/kɒnflə'greɪʃ(ə)n/ a. (大火災,大火) large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict After the conflagration had finally died down, the city center was nothing but a mass of blackened embers.
/fæ'stɪdɪəs/ a. (挑剔的,難伺候的) difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details Bobby was such a fastidious eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
/'mɔ:dlɪn/ a. Syn. sentimental (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental One moment he was in maudlin tears and the next he was cracking some miserable joke about the disaster.