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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