malice:
/'mælɪs/ n.
(惡意) enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another | malicious:
/mə'lɪʃəs/ a. Syn. spiteful
(惡毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
masquerade:
/mæskə'reɪd/;/mæskə'rɛd/ n.
(化裝舞會,偽裝) assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks | maudlin:
/'mɔ:dlɪn/ a. Syn. sentimental
(多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
meander:
/mɪ'ændə(r)/ v.
(彎曲,蜿蜒) follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction | mediocre:
/mi:dɪ'oʊkə(r)/ a. Syn. ordinary; commonplace; average
(普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
mercenary:
/'mɜrsɪnərɪ/;/-nɛrɪ/ a.
(唯利是圖) interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army | meretricious:
/mɛrɪ'trɪʃəs/ a.
(華而不實的,俗豔的) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
meticulous:
/mɪ'tɪkjʊləs/ a. Syn. scrupulous; cautious
(小心翼翼的) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details | mettle:
/'mɛt(ə)l/ n. Syn. courage; spirit
(勇氣,精神) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
microcosm:
/'maɪkrəkɒz(ə)m/ n.
(微觀世界) small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something | mimic:
/'mɪmɪk/ v. Syn. imitate; copy
(模仿,摹擬) copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression |
misanthrope:
/'mɪsənθroʊp/ n.
(厭惡人類的人,憎人者) one who hates or mistrusts mankind | misnomer:
/mɪs'noʊmə(r)/ n.
(錯誤的名字,寫錯名字,用詞不當) error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object |
monologue:
/'mɒnəlɒg/ n.
(獨白,個人長篇演說) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy | morose:
/mə'roʊs/ a. Syn. sullen; gloomy
(鬱悶的,乖僻的) ill humored; sullen; depressingly dark; gloomy; persistent |
motley:
/'mɒtlɪ/ a. Syn. mixed; heterogeneous
(多彩的,雜色的,混合的) multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety | mottled:
/'mɒt(ə)ld/ a. Syn. spotted
(有斑點的,弄髒的) spotted with different shades or colors |
mundane:
/'mʌndeɪn/ a. Syn. worldly; earthly; secular
(世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary | murky:
/'mɜrkɪ/ a. Syn. vague
(暗的,模糊的,曖昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
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