abhor:
(憎恨) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate | abrasive:
(摩擦的,粗糙的,研磨劑) rubbing away; tending to grind down |
abrogate:
(廢除) abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority | absolution:
(赦免,免除) act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest |
abstain:
(控制,限制（自己）) refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice | abstemious:
(節制（飲食）,調節) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
abstruse:
(難以理解的,複雜的) obscure; profound; difficult to understand. | accolade:
(出名的大獎) award of merit; expression of approval; praise |
acquiesce:
(默許) assent; agree without protesting | acrid:
(尖銳,尖酸) unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent |
acrophobia:
(恐高症) fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places | acuity:
(尖銳) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness |
adamant:
(堅硬,不動搖) extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding | adroit:
(熟練,有技巧) skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
adulation:
(奉承,恭維) excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise | adversity:
(貧困,不幸) state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune |
advocate:
(辯護) speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something | aesthetic:
(審美的) elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste |
affable:
(平易近人的) easily approachable; warmly friendly | alacrity:
(歡快的情緒) cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness |
alchemy:
(煉金術士) medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming | allay:
(平靜下來,（使）冷靜下來) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
alleviate:
(解脫,釋放,釋然) provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part | aloof:
(分離,保留) apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote |
amass:
(收集) collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit | ambiguity:
(模棱兩可) state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty |
ambiguous:
(模棱兩可) unclear or doubtful in meaning | ambivalence:
(矛盾的觀點或情緒) state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate |
ambulatory:
(可移動的,不固定) able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary | ameliorate:
(提高) make or become better; improve; grow better |
amiable:
(可愛的,友好的,愜意的) good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly | amity:
(友誼) friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
amorphous:
(無形的,不成形的) formless; lacking shape or definition | analgesic:
(止痛的) serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
analogous:
(類似的) comparable; similar or alike | anarchy:
(無政府主義) absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion |
anecdote:
(奇聞軼事) short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography | animosity:
(仇恨) bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act |
annex:
(接手) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit | annex:
(接手) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit |
anomaly:
(不規則,異常,反常) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order | antagonism:
(反抗,敵對) active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor |
antediluvian:
(遠古,上古,及其久遠) antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times | anthology:
(選集) book of literary selections by various authors |
antiquated:
(過時的,陳舊的) too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged | apathetic:
(冷漠的,無動於衷的) feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent |
apathy:
(漠不關心) lack of caring; indifference | apocryphal:
(假的,捏造的) untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious |
appease:
(平靜,安撫) bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve | apprehensive:
(恐懼的,擔心的) capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive |
arable:
(可耕種的) fit for growing crops, as by plowing | arbitrary:
(反复無常,隨機的) randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle |
arcane:
(秘密,謎) secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated | archaic:
(過時的) no longer current or applicable; antiquated |
bigot:
((宗教,政治等的)盲信者,頑固者) hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics | bilk:
(騙) defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from |
billowing:
(波濤翻滾) swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms | blasphemy:
(褻瀆) act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity |
blatant:
(喧鬧,俗麗) flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive | blighted:
(被毀壞的,受病害的) suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled |
blithe:
(歡樂,高興) gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted | bolster:
(支持,增援) support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion |
boorish:
(粗魯,笨拙) rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners | bourgeois:
(中產階級,平庸的) middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional |
braggart:
(自誇,吹噓) boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person | brevity:
(簡短,短暫) quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression |
broach:
(介紹,提出,引見) introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce | brusque:
(唐圖,直率,粗暴無禮) abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly |
bulwark:
(壁壘) earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends | bureaucracy:
(官僚機構) over-regulated administrative system |
burgeon:
(發芽,成長) grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly | burnish:
(擦拭) make shiny by rubbing; polish |
buttress:
(支持) support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence | cajole:
(哄騙,勾引) influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering |
caldron:
(大鍋) large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron | callow:
(年幼,稚嫩,無經驗) youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers |
candid:
(率直的,坦白的) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial | candor:
(開誠佈公,坦率) frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
cantankerous:
(脾氣壞,易發怒) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious | capacious:
(寬敞的) capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy |
capitulate:
(投降) surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply | carping:
(不公正的不合理的批評) fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censure |
cartographer:
(製圖者,制地圖的人) one who makes maps or charts | castigate:
(嚴厲批評,懲罰) criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication |
catharsis:
(導瀉,通便,疏泄) purging or cleansing of any passage of body | caucus:
(核心小組會議（秘密）) private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy |
caustic:
(腐蝕,挖苦) capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action | cavalcade:
(隊伍) ceremonial procession or display; succession or series |
celerity:
(速度) swiftness of action or motion; speed | censorious:
(批判的) critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure |
censure:
(責怪,批評) expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame | cerebral:
(腦的,智力的) relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional |
certitude:
(確實) state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence | chary:
(謹慎,吝嗇) cautious; sparing or restrained about giving |
chicanery:
(強辯,狡辯,欺騙) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry | chimerical:
(不現實,空想) fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
choleric:
(易發怒的,脾氣壞) hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger | circuitous:
(迂迴的) being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct |
circumlocution:
(迂迴累贅的話,遁詞) indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing | |
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