托福词汇课品质篇7.ppt

1、TOEFL vocabulary,品质篇,品质,Undaunted ,nd:ntid,Undaunted(使气馁） Adj. 勇敢的，无畏的 A long term of imprisonment and a dramatic escape had not daunted his fighting spirit. 长期的监禁及一次戏剧性的潜逃，并未挫折他的战斗精神。,Dauntless d:ntlis,Dauntless 无畏的；勇敢的；不屈不挠的 词根：daunt adj. daunting 使人畏缩的；使人气馁的；令人怯步的 adv. dauntingly 令人生畏地；吓人地 vt. da

2、unt 使气馁，使畏缩；威吓,Awkward :kwd,adj. 笨拙的；棘手的；不合适的 So, although it may seem awkward, the only way youll get to point this out is to just go ahead and do so.,同义词：clumsy (笨拙的)反义词：handy(灵巧的),disdain,disdaindisdein,Disdain n. 蔑视 vt. 鄙弃 I would certainly disdain to live in such tiny flats. 我当然不愿意住在这样小的单元房里,di

3、srespectfuldisri,spektful,Disrespectful adj. 无礼的；失礼的；不尊敬的 Everyones time is important and keeping people waiting is highly disrespectful,后缀less les,adv. 较少地；较小地；更小地 adj. 较少的；较小的,shame eim,n. 羞耻，羞愧；憾事，带来耻辱的人 vt. 使丢脸，使羞愧,Shameless eimlis,Shameless adj. 无耻的；不要脸的；伤风败俗的 What a shameful thing! But the sha

4、meless man felt no shame and no regret. 多可耻啊！但那个无耻之徒却没感到羞愧和悔恨。,recklessreklis,Reck vt. 顾虑 Reckless adj. 鲁莽的，不顾后果的；粗心大意的 Loose agreements have not proved strong enough to stop reckless behaviour,spine,spinelessspainlis,Spineless adj. 没有骨气的；无脊椎的；懦弱的,聪 明,同义词：acumen kju:men n. 聪明，敏锐,Acute kju:t 敏锐的,Tact

5、 tkt,T act 机智；老练；圆滑；鉴赏力,humane,humane hju:mein,adj. 仁慈的，人道的；高尚的 Any person who is really profoundly humane cant believe in everlasting punishment 真正非常慈悲的人决不会相信永远的惩罚。,meek mi:k adj. 温顺的；谦恭的；驯服的 affable fbl adj. 和蔼可亲的；友善的,近义词,Sly slai,Sly slai,adj. 狡猾的；淘气的；诡密的 He knew that once he had caught the sly f

6、ox he need not worry about him escaping 他知道已经收服了的老狐狸不怕他再脱逃。,Frugal fru:l,节 俭,canny kni,Canny 精明的，谨慎的；节约的 More recently, these collectors have realised that they have also been canny investors. 不久前，这些收藏家意识到他们同样也是精明的投资人。,Economical ,i:knmikl,Economical adj. 经济的；节约的；合算的 Engineers are forever seeking mo

7、re economical methods of solving old problems 工程师们常常探索解决老问题的更加经济的办法。,discretion,discretion diskren,n. 自由裁量权；谨慎；判断力；判定；考虑周到 词根：discrete adj. discrete 离散的，不连续的 discretionary 任意的；自由决定的 discretional 任意的（等于discretionary）；自由决定的 n. discrete 分立元件；独立部件,hardheadedh:dhedid,adj. 脚踏实地的；冷静的；无懈可击的；顽固的 The notion o

8、f ego and self-awareness has been the bedrock of the hardheaded rationalism of the last few centuries. 关于自我与自我意识的概念一直是近几个世纪来务实的理性主义的基础,sluggish sli,sluggish sli,adj.懒惰的,萧条的；迟钝的；行动迟缓的； n. 市况呆滞；市势疲弱 The mist, though sluggish and slow to move, was of a keenly searching kind. 雾虽然懒洋洋地移动很慢，倒是一种无孔不入的东西,ind

9、olent indlnt懒惰的 inertia in:i n. 惯性；惰性 sloth sl n.怠惰，懒惰 slothful sl:ful, slu- adj.偷懒的,robust rubst,robust rubst,adj. 强健的；健康的；粗野的；粗鲁的 Many expect the global economy to be robust enough to shake off American weakness. 许多人预期世界经济足够强劲，能够抛开美国的疲软。,firm f:m 结实的 Bob lifts weights everyday, so his muscles are

10、very firm stocky stki结实的 Many Eskimos are short and stocky,extravagant,extravagant ikstrvnt,Extravagant adj. 奢侈的；浪费的；过度的；放纵的 Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt. 尽管如此，它还是因为太过于奢侈而总是处于欠债当中。,greedy,greedy ri:di,adj. 贪婪的；贪吃的；渴望的 词根：greed adv. greedily 贪婪地；贪食地 n. greed 贪婪，贪心 greediness