1. exactly adv. 确切地，精确地，严密地，正是

Their answers are exactly the same.
他们的回答完全一样。

2. conduct n. 行为，举动，品行

The reporter was accused of unprofessional conduct.
那位记者被控有违反职业道德的行为。

3. apply vt. 应用，申请

This rule cannot be applied to every case.
这项规则不是所有情况都使用。

4. rural adj. 农村的

The dialect is spoken principally in the rural areas.
这种方言主要在农村地区使用。

5. barely adv. 少量地，几乎不地，勉强

Their wages are barely enough to keep the wolf from the door.
他们的工资勉强够维持生活的。

6. scruple n. 顾忌，迟疑

He has absolutely no scruples; he'll do anything to get what he wants.
他没有一点点顾忌，为了得到自己想要的东西，他什么事都做得出来。

7. provincial adj. 省的，地方的，偏狭的

The man displayed provincial attitudes towards the theatre.
这个人显示出对戏剧界的守旧态度。

8. elevated adj. 抬高的，高尚的，升高的 动词elevate的过去式和过去分词

an elevated mind
高尚的心灵

9. merely adv. 仅仅，只不过

Pretending to faint was merely an artifice.
假装昏迷只不过是个诡计。

10. detect v. 察觉，发觉，探测

They detected no defect in the product.
他们没发现产品有任何问题。

11. tendency n. 趋势，倾向

There is a growing tendency for people to work at home instead of in offices.
人们在家里而不是在办公室里工作的趋势日益增长。

12. insipid adj. 乏味的，枯燥的

The food was rather insipid, and needed gingering up.
这食物缺少味道，需要加点作料。

13. forbid vt. 禁止，不许，阻止

I forbid you to tell anyone.
我不许你告诉任何人。

14. effusion n. 流出，溢出

15. wit n. 智力，才智，机智

His wit sparkles.
他才华横溢。

16. rapture n. 狂喜

The mother gazed with rapture at her new born baby.
母亲着迷地凝视着她刚出生的婴儿。

17. consciousness n. 意识，知觉，自觉，觉悟

This experience helped to change her social consciousness.
这次经验有助于帮助她改变社会意识。

18. accomplished adj. 有造诣的，有才华的

My tutor is an accomplished scholar.
我的导师是一位学识渊博的学者。

19. ironic adj. 说反话的，讽刺的

His words are never ironic or sarcastic.
他的话从来都不是讥讽或挖苦的。