abdicate
v.放弃权力
When the king abdicated his throne, his brother succeeded him.
国王逊位时，其弟继承王位。
accrue
v.自然增殖，自然增加
Ability to think clearly will accrue to you from good habits of study.
你的思考能力将因良好的学习习惯而自然增进。
badger
v.困扰
The salesman has been badgering my father for two weeks to buy a new car.
二个多礼拜来，那推销员一直缠着我父亲，要求他买新车。
baffle
v.使困惑；使迷惑
They succeeded in baffling the enemy's attack plans.
他们成功地扰乱了敌人的攻击计划。
conjecture
v.推测；猜想
He conjectured that his new stocks would rise on the stock market.
他猜他的新股票价格在股票市场会上升。
derange
v.使错乱；扰乱
The poor woman's mind has been deranged for many years.
那女人已精神错乱好几年了。
fiend
n.恶魔；穷凶极恶的人
The natives thought the explorer was possessed by a fiend.
土著们认为探险家被恶魔附身。
pine
v.渴望；苦思
The mother was pining to see her son and daughter.
母亲渴望见到她的子女。
smother
v.使窒息；闷死
The gas almost smothered the coal miners but they got out in time.
煤矿工差点被瓦斯闷死，好在他们及时逃出。
throb
v.悸动；跳动
The long climb up the mountain made her heart throb rapidly.
长程爬山使她的心快速跳动。
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broth
n.煮肉的清汤
Many people usually drink hot broth when thay are sick.
很多人在生病时喝热的肉汤。
crevice
n.裂缝；破口
Some tiny plants grow in the crevice of the stong wall.
有些小植物从石墙的裂缝中长出来。
demean
v.贬抑；降低
The duke's son demeaned himself by doing manual labor with his servants.
公爵的儿子降低自己的身份和佣人一起做工。
foster
n.养育；看护
We fostered the young girl while her mother was in hospital.
当这个小女孩的母亲在医院时，我们照顾她。
incentive
n.刺激；鼓励
Our country has prospered by various incentive systems.
我们的国家因各种不同的奖励制度而繁荣起来。
maze
n.迷宫
A guide led us through the maze of tunnels in the cave.
向导带领我们通过山洞里如迷宫般的隧道。
pore
1.v.熟读；熟视 2.n.毛孔；孔
She pored over the picture book in silence enjoying the various colors.
她默默地读那图画书，欣赏着各种不同的颜色。
Like human skin, soil has holes that are called pore.
和人类的皮肤一样，土壤也有许多洞叫做毛细孔。
rubbish
n.废物；垃圾
Pick up the rubbish and throw it in the garbage can.
把废物捡起来丢进垃圾桶内。
speculate
v.沉思；思索
We don't need to speculate about the possible winner in the game.
我们不必去想谁可能是这场比赛的赢家。
transfix
v.刺穿
Sweet music caught and held him transfixed against the iron fence.
甜美的音乐穿过了铁墙而紧紧地扣住他的心弦。
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anomaly
n.反常之事物
A bird that cannot fly is an anomaly.
一只不能飞的鸟是异常的。
converge
v.集中于一点
If you look at the end of your nose, your eyes converge.
你如望着你的鼻尖，你的两眼就向一点集中。
duplicate
adj.完全相同的；副的
We have a duplicate key to the front door.
我们有一把开前门用的相同的钥匙。
epoch
n.纪元；时代
There were few peaceful epochs in the history of our country.
我国的历史中，很少有和平的时期。
gaunt
adj.憔悴的；骨瘦如柴的
Hunger and suffering from cold had made the lost hikers gaunt.
迷路的徒步旅行者因饥饿和寒冷而骨瘦如柴。
incessant
adj.不断的
The incessant barking of the dog kept him awake through the night.
不断的狗叫声使他整夜未能入睡。
mute
adj.沉默的；无言的
Though the teacher asked a simple question about her parents the little girl stood mute with embarrassment.
虽然老师只问了一个有关她父母亲的简单问题，但那小女孩无言地站着，似乎很困窘的样子。
partisan
n.帮伙，同党者
He was a passionate partisan of these people and had organized a Worker's Union.
他是这些人的热心伙伴，组织了一个工会。
scan
v.1.细察；审视 2.匆匆一阅
The parents of the sick boy scanned the doctor's face for a sign of hope.
病孩的父母审视医生的脸，相查明是否有希望的征兆。
She scanned the newspaper in a few minutes.
她在几分钟之内把报纸大略翻阅一下。
stab
v.刺；刺伤
He stabbed a piece of meat from the plate with his fork.
他用叉子从盘中叉了一片肉来。
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botch
v.因工作笨拙而弄坏
I tried to cook a nice dinner, but I'm afraid I've rather botched it.
我想煮一顿美好的晚餐，但却恐怕把它弄坏了。
chafe
v.擦热；擦痛
Her new shoes chafed the skin on both her feet.
她的新皮鞋把她两只脚弄痛了。
dissipate
v.1.使消散；驱散 2.浪费
After a brisk morning wind dissipate the clouds, the sky was clear all day.
早上一阵强风把云吹散后，一整天天空万里无云。
The foolish son dissipated is fathers' fortune by spending it on drinking and gambling.
愚蠢的儿子把父亲的财产乱花在喝酒和赌博上。
efface
v.消除；抹杀
The inscriptions on the ancient monuments have been effaced by time.
古代石碑上的文字，已经因时间长久而磨蚀去。
glint
n.闪烁；闪光
There was a glint in her eyes that showed she was angry.
她眼中有生气的眼神。
onerous
adj.繁重的；烦苛的
Overtime work is often onerous, though it is well paid.
加班的工作报酬很好，但常常是很繁重的。
iterate
v.重做；重述
The girl did not move though the policeman iterated his command that she go.
警察重述他的命令叫她走，她还是没走。
propensity
n.倾向；嗜好；习性
Most boys have a propensity of playing with machinery.
大多数的男孩子有玩机械的倾向。
singe
v.微烧；烫焦
Mother singed chicken to get rid of hairs.
母亲把鸡稍稍烧了一下，以便去毛。
strut
v.昂首阔步
The little boy put on his father's medals and strutted aroundthe room.
那孩子佩上他父亲的勋章，昂首阔步在房内走来走去。
unravel
v.解开；阐明
There are many kinds of diseases that medical science is yet to unravel.
有多种疾病医学尚无方法解决。
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bellow
v.大声呼叫；怒吼
He bellowed in pain when the hammer came down on his finger.
当铁锤砸到手指时，他痛得大叫。
cloak
n.1.宽大有袖或无袖的外衣 2.掩饰；隐匿
The horseback rider drew his cloak tightly around him in the rian.
在雨中，马背上的骑士把外衣拉紧。
His friendly behavior was a cloak for his evil intention.
他友善的行为掩饰他的恶意。
devout
adj.虔诚的
The ministry was a very devout man and devoted his whole life to Christian mission work.
那位牧师是位虔诚的教徒，把他的一生献于基督教传教工作。
guise
n.装束；外貌
A man appeared at the castle gate in the guise of a woodcutter.
有一个有以樵夫的装束出现在城堡的大门口。
latent
adj.隐藏的；不易被察觉
The power of a grain of wheat to grow into a plant remains latent if it is not planted.
如果不种植的话，一颗麦子长成一株植物的力量仍然潜在着。
pawn
v.典当；抵押
He pawned his watch to buy food until be could get a job.
他把表当了去买食物，直到他有工作再赎回来。
quake
v.震动；战栗
When the cannon was fired, the earth quaked under his feet.
当开炮时，地在他脚下震动。
sequel
n.继续，结果
Famine has often been the sequel of war.
饥饿常是战争的结果。
salvage
n.对海上遇险的船舶，船员及货物的救护
After the ship sank, salvage of its cargo was impossible
船沉了之后，货物是不可能被救起来的。
virtual
adj.实质上的；事实上的
The battle was won with so great a loss of soldiers that it was a virtual defeat.
该仗的获胜损失兵员甚多；故实际等于是一次败仗。
wizard
n.男巫
He does things that are marvellous or apparently impossible;he is a wizard.
他能做奇异的或显然不可能的事；他真是个巫师。