【雅思词汇习得法】成年人也会弄错的33个雅思词汇（下）

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22.Pallid (adj.) Pale; lacking liveliness. As in: "They pried off the lid

with their shovels, got out the body and dumped it rudely on the ground. The

moon drifted from behind the clouds and exposed the pallid face." —Mark Twain,

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

苍白的，无力的

23.Plaudits (n.) Enthusiastic approval; applause. As in: "Not in the clamor

of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in

ourselves, are triumph and defeat." —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poets

拥护;掌声

24.Promontory (n.) A high point of land projecting into the sea. As in: "High

on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse." ― Douglas Adams,

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

岬，海角

25.Prodigious (adj.) Amazing or impressive; enormous. As in: "There is

prodigious strength in sorrow and despair." ― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two

Cities

大量的;巨大的

26.Irascible (adj.) Easily angered. As in: "The threat sounded awful, but did

not alarm Jo, for she knew the irascible old gentleman would never lift a finger

against his grandson, whatever he might say to the contrary." —Louisa May

Alcott, Little Women

易怒的

27.Capitulate (v.) To stop resisting; surrender. As in: "I am ashamed to

think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead

institutions." ―Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

投降

28.Glut (v.) To fill to excess (think gluttony). As in: "To boundless

vengeance the wide realm be given, Till vast destruction glut the queen of

heaven!" —Homer, The Odyssey

吃得过多;充斥

29.Rote (n.) Mechanical or unthinking repetition. As in: "I am afraid of

getting married. Spare me from cooking three meals a day—spare me from the

relentless cage of routine and rote." —Sylvia Plath, Letters Home

机械重复;死记硬背

30.Dexterous (adj.) Skillful, especially with the hands. As in: "Just never

forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your

left." ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

(手)灵巧的

31.Tractable (adj.) Easily controlled or managed; malleable. As in: "…though

far from clever, she showed a tractable disposition, and seemed likely to give

them little trouble." —Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

32.Vaunted (adj.) Highly praised. As in: "And where is that band who so

vauntingly swore/ That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion/ A home and a

country should leave us no more!" —Francis Scott Key, "The Star-Spangled

Banner"

自吹自擂

容易控制的;可改变的

33.Rankle (v.) To cause anger or irritation; to fester. As in: "Blasted as

thou wert, my agony was still superior to thine, for the bitter sting of remorse

will not cease to rankle in my wounds until death shall close them forever."

―Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

使......痛苦，使......怨恨

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