SAT(Barrons)巴朗3500基础词汇(List 14)

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SAT1(Barrons)巴朗3500基础词汇

Word List 14derogatory-disgruntle

derogatory ADJ./贬低的，贬损的/expressing a low opinion. I resent your derogatory

remarks.

descant V./全面而详细的讨论/discuss fully. He was willing to descant upon any topic

of conversation, even when he knew very little about the subject under

discussion. also N.

descry V./看到/catch sight of. In the distance, we could barely descry the

enemy vessels.

desecrate V./亵渎/profane; violate the sanctity of. Shattering the altar and

trampling the holy objects underfoot, the invaders desecrated the sanctuary.

desiccate V./弄干/dry up. A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of

how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to preserve it.

desolate ADJ./荒无人烟的/unpopulated. After six months in the crowded, bustling

metropolis, David was so sick of people that he was ready to head for the most

desolatepatch of wilderness he could find.

desolate V./放弃/rob of joy; lay waste to; forsake. The bandits desolated the

countryside, burning farms and carrying off the harvest.

despise V.look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful. Mr. Bond, I

despise spies; I look down on them as mean, despicable, honorless men, whom I

would wipe from the face of the earth with as little con­cern as I would scrape

dog droppings from the bottom of my shoe.

despoil V./掠夺/plunder. If you do not yield, I am afraid the enemy will

despoil the countryside.

despondent ADJ./忧郁的;沮丧的/depressed; gloomy. To the dismay of his parents,

William became seriously despondent after he broke up with Jan; they despaired

of finding a cure for his gloom. despondency, N.

despot N./暴君/tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler. How could a benevolent king

turn overnight into a despot?

destitute ADJ./一贫如洗/extremely poor. Because they had no health insurance, the

father's costly illness left the family destitute.

desultory ADJ./慢无目的的;断断续续的/aimless; haphazard; digressing at random. In

prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the

dictionary; to him, reading was purposeful, not desultory.

detached ADJ./分离的/emotionally removed; calm and objective; physically

unconnected. A psychoanalyst must maintain a detached point of view and stay

uninvolved with his or her patients' personal lives. To a child growing up in an

apart­ment or a row house, to live in adetached house was an unattainable

dream.

detergent N./洗洁精;洗涤剂/cleansing agent. Many new detergents have replaced

soap.

determination N./决定;测量，计算;解决/resolve; measurement or calculation; decision.

Nothing could shake his determination that his children would get the best

education that money could buy. Thanks to my pocket calculator, my determination

of the answer to the problem took only seconds of my time.

deterrent N./挫败;使气馁/something that discourages; hindrance. Does the threat of

capital punishment serve as a deterrent to potential killers? deter,V.

detonation N./引爆，爆炸/explosion. The detonation of the bomb could be heard

miles away.

detraction N./诽谤/slandering; aspersion. He is offended by your frequent

detractions of his ability as a leader.

detrimental ADJ./有害的/harmful; damaging. The candidate's acceptance of major

financial contributions from a well­known racist ultimately proved detrimental

to his campaign, for he lost the backing of many of his early grassroots

sup­porters. detriment, N.

deviate V./背离/turn away from (a principle, norm); depart; diverge. Richard

neverdeviated from his daily routine: every day he set off for work at eight

o'clock, had his sack lunch (peanut butter on whole wheat) at 12:15, and headed

home at the stroke of five.

devious ADJ./拐弯抹角的;偏僻的/roundabout; erratic; not straightforward. The Joker's

plan was so devious that it was only with great diffi­culty we could follow its

shifts and dodges.

devise V./设计;发明/think up; invent; plan. How clever he must be to have devised

such a devious plan! What ingenious inven­tions might he have devised if he had

turned his mind to science and not to crime.

devoid ADJ./缺乏的/lacking. You may think her mind is a total void, but she's

actually not devoid of intelligence. She just sounds like an airhead.

devotee N./热心的追随者/enthusiastic follower. A devotee of the opera, he bought

season tickets every year.

devout ADJ./虔诚的;诚恳的/pious. The devout man prayed daily.

dexterous ADJ./灵巧的;右撇子/skillful. The magician was so dexterous that we could

not follow him as he performed his tricks.

diabolical ADJ./恶魔的/devilish. "What a fiend I am, to devise such a diabolical

scheme to destroy Gotham City," chortled the Joker gleefully.

diagnosis N./诊断/art of identifying a disease; analysis of a con­dition. In

medical school Margaret developed her skill at diagnosis, learning how to read

volumes from a rapid pulse or a hacking cough. diagnose, V.; diagnostic,ADJ.

discomfit V./扰乱/put to rout; defeat; disconcert. This ruse will discomfitthe

enemy. discomfiture, N.discomfited,ADJ.

discomposure N./心乱;不安/agitation; loss of poise. Perpetually poised, Agent 007

never exhibited a moment's discompo­sure.

disconcert V./迷惑;扰乱;使难堪/confuse; upset; embarrass. The lawyer was

disconcerted by the evidence produced by her adversary.

disconsolateADJ./悲伤;沮丧/sad. The death of his wife left him dis­consolate.

discord N./冲突的;不和谐的/conflict; lack of harmony. Watching Tweedle­dum battle

Tweedledee, Alice wondered what had caused this pointless discord.

discordant ADJ./不和谐的;冲突的/not harmonious; conflicting. Nothing is quite so

discordantas the sound of a junior high school orchestra tuning up.

discount V./漠视;解散/disregard; dismiss. Be prepared to discount what he has to

say about his ex-wife.

discourse N./演讲;谈话/formal discussion; conversation. The young Plato was drawn

to the Agora to hear the philosophical dis­course of Socrates and his followers.

alsoV.

discredit V./不信任;丢脸/defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve. The campaign

was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to discredit the other.

discrepancy N./相差;缺乏一致/lack of consistency; difference. The police noticed

some discrepancies in his description of the crime and did not believe him.

discrete ADJ./分离;没有关系的/separate; unconnected. The universe is com­posed of

discrete bodies.

discretion N./判断力;审慎的/prudence; ability to adjust actions to circum­stances.

Use yourdiscretion in this matter and do not dis­cuss it with anyone.

discreet,ADJ.

discriminating ADJ./有识别能力的;有偏见的/able to see differences; prejudiced. A superb

interpreter of Picasso, she was sufficiently discrimi­nating to judge the most

complex works of modern art. (secondary meaning) discrimination, N.

discursive ADJ./散漫的;不得要领的/digressing; rambling. As the lecturer wan­dered

from topic to topic, we wondered what if any point there was to his discursive

remarks.

disdain V./蔑视/view with scorn or contempt. In the film Funny Face, the

bookish heroinedisdained fashion models for their lack of intellectual

interests. also N.

disembark V./登陆;靠岸/go ashore; unload cargo from a ship. Before the passengers

coulddisembark, they had to pick up their passports from the ship's purser.

disenfranchise V./剥夺(公民权)/deprive of a civil right. The imposition of the

poll tax effectively disenfranchised poor Southern blacks, who lost their right

to vote.

disengage V./脱离;分离/uncouple; separate; disconnect. A standard movie routine

involves the hero's desperate attempt to dis­engage a railroad car from a moving

train.

disfigure V./诬陷，抹黑，诽谤/mar in beauty; spoil. An ugly frown disfigured his

normally pleasant face.

disgorge V./吐出，涌出，呕吐/surrender something; eject; vomit. Unwilling to disgorge

the cash he had stolen from the pension fund, the embezzler tried to run

away.

disgruntle V./使郁闷/make discontented. The passengers were disgruntled by the

numerous delays.