wasting in despair,

    Die because a woman’s fair?”

    and seemed to make all the air in the room alive with a new influence. Lucy, always proud of what Stephen did, went toward the piano with laughing, admiring looks at him; and Maggie, in spite of her resistance to the spirit of the song and to the singer, was taken hold of and shaken by the invisible influence,—was borne along by a wave too strong for her.

    But, angrily resolved not to betray herself, she seized her work, and went on making false stitches and pricking91 her fingers with much perseverance92, not looking up or taking notice of what was going forward, until all the three voices united in “Let us take the road.”

    I am afraid there would have been a subtle, stealing gratification in her mind if she had known how entirely this saucy, defiant93 Stephen was occupied with her; how he was passing rapidly from a determination to treat her with ostentatious indifference to an irritating desire for some sign of inclination94 from her,—some interchange of subdued word or look with her. It was not long before he found an opportunity, when they had passed to the music of “The Tempest.” Maggie, feeling the need of a footstool, was walking across the room to get one, when Stephen, who was not singing just then, and was conscious of all her movements, guessed her want, and flew to anticipate her, lifting the footstool with an entreating95 look at her, which made it impossible not to return a glance of gratitude96. And then, to have the footstool placed carefully by a too self-confident personage,—not any self-confident personage, but one in particular, who suddenly looks humble97 and anxious, and lingers, bending still, to ask if there is not some draught98 in that position between the window and the fireplace, and if he may not be allowed to move the work-table for her,—these things will summon a little of the too ready, traitorous99 tenderness into a woman’s eyes, compelled as she is in her girlish time to learn her life-lessons in very trivial language. And to Maggie such things had not been everyday incidents, but were a new element in her life, and found her keen appetite for homage100 quite fresh. That tone of gentle solicitude101 obliged her to look at the face that was bent102 toward her, and to say, “No, thank you”; and nothing could prevent that mutual glance from being delicious to both, as it had been the evening before.

    It was but an ordinary act of politeness in Stephen; it had hardly taken two minutes; and Lucy, who was singing, scarcely noticed it. But to Philip’s mind, filled already with a vague anxiety that was likely to find a definite ground for itself in any trivial incident, this sudden eagerness in Stephen, and the change in Maggie’s face, which was plainly reflecting a beam from his, seemed so strong a contrast with the previous overwrought signs of indifference, as to be charged with painful meaning. Stephen’s voice, pouring in again, jarred upon his nervous susceptibility as if it had been the clang of sheet-iron, and he felt inclined to make the piano shriek103 in utter discord104. He had really seen no communicable ground for suspecting any ususual feeling between Stephen and Maggie; his own reason told him so, and he wanted to go home at once that he might reflect coolly on these false images, till he had convinced himself of their nullity. But then, again, he wanted to stay as long as Stephen stayed,—always to be present when Stephen was present with Maggie. It seemed to poor Philip so natural, nay105, inevitable, that any man who was near Maggie should fall in love with her! There was no promise of happiness for her if she were beguiled106 into loving Stephen Guest; and this thought emboldened107 Philip to view his own love for her in the light of a less unequal offering. He was beginning to play very falsely under this deafening108 inward tumult, and Lucy was looking at him in astonishment109, when Mrs Tulliver’s entrance to summon them to lunch came as an excuse for abruptly110 breaking off the music.

    “Ah, Mr Philip!” said Mr Deane, when they entered the dining-room, “I’ve not seen you for a long while. Your father’s not at home, I think, is he? I went after him to the office the other day, and they said he was out of town.”

    “He’s been to Mudport on business for several days,” said Philip; “but he’s come back now.”

    “As fond of his farming hobby as ever, eh?”

    “I believe so,” said Philip, rather wondering at this sudden interest in his father’s pursuits.

    “Ah!” said Mr Deane, “he’s got some land in his own hands on this side the river as well as the other, I think?”

    “Yes, he has.”

    “Ah!” continued Mr Deane, as he dispensed112 the pigeonpie, “he must find farming a heavy item,—an expensive hobby. I never had a hobby myself, never would give in to that. And the worst of all hobbies are those that people think they can get money at. They shoot their money down like corn out of a sack then.”

    Lucy felt a little nervous under her father’s apparently113 gratuitous114 criticism of Mr Wakem’s expenditure115. But it ceased there, and Mr Deane became unusually silent and meditative116 during his luncheon117. Lucy, accustomed to watch all indications in her father, and having reasons, which had recently become strong, for an extra interest in what referred to the Wakems, felt an unusual curiosity to know what had prompted her father’s questions. His subsequent silence made her suspect there had been some special reason for them in his mind.

    With this idea in her head, she resorted to her usual plan when she wanted to tell or ask her father anything particular: she found a reason for her aunt Tulliver to leave the dining-room after dinner, and seated herself on a small stool at her father’s knee. Mr Deane, under those circumstances, considered that he tasted some of the most agreeable moments his merits had purchased him in life, notwithstanding that Lucy, disliking to have her hair powdered with snuff, usually began by mastering his snuff-box on such occasions.

    “You don’t want to go to sleep yet, papa, do you?” she said, as she brought up her stool and opened the large fingers that clutched the snuff-box.

    “Not yet,” said Mr Deane, glancing at the reward of merit in the decanter. “But what do you want?” he added, pinching the dimpled chin fondly,—“to coax118 some more sovereigns out of my pocket for your bazaar119? Eh?”

    “No, I have no base motives120 at all to-day. I only want to talk, not to beg. I want to know what made you ask Philip Wakem about his father’s farming to-day, papa? It seemed rather odd, because you never hardly say anything to him about his father; and why should you care about Mr Wakem’s losing money by his hobby?”

    “Something to do with business,” said Mr Deane, waving his hands, as if to repel121 intrusion into that mystery.

    “But, papa, you always say Mr Wakem has brought Philip up like a girl; how came you to think you should get any business knowledge out of him? Those abrupt111 questions sounded rather oddly. Philip thought them queer.”

    “Nonsense, child!” said Mr Deane, willing to justify122 his social demeanour, with which he had taken some pains in his upward progress. “There’s a report that Wakem’s mill and farm on the other side of the river—Dorlcote Mill, your uncle Tulliver’s, you know—isn’t answering so well as it did. I wanted to see if your friend Philip would let anything out about his father’s being tired of farming.”

    “Why? Would you buy the mill, papa, if he would part with it?” said Lucy, eagerly. “Oh, tell me everything; here, you shall have your snuff-box if you’ll tell me. Because Maggie says all their hearts are set on Tom’s getting back the mill some time. It was one of the last things her father said to Tom, that he must get back the mill.”

    Hush123, you little puss,” said Mr Deane, availing himself of the restored snuff-box. “You must not say a word about this thing; do you hear? There’s very little chance of their getting the mill or of anybody’s getting it out of Wakem’s hands. And if he knew that we wanted it with a view to the Tulliver’s getting it again, he’d be the less likely to part with it. It’s natural, after what happened. He behaved well enough to Tulliver before; but a horsewhipping is not likely to be paid for with sugar-plums.”

    “Now, papa,” said Lucy, with a little air of solemnity, “will you trust me? You must not ask me all my reasons for what I’m going to say, but I have very strong reasons. And I’m very cautious; I am, indeed.”

    “Well, let us hear.”

    “Why, I believe, if you will let me take Philip Wakem into our confidence,—let me tell him all about your wish to buy, and what it’s for; that my cousins wish to have it, and why they wish to have it,—I believe Philip would help to bring it about. I know he would desire to do it.”

    “I don’t see how that can be, child,” said Mr Deane, looking puzzled. “Why should he care?”—then, with a sudden penetrating124 look at his daughter, “You don’t think the poor lad’s fond of you, and so you can make him do what you like?” (Mr Deane felt quite safe about his daughter’s affections.)

    “No, papa; he cares very little about me,—not so much as I care about him. But I have a reason for being quite sure of what I say. Don’t you ask me. And if you ever guess, don’t tell me. Only give me leave to do as I think fit about it.”

    Lucy rose from her stool to seat herself on her father’s knee, and kissed him with that last request.

    “Are you sure you won’t do mischief125, now?” he said, looking at her with delight.

    “Yes, papa, quite sure. I’m very wise; I’ve got all your business talents. Didn’t you admire my accompt-book, now, when I showed it you?”

    “Well, well, if this youngster will keep his counsel, there won’t be much harm done. And to tell the truth, I think there’s not much chance for us any other way. Now, let me go off to sleep.”



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    1 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。
    2 abbreviate [əˈbri:vieɪt] nytz9   第9级
    vt.缩写,使...简略,缩短;vi.使用缩写词
    参考例句:
    • She had lost the power to abbreviate the remaining steps of the way. 她丧失了缩短这最后几步路的能力。
    • It is seldom acceptable to abbreviate words in formal writing. 在正式的书面语中使用缩写语通常是不能接受的。
    3 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。
    4 dubious [ˈdju:biəs] Akqz1   第7级
    adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的
    参考例句:
    • What he said yesterday was dubious. 他昨天说的话很含糊。
    • He uses some dubious shifts to get money. 他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
    5 bonnets [ˈbɔnɪts] 8e4529b6df6e389494d272b2f3ae0ead   第10级
    n.童帽( bonnet的名词复数 );(烟囱等的)覆盖物;(苏格兰男子的)无边呢帽;(女子戴的)任何一种帽子
    参考例句:
    • All the best bonnets of the city were there. 城里戴最漂亮的无边女帽的妇女全都到场了。 来自辞典例句
    • I am tempting you with bonnets and bangles and leading you into a pit. 我是在用帽子和镯子引诱你,引你上钩。 来自飘(部分)
    6 gallop [ˈgæləp] MQdzn   第7级
    v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展
    参考例句:
    • They are coming at a gallop towards us. 他们正朝着我们飞跑过来。
    • The horse slowed to a walk after its long gallop. 那匹马跑了一大阵后慢下来缓步而行。
    7 agitation [ˌædʒɪˈteɪʃn] TN0zi   第9级
    n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动
    参考例句:
    • Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores. 小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
    • These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension. 这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。
    8 nostril [ˈnɒstrəl] O0Iyn   第9级
    n.鼻孔
    参考例句:
    • The Indian princess wore a diamond in her right nostril. 印弟安公主在右鼻孔中戴了一颗钻石。
    • All South American monkeys have flat noses with widely spaced nostril. 所有南美洲的猴子都有平鼻子和宽大的鼻孔。
    9 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。
    10 expressive [ɪkˈspresɪv] shwz4   第9级
    adj.表现的,表达…的,富于表情的
    参考例句:
    • Black English can be more expressive than standard English. 黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
    • He had a mobile, expressive, animated face. 他有一张多变的,富于表情的, 生动活泼的脸。
    11 indifference [ɪnˈdɪfrəns] k8DxO   第8级
    n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
    参考例句:
    • I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat. 他的漠不关心使我很失望。
    • He feigned indifference to criticism of his work. 他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。
    12 concealing [kənˈsi:lɪŋ] 0522a013e14e769c5852093b349fdc9d   第7级
    v.隐藏,隐瞒,遮住( conceal的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Despite his outward display of friendliness, I sensed he was concealing something. 尽管他表现得友善,我还是感觉到他有所隐瞒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • SHE WAS BREAKING THE COMPACT, AND CONCEALING IT FROM HIM. 她违反了他们之间的约定,还把他蒙在鼓里。 来自英汉文学 - 三万元遗产
    13 strings [strɪŋz] nh0zBe   第12级
    n.弦
    参考例句:
    • He sat on the bed, idly plucking the strings of his guitar. 他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
    • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp. 她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
    14 tranquil [ˈtræŋkwɪl] UJGz0   第7级
    adj. 安静的, 宁静的, 稳定的, 不变的
    参考例句:
    • The boy disturbed the tranquil surface of the pond with a stick. 那男孩用棍子打破了平静的池面。
    • The tranquil beauty of the village scenery is unique. 这乡村景色的宁静是绝无仅有的。
    15 instinctive [ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv] c6jxT   第9级
    adj.(出于)本能的;直觉的;(出于)天性的
    参考例句:
    • He tried to conceal his instinctive revulsion at the idea. 他试图饰盖自己对这一想法本能的厌恶。
    • Animals have an instinctive fear of fire. 动物本能地怕火。
    16 devotedness [] 44eb3475cf6e1c6d16da396f71ecad78   第8级
    参考例句:
    • Maximilian, in his devotedness, gazed silently at her. 沉醉在爱情中的马西米兰默默地注视着她。
    17 sanctuary [ˈsæŋktʃuəri] iCrzE   第9级
    n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区
    参考例句:
    • There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital. 医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
    • Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes. 大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
    18 alluring [ə'ljuəriŋ] zzUz1U   第9级
    adj.吸引人的,迷人的
    参考例句:
    • The life in a big city is alluring for the young people. 大都市的生活对年轻人颇具诱惑力。
    • Lisette's large red mouth broke into a most alluring smile. 莉莎特的鲜红的大嘴露出了一副极为诱人的微笑。
    19 tumult [ˈtju:mʌlt] LKrzm   第10级
    n.喧哗;激动,混乱;吵闹
    参考例句:
    • The tumult in the streets awakened everyone in the house. 街上的喧哗吵醒了屋子里的每一个人。
    • His voice disappeared under growing tumult. 他的声音消失在越来越响的喧哗声中。
    20 scruples [ˈskru:pəlz] 14d2b6347f5953bad0a0c5eebf78068a   第9级
    n.良心上的不安( scruple的名词复数 );顾虑,顾忌v.感到于心不安,有顾忌( scruple的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • I overcame my moral scruples. 我抛开了道德方面的顾虑。
    • I'm not ashamed of my scruples about your family. They were natural. 我并未因为对你家人的顾虑而感到羞耻。这种感觉是自然而然的。 来自疯狂英语突破英语语调
    21 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。
    22 incongruity [ˌɪnkɒn'ɡru:ətɪ] R8Bxo   第11级
    n.不协调,不一致
    参考例句:
    • She smiled at the incongruity of the question. 面对这样突兀的问题,她笑了。
    • It doesn't explain why we make that loud noise when dealing with incongruity. 它无法解释为什么遇到不一致时,我们会发出这种大声的声音。
    23 prosaic [prəˈzeɪɪk] i0szo   第10级
    adj.单调的,无趣的
    参考例句:
    • The truth is more prosaic. 真相更加乏味。
    • It was a prosaic description of the scene. 这是对场景没有想象力的一个描述。
    24 virtuous [ˈvɜ:tʃuəs] upCyI   第9级
    adj.有品德的,善良的,贞洁的,有效力的
    参考例句:
    • She was such a virtuous woman that everybody respected her. 她是个有道德的女性,人人都尊敬她。
    • My uncle is always proud of having a virtuous wife. 叔叔一直为娶到一位贤德的妻子而骄傲。
    25 conversational [ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənl] SZ2yH   第7级
    adj.对话的,会话的
    参考例句:
    • The article is written in a conversational style. 该文是以对话的形式写成的。
    • She values herself on her conversational powers. 她常夸耀自己的能言善辩。
    26 scrutiny [ˈskru:təni] ZDgz6   第7级
    n.详细检查,仔细观察
    参考例句:
    • His work looks all right, but it will not bear scrutiny. 他的工作似乎很好,但是经不起仔细检查。
    • Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny. 很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。
    27 detailed [ˈdi:teɪld] xuNzms   第8级
    adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
    参考例句:
    • He had made a detailed study of the terrain. 他对地形作了缜密的研究。
    • A detailed list of our publications is available on request. 我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
    28 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。
    29 revival [rɪˈvaɪvl] UWixU   第8级
    n.复兴,复苏,(精力、活力等的)重振
    参考例句:
    • The period saw a great revival in the wine trade. 这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
    • He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival. 他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。
    30 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。
    31 inevitably [ɪnˈevɪtəbli] x7axc   第7级
    adv.不可避免地;必然发生地
    参考例句:
    • In the way you go on, you are inevitably coming apart. 照你们这样下去,毫无疑问是会散伙的。
    • Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment. 技术变革必然会导致失业。
    32 drudge [drʌdʒ] rk8z2   第12级
    n.劳碌的人;v.做苦工,操劳
    参考例句:
    • I feel like a real drudge -- I've done nothing but clean all day! 我觉得自己像个做苦工的--整天都在做清洁工作!
    • I'm a poor, miserable, forlorn drudge. I shall only drag you down with me. 我是一个贫穷,倒运,走投无路的苦力,只会拖累你。
    33 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。
    34 annoyance [əˈnɔɪəns] Bw4zE   第8级
    n.恼怒,生气,烦恼
    参考例句:
    • Why do you always take your annoyance out on me? 为什么你不高兴时总是对我出气?
    • I felt annoyance at being teased. 我恼恨别人取笑我。
    35 impulsiveness [ɪm'pʌlsɪvnəs] c241f05286967855b4dd778779272ed7   第9级
    n.冲动
    参考例句:
    • Advancing years had toned down his rash impulsiveness.上了年纪以后,他那鲁莽、容易冲动的性子好了一些。
    • There was some emotional lability and impulsiveness during the testing.在测试过程中,患者容易冲动,情绪有时不稳定。
    36 allude [əˈlu:d] vfdyW   第8级
    vi.提及,暗指
    参考例句:
    • Many passages in Scripture allude to this concept. 圣经中有许多经文间接地提到这样的概念。
    • She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。
    37 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。
    38 inevitable [ɪnˈevɪtəbl] 5xcyq   第7级
    adj.不可避免的,必然发生的
    参考例句:
    • Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat. 玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
    • The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy. 战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
    39 resolute [ˈrezəlu:t] 2sCyu   第7级
    adj.坚决的,果敢的
    参考例句:
    • He was resolute in carrying out his plan. 他坚决地实行他的计划。
    • The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors. 埃及人对侵略者作出坚决的反抗。
    40 entreated [enˈtri:tid] 945bd967211682a0f50f01c1ca215de3   第9级
    恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail. 他们时而恳求,时而威胁,但这一切看来都没有用。
    • 'One word,' the Doctor entreated. 'Will you tell me who denounced him?' “还有一个问题,”医生请求道,“你可否告诉我是谁告发他的?” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
    41 mingled [ˈmiŋɡld] fdf34efd22095ed7e00f43ccc823abdf   第7级
    混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
    参考例句:
    • The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
    • The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候,这一男一女就开始交往了。
    42 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。
    43 perverting [pəˈvɜ:tɪŋ] 443bcb92cd59ba5c36c489ac3b51c4af   第10级
    v.滥用( pervert的现在分词 );腐蚀;败坏;使堕落
    参考例句:
    • We must never tolerate any taking bribes and perverting justice. 我们决不能姑息贪赃枉法的行为! 来自互联网
    • District Councillor was jailed for three months for vote-planting and perverting the course of justice. 区议员因选举种票及妨碍司法公正被判监三个月。 来自互联网
    44 opium [ˈəʊpiəm] c40zw   第8级
    n.鸦片;adj.鸦片的
    参考例句:
    • That man gave her a dose of opium. 那男人给了她一剂鸦片。
    • Opium is classed under the head of narcotic. 鸦片是归入麻醉剂一类的东西。
    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 outlet [ˈaʊtlet] ZJFxG   第7级
    n.出口/路;销路;批发商店;通风口;发泄
    参考例句:
    • The outlet of a water pipe was blocked. 水管的出水口堵住了。
    • Running is a good outlet for his energy. 跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。
    47 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。
    48 delicacy [ˈdelɪkəsi] mxuxS   第9级
    n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴
    参考例句:
    • We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship. 我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
    • He sensed the delicacy of the situation. 他感觉到了形势的微妙。
    49 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。
    50 plighted [p'laɪtɪd] f3fc40e356b1bec8147e96a94bfa4149   第7级
    vt.保证,约定(plight的过去式与过去分词形式)
    参考例句:
    • They plighted their troth for the rest of their days. 他们俩盟誓结为终身伴侣。 来自辞典例句
    • Here and there a raw young lady does think of the friends of her plighted man. 这是阅历不深的的年轻姑娘对她未婚夫的朋友往往会持有的看法。 来自辞典例句
    51 contrition [kən'trɪʃn] uZGy3   第12级
    n.悔罪,痛悔
    参考例句:
    • The next day he'd be full of contrition, weeping and begging forgiveness. 第二天,他就会懊悔不已,哭着乞求原谅。
    • She forgave him because his contrition was real. 她原谅了他是由于他的懊悔是真心的。
    52 chide [tʃaɪd] urVzQ   第10级
    vt. 责骂;斥责 vi. 斥责;责骂
    参考例句:
    • However, they will chide you if you try to speak French. 然而,如果你试图讲法语,就会遭到他们的责骂。
    • He thereupon privately chide his wife for her forwardness in the matter. 于是他私下责备他的妻子,因为她对这种事热心。
    53 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。
    54 pang [pæŋ] OKixL   第9级
    n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷;vt.使剧痛,折磨
    参考例句:
    • She experienced a sharp pang of disappointment. 她经历了失望的巨大痛苦。
    • She was beginning to know the pang of disappointed love. 她开始尝到了失恋的痛苦。
    55 odious [ˈəʊdiəs] l0zy2   第10级
    adj.可憎的,讨厌的
    参考例句:
    • The judge described the crime as odious. 法官称这一罪行令人发指。
    • His character could best be described as odious. 他的人格用可憎来形容最贴切。
    56 banish [ˈbænɪʃ] nu8zD   第7级
    vt.放逐,驱逐;消除,排除
    参考例句:
    • The doctor advised her to banish fear and anxiety. 医生劝她消除恐惧和忧虑。
    • He tried to banish gloom from his thought. 他试图驱除心中的忧愁。
    57 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。
    58 agitated [ˈædʒɪteɪtɪd] dzgzc2   第11级
    adj.被鼓动的,不安的
    参考例句:
    • His answers were all mixed up, so agitated was he. 他是那样心神不定,回答全乱了。
    • She was agitated because her train was an hour late. 她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时,她十分焦虑。
    59 resounding [ri'zaundiŋ] zkCzZC   第12级
    adj. 响亮的
    参考例句:
    • The astronaut was welcomed with joyous,resounding acclaim. 人们欢声雷动地迎接那位宇航员。
    • He hit the water with a resounding slap. 他啪的一声拍了一下水。
    60 interval [ˈɪntəvl] 85kxY   第7级
    n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息
    参考例句:
    • The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet. 这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
    • There was a long interval before he anwsered the telephone. 隔了好久他才回了电话。
    61 solicitous [səˈlɪsɪtəs] CF8zb   第10级
    adj.热切的,挂念的
    参考例句:
    • He was so solicitous of his guests. 他对他的客人们非常关切。
    • I am solicitous of his help. 我渴得到他的帮助。
    62 inquiries [inˈkwaiəriz] 86a54c7f2b27c02acf9fcb16a31c4b57   第7级
    n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听
    参考例句:
    • He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释,等候进一步调查。
    • I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    63 ushered [ˈʌʃəd] d337b3442ea0cc4312a5950ae8911282   第8级
    v.引,领,陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • The secretary ushered me into his office. 秘书把我领进他的办公室。
    • A round of parties ushered in the New Year. 一系列的晚会迎来了新年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    64 heartily [ˈhɑ:tɪli] Ld3xp   第8级
    adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很
    参考例句:
    • He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse. 他痛快地吃了一顿,就出去找他的马。
    • The host seized my hand and shook it heartily. 主人抓住我的手,热情地和我握手。
    65 scamper [ˈskæmpə(r)] 9Tqzs   第11级
    vi.奔跑,快跑
    参考例句:
    • She loves to scamper through the woods of the forest. 她喜欢在森林里的树林中穿梭嬉戏。
    • The flash sent the foxes scampering away. 闪光惊得狐狸四处逃窜。
    66 countless [ˈkaʊntləs] 7vqz9L   第7级
    adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
    参考例句:
    • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives. 在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
    • I've told you countless times. 我已经告诉你无数遍了。
    67 embitter [ɪmˈbɪtə(r)] cqfxZ   第12级
    vt.使苦;激怒
    参考例句:
    • The loss of all his money embitters the old man. 失去全部的钱,使这位老人甚为痛苦。
    • Hops serve to embitter beer. 酒花的作用是使啤酒发苦。
    68 antipathy [ænˈtɪpəθi] vM6yb   第9级
    n.憎恶;反感,引起反感的人或事物
    参考例句:
    • I feel an antipathy against their behaviour. 我对他们的行为很反感。
    • Some people have an antipathy to cats. 有的人讨厌猫。
    69 surmounted [sɚ'maʊnt] 74f42bdb73dca8afb25058870043665a   第10级
    战胜( surmount的过去式和过去分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上
    参考例句:
    • She was well aware of the difficulties that had to be surmounted. 她很清楚必须克服哪些困难。
    • I think most of these obstacles can be surmounted. 我认为这些障碍大多数都是可以克服的。
    70 mutual [ˈmju:tʃuəl] eFOxC   第7级
    adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的
    参考例句:
    • We must pull together for mutual interest. 我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
    • Mutual interests tied us together. 相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
    71 rattling [ˈrætlɪŋ] 7b0e25ab43c3cc912945aafbb80e7dfd   第7级
    adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词
    参考例句:
    • This book is a rattling good read. 这是一本非常好的读物。
    • At that same instant,a deafening explosion set the windows rattling. 正在这时,一声震耳欲聋的爆炸突然袭来,把窗玻璃震得当当地响。
    72 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
    73 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?
    74 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。
    75 eking [i:kɪŋ] 889887d4a1745eb5f0a532255f3d52e5   第11级
    v.(靠节省用量)使…的供应持久( eke的现在分词 );节约使用;竭力维持生计;勉强度日
    参考例句:
    • He was eking out an existence on a few francs a day. 他每天就靠几法郎勉强度日。 来自辞典例句
    • She is eking out her income by working in the evenings. 她在晚上工作以增加收入。 来自辞典例句
    76 administrative [ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv] fzDzkc   第8级
    adj.行政的,管理的
    参考例句:
    • The administrative burden must be lifted from local government. 必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
    • He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice. 他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
    77 devoutly [dɪ'vaʊtlɪ] b33f384e23a3148a94d9de5213bd205f   第10级
    adv.虔诚地,虔敬地,衷心地
    参考例句:
    • She was a devoutly Catholic. 她是一个虔诚地天主教徒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • This was not a boast, but a hope, at once bold and devoutly humble. 这不是夸夸其谈,而是一个即大胆而又诚心、谦虚的希望。 来自辞典例句
    78 minor [ˈmaɪnə(r)] e7fzR   第7级
    adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
    参考例句:
    • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play. 年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
    • I gave him a minor share of my wealth. 我把小部分财产给了他。
    79 dilated [daɪ'leɪtɪd] 1f1ba799c1de4fc8b7c6c2167ba67407   第8级
    adj.加宽的,扩大的v.(使某物)扩大,膨胀,张大( dilate的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Her eyes dilated with fear. 她吓得瞪大了眼睛。
    • The cat dilated its eyes. 猫瞪大了双眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    80 dingy [ˈdɪndʒi] iu8xq   第10级
    adj.昏暗的,肮脏的
    参考例句:
    • It was a street of dingy houses huddled together. 这是一条挤满了破旧房子的街巷。
    • The dingy cottage was converted into a neat tasteful residence. 那间脏黑的小屋已变成一个整洁雅致的住宅。
    81 tenor [ˈtenə(r)] LIxza   第8级
    n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意
    参考例句:
    • The tenor of his speech was that war would come. 他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
    • The four parts in singing are soprano, alto, tenor and bass. 唱歌的四个声部是女高音,女低音,男高音和男低音。
    82 forsake [fəˈseɪk] iiIx6   第7级
    vt.遗弃,抛弃;舍弃,放弃
    参考例句:
    • She pleaded with her husband not to forsake her. 她恳求丈夫不要抛弃她。
    • You must forsake your bad habits. 你必须革除你的坏习惯。
    83 plaintive [ˈpleɪntɪv] z2Xz1   第10级
    adj.可怜的,伤心的
    参考例句:
    • Her voice was small and plaintive. 她的声音微弱而哀伤。
    • Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail. 观众席里,一位老太太伤心地哭起来。
    84 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。
    85 grassy [ˈgrɑ:si] DfBxH   第9级
    adj.盖满草的;长满草的
    参考例句:
    • They sat and had their lunch on a grassy hillside. 他们坐在长满草的山坡上吃午饭。
    • Cattle move freely across the grassy plain. 牛群自由自在地走过草原。
    86 underneath [ˌʌndəˈni:θ] VKRz2   第7级
    adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
    参考例句:
    • Working underneath the car is always a messy job. 在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
    • She wore a coat with a dress underneath. 她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
    87 sentimental [ˌsentɪˈmentl] dDuzS   第7级
    adj.多愁善感的,感伤的
    参考例句:
    • She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny. 她是多愁善感的人,她相信姻缘命中注定。
    • We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie. 我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。
    88 vile [vaɪl] YLWz0   第10级
    adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的
    参考例句:
    • Who could have carried out such a vile attack? 会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢?
    • Her talk was full of vile curses. 她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。
    89 antidote [ˈæntidəʊt] 4MZyg   第9级
    n.解毒药,解毒剂
    参考例句:
    • There is no known antidote for this poison. 这种毒药没有解药。
    • Chinese physicians used it as an antidote for snake poison. 中医师用它来解蛇毒。
    90 saucy [ˈsɔ:si] wDMyK   第12级
    adj.无礼的;俊俏的;活泼的
    参考例句:
    • He was saucy and mischievous when he was working. 他工作时总爱调皮捣蛋。
    • It was saucy of you to contradict your father. 你顶撞父亲,真是无礼。
    91 pricking ['prɪkɪŋ] b0668ae926d80960b702acc7a89c84d6   第7级
    刺,刺痕,刺痛感
    参考例句:
    • She felt a pricking on her scalp. 她感到头皮上被扎了一下。
    • Intercostal neuralgia causes paroxysmal burning pain or pricking pain. 肋间神经痛呈阵发性的灼痛或刺痛。
    92 perseverance [ˌpɜ:sɪˈvɪərəns] oMaxH   第9级
    n.坚持不懈,不屈不挠
    参考例句:
    • It may take some perseverance to find the right people. 要找到合适的人也许需要有点锲而不舍的精神。
    • Perseverance leads to success. 有恒心就能胜利。
    93 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。
    94 inclination [ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃn] Gkwyj   第7级
    n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好
    参考例句:
    • She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head. 她微微点头向我们致意。
    • I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry. 我没有丝毫着急的意思。
    95 entreating [enˈtri:tɪŋ] 8c1a0bd5109c6bc77bc8e612f8bff4a0   第9级
    恳求,乞求( entreat的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • We have not bound your feet with our entreating arms. 我们不曾用恳求的手臂来抱住你的双足。
    • The evening has come. Weariness clings round me like the arms of entreating love. 夜来到了,困乏像爱的恳求用双臂围抱住我。
    96 gratitude [ˈgrætɪtju:d] p6wyS   第7级
    adj.感激,感谢
    参考例句:
    • I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him. 我向他表示了深切的谢意。
    • She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face. 她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
    97 humble [ˈhʌmbl] ddjzU   第7级
    adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;vt.降低,贬低
    参考例句:
    • In my humble opinion, he will win the election. 依我拙见,他将在选举中获胜。
    • Defeat and failure make people humble. 挫折与失败会使人谦卑。
    98 draught [drɑ:ft] 7uyzIH   第10级
    n.拉,牵引,拖;一网(饮,吸,阵);顿服药量,通风;v.起草,设计
    参考例句:
    • He emptied his glass at one draught. 他将杯中物一饮而尽。
    • It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught. 可惜这房间没北窗,没有过堂风。
    99 traitorous ['treɪtərəs] 938beb8f257e13202e2f1107668c59b0   第7级
    adj. 叛国的, 不忠的, 背信弃义的
    参考例句:
    • All traitorous persons and cliques came to no good end. 所有的叛徒及叛徒集团都没好下场。
    • Most of the time I keep such traitorous thoughts to myself. 这种叛逆思想我不大向别人暴露。
    100 homage [ˈhɒmɪdʒ] eQZzK   第9级
    n.尊敬,敬意,崇敬
    参考例句:
    • We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare. 我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰。
    • The soldiers swore to pay their homage to the Queen. 士兵们宣誓效忠于女王陛下。
    101 solicitude [səˈlɪsɪtju:d] mFEza   第12级
    n.焦虑
    参考例句:
    • Your solicitude was a great consolation to me. 你对我的关怀给了我莫大的安慰。
    • He is full of tender solicitude towards my sister. 他对我妹妹满心牵挂。
    102 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。
    103 shriek [ʃri:k] fEgya   第7级
    v./n.尖叫,叫喊
    参考例句:
    • Suddenly he began to shriek loudly. 突然他开始大声尖叫起来。
    • People sometimes shriek because of terror, anger, or pain. 人们有时会因为恐惧,气愤或疼痛而尖叫。
    104 discord [ˈdɪskɔ:d] iPmzl   第8级
    n.不和,意见不合,争论,(音乐)不和谐
    参考例句:
    • These two answers are in discord. 这两个答案不一样。
    • The discord of his music was hard on the ear. 他演奏的不和谐音很刺耳。
    105 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。
    106 beguiled [bɪˈgaɪld] f25585f8de5e119077c49118f769e600   第10级
    v.欺骗( beguile的过去式和过去分词 );使陶醉;使高兴;消磨(时间等)
    参考例句:
    • She beguiled them into believing her version of events. 她哄骗他们相信了她叙述的事情。
    • He beguiled me into signing this contract. 他诱骗我签订了这项合同。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    107 emboldened [emˈbəʊldənd] 174550385d47060dbd95dd372c76aa22   第12级
    v.鼓励,使有胆量( embolden的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • Emboldened by the wine, he went over to introduce himself to her. 他借酒壮胆,走上前去向她作自我介绍。
    • His success emboldened him to expand his business. 他有了成就因而激发他进一步扩展业务。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    108 deafening [ˈdefnɪŋ] deafening   第7级
    adj. 振耳欲聋的, 极喧闹的 动词deafen的现在分词形式
    参考例句:
    • The noise of the siren was deafening her. 汽笛声震得她耳朵都快聋了。
    • The noise of the machine was deafening. 机器的轰鸣声震耳欲聋。
    109 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。
    110 abruptly [ə'brʌptlɪ] iINyJ   第7级
    adv.突然地,出其不意地
    参考例句:
    • He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
    • I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
    111 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。
    112 dispensed [disˈpenst] 859813db740b2251d6defd6f68ac937a   第7级
    v.分配( dispense的过去式和过去分词 );施与;配(药)
    参考例句:
    • Not a single one of these conditions can be dispensed with. 这些条件缺一不可。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage. 他们把新衣服发给孤儿院的小孩们。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    113 apparently [əˈpærəntli] tMmyQ   第7级
    adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
    参考例句:
    • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space. 山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
    • He was apparently much surprised at the news. 他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
    114 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。
    115 expenditure [ɪkˈspendɪtʃə(r)] XPbzM   第7级
    n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出;使用,消耗
    参考例句:
    • The entry of all expenditure is necessary. 有必要把一切开支入账。
    • The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether. 我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。
    116 meditative [ˈmedɪtətɪv] Djpyr   第12级
    adj.沉思的,冥想的
    参考例句:
    • A stupid fellow is talkative; a wise man is meditative. 蠢人饶舌,智者思虑。
    • Music can induce a meditative state in the listener. 音乐能够引导倾听者沉思。
    117 luncheon [ˈlʌntʃən] V8az4   第8级
    n.午宴,午餐,便宴
    参考例句:
    • We have luncheon at twelve o'clock. 我们十二点钟用午餐。
    • I have a luncheon engagement. 我午饭有约。
    118 coax [kəʊks] Fqmz5   第8级
    vt. 哄;哄诱;慢慢将…弄好 vi. 哄骗;劝诱
    参考例句:
    • I had to coax the information out of him. 我得用好话套出他掌握的情况。
    • He tried to coax the secret from me. 他试图哄骗我说出秘方。
    119 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。
    120 motives [ˈməutivz] 6c25d038886898b20441190abe240957   第7级
    n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
    • His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。
    121 repel [rɪˈpel] 1BHzf   第7级
    vt.击退,抵制,拒绝,排斥
    参考例句:
    • A country must have the will to repel any invader. 一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。
    • Particles with similar electric charges repel each other. 电荷同性的分子互相排斥。
    122 justify [ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ] j3DxR   第7级
    vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护
    参考例句:
    • He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses. 他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
    • Can you justify your rude behavior to me? 你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗?
    123 hush [hʌʃ] ecMzv   第8级
    int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静
    参考例句:
    • A hush fell over the onlookers. 旁观者们突然静了下来。
    • Do hush up the scandal! 不要把这丑事声张出去!
    124 penetrating ['penitreitiŋ] ImTzZS   第7级
    adj.(声音)响亮的,尖锐的adj.(气味)刺激的adj.(思想)敏锐的,有洞察力的
    参考例句:
    • He had an extraordinarily penetrating gaze. 他的目光有股异乎寻常的洞察力。
    • He examined the man with a penetrating gaze. 他以锐利的目光仔细观察了那个人。
    125 mischief [ˈmɪstʃɪf] jDgxH   第7级
    n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹
    参考例句:
    • Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
    • He seems to intend mischief. 看来他想捣蛋。

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