4000 CPE Vocabulary List

a. 喝醉的,耍酒疯 drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness

n. 舞台背景,背景 background; the view behind something

n. 开玩笑,揶揄,取消 teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation

v. 挫败 frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of

n. 平衡 being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability

n. 大包裹 a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation

a. 恶意的,有害的 portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.

v. 反对,阻止 stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly

n. 配重,沙袋 heavy substance used to add stability or weight

n. 芭蕾舞 a sort of theatrical representation by dancers

a. 平凡,陈腐,老生常谈 obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality

n. 乐队指挥 a conductor of a band

v. 传话 discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly

n. 发出砰的一声,重击 a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success

v. 破产,生意失败 cause to become financially ruin; ruin

a. 可笑的,嘲弄的 good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone

n. 烤肉野餐 a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors

n. （吟游）诗人 poet, especially lyric poet

n. 谷仓,畜棚 an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

n. 气压计,晴雨表 an instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere