SAT(Barrons)巴朗3500基础词汇(List 15)

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SAT1(Barrons)巴朗3500基础词汇

Word List 16duration-encroachment

duration N./持续时间/length of time something lasts. Because she wanted the

children to make a good impression on the din­ner guests, Mother promised them a

treat if they'd behave for the duration of the meal.

duress N./(非法的)限制，关押/forcible restraint, especially unlawfully. The hostages

were held under duress until the prisoners' demands were met.

dutiful ADJ./恭敬的;尊重的/respectful; obedient. When Mother told Billy to kiss

Great-Aunt Hattie, the boy obediently gave the old woman a dutiful peck on her

cheek.

dwarf V./使看上去矮小/cause to seem small. The giant redwoods and high cliffs

dwarfedthe elegant Ahwahnee Hotel, making it appear a modest lodge rather than

an imposing hostelry.

dwindle V./缩水;减少/shrink; reduce. The food in the life boat gradu­ally

dwindled away to nothing; in the end, they ate the ship's cook.

dynamic ADJ./充满活力的/energetic; vigorously active. The dynamic aerobics

instructor kept her students on the run; she was a little dynamo.

earthy ADJ./粗糙的;未加工的/unrefined; coarse. His earthy remarks often embarrassed

the women in his audience.

ebb V./衰退/recede; lessen. Sitting on the beach, Mrs. Dalloway watched the

tide ebb:the waters receded, drawing away from her as she sat there all alone.

also N.

ebullient ADJ./热情的，激动的/showing excitement; overflowing with enthu­siasm.

Amy'sebullient nature could not be repressed; she' was always bubbling over with

excitement. ebullience, N.

eccentric ADJ./古怪的，奇怪的/irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre. The comet veered

dangerously close to the earth in its eccentric orbit. People came up with some

eccentricideas for deal­ing with the emergency: someone even suggested tieing a

knot in the comet's tail!

eccentricityN./怪僻，古怪;特性/oddity; idiosyncrasy. Some of his friends tried to

account for his rudeness to strangers as the eccen­tricity of genius.

ecclesiasticADJ./神职的/pertaining to the church. The minister donned his

ecclesiastic garb and walked to the pulpit. also N.

eclectic ADJ./折衷的/composed of elements drawn from dis­parate sources. His

style of interior decoration was eclec­tic: bits and pieces of furnishings from

widely divergent periods, strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique decor.

eclecticism, N.

eclipse V./超越;衰落;失色/darken; extinguish; surpass. The new stock market

higheclipsed the previous record set in 1995.

ecologist N./生态学家/a person concerned with the interrelationship between

living organisms and their environment. The ecolo­gist was concerned that the

new dam would upset the nat­ural balance of the creatures living in Glen

Canyon.

economy N./俭省节约的，经济的/efficiency or conciseness in using something. Reading

the epigrams of Pope, I admire the economy of his verse: in few words he conveys

worlds of meaning. (sec­ondary meaning)

ecstasy N./全神贯注，入迷，高兴/rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion. When Allison

received her long-hoped-for letter of acceptance from Harvard, she was in

ecstasy.ecstatic,ADJ.

eddy N./漩涡/swirling current of water, air, etc. The water in the tide pool

was still, except for an occasional eddy.

edict N./法令，号令;布告/decree (especially issued by a sovereign); official

command. The emperor issued an edict decreeing that everyone should come see him

model his magnificent new clothes.

edify V./教导;启迪，陶冶/instruct; correct morally. Although his purpose was to

edifyand not to entertain his audience, many of his listeners were amused rather

than enlightened.

eerie ADJ./怪异的/weird. In that eerie setting, it was easy to believe in ghosts

and other supernatural beings.

efface V./抹掉/rub out. The coin had been handled so many times that its date

had beeneffaced.

effectual ADJ./有效的/able to produce a desired effect; valid. Medical

researchers are concerned because of the devel­opment of drug-resistant strains

of bacteria; many once useful antibiotics are no longer effectual in curing

bacterial infections.

effervescence N./泡腾，沸腾;兴奋，活泼/inner excitement or exuberance; bub­bling from

fermentation or carbonation. Nothing depressed Sue for long; her natural

effervescence soon reasserted itself. Soda that loses its effervescence goes

flat. efferves­cent, ADJ.effervesce,V.

efficacy N./功效/power to produce desired effect. The efficacy of this drug

depends on the regularity of the dosage. effica­cious,ADJ.

effigy N./假人(被人憎恨的，如秦桧)/dummy. The mob showed its irritation by hanging the

judge in effigy.

effrontery N./厚颜无耻/shameless boldness. She had the effrontery to insult the

guest.

effusive ADJ./激情澎湃的/pouring forth; gushing. Her effusive manner of greeting

her friends finally began to irritate them. effu­sion, N.

egoism N./自我中心，利己主义/excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should

be interested in one's self rather than in others. His egoism prevented him from

seeing the needs of his col­leagues.

egotistical ADJ./极度自我中心;自以为是，逞能/excessively self-centered; self-important;

conceited. Typical egotistical remark: "But enough of this chit-chat about you

and your little problems. Let's talk about what's really important: Me!"

egregious ADJ./及其令人痛恨的，声名狼藉;令人吃惊的/notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking.

She was an egregious liar; we all knew better than to believe a word she said.

Ed's housekeeping was egregious: he let his dirty dishes pile up so long that

they were stuck together with last week's food.

egress N./出口/exit. Barnum's sign "To the Egress" fooled many people who

thought they were going to see an animal and instead found themselves in the

street.

ejaculation N./迸出;惊叹/exclamation. He could not repress an ejacu­lation of

surprise when he heard the news.

elaborationN./细节;复杂/addition of details; intricacy. Tell what hap­pened

simply, without any elaboration. elaborate,V.

elated ADJ./过分高兴的;兴高采烈/overjoyed; in high spirits. Grinning from ear to ear,

Bonnie Blair was clearly elated by her fifth Olympic gold medal. elation, N.

elegy N./挽歌，悲歌/poem or song expressing lamentation. On the death of Edward

King, Milton composed the elegy "Lyci­das." elegiacal,ADJ.

elicit V./得出/draw out by discussion. The detectives tried to elicit where he

had hidden his loot.

elixir N./包治百病，万能药/cure-all; something invigorating. The news of her chance

to go abroad acted on her like an elixir.

ellipsis N./省略/omission of words from a text. Sometimes an ellipsis can lead

to a dangling modifier, as in the sentence "Once dressed, you should refrigerate

the potato salad."

elliptical ADJ./椭圆的;有意模棱两可的/oval; ambiguous, either purposely or because key

words have been left out. An elliptical billiard ball wobbles because it is not

perfectly round; an elliptical remark baffles because it is not perfectly

clear.

eloquence N./雄辩;修辞/expressiveness; persuasive speech. The crowds were stirred

by Martin Luther King's eloquence. elo­quent,ADJ.

elucidate V./解释;启迪/explain; enlighten. He was called upon to elu­cidate the

disputed points in his article.

elusive ADJ./难懂的，难捉摸的;令人困惑的/evasive; baffling; hard to grasp. Trying to pin

down exactly when the contractors would be finished remodeling the house, Nancy

was frustrated by their elusive replies. elude,V.

emaciated ADJ./瘦弱的，脆弱的/thin and wasted. His long period of starva­tion had

left himemaciated.

emanate V./散发，发出/issue forth. A strong odor of sulphur emanated from the

spring.

emancipateV./释放，解放/set free. At first, the attempts of the Aboli­tionists to

emancipate the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.

embargo N./禁运/ban on commerce or other activity. As a result of the embargo,

trade with the colonies was at a standstill.

embark V./开始旅程，开始，登机，上船，上车/commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a

journey. In devoting herself to the study of gorillas, Dian Fossey embarked on a

course of action that was to cost her her life.

embed V./封装，嵌入，插入/enclose; place in something. Tales of actual his­torical

figures like King Alfred have become embedded in legends.

embellish V./装饰/adorn; ornament. The costume designer embellished the leading

lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.

embezzlement N./偷窃，侵占/stealing. The bank teller confessed his embezzlement of

the funds.

embody V./具体化;包含，收录/personify; make concrete; incorporate. Cheer­ing on his

rival Mark McGwire's efforts to break Roger Maris's home run record, Sammy Sosa

embodiedthe spirit of true sportsmanship.

embrace V./拥抱;接受，包含/hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encir­cle;

include. Clasping Maid Marian in his arms, Robin Hood embraced her lovingly. In

joining the outlaws in Sherwood Forest, she had openly embraced their cause.

embroider V./镶边，绣花;添油加醋/decorate with needlework; ornament with fancy or

fictitious details. For her mother's birthday, Beth embroidered a lovely design

on a handkerchief. When asked what made her late getting home, Jo embroidered

her account with tales of runaway horses and rescuing peo­ple from a ditch.

embroidery, N.

embroil V./连累，牵连;使其混乱，麻烦缠身/throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle.

He became embroiled in the heated discussion when he tried to arbitrate the

dispute.

embryonic ADJ./胚胎的;未开发的，原始的/undeveloped; rudimentary. The evil of class and

race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in an embry­onic state;

otherwise, it may grow to dangerous proportions. emend V.correct; correct by a

critic. The critic emended the book by selecting the passages which he thought

most appropriate to the text.

emendationN./改进;修订/correction of errors; improvement. Please initial all

theemendations you have made in this contract.

eminent ADJ./高的/high; lofty. After his appointment to this emi­nent position,

he seldom had time for his former friends.

emissary N./代理;信使，使者/agent; messenger. The secretary of state was sent as the

president's special emissary to the conference on disarmament.

emollient N./缓和，安抚/soothing or softening remedy. The nurse applied an

emollienttothe inflamed area. also ADJ.

empathy N./移情作用，心入/ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.

What made Ann such a fine counselor was her empa­thy, her ability to put herself

in her client's place and feel his emotions as if they were her own.

empathize,V.

empirical ADJ./经验主义/based on experience. He distrusted hunches and intuitive

flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on empirical data.

emulate V./仿效;抗衡/imitate; rival. In a brief essay, describe a person you

admire, someone whose virtues you would like to emulate.

enamored ADJ./爱情的;坠入爱河的/in love. Narcissus became enamored of his own

beauty.

encipher V./编码/encode; convert a message into code. One of Bond's first

lessons was how to encipher the messages he sent to Miss Moneypenny so that none

of his other lady friends could decipher them.

enclave N./飞地/territory enclosed within an alien land. The Vati­can is an

independentenclave in Italy.

encomium N./赞美之词/high praise; eulogy. Uneasy with the encomiums expressed by

his supporters, Tolkien felt unworthy of such high praise.

encompassV./包围/surround. Although we were encompassed by enemy forces, we

were cheerful for we were well stocked and could withstand a siege until our

allies joined us.

encroachment N./侵蚀;“和平演变”/gradual intrusion. The encroachment of the

factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.