4000 Eiken Vocabulary List

a. 难看的,丑陋的,令人讨厌的 offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; disagreeable aspect; unsightly
'If it had grown up,' she said to herself, 'it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.'

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.

ad. 最后,最终 as final consequence; at last; in the end
Every value they create ultimately belongs to each of us.

a. 超音速的,超声(波)的 supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
Jamster offers several different frequencies of ultrasonic ringtone for download.

a. 紫外线的 wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
Glass is almost perfectly opaque to deep ultraviolet, which is why it's hard to get a tan through a window.

a. 未装饰的,朴实的 without adornment; simple or plain; not admirable
She referred to an unadorned rectangular stone, perhaps two meters wide and three long, strangely scarred in places.

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

a. 无法忍受的,承受不住的 unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
I wouldn't be sitting there because I'm in unbearable pain.

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. 完整的,持续的 continuous, without interruption; intact
We lived together in unbroken harmony for twenty years.

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. 失去知觉的,无意的,潜意识 lacking awareness; senseless; unaware
So I think at this hour when I look back to the crisis through the quiet medium of time: I was unconscious of folly at the instant.

a. 非传统的 not conforming to accepted rules or standards
The mother's unconventional behavior also raised many conservative eyebrows.

a. 不足以令人相信的 not such as to convince or to impress seriously
Sorry – but this is unconvincing from a moral or strategic point of view.

v. 发现,揭示 remove the cover from; expose; disclose
We could have Mandarin uncover some secret, magical thing which makes him powerful.

v. 低估,看轻 make too low an estimate of the quantity; undervalue
One thing I think you underestimate is how much in the minority you are.

n. (尚未取得学位的)大学生 a university student who has not yet received the first degree
In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education, not equal to a bachelor's degree.

a. 地下的,地面下的 under the level of the ground; buried
I speak with several years of experience actually working in underground mines.

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.