adjacent
adj.接近的；邻近的
No one in the adjacent apartments was awakened by their quarreling sounds.
他们的吵架声没有吵醒临近公寓的人。
calamity
n.不幸之事；灾难
The spring floods were a great calamity to the farmers whose crops and houses were ruined.
春天的洪水对农人来说是一大灾难，他们的农作物和房子都被破坏了。
devastate
v.毁灭，破坏
The floods and storms which have no precedent in the recorded no precedent inthe recorded history devastated the country.
历史上前所未有的洪水和台风，摧毁了这个国家。
exultant
adj.狂欢的，大喜的
The exultant players were dancing on the ground over their team's victory.
欣喜苦狂的球员们为他们的胜利，在球场上跳着舞。
inexhaustible
ajd.地穷无尽的
The wealth of our country seems inexhaustible to many people abroad.
对许多海外人士而言，我们国家的财富似乎是无穷尽的。
maudlin
adj.易落泪的
We saw a maudlin movie about an orphan who lost his parents in the war.
我们看了部令人落泪的电影，内容是有关一个在战争中失去父母的孤儿。
plunder
v.抢夺
The enemies plundered all the valuable things they could find in the village.
敌人把在村中能够发现的所有的贵重物品都抢走了。
scrupulous
adj.谨慎的
A scrupulous man never fails to give back the borrowed money to its owner.
谨惧的人绝不会不还钱给债主。
sundry
adj.种种的
From sundry hints, I guessed I was to be given a bicycle for my birthday present.
从种种的暗示来看，我猜我生日时可得一辆脚踏车。
zealous
adj.热心的
The children made zealous efforts to clean up the house for the Christmas party.
孩子们为了圣诞宴会，热心势力地打扫屋子。
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altruistic
adj.利他的
We wonder if human beings are primarily altruistic or selfish.
不知道人类根本上是利他还是利己。
clamor
n.叫嚣
The public clamor for lower taxes continued year after year.
人民一年年持续着呼吁降低税率。
disintegrate
v.风化
The old manuscripts had been disintegrated into a pile of fragments and dust.
陈旧的手稿已风化成一堆碎片和纸屑。
forebear
n.祖先
Although Napoleon was Corsican, he is considered by most modern Frenchmen to have been French as their own forebears.
虽然拿破仑是科西嘉岛人，可是今日大多数的法国人仍认为他是他们的祖先法国人。
intact
adj.原封不动的
The money was returned intact by the boy who found it on the street.
那男孩把路上发现的钱，原封不动的送回去了。
molest
v.骚扰
We did not molest the big dog, because we were afraid of him.
我们没有去惊扰那只大狗，因为我们怕它。
profuse
adj.很多的
The mourner's profuse tears at the burial were heartbreaking.
丧礼时，送葬者太多的泪水使人哀伤。
slack
adj.懈怠的；疏忽的
He was slack in fulfilling his promises and responsibilities.
他对约定的事及其职责敷衍了事。
tart
adj.酸的
Tart apples taste sharp and are pleasantly acid in their taste.
酸苹果的味道酸，但酸得令人舒服。
viable
adj.可成立的
This plan looks all right in principle, but in practice it wouldn't be viable.
这个计划原则上没问题，可是事实上却无法成立。
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aslant
adj.斜的
The carpenter made the roof aslant to allow water to run down.
木匠把屋顶造斜使水使流下。
concede
v.承认
They conceded that victory was no longer attainable and agreed to a negotiated surrender.
他们承认无法获胜，并同意判投降。
distrust
v.不信任的
She could no tallow the stranger to enter her house, for the distrusted him.
她不允许那个陌生人进入房子，因为她不信任他。
groggy
adj.不稳定的
The table is very groggy. I think the leg is going to fall off.
那桌子非常不稳，我想桌脚快断了。
intrepid
adj.勇敢的
The intrepid fireman saved persons trapped in a burning building disregarding of his own safety.
勇敢的救火员，不顾自己的安全，救出了困在失火屋里的人。
overbearing
adj.傲慢的
We found it hard to like the boy because of his overbearing manners.
那男孩傲慢的态度，因此我们发觉很难喜欢他。
rash
adj.鲁莽的；冒失的
Only a rash person would have rushed into the burning house to save some clothes.
只有鲁莽的人才会冲进失火的屋中，去救一些衣服。
sporadic
adj.零星的
Though polio has been practically wiped out, there have been sporadic cases of the disease.
虽然小儿麻痹症已差不多被消灭，可是仍有一些零星的病例。
toxic
adj.有毒的
Fumes from automobiles and factory chimneys are toxic.
汽车和工厂烟囱所排出的烟是有毒的。
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avert
v.避免；防止
The driver averted an accident by a quick turn of the steering wheel.
那司机将方向盘急转，避免了一次意外。
deduce
v.推论
Mother deduced from my loss of appetites what had happened to the cookies.
母亲从我没有食欲，推知饼干被吃掉了。
embark
v.1.搭载 2.从事；着手
Our ship embarked passengers and wool at an Australian port.
我们的船在澳洲港口载了乘客及羊毛。
After leaving college, the young man embarked on a new business career.
那年轻人大学毕业后，从事一项新行业。
humiliate
v.使丢脸
The boy humiliated his parents by behaving badly in front of the guests.
那男孩在客人面前表现不好，使父母失蒙羞。
jovial
adj.快乐的
A gregarious man, he enjoyed the companionship of a large number of jovial friends.
他是爱社交的人，喜欢和一大群快乐的朋友作伴。
pastime
n.消遣；娱乐
Baseball has been called America's national pastime.
棒球一直被称为美国全国性的消遣。
renounce
v.放弃
The prince renounced his right to the throne.
王子放弃王位继承权。
snug
adj.温暖的
My grandmother likes to read a newspaper in a snug corner near the fireplace.
我祖母喜欢在火炉旁的温暖角落里看报纸。
umpteen
adj.很多的
She doesn't need to borrow a book because she's got umpteen books waiting to be read at home.
她不需借书，因为家中已有一大堆的书等着她去看。
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blur
v.弄脏
The boy blurred the picture by touching it before the paint was dry.
那男孩在颜料未干前用手碰，弄脏了画。
demolish
v.破坏
The slums were demolished before the town was extended.
此镇在扩展前，先扫除了贫民窟。
enslave
v.奴役
Education makes people easy to govern but impossible to enslave.
教育使人容易去管理，但不可能去奴役。
impede
v.阻碍
Many a man is impeded in his career by a lack of belief in himself.
许多人因缺乏自信，而阻碍了自己的成功。
lull
v.使人睡使安静
The mother lulled the baby to sleep by singing a song.
母亲唱歌使婴儿入睡。
plaintiff
n.原告
In the court the plaintiff asserted that the thief had stolen two hundred dollars from his store.
法庭上，原告声称小偷从他店里偷去两百元。
robust
adj.强壮的
He was strong and healthy, but he's never been robust since his illness.
他健康有力，可是自从生病后，就不再强壮了。
strenuous
adj.辛苦的
We had a strenuous day moving into our new house.
我们辛苦一天，搬进了新居。
vitiate
v.1.使污浊 2.使无效
Pollution from smoke and dust vitiates the air.
烟尘的污染使空气污浊。
All his attempts to improve were vitiated by his lack of will-power.
由于缺乏意志力，他想改良的尝试全部无效。