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  • The Last Conflict

    In the second week of September, Maggie was again sitting in her lonely room, battling with the old shadowy enemies that were forever slain1 and rising again. It was past midnight, and the rain was beating heavily against the window, driven with fitful force by the rushing, loud-moaning wind. For the day after Lucy’s visit there had been a sudden change in the weather; the heat and drought had given way to cold variable winds, and heavy falls of rain at intervals2; and she had been forbidden to risk the contemplated3 journey until the weather should become more settled. In the counties higher up the Floss the rains had been continuous, and the completion of the harvest had been arrested. And now, for the last two days, the rains on this lower course of the river had been incessant4, so that the old men had shaken their heads and talked of sixty years ago, when the same sort of weather, happening about the equinox, brought on the great floods, which swept the bridge away, and reduced the town to great misery5. But the younger generation, who had seen several small floods, thought lightly of these sombre recollections and forebodings; and Bob Jakin, naturally prone6 to take a hopeful view of his own luck, laughed at his mother when she regretted their having taken a house by the riverside, observing that but for that they would have had no boats, which were the most lucky of possessions in case of a flood that obliged them to go to a distance for food.

    But the careless and the fearful were alike sleeping in their beds now. There was hope that the rain would abate7 by the morrow; threatenings of a worse kind, from sudden thaws8 after falls of snow, had often passed off, in the experience of the younger ones; and at the very worst, the banks would be sure to break lower down the river when the tide came in with violence, and so the waters would be carried off, without causing more than temporary inconvenience, and losses that would be felt only by the poorer sort, whom charity would relieve.

    All were in their beds now, for it was past midnight; all except some solitary9 watchers such as Maggie. She was seated in her little parlour toward the river, with one candle, that left everything dim in the room except a letter which lay before her on the table. That letter, which had come to her to-day, was one of the causes that had kept her up far on into the night, unconscious how the hours were going, careless of seeking rest, with no image of rest coming across her mind, except of that far, far off rest from which there would be no more waking for her into this struggling earthly life.

    Two days before Maggie received that letter, she had been to the Rectory for the last time. The heavy rain would have prevented her from going since; but there was another reason. Dr Kenn, at first enlightened only by a few hints as to the new turn which gossip and slander11 had taken in relation to Maggie, had recently been made more fully aware of it by an earnest remonstrance12 from one of his male parishioners against the indiscretion of persisting in the attempt to overcome the prevalent feeling in the parish by a course of resistance. Dr Kenn, having a conscience void of offence in the matter, was still inclined to persevere,—was still averse13 to give way before a public sentiment that was odious14 and contemptible15; but he was finally wrought16 upon by the consideration of the peculiar17 responsibility attached to his office, of avoiding the appearance of evil,—an “appearance” that is always dependent on the average quality of surrounding minds. Where these minds are low and gross, the area of that “appearance” is proportionately widened. Perhaps he was in danger of acting18 from obstinacy19; perhaps it was his duty to succumb20. Conscientious21 people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course; and to recede22 was always painful to Dr Kenn. He made up his mind that he must advise Maggie to go away from St Ogg’s for a time; and he performed that difficult task with as much delicacy23 as he could, only stating in vague terms that he found his attempt to countenance24 her stay was a source of discord25 between himself and his parishioners, that was likely to obstruct26 his usefulness as a clergyman. He begged her to allow him to write to a clerical friend of his, who might possibly take her into his own family as governess; and, if not, would probably know of some other available position for a young woman in whose welfare Dr Kenn felt a strong interest.

    Poor Maggie listened with a trembling lip; she could say nothing but a faint “Thank you, I shall be grateful”; and she walked back to her lodgings27, through the driving rain, with a new sense of desolation. She must be a lonely wanderer; she must go out among fresh faces, that would look at her wonderingly, because the days did not seem joyful to her; she must begin a new life, in which she would have to rouse herself to receive new impressions; and she was so unspeakably, sickeningly weary! There was no home, no help for the erring29; even those who pitied were constrained30 to hardness. But ought she to complain? Ought she to shrink in this way from the long penance31 of life, which was all the possibility she had of lightening the load to some other sufferers, and so changing that passionate32 error into a new force of unselfish human love? All the next day she sat in her lonely room, with a window darkened by the cloud and the driving rain, thinking of that future, and wrestling for patience; for what repose33 could poor Maggie ever win except by wrestling?

    And on the third day—this day of which she had just sat out the close—the letter had come which was lying on the table before her.

    The letter was from Stephen. He was come back from Holland; he was at Mudport again, unknown to any of his friends, and had written to her from that place, enclosing the letter to a person whom he trusted in St Ogg’s. From beginning to end it was a passionate cry of reproach; an appeal against her useless sacrifice of him, of herself, against that perverted34 notion of right which led her to crush all his hopes, for the sake of a mere35 idea, and not any substantial good,—his hopes, whom she loved, and who loved her with that single overpowering passion, that worship, which a man never gives to a woman more than once in his life.

    “They have written to me that you are to marry Kenn. As if I should believe that! Perhaps they have told you some such fables36 about me. Perhaps they tell you I’ve been ‘travelling.’ My body has been dragged about somewhere; but I have never travelled from the hideous37 place where you left me; where I started up from the stupor38 of helpless rage to find you gone.

    “Maggie! whose pain can have been like mine? Whose injury is like mine? Who besides me has met that long look of love that has burnt itself into my soul, so that no other image can come there? Maggie, call me back to you! Call me back to life and goodness! I am banished39 from both now. I have no motives40; I am indifferent to everything. Two months have only deepened the certainty that I can never care for life without you. Write me one word; say ‘Come!’ In two days I should be with you. Maggie, have you forgotten what it was to be together,—to be within reach of a look, to be within hearing of each other’s voice?”

    When Maggie first read this letter she felt as if her real temptation had only just begun. At the entrance of the chill dark cavern41, we turn with unworn courage from the warm light; but how, when we have trodden far in the damp darkness, and have begun to be faint and weary; how, if there is a sudden opening above us, and we are invited back again to the life-nourishing day? The leap of natural longing42 from under the pressure of pain is so strong, that all less immediate43 motives are likely to be forgotten—till the pain has been escaped from.

    For hours Maggie felt as if her struggle had been in vain. For hours every other thought that she strove to summon was thrust aside by the image of Stephen waiting for the single word that would bring him to her. She did not read the letter: she heard him uttering it, and the voice shook her with its old strange power. All the day before she had been filled with the vision of a lonely future through which she must carry the burthen of regret, upheld only by clinging faith. And here, close within her reach, urging itself upon her even as a claim, was another future, in which hard endurance and effort were to be exchanged for easy, delicious leaning on another’s loving strength! And yet that promise of joy in the place of sadness did not make the dire44 force of the temptation to Maggie.

    It was Stephen’s tone of misery, it was the doubt in the justice of her own resolve, that made the balance tremble, and made her once start from her seat to reach the pen and paper, and write “Come!”

    But close upon that decisive act, her mind recoiled45; and the sense of contradiction with her past self in her moments of strength and clearness came upon her like a pang46 of conscious degradation47. No, she must wait; she must pray; the light that had forsaken48 her would come again; she should feel again what she had felt when she had fled away, under an inspiration strong enough to conquer agony,—to conquer love; she should feel again what she had felt when Lucy stood by her, when Philip’s letter had stirred all the fibres that bound her to the calmer past.

    She sat quite still, far on into the night, with no impulse to change her attitude, without active force enough even for the mental act of prayer; only waiting for the light that would surely come again. It came with the memories that no passion could long quench49; the long past came back to her, and with it the fountains of self-renouncing pity and affection, of faithfulness and resolve. The words that were marked by the quiet hand in the little old book that she had long ago learned by heart, rushed even to her lips, and found a vent10 for themselves in a low murmur50 that was quite lost in the loud driving of the rain against the window and the loud moan and roar of the wind. “I have received the Cross, I have received it from Thy hand; I will bear it, and bear it till death, as Thou hast laid it upon me.”

    But soon other words rose that could find no utterance52 but in a sob53,—“Forgive me, Stephen! It will pass away. You will come back to her.”

    She took up the letter, held it to the candle, and let it burn slowly on the hearth54. To-morrow she would write to him the last word of parting.

    “I will bear it, and bear it till death. But how long it will be before death comes! I am so young, so healthy. How shall I have patience and strength? Am I to struggle and fall and repent55 again? Has life other trials as hard for me still?”

    With that cry of self-despair, Maggie fell on her knees against the table, and buried her sorrow-stricken face. Her soul went out to the Unseen Pity that would be with her to the end. Surely there was something being taught her by this experience of great need; and she must be learning a secret of human tenderness and long-suffering, that the less erring could hardly know? “O God, if my life is to be long, let me live to bless and comfort——”

    At that moment Maggie felt a startling sensation of sudden cold about her knees and feet; it was water flowing under her. She started up; the stream was flowing under the door that led into the passage. She was not bewildered for an instant; she knew it was the flood!

    The tumult56 of emotion she had been enduring for the last twelve hours seemed to have left a great calm in her; without screaming, she hurried with the candle upstairs to Bob Jakin’s bedroom. The door was ajar; she went in and shook him by the shoulder.

    “Bob, the flood is come! it is in the house; let us see if we can make the boats safe.”

    She lighted his candle, while the poor wife, snatching up her baby, burst into screams; and then she hurried down again to see if the waters were rising fast. There was a step down into the room at the door leading from the staircase; she saw that the water was already on a level with the step. While she was looking, something came with a tremendous crash against the window, and sent the leaded panes57 and the old wooden framework inward in shivers, the water pouring in after it.

    “It is the boat!” cried Maggie. “Bob, come down to get the boats!”

    And without a moment’s shudder58 of fear, she plunged59 through the water, which was rising fast to her knees, and by the glimmering60 light of the candle she had left on the stairs, she mounted on to the window-sill, and crept into the boat, which was left with the prow61 lodging28 and protruding62 through the window. Bob was not long after her, hurrying without shoes or stockings, but with the lanthorn in his hand.

    “Why, they’re both here,—both the boats,” said Bob, as he got into the one where Maggie was. “It’s wonderful this fastening isn’t broke too, as well as the mooring63.”

    In the excitement of getting into the other boat, unfastening it, and mastering an oar51, Bob was not struck with the danger Maggie incurred64. We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions in their danger, and Bob’s mind was absorbed in possible expedients65 for the safety of the helpless indoors. The fact that Maggie had been up, had waked him, and had taken the lead in activity, gave Bob a vague impression of her as one who would help to protect, not need to be protected. She too had got possession of an oar, and had pushed off, so as to release the boat from the overhanging window-frame.

    “The water’s rising so fast,” said Bob, “I doubt it’ll be in at the chambers66 before long,—th’ house is so low. I’ve more mind to get Prissy and the child and the mother into the boat, if I could, and trusten to the water,—for th’ old house is none so safe. And if I let go the boat—but you,” he exclaimed, suddenly lifting the light of his lanthorn on Maggie, as she stood in the rain with the oar in her hand and her black hair streaming.

    Maggie had no time to answer, for a new tidal current swept along the line of the houses, and drove both the boats out on to the wide water, with a force that carried them far past the meeting current of the river.

    In the first moments Maggie felt nothing, thought of nothing, but that she had suddenly passed away from that life which she had been dreading67; it was the transition of death, without its agony,—and she was alone in the darkness with God.

    The whole thing had been so rapid, so dreamlike, that the threads of ordinary association were broken; she sank down on the seat clutching the oar mechanically, and for a long while had no distinct conception of her position. The first thing that waked her to fuller consciousness was the cessation of the rain, and a perception that the darkness was divided by the faintest light, which parted the overhanging gloom from the immeasurable watery69 level below. She was driven out upon the flood,—that awful visitation of God which her father used to talk of; which had made the nightmare of her childish dreams. And with that thought there rushed in the vision of the old home, and Tom, and her mother,—they had all listened together.

    “O God, where am I? Which is the way home?” she cried out, in the dim loneliness.

    What was happening to them at the Mill? The flood had once nearly destroyed it. They might be in danger, in distress,—her mother and her brother, alone there, beyond reach of help! Her whole soul was strained now on that thought; and she saw the long-loved faces looking for help into the darkness, and finding none.

    She was floating in smooth water now,—perhaps far on the overflooded fields. There was no sense of present danger to check the outgoing of her mind to the old home; and she strained her eyes against the curtain of gloom that she might seize the first sight of her whereabout,—that she might catch some faint suggestion of the spot toward which all her anxieties tended.

    Oh, how welcome, the widening of that dismal70 watery level, the gradual uplifting of the cloudy firmament71, the slowly defining blackness of objects above the glassy dark! Yes, she must be out on the fields; those were the tops of hedgerow trees. Which way did the river lie? Looking behind her, she saw the lines of black trees; looking before her, there were none; then the river lay before her. She seized an oar and began to paddle the boat forward with the energy of wakening hope; the dawning seemed to advance more swiftly, now she was in action; and she could soon see the poor dumb beasts crowding piteously on a mound72 where they had taken refuge. Onward73 she paddled and rowed by turns in the growing twilight74; her wet clothes clung round her, and her streaming hair was dashed about by the wind, but she was hardly conscious of any bodily sensations,—except a sensation of strength, inspired by mighty75 emotion. Along with the sense of danger and possible rescue for those long-remembered beings at the old home, there was an undefined sense of reconcilement with her brother; what quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist76 in the presence of a great calamity77, when all the artificial vesture of our life is gone, and we are all one with each other in primitive78 mortal needs? Vaguely79 Maggie felt this, in the strong resurgent love toward her brother that swept away all the later impressions of hard, cruel offence and misunderstanding, and left only the deep, underlying80, unshakable memories of early union.

    But now there was a large dark mass in the distance, and near to her Maggie could discern the current of the river. The dark mass must be—yes, it was—St Ogg’s. Ah, now she knew which way to look for the first glimpse of the well-known trees—the gray willows81, the now yellowing chestnuts—and above them the old roof! But there was no colour, no shape yet; all was faint and dim. More and more strongly the energies seemed to come and put themselves forth82, as if her life were a stored-up force that was being spent in this hour, unneeded for any future.

    She must get her boat into the current of the Floss, else she would never be able to pass the Ripple83 and approach the house; this was the thought that occurred to her, as she imagined with more and more vividness the state of things round the old home. But then she might be carried very far down, and be unable to guide her boat out of the current again. For the first time distinct ideas of danger began to press upon her; but there was no choice of courses, no room for hesitation84, and she floated into the current. Swiftly she went now without effort; more and more clearly in the lessening85 distance and the growing light she began to discern the objects that she knew must be the well-known trees and roofs; nay86, she was not far off a rushing, muddy current that must be the strangely altered Ripple.

    Great God! there were floating masses in it, that might dash against her boat as she passed, and cause her to perish too soon. What were those masses?

    For the first time Maggie’s heart began to beat in an agony of dread68. She sat helpless, dimly conscious that she was being floated along, more intensely conscious of the anticipated clash. But the horror was transient; it passed away before the oncoming warehouses87 of St Ogg’s. She had passed the mouth of the Ripple, then; now, she must use all her skill and power to manage the boat and get it if possible out of the current. She could see now that the bridge was broken down; she could see the masts of a stranded88 vessel89 far out over the watery field. But no boats were to be seen moving on the river,—such as had been laid hands on were employed in the flooded streets.

    With new resolution, Maggie seized her oar, and stood up again to paddle; but the now ebbing90 tide added to the swiftness of the river, and she was carried along beyond the bridge. She could hear shouts from the windows overlooking the river, as if the people there were calling to her. It was not till she had passed on nearly to Tofton that she could get the boat clear of the current. Then with one yearning91 look toward her uncle Deane’s house that lay farther down the river, she took to both her oars92 and rowed with all her might across the watery fields, back toward the Mill. Colour was beginning to awake now, and as she approached the Dorlcote fields, she could discern the tints93 of the trees, could see the old Scotch94 firs far to the right, and the home chestnuts,—oh, how deep they lay in the water,—deeper than the trees on this side the hill! And the roof of the Mill—where was it? Those heavy fragments hurrying down the Ripple,—what had they meant? But it was not the house,—the house stood firm; drowned up to the first story, but still firm,—or was it broken in at the end toward the Mill?

    With panting joy that she was there at last,—joy that overcame all distress,—Maggie neared the front of the house. At first she heard no sound; she saw no object moving. Her boat was on a level with the upstairs window. She called out in a loud, piercing voice,—

    “Tom, where are you? Mother, where are you? Here is Maggie!”

    Soon, from the window of the attic95 in the central gable, she heard Tom’s voice,—

    “Who is it? Have you brought a boat?”

    “It is I, Tom,—Maggie. Where is mother?”

    “She is not here; she went to Garum the day before yesterday. I’ll come down to the lower window.”

    “Alone, Maggie?” said Tom, in a voice of deep astonishment96, as he opened the middle window, on a level with the boat.

    “Yes, Tom; God has taken care of me, to bring me to you. Get in quickly. Is there no one else?”

    “No,” said Tom, stepping into the boat; “I fear the man is drowned; he was carried down the Ripple, I think, when part of the Mill fell with the crash of trees and stones against it; I’ve shouted again and again, and there has been no answer. Give me the oars, Maggie.”

    It was not till Tom had pushed off and they were on the wide water,—he face to face with Maggie,—that the full meaning of what had happened rushed upon his mind. It came with so overpowering a force,—it was such a new revelation to his spirit, of the depths in life that had lain beyond his vision, which he had fancied so keen and clear,—that he was unable to ask a question. They sat mutely gazing at each other,—Maggie with eyes of intense life looking out from a weary, beaten face; Tom pale, with a certain awe97 and humiliation98. Thought was busy though the lips were silent; and though he could ask no question, he guessed a story of almost miraculous99, divinely protected effort. But at last a mist gathered over the blue-gray eyes, and the lips found a word they could utter,—the old childish “Magsie!”

    Maggie could make no answer but a long, deep sob of that mysterious, wondrous100 happiness that is one with pain.

    As soon as she could speak, she said, “We will go to Lucy, Tom; we’ll go and see if she is safe, and then we can help the rest.”

    Tom rowed with untired vigor101, and with a different speed from poor Maggie’s. The boat was soon in the current of the river again, and soon they would be at Tofton.

    “Park House stands high up out of the flood,” said Maggie. “Perhaps they have got Lucy there.”

    Nothing else was said; a new danger was being carried toward them by the river. Some wooden machinery102 had just given way on one of the wharves103, and huge fragments were being floated along. The sun was rising now, and the wide area of watery desolation was spread out in dreadful clearness around them; in dreadful clearness floated onward the hurrying, threatening masses. A large company in a boat that was working its way along under the Tofton houses observed their danger, and shouted, “Get out of the current!”

    But that could not be done at once; and Tom, looking before him, saw death rushing on them. Huge fragments, clinging together in fatal fellowship, made one wide mass across the stream.

    “It is coming, Maggie!” Tom said, in a deep, hoarse104 voice, loosing the oars, and clasping her.

    The next instant the boat was no longer seen upon the water, and the huge mass was hurrying on in hideous triumph.

    But soon the keel of the boat reappeared, a black speck105 on the golden water.

    The boat reappeared, but brother and sister had gone down in an embrace never to be parted; living through again in one supreme106 moment the days when they had clasped their little hands in love, and roamed the daisied fields together.



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    1 slain [sleɪn] slain   第10级
    杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词)
    参考例句:
    • The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
    • His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。
    2 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。
    3 contemplated ['kɒntəmpleɪtɪd] d22c67116b8d5696b30f6705862b0688   第7级
    adj. 预期的 动词contemplate的过去分词形式
    参考例句:
    • The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform. 医生仔细地考虑他所要做的棘手的手术。
    • The government has contemplated reforming the entire tax system. 政府打算改革整个税收体制。
    4 incessant [ɪnˈsesnt] WcizU   第8级
    adj.不停的,连续的
    参考例句:
    • We have had incessant snowfall since yesterday afternoon. 从昨天下午开始就持续不断地下雪。
    • She is tired of his incessant demands for affection. 她厌倦了他对感情的不断索取。
    5 misery [ˈmɪzəri] G10yi   第7级
    n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦
    参考例句:
    • Business depression usually causes misery among the working class. 商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
    • He has rescued me from the mire of misery. 他把我从苦海里救了出来。
    6 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。
    7 abate [əˈbeɪt] SoAyj   第9级
    vi.(风势,疼痛等)减弱,减轻,减退
    参考例句:
    • We must abate the noise pollution in our city. 我们必须消除我们城里的噪音污染。
    • The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain. 医生给了他一些药,以减弱那剧烈的疼痛。
    8 thaws [θɔ:z] 4f4632289b8d9affd88e5c264fdbc46c   第8级
    n.(足以解冻的)暖和天气( thaw的名词复数 );(敌对国家之间)关系缓和v.(气候)解冻( thaw的第三人称单数 );(态度、感情等)缓和;(冰、雪及冷冻食物)溶化;软化
    参考例句:
    • The sun at noon thaws the ice on the road. 中午的阳光很快把路上的冰融化了。 来自辞典例句
    • It thaws in March here. 在此地化雪的季节是三月。 来自辞典例句
    9 solitary [ˈsɒlətri] 7FUyx   第7级
    adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士
    参考例句:
    • I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country. 我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
    • The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert. 这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际,显得十分壮美。
    10 vent [vent] yiPwE   第7级
    n.通风口,排放口;开衩;vt.表达,发泄
    参考例句:
    • He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly. 他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
    • When the vent became plugged, the engine would stop. 当通风口被堵塞时,发动机就会停转。
    11 slander [ˈslɑ:ndə(r)] 7ESzF   第9级
    n./vt.诽谤,污蔑
    参考例句:
    • The article is a slander on ordinary working people. 那篇文章是对普通劳动大众的诋毁。
    • He threatened to go public with the slander. 他威胁要把丑闻宣扬出去。
    12 remonstrance [rɪˈmɒnstrəns] bVex0   第12级
    n抗议,抱怨
    参考例句:
    • She had abandoned all attempts at remonstrance with Thomas. 她已经放弃了一切劝戒托马斯的尝试。
    • Mrs. Peniston was at the moment inaccessible to remonstrance. 目前彭尼斯顿太太没功夫听她告状。
    13 averse [əˈvɜ:s] 6u0zk   第10级
    adj.厌恶的;反对的,不乐意的
    参考例句:
    • I don't smoke cigarettes, but I'm not averse to the occasional cigar. 我不吸烟,但我不反对偶尔抽一支雪茄。
    • We are averse to such noisy surroundings. 我们不喜欢这么吵闹的环境。
    14 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。
    15 contemptible [kənˈtemptəbl] DpRzO   第11级
    adj.可鄙的,可轻视的,卑劣的
    参考例句:
    • His personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible. 他气貌不扬,言语粗俗。
    • That was a contemptible trick to play on a friend. 那是对朋友玩弄的一出可鄙的把戏。
    16 wrought [rɔ:t] EoZyr   第11级
    v.(wreak的过去分词)引起;以…原料制作;运转;adj.制造的
    参考例句:
    • Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany. 巴黎发生的事件改变了英国对法国和德国的看法。
    • It's a walking stick with a gold head wrought in the form of a flower. 那是一个金质花形包头的拐杖。
    17 peculiar [pɪˈkju:liə(r)] cinyo   第7级
    adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
    参考例句:
    • He walks in a peculiar fashion. 他走路的样子很奇特。
    • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression. 他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
    18 acting [ˈæktɪŋ] czRzoc   第7级
    n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
    参考例句:
    • Ignore her, she's just acting. 别理她,她只是假装的。
    • During the seventies, her acting career was in eclipse. 在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
    19 obstinacy ['ɒbstɪnəsɪ] C0qy7   第12级
    n.顽固;(病痛等)难治
    参考例句:
    • It is a very accountable obstinacy. 这是一种完全可以理解的固执态度。
    • Cindy's anger usually made him stand firm to the point of obstinacy. 辛迪一发怒,常常使他坚持自见,并达到执拗的地步。
    20 succumb [səˈkʌm] CHLzp   第9级
    vi.屈服,屈从;死
    参考例句:
    • They will never succumb to the enemies. 他们决不向敌人屈服。
    • Will business leaders succumb to these ideas? 商业领袖们会被这些观点折服吗?
    21 conscientious [ˌkɒnʃiˈenʃəs] mYmzr   第7级
    adj.审慎正直的,认真的,本着良心的
    参考例句:
    • He is a conscientious man and knows his job. 他很认真负责,也很懂行。
    • He is very conscientious in the performance of his duties. 他非常认真地履行职责。
    22 recede [rɪˈsi:d] sAKzB   第7级
    vi.退(去),渐渐远去;向后倾斜,缩进
    参考例句:
    • The colleges would recede in importance. 大学的重要性会降低。
    • He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede. 他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。
    23 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。
    24 countenance [ˈkaʊntənəns] iztxc   第9级
    n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
    参考例句:
    • At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance. 他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
    • I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive. 我脸色恶狠狠地,仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。
    25 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。
    26 obstruct [əbˈstrʌkt] sRCzR   第7级
    vt.&vi.阻隔,阻塞(道路、通道等);n.阻碍物,障碍物
    参考例句:
    • He became still more dissatisfied with it and secretly did everything in his power to obstruct it. 他对此更不满意,尽在暗里使绊子。
    • The fallen trees obstruct the road. 倒下的树将路堵住了。
    27 lodgings ['lɒdʒɪŋz] f12f6c99e9a4f01e5e08b1197f095e6e   第9级
    n. 出租的房舍, 寄宿舍
    参考例句:
    • When he reached his lodgings the sun had set. 他到达公寓房间时,太阳已下山了。
    • I'm on the hunt for lodgings. 我正在寻找住所。
    28 lodging [ˈlɒdʒɪŋ] wRgz9   第9级
    n.寄宿,住所;(大学生的)校外宿舍
    参考例句:
    • The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
    • Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?
    29 erring ['ɜ:rɪŋ] a646ae681564dc63eb0b5a3cb51b588e   第10级
    做错事的,错误的
    参考例句:
    • Instead of bludgeoning our erring comrades, we should help them with criticism. 对犯错误的同志, 要批评帮助,不能一棍子打死。
    • She had too little faith in mankind not to know that they were erring. 她对男人们没有信心,知道他们总要犯错误的。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    30 constrained [kən'streind] YvbzqU   第7级
    adj.束缚的,节制的
    参考例句:
    • The evidence was so compelling that he felt constrained to accept it. 证据是那样的令人折服,他觉得不得不接受。
    • I feel constrained to write and ask for your forgiveness. 我不得不写信请你原谅。
    31 penance [ˈpenəns] Uulyx   第12级
    n.(赎罪的)惩罪
    参考例句:
    • They had confessed their sins and done their penance. 他们已经告罪并做了补赎。
    • She knelt at her mother's feet in penance. 她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。
    32 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。
    33 repose [rɪˈpəʊz] KVGxQ   第11级
    vt.(使)休息;n.安息
    参考例句:
    • Don't disturb her repose. 不要打扰她休息。
    • Her mouth seemed always to be smiling, even in repose. 她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑,即使在睡眠时也是这样。
    34 perverted [pəˈvɜ:tɪd] baa3ff388a70c110935f711a8f95f768   第10级
    adj.不正当的v.滥用( pervert的过去式和过去分词 );腐蚀;败坏;使堕落
    参考例句:
    • Some scientific discoveries have been perverted to create weapons of destruction. 某些科学发明被滥用来生产毁灭性武器。
    • sexual acts, normal and perverted 正常的和变态的性行为
    35 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。
    36 fables [ˈfeiblz] c7e1f2951baeedb04670ded67f15ca7b   第7级
    n.寓言( fable的名词复数 );神话,传说
    参考例句:
    • Some of Aesop's Fables are satires. 《伊索寓言》中有一些是讽刺作品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • Little Mexican boys also breathe the American fables. 墨西哥族的小孩子对美国神话也都耳濡目染。 来自辞典例句
    37 hideous [ˈhɪdiəs] 65KyC   第8级
    adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的
    参考例句:
    • The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare. 整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
    • They're not like dogs, they're hideous brutes. 它们不像狗,是丑陋的畜牲。
    38 stupor [ˈstju:pə(r)] Kqqyx   第10级
    n.昏迷;不省人事
    参考例句:
    • As the whisky took effect, he gradually fell into a drunken stupor. 随着威士忌酒力发作,他逐渐醉得不省人事。
    • The noise of someone banging at the door roused her from her stupor. 梆梆的敲门声把她从昏迷中唤醒了。
    39 banished [ˈbæniʃt] b779057f354f1ec8efd5dd1adee731df   第7级
    v.放逐,驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚,五年后在那里去世。
    • He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. 他被放逐到一个无人居住的荒岛一年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    40 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。
    41 cavern [ˈkævən] Ec2yO   第9级
    n.洞穴,大山洞
    参考例句:
    • The cavern walls echoed his cries. 大山洞的四壁回响着他的喊声。
    • It suddenly began to shower, and we took refuge in the cavern. 天突然下起雨来,我们在一个山洞里避雨。
    42 longing [ˈlɒŋɪŋ] 98bzd   第8级
    n.(for)渴望
    参考例句:
    • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her. 再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
    • His heart burned with longing for revenge. 他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
    43 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。
    44 dire [ˈdaɪə(r)] llUz9   第10级
    adj.可怕的,悲惨的,阴惨的,极端的
    参考例句:
    • There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV. 曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
    • We were indeed in dire straits. But we pulled through. 那时我们的困难真是大极了,但是我们渡过了困难。
    45 recoiled [rɪˈkɔɪld] 8282f6b353b1fa6f91b917c46152c025   第8级
    v.畏缩( recoil的过去式和过去分词 );退缩;报应;返回
    参考例句:
    • She recoiled from his touch. 她躲开他的触摸。
    • Howard recoiled a little at the sharpness in my voice. 听到我的尖声,霍华德往后缩了一下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    46 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。
    47 degradation [ˌdegrəˈdeɪʃn] QxKxL   第10级
    n.降级;低落;退化;陵削;降解;衰变
    参考例句:
    • There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones. 在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
    • Gambling is always coupled with degradation. 赌博总是与堕落相联系。
    48 Forsaken [] Forsaken   第7级
    adj. 被遗忘的, 被抛弃的 动词forsake的过去分词
    参考例句:
    • He was forsaken by his friends. 他被朋友们背弃了。
    • He has forsaken his wife and children. 他遗弃了他的妻子和孩子。
    49 quench [kwentʃ] ii3yQ   第7级
    vt.熄灭,扑灭;压制
    参考例句:
    • The firemen were unable to quench the fire. 消防人员无法扑灭这场大火。
    • Having a bottle of soft drink is not enough to quench my thirst. 喝一瓶汽水不够解渴。
    50 murmur [ˈmɜ:mə(r)] EjtyD   第7级
    n.低语,低声的怨言;vi.低语,低声而言;vt.低声说
    参考例句:
    • They paid the extra taxes without a murmur. 他们毫无怨言地交了附加税。
    • There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall. 大厅里有窃窃私语声。
    51 oar [ɔ:(r)] EH0xQ   第7级
    n.桨,橹,划手;vi.划行;vt.划(船)
    参考例句:
    • The sailors oar slowly across the river. 水手们慢慢地划过河去。
    • The blade of the oar was bitten off by a shark. 浆叶被一条鲨鱼咬掉了。
    52 utterance [ˈʌtərəns] dKczL   第11级
    n.用言语表达,话语,言语
    参考例句:
    • This utterance of his was greeted with bursts of uproarious laughter. 他的讲话引起阵阵哄然大笑。
    • My voice cleaves to my throat, and sob chokes my utterance. 我的噪子哽咽,泣不成声。
    53 sob [sɒb] HwMwx   第7级
    n.空间轨道的轰炸机;呜咽,哭泣;vi.啜泣,呜咽;(风等)发出呜咽声;vt.哭诉,啜泣
    参考例句:
    • The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother. 孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来。
    • The girl didn't answer, but continued to sob with her head on the table. 那个女孩不回答,也不抬起头来。她只顾趴在桌子上低声哭着。
    54 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。
    55 repent [rɪˈpent] 1CIyT   第8级
    vi. 后悔;忏悔 vt. 后悔;对…感到后悔 adj. [植] 匍匐生根的;[动] 爬行的
    参考例句:
    • He has nothing to repent of. 他没有什么要懊悔的。
    • Remission of sins is promised to those who repent. 悔罪者可得到赦免。
    56 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。
    57 panes [peɪnz] c8bd1ed369fcd03fe15520d551ab1d48   第8级
    窗玻璃( pane的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The sun caught the panes and flashed back at him. 阳光照到窗玻璃上,又反射到他身上。
    • The window-panes are dim with steam. 玻璃窗上蒙上了一层蒸汽。
    58 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。
    59 plunged [plʌndʒd] 06a599a54b33c9d941718dccc7739582   第7级
    v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
    参考例句:
    • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
    • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
    60 glimmering ['glɪmərɪŋ] 7f887db7600ddd9ce546ca918a89536a   第8级
    n.微光,隐约的一瞥adj.薄弱地发光的v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • I got some glimmering of what he was driving at. 他这么说是什么意思,我有点明白了。 来自辞典例句
    • Now that darkness was falling, only their silhouettes were outlined against the faintly glimmering sky. 这时节两山只剩余一抹深黑,赖天空微明为画出一个轮廓。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
    61 prow [praʊ] T00zj   第11级
    n.(飞机)机头,船头
    参考例句:
    • The prow of the motor-boat cut through the water like a knife. 汽艇的船头像一把刀子劈开水面向前行驶。
    • He stands on the prow looking at the sea. 他站在船首看着大海。
    62 protruding [prə'tru:diŋ] e7480908ef1e5355b3418870e3d0812f   第8级
    v.(使某物)伸出,(使某物)突出( protrude的现在分词 );凸
    参考例句:
    • He hung his coat on a nail protruding from the wall. 他把上衣挂在凸出墙面的一根钉子上。
    • There is a protruding shelf over a fireplace. 壁炉上方有个突出的架子。 来自辞典例句
    63 mooring ['mɔ:rɪŋ] 39b0ff389b80305f56aa2a4b7d7b4fb3   第9级
    n.停泊处;系泊用具,系船具;下锚v.停泊,系泊(船只)(moor的现在分词)
    参考例句:
    • However, all the best mooring were occupied by local fishing boats. 凡是可以泊船的地方早已被当地渔船占去了。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
    • Her mind was shaken loose from the little mooring of logic that it had. 就像小船失去了锚,她的思绪毫无逻辑地四处漂浮,一会为这个想法难受,一会为那个念头生气。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    64 incurred [ɪn'kɜ:d] a782097e79bccb0f289640bab05f0f6c   第7级
    [医]招致的,遭受的; incur的过去式
    参考例句:
    • She had incurred the wrath of her father by marrying without his consent 她未经父亲同意就结婚,使父亲震怒。
    • We will reimburse any expenses incurred. 我们将付还所有相关费用。
    65 expedients [ɪkˈspi:di:ənts] c0523c0c941d2ed10c86887a57ac874f   第9级
    n.应急有效的,权宜之计的( expedient的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • He is full of [fruitful in] expedients. 他办法多。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
    • Perhaps Calonne might return too, with fresh financial expedients. 或许卡洛纳也会回来,带有新的财政机谋。 来自辞典例句
    66 chambers [ˈtʃeimbəz] c053984cd45eab1984d2c4776373c4fe   第7级
    n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅
    参考例句:
    • The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间:Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网
    67 dreading [dredɪŋ] dreading   第7级
    v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的现在分词 )
    参考例句:
    • She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father. 她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。
    • This was the moment he had been dreading. 这是他一直最担心的时刻。
    68 dread [dred] Ekpz8   第7级
    vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
    参考例句:
    • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes. 我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
    • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread. 她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
    69 watery [ˈwɔ:təri] bU5zW   第9级
    adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的
    参考例句:
    • In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust. 他那含泪的眼睛流露出不信任的神情。
    • Her eyes became watery because of the smoke. 因为烟熏,她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。
    70 dismal [ˈdɪzməl] wtwxa   第8级
    adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的
    参考例句:
    • That is a rather dismal melody. 那是一支相当忧郁的歌曲。
    • My prospects of returning to a suitable job are dismal. 我重新找到一个合适的工作岗位的希望很渺茫。
    71 firmament [ˈfɜ:məmənt] h71yN   第12级
    n.苍穹;最高层
    参考例句:
    • There are no stars in the firmament. 天空没有一颗星星。
    • He was rich, and a rising star in the political firmament. 他十分富有,并且是政治高层一颗冉冉升起的新星。
    72 mound [maʊnd] unCzhy   第9级
    n.土墩,堤,小山;vt.筑堤,用土堆防卫;vi.积成堆
    参考例句:
    • The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them. 勘探者爬上土丘去勘测周围的土地。
    • The mound can be used as our screen. 这个土丘可做我们的掩蔽物。
    73 onward [ˈɒnwəd] 2ImxI   第9级
    adj.向前的,前进的;adv.向前,前进,在先
    参考例句:
    • The Yellow River surges onward like ten thousand horses galloping. 黄河以万马奔腾之势滚滚向前。
    • He followed in the steps of forerunners and marched onward. 他跟随着先辈的足迹前进。
    74 twilight [ˈtwaɪlaɪt] gKizf   第7级
    n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期
    参考例句:
    • Twilight merged into darkness. 夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
    • Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth. 薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
    75 mighty [ˈmaɪti] YDWxl   第7级
    adj.强有力的;巨大的
    参考例句:
    • A mighty force was about to break loose. 一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
    • The mighty iceberg came into view. 巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
    76 subsist [səbˈsɪst] rsYwy   第10级
    vi.生存,存在,供养
    参考例句:
    • We are unable to subsist without air and water. 没有空气和水我们就活不下去。
    • He could subsist on bark and grass roots in the isolated island. 在荒岛上他只能靠树皮和草根维持生命。
    77 calamity [kəˈlæməti] nsizM   第7级
    n.灾害,祸患,不幸事件
    参考例句:
    • Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
    • The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity. 偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。
    78 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。
    79 vaguely [ˈveɪgli] BfuzOy   第9级
    adv.含糊地,暖昧地
    参考例句:
    • He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad. 他含糊其词地说了到国外工作的事。
    • He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes. 他迷迷糊糊的望着前面,对一切都视而不见。
    80 underlying [ˌʌndəˈlaɪɪŋ] 5fyz8c   第7级
    adj.在下面的,含蓄的,潜在的
    参考例句:
    • The underlying theme of the novel is very serious. 小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
    • This word has its underlying meaning. 这个单词有它潜在的含义。
    81 willows [ˈwiləuz] 79355ee67d20ddbc021d3e9cb3acd236   第8级
    n.柳树( willow的名词复数 );柳木
    参考例句:
    • The willows along the river bank look very beautiful. 河岸边的柳树很美。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Willows are planted on both sides of the streets. 街道两侧种着柳树。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    82 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。
    83 ripple [ˈrɪpl] isLyh   第7级
    n.涟波,涟漪,波纹,粗钢梳;vt.使...起涟漪,使起波纹; vi.呈波浪状,起伏前进
    参考例句:
    • The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake. 石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
    • The small ripple split upon the beach. 小小的涟漪卷来,碎在沙滩上。
    84 hesitation [ˌhezɪ'teɪʃn] tdsz5   第7级
    n.犹豫,踌躇
    参考例句:
    • After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last. 踌躇了半天,他终于直说了。
    • There was a certain hesitation in her manner. 她的态度有些犹豫不决。
    85 lessening ['lesnɪŋ] 7da1cd48564f42a12c5309c3711a7945   第7级
    减轻,减少,变小
    参考例句:
    • So however much he earned, she spent it, her demands growing and lessening with his income. 祥子挣多少,她花多少,她的要求随着他的钱涨落。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
    • The talks have resulted in a lessening of suspicion. 谈话消减了彼此的怀疑。
    86 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。
    87 warehouses [ˈwɛəhausiz] 544959798565126142ca2820b4f56271   第7级
    仓库,货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
    • Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。
    88 stranded ['strændid] thfz18   第8级
    a.搁浅的,进退两难的
    参考例句:
    • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
    • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
    89 vessel [ˈvesl] 4L1zi   第7级
    n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
    参考例句:
    • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai. 这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
    • You should put the water into a vessel. 你应该把水装入容器中。
    90 ebbing [ebɪŋ] ac94e96318a8f9f7c14185419cb636cb   第7级
    (指潮水)退( ebb的现在分词 ); 落; 减少; 衰落
    参考例句:
    • The pain was ebbing. 疼痛逐渐减轻了。
    • There are indications that his esoteric popularity may be ebbing. 有迹象表明,他神秘的声望可能正在下降。
    91 yearning ['jə:niŋ] hezzPJ   第9级
    a.渴望的;向往的;怀念的
    参考例句:
    • a yearning for a quiet life 对宁静生活的向往
    • He felt a great yearning after his old job. 他对过去的工作有一种强烈的渴想。
    92 oars [ɔ:z] c589a112a1b341db7277ea65b5ec7bf7   第7级
    n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • He pulled as hard as he could on the oars. 他拼命地划桨。
    • The sailors are bending to the oars. 水手们在拼命地划桨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    93 tints [tɪnts] 41fd51b51cf127789864a36f50ef24bf   第9级
    色彩( tint的名词复数 ); 带白的颜色; (淡色)染发剂; 痕迹
    参考例句:
    • leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶
    • The whole countryside glowed with autumn tints. 乡间处处呈现出灿烂的秋色。
    94 scotch [skɒtʃ] ZZ3x8   第9级
    n.伤口,刻痕;苏格兰威士忌酒;vi.粉碎,消灭,阻止;adj.苏格兰(人)的
    参考例句:
    • Facts will eventually scotch these rumours. 这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
    • Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey. 意大利多的是美景,真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。
    95 attic [ˈætɪk] Hv4zZ   第7级
    n.顶楼,屋顶室
    参考例句:
    • Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic. 屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
    • What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic? 顶楼上的材料怎么处理?
    96 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。
    97 awe [ɔ:] WNqzC   第7级
    n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧
    参考例句:
    • The sight filled us with awe. 这景色使我们大为惊叹。
    • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts. 正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
    98 humiliation [hju:ˌmɪlɪ'eɪʃn] Jd3zW   第7级
    n.羞辱
    参考例句:
    • He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
    • He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。
    99 miraculous [mɪˈrækjələs] DDdxA   第8级
    adj.像奇迹一样的,不可思议的
    参考例句:
    • The wounded man made a miraculous recovery. 伤员奇迹般地痊愈了。
    • They won a miraculous victory over much stronger enemy. 他们战胜了远比自己强大的敌人,赢得了非凡的胜利。
    100 wondrous [ˈwʌndrəs] pfIyt   第12级
    adj.令人惊奇的,奇妙的;adv.惊人地;异乎寻常地;令人惊叹地
    参考例句:
    • The internal structure of the Department is wondrous to behold. 看一下国务院的内部结构是很有意思的。
    • We were driven across this wondrous vast land of lakes and forests. 我们乘车穿越这片有着湖泊及森林的广袤而神奇的土地。
    101 vigor ['vɪgə] yLHz0   第7级
    n.活力,精力,元气
    参考例句:
    • The choir sang the words out with great vigor. 合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
    • She didn't want to be reminded of her beauty or her former vigor. 现在,她不愿人们提起她昔日的美丽和以前的精力充沛。
    102 machinery [məˈʃi:nəri] CAdxb   第7级
    n.(总称)机械,机器;机构
    参考例句:
    • Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast? 广播器材安装完毕了吗?
    • Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time. 机器应该随时注意维护。
    103 wharves [wɔ:vz] 273eb617730815a6184c2c46ecd65396   第9级
    n.码头,停泊处( wharf的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • They are seaworthy and can stand rough handling on the wharves? 适用于海运并能经受在码头上的粗暴装卸。 来自外贸英语口语25天快训
    • Widely used in factories and mines, warehouses, wharves, and other industries. 广泛用于厂矿、仓库、码头、等各种行业。 来自互联网
    104 hoarse [hɔ:s] 5dqzA   第9级
    adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的
    参考例句:
    • He asked me a question in a hoarse voice. 他用嘶哑的声音问了我一个问题。
    • He was too excited and roared himself hoarse. 他过于激动,嗓子都喊哑了。
    105 speck [spek] sFqzM   第9级
    n.微粒,小污点,小斑点
    参考例句:
    • I have not a speck of interest in it. 我对它没有任何兴趣。
    • The sky is clear and bright without a speck of cloud. 天空晴朗,一星星云彩也没有。
    106 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。

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