4000 CAE Vocabulary List

a. 将来的,隐蔽的 beyond or outside of immediate interest; coming at a subsequent time or stage
Nowadays, people are alive to certain ulterior consequences that were at first overlooked.

a. 终极的 final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
As the ultimate arbiter of the Constitution, the Supreme Court occupies a central place in our government scheme.

n. 最后通牒 last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
He said it was a warning, not an ultimatum, aimed only at the capital's bandits.

a. 全体意见一致的 uniform; in complete agreement
At last, we got the unanimous decision.

a. 不能架桥的,不能逾越的 impassable; unable to be bridged or crossed; impossible to span
It is a broad, unbridgeable river.

a. 放肆的,肆虐的 violent; not restrained or controlled
They observed that, throughout history, experiments in unbridled democracy led to chaos.

a. 离奇的 strange; mysterious; peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature
Every night we hear the great owls hoot and laugh in uncanny fashion.

a. 地图上没标明的 not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan
Her election would also take France into totally uncharted territory - with a woman as president for the first time in its history.

a. 不合理的,不道德的,过度的 lacking conscience; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Such irrationality has its roots in unconscionable prejudice.

v. 经历,遭受 experience; suffer; pass through
In February, a court ruled that Mr. Doe should undergo a DNA test.

a. 不光明的,卑鄙的 short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception
This kind of underhanded behavior is the reason that independent bookstores are going out of business.

a. 根本的,在下面的,潜在的 lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
We face a combination of changes in underlying conditions not seen in almost a century.

v. 破坏 weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath
We should not allow this moment to undermine our commitment to South Africa, the constitution, and the reconstruction.

v. 强调 draw a mark or line under; emphasize; stress
Addressing the jogging class, Kim would underscore the importance to runners of good nutrition.

v. 出土,发掘 bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
When they unearth the city, the archeologists find many relics of an ancient civilization.

a. 失业的 jobless; idle; out of work
Unemployed workers marched on the capital.

ad. 不平坦地,不均衡地 irregularly; in an unequal or partial manner
The main problem with regular backpacks is that the weight is unevenly distributed.

a. 无忧无虑的 not bound by chains or shackle; not restricted
In the right hands, there's nobility in unfettered eccentricity.

v. 打开,显露 extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; happen
At last, it tried to unfold its arms and took the hookah out of its mouth again.

n. (传说中的)独角兽 fabulous animal with one horn
Adding consistency and predictability to magic just means a unicorn is a horse with a horn.