Barron词表 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ |
831. dais
释义: raised platform for guests of honor
例句: When he approached the dais, he was greeted by cheers from the people who had come to honor him.
832. dally
释义: trifle with; procrastinate
例句: Laertes told Ophelia that Hamlet could only dally with her affections.
833. dank
释义: damp
例句: The walls of the dungeon were dank and slimy.
834. dapper
释义: neat and trim
例句: In "The Odd Couple," Tony Randall played Felix Unger, an excessively dapper soul who could not stand to have a hair out of place.
835. dappled
释义: spotted
例句: The sunlight filtering though the screens created a dappled effect on the wall.
836. daub
释义: smear (as with paint)
例句: From the way he daubed his paint on the canvas, I could tell he knew nothing of oils.
837. daunt
释义: intimidate
例句: Your threats cannot daunt me.
838. dauntless
释义: bold
例句: Despite the dangerous nature of the undertaking, the dauntless soldier volunteered for the assignment.
839. dawdle
释义: loiter; waste time
例句: Inasmuch as we must meet a deadline, do not dawdle over this work.
840. deadlock
释义: standstill; stalemate
例句: The negotiations had reached a deadlock.
841. deadpan
释义: wooden; impassive
例句: We wanted to see how long he could maintain his deadpan expression.
842. dearth
释义: scarcity
例句: The dearth of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.
843. debacle
释义: breaking up; downfall
例句: This debacle in the government can only result in anarchy.
844. debase
释义: reduce to lower state
例句: Do not debase youself by becoming maudlin.
845. debauch
释义: corrupt; make intemperate
例句: A vicious newspaper can debauch public ideals.
846. debilitate
释义: weaken; enfeeble
例句: Overindulgence debilitates character as well as physical stamina.
847. debonair
释义: friendly; aiming to please
例句: The debonair youth was liked by all who met him, because of his cheerful and obliging manner.
848. debris
释义: rubble
例句: A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City, workers were still carting away the debris.
849. debunk
释义: expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule
例句: Pointing out that he conhsistently had voted afainst strenghtening antipollution legislation, reporters debunked the candidate's claim that he was a fervent environmentalist.
850. debutante
释义: yound woman making formal entrance into society
例句: As a debutante, she was often mentioned in the society columns of the newspapers.
851. decadence
释义: decay
例句: The moral decadence of the people was reflected in the lewd literature of the period.
852. decant
释义: pour off gently
例句: Be sure to decant this wine before serving it.
853. decapitate
释义: behead
例句: They did not hang Lady Jane Grey; they decapitated her.
854. decelerate
释义: slow down
例句: Seeing the emergency blinkers in the road ahead, he decelerated quickly.
855. deciduous
释义: falling off, as of leaves
例句: The oak is a deciduous tree.
856. decimate
释义: kill, usually one out of ten
例句: We do more to decimate our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.
857. decipher
释义: decode
例句: I could not decipher the doctor's handwriting.
858. declivity
释义: downward slope
例句: The children loved to ski down the declivity.
859. decollete
释义: having a low-cut neckline
例句: Fashion decrees that evening gowns be decollete this season; bare shoulders are again the vogue.
860. decomposition
释义: decay
例句: Despite the body's advanced state of decomposition, the police were able to identify the murdered man.
861. decorum
释义: propriety; seemliness
例句: Shocked by the unruly behavior, the teacher criticized the class for its lack of decorum.
862. decoy
释义: lure or bait
例句: The wild ducks were not fooled by the decoy.
863. decrepitude
释义: state of collagse caused by illness or old age
例句: I was unprepared for the state of decrepitude in which I had found my old friend; he seemed to have aged twenty years in six months.
864. decry
释义: express strong disapproval of ; disparage
例句: The founder of the Children's Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman, strongly decries the lack of financial and moral support for children in America today.
865. deducible
释义: derived byreasoning
例句: If we accept your premise, your conclusions are easily deducible.
866. deface
释义: mar; disfigure
例句: If you deface a library book, you will have to pay a hefty fine.
867. defamation
释义: harming a person's reputation
例句: Such defamation of character may result in a slander suit.
868. default
释义: failure to do
例句: As a result of her husband's failure to appear in court, she was granted a divorce by default.
869. defeatist
释义: resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome
例句: If you maintain your defeatist attitude, you will never succeed.
870. defection
释义: desertion
例句: The children, who had made him an idol, were hurt most by his defection from our cause.
871. deference
释义: courteous regard for another's wish
例句: In deference to his desires, the employers granted him a holiday.
872. defile
释义: pollute; profane
例句: The hoodlums defiled the church with their scurrilous writing.
873. definitive
释义: most reliable or complee
例句: Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln may be regarded as the definitive work on the life of the Great Emancipator.
874. deflect
释义: turn aside
例句: His life was saved when his cigarette case deflected the bullet.
875. defoliate
释义: destroy leaves
例句: In Vietnam the army made extensive use of chemical agents to defoliate the woodlands.
876. defray
释义: provide ofr the payment of
例句: Her employer offered to defray the costs of her postgraduate education.
877. defrock
释义: to strip a priest or minister of church authority
例句: We knew the minister had violated church regulations, but we had not realized his offense was serious enough to cause him to be defrocked.
878. deft
释义: neat; skillful
例句: The deft waiter uncorked the champagne without spilling a drop.
879. defunct
释义: dead; no longer in use or existence
例句: The lawyers sought to examine the books of the defunct corporation.
880. degenerate
释义: become worse; deteriorate
例句: As the fight dragged on, the champion's style degenerated until he could barely keep on his feet.
881. degraded
释义: lowered in rank; debased
例句: The degraded wretch spoke only of his past glories and honors.
882. dehydrate
释义: remove water from; dry out
例句: Vigorous dancing quickly dehydrates the body; between dances, be sure to drink more water than normal.
883. deify
释义: turn into a god; idolize
例句: Admire the rock star all you want; just don't deify him.
884. deign
释义: condescend
例句: He felt that he would debase himself if he deigned to answer his critics.
885. delete
释义: erase; strike out
例句: If you delete this paragraph, the composition will have more appeal.
886. deleterious
释义: harmful
例句: Workers in nuclear research must avoid the deleterious effects of radioactive substances.
887. deliberate
释义: consider; ponder; unhurried
例句: Offered the new job, she asked for time to deliberate before she made her decision.
888. delineate
释义: portray
例句: He is weakest when he attempts to delineate character.
889. delirium
释义: mental disorder marked by confusion
例句: The drunkard in his delirium saw strange animals.
890. delta
释义: flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river
例句: His dissertation discussed the effect of intermittent flooding on the fertility of the Nile delta.
891. delude
释义: deceive
例句: Do not delude yourself into believing that he will relent.
892. deluge
释义: flood; rush
例句: When we advertised the position, we received a deluge of applications.
893. delusion
释义: false belief; hallucination
例句: This scheme is a snare and a delusion.
894. delusive
释义: deceptive; raising vain hopes
例句: Do not raise your hopes on the basis of his delusive promises.
895. delve
释义: dig; investigate
例句: delving into old books and manuscripts is part of a researcher's job.
896. demagogue
释义: person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader
例句: He was accused of being a demogogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes in his listeners.
897. demean
释义: degrade; humiliate
例句: He felt that he would demean himself if he replied to the scurrilous letter.
898. demeanor
释义: behavior; bearing
例句: His sober demeanor quieted the noisy revelers.
899. demented
释义: insane
例句: She became increasingly demented and had to be hospitalized.
900. demise
释义: death
例句: Upon the demise of the dictator, a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.
901. demographic
释义: related to population balance
例句: In conducting a survey, one should take into account demographic trends in the region.
902. demolition
释义: destruction
例句: One of the major aims of the air force was the complete demolition of all means of transportation by the bombing of rail lines and the terminals.
903. demoniac
释义: fiendish
例句: The Spanish Inquisition devised many demoniac means of torture.
904. demotic
释义: pertaining to the people
例句: He lamented the passing of aristocratic society and maintained that a demotic society would lower the nation's standards.
905. demur
释义: delay; object
例句: To demur at this time will only worsen the already serious situation; now is the time for action.
906. demure
释义: grave; serius; coy
例句: She was demure and reserved.
907. denigrate
释义: blacken
例句: All attempts to denigrate the character of our late President have failed; the people still love him and cherish his memory.
908. denizen
释义: inhabitant of
例句: Ghosts are denizens of the land of the dead who return to earth.
909. denotation
释义: meaning; distinguishing by name
例句: A dictionary will always give us the denotation of a word; frequently, it will always give us its connotation.
910. denouement
释义: outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work
例句: The play was childishly written; the denouement was obvious to sophisticated theatergoers as early as the middle of the first act.
911. denounce
释义: condemn; critcize
例句: The reform candidate denounced the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust.
912. depict
释义: portray
例句: In this book, the author depicts the slave owners as kind and benevolent masters.
913. deplete
释义: reduce; exhaust
例句: We must wait until we deplete our present inventory before we order replacements.
914. deplore
释义: regret
例句: Although I deplore the vulgarity of your language, I defend your right to express yourself freely.
915. deploy
释义: move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expense of depth
例句: The general ordered the battalion to deploy in order to meet the offensive of the enemy.
916. depose
释义: dethrone; remove form office
例句: The army attempted to depose the king and set up a military government.
917. deposition
释义: testimony under oath
例句: He made his deposition in the judge's chamber.
918. depravity
释义: corruption; wickedness
例句: The depravity of the tyrant's behavior shocked us all.
919. deprecate
释义: express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
例句: A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy, Miss Post deprecated the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.
920. depreciate
释义: lessen in value
例句: If you neglect this properly, it will depreciate.
921. depredation
释义: plundering
例句: After the depredations of the invaders, the people were penniless.
922. deranged
释义: insane
例句: He had to be institutionalized because he was deranged.
923. derelict
释义: neglectful of duty; abandoned
例句: The corporal who fell asleep while on watch was thrown into the guardhouse for being derelic in his duty.
924. deride
释义: scoff at
例句: The people derided his grandiose schemes.
925. derision
释义: ridicule
例句: They greeted his proposal with derision and refused to consider it seriously.
926. derivative
释义: unoriginal; obtained from another source
例句: Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
927. dermatologist
释义: one who studies the skin and its diseases
例句: I advise you to consult a dermatologist about your acne.
928. derogatory
释义: expressing a low opinion
例句: I resent your derogatory remarks.
929. descry
释义: catch sight of
例句: In the distance, we could barely descry the enemy vessels.
930. desecrate
释义: profane; violate the sanctity of
例句: The soldiers desecrated the temple.
931. desiccate
释义: dry up
例句: A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to preserve it.
932. desolate
释义: rob of joy; lay waste to; forsake
例句: The bandits desolated the countryside, burning farms and carrying off the harvest.
933. desperado
释义: reckless outlaw
例句: Butch Cassidy was a bold desperado with a price on his head.
934. despicable
释义: contemptible
例句: Your despicable remarks call for no reply.
935. despise
释义: scorn
例句: I despise your attempts at a reconciliation at this time and refuse to meet you.
936. despoil
释义: plunder
例句: If you do not yield, I am afraid the enemy will despoil the countryside.
937. despondent
释义: depressed; gloomy
例句: To the dismay of his parents, he became more and more depondent every day.
938. despotism
释义: tyranny
例句: The people rebelled against the despotism of the king.
939. destitute
释义: extremely poor
例句: The costs of the father's illness left the family destitute.
940. desultory
释义: aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
例句: In prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him reading was purposeful, not desultory.
941. detached
释义: emotionally removed; calm and objective; indifferent
例句: A psychoanalyst must maintain a detached point of view and stay uninvolved with her patients' perssonal lives.
942. determinate
释义: having a fixed order of procedure; invariable
例句: At the royal wedding, the procession of the nobles followed a determinate order of precedence.
943. deterrent
释义: something that discourages; hindrance
例句: Does the threat of capital punishment serve as a deterrent to potential killers?
944. detonation
释义: explosion
例句: The detonation of the bomb could be heard miles away.
945. detraction
释义: slandering; aspersion
例句: He is offended by your frequent detractions of his ability as a leader.
946. detrimental
释义: harmful; damaging
例句: Your acceptance of her support will ultimately prove detrimental rather than helpful to your cause.
947. deviate
释义: turn away from
例句: Do not deviate from the truth; you must face the facts.
948. devious
释义: going astray; erratic
例句: Your devious behavior in this matter puzzles me since you are usually direct and straightforward.
949. devoid
释义: lacking
例句: He was devoid of any personal desire for gain in his endeavor to secure improvement in the community.
950. devolve
释义: deputize; pass to others
例句: It devolved upon us, the survivors, to arrange peace terms with the enemy.
951. devotee
释义: enthusiastic follower
例句: A devotee of the opera, he bought season tickets every year.
952. devout
释义: pious
例句: The devout man prayed daily.
953. dexterous
释义: skillful
例句: The magician was so dexterous that we could not follow his movements as he performed his tricks.
954. diabolical
释义: devilish
例句: This scheme is so diabolical that I must reject it.
955. diadem
释义: crown
例句: The king's diadem was on display at the museum.
956. dialectic
释义: art of debate
例句: I am not skilled in dialectic and therefore, cannot answer your arguments as forcefully as I wish.
957. diaphanous
释义: sheer; transparent
例句: They saw the burglar clearly through the diaphanous curtain.
958. diatribe
释义: bitter scolding; invective
例句: During the lengthy diatribe delivered by his opponent he remained calm and self-controlled.
959. dichotomy
释义: branching into two parts
例句: The dichotomy of our legislative system provides us with many safeguards.
960. dictum
释义: arthoritative and weighty statement
例句: She repeated the statement as though it were the dictum of the most expert worker in the group.
961. didactic
释义: teaching; instructional; preaching or moralizing
例句: The didactic qualities of his poetry overshadow its literary qualities; the lesson he teaches is more memorable than the lines.
962. die
释义: device for stamping or impressing; mold
例句: In coining pennies, workers at the old mint squeezed sheets of softened copper between two dies.
963. diffidence
释义: shyness
例句: You must overcome your diffidence if you intend to become a salesperson.
964. diffusion
释义: wordiness; spreading in all directions like a gas
例句: Your composition suffers from a diffusion of ideas; try to be more compact.
965. digression
释义: wandering away from the subject
例句: Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their offical theme; his digressions were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
966. dilapidated
释义: ruined because of neglect
例句: We felt that the dilapidated building needed several coats of paint.
967. dilate
释义: expand
例句: In the dark, the pupils of your eyes dilate.
968. dilatory
释义: delaying
例句: Your dilatory tactics may compel me to cancel the contract.
969. dilemma
释义: problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives
例句: In this dilemma, he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.
970. dilettante
释义: aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler
例句: He was not serious in his painting; he was rather a dilettante.
971. diligence
释义: steadiness of effort; persisten hard work
例句: Her employers were greatly impressed by her diligence and offered her a partnership in the firm.
972. dilute
释义: make less concentrated; reduce in strength
例句: She preferred her coffee diluted with milk.
973. diminution
释义: lessening; reduction in size
例句: The blockaders hoped to achieve victory as soon as the diminution of the enemy's supplies became serious.
974. din
释义: continued loud noise
例句: The din of the jackhammers outside the classroom window drowned out the lecturer's voice.
975. dinghy
释义: small boat (often ship's boat)
例句: In the film Lifeboat, an ill-assorted group of passengers from a sunken ocean liner are marooned at sea in a dinghy.
976. dingy
释义: dull; not fresh; cheerless
例句: Refusing to be depressed by her dingy studio apartment, Bea spent the weekend polishing the floors and windows and hanging bright posters on the walls.
977. dint
释义: means; effort
例句: By dint of much hard work, the volunteers were able to control the raging forest fire.
978. diorama
释义: like-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history
例句: Because they dramatically pose actual stuffed animals against realistic painted landscapes, the dioramas at the Museum of Natural History particularly impress high school biology students.
979. dire
释义: disastrous
例句: People ignored her dire predictions of an approaching depression.
980. dirge
释义: lament with music
例句: The funeral dirge stirred us to tears.
981. disabuse
释义: correct a false impression; undeceive
例句: I will attempt to diabuse you of your impression of my client's guilt; I know he is innocent.
982. disaffected
释义: disloyal
例句: Once the most loyal of Gorbachev's supporters, Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly disaffected.
983. disapprobation
释义: disapproval; condemnation
例句: The conservative father viewed his daughter's radical boyfriend with disapprobation.
984. disarray
释义: a disorderly or untidy state
例句: After the New Year's party, the once orderly house was in total disarray.
985. disavowal
释义: denial; disclaiming
例句: His disavowal of his part in the conspiracy was not believed by the jury.
986. disband
释义: dissolve; disperse
例句: The chess club disbanded after its disastrous initial season.
987. disburse
释义: pay out
例句: When you disburse money on the company's behalf, be sure to get a receipt.
988. discernible
释义: distinguishable; perceivable
例句: The ships in the harbor were not discernible in the fog.
989. discerning
释义: mentally quick and observant; having insight
例句: Because he was considered the most discerning member of the firm, he was assigned the most difficult cases.
990. disclaim
释义: disown; renounce claim to
例句: If I grant you this previlege, will you disclaim all other rights?
991. disclose
释义: reveal
例句: Although competitors offered him bribes, he refused to disclose any information about his company's forthcoming product.
992. discombobulated
释义: confused; discomposed
例句: The novice square dancer became so discombobulated that he wandered into wrong set.
993. discomfit
释义: put to rout; defeat; disconcert
例句: This ruse will discomfit the enemy.
994. disconcert
释义: confuse; upset; embarrass
例句: The lawyer was disconcerted by the evidence produced by her adversary.
995. disconcolate
释义: sad
例句: The death of his wife left him disconsolate.
996. discordant
释义: inharmonious; conflicting
例句: She tried to unite the discordant factions.
997. discount
释义: disregard
例句: Be prepared to discount what he has to say about his ex-wife.
998. discourse
释义: formal disscussion; conversation
例句: The young Plato was drawn to the Agora to hear the philosophical discourse of Socrates and his followers.
999. discredit
释义: defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
例句: The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to discredit the other.
1000. discrepancy
释义: lack of consistency; difference
例句: The police noticed some discrepancies in his description of the crime and did not believe him.
1001. discrete
释义: separate; unconnected
例句: The universe is composed of discrete bodies.
1002. discretion
释义: prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances
例句: Use your discretion in this matter and do not discuss it with anyone.
1003. discrimination
释义: ability to see differences; prejudice
例句: They feared he lacked sufficient discrimination to judge complex works of modern art.
1004. discursive
释义: digressing; rambling
例句: They were annoyed and bored by her discursive remarks.
1005. disdain
释义: treat with scorn or contempt
例句: You make enemies of all you disdain.
1006. disembark
释义: go ashore; unload cargo from a ship
例句: Before the passengers could disembark, they had to pick up their passports from the ship's purser.
1007. disenfranchise
释义: deprive of a civil right
例句: The imposition if the poll tax effectively disenfranchised poor Southern blacks, who lost their right to vote.
1008. disengage
释义: uncouple; separate; disconnect
例句: A standard movie routine involves the hero's desperate attempt to disengage a railroad car from a moving train.
1009. disfigure
释义: mar the appearance of; spoil
例句: An ugly frown disfigured his normally pleasant face.
1010. disgorge
释义: surrender something; efect; vomit
例句: Unwilling to disgorge the cash he had stolen from the pension fund, the embezzler tried to run away.
1011. disgruntle
释义: make discontented
例句: The passengers were disgruntled by the numerous delays.
1012. dishearten
释义: discourage
例句: His failure to pass the bar exam disheartened him.
1013. disheveled
释义: untidy
例句: Your disheveled appearance will hurt your chances in this interview.
1014. <disinclination
释义: unwilingness
例句: Some mornings I feel a great disinclination to get out of bed.
1015. disingenuous
释义: not naive; sophisticated
例句: Although he was young, his remarks indicated that he was disingenous.
1016. disinter
释义: dig up; unearth
例句: They disinterred the body and held an autopsy.
1017. disinterested
释义: unprejudiced
例句: The only disinterested person in the room was the judge.
1018. disjointed
释义: disconnected
例句: His remarks were so disjointed that we could not follow his reasoning.
1019. dislodge
释义: remove (forcible)
例句: Thrusting her fist up under the choking man's lower ribs, Margaret used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge the food caught in this throat.
1020. dismantle
释义: take apart
例句: When the show closed, they dismantled the scenery before restoring it.
1021. dismember
释义: cut into small parts
例句: When the Austrian Empire was dismembered, several new countries were established.
1022. dismiss
释义: eliminate from consideration; reject
例句: Believing in John's love for her, she dismissed the notion that he might be unfaithful.
1023. disparage
释义: belittle
例句: Do not disparage anyone's contribution; these little gifts add up to large sums.
1024. disparate
释义: basically different; unrelated
例句: It is difficult, if not impossible, to organize these disparate elements into a coherent whole.
1025. disparity
释义: difference; condition of inequality
例句: The disparity in their ages made no difference at all.
1026. dispassionate
释义: calm; impartial
例句: In a dispassionate analysis of the problem, he carefully examined the causes of the conflict and proceeded to suggest suitable remedies.
1027. dispatch
释义: speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed
例句: Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch; he then sent a dispatch to headquarters, informing his commander of the great victory.
1028. dispel
释义: scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
例句: The bright sunlight eventually dispelled the morning mist.
1029. disperse
释义: scatter
例句: The police fired tear gas into crowd to disperse the protesters.
1030. dispirited
释义: lacking in spirit
例句: The coach used all the tricks at his command to buoy up the enthusiasm of his team, which I had become dispirited at the loss of the star player.
1031. disport
释义: amuse
例句: The popularity of Florida as a winter resort is constantly increasing; each year, thousands more disport themselves at Miami and Palm Beach.
1032. disputatious
释义: argumentative; fond of argument
例句: People avoided discussing contemporary problems with him because of his disputatious manner.
1033. disquisition
释义: a formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry
例句: In his disquisition, he outlined the steps he had taken in reaching his conclusions.
1034. dissection
释义: analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
例句: The dissection of frogs on the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students.
1035. dissemble
释义: disguise; pretend
例句: Even though John tried to dissemble his motive for taking modern dance, we all knew there not to dance but to meet girls.
1036. disseminate
释义: scatter (like seeds)
例句: The invention of the radio helped propagandists to disseminate their favorite doctrines very easily.
1037. dissent
释义: disagree
例句: In a landmark Supreme Court decision, Justice Marshall dissented from the majority opinion.
1038. dissertation
释义: formal essay
例句: In order to earn a graduate degree from many of our universities, a candidate is frequently required to prepare a dissertation on some scholarly subject.
1039. dissident
释义: dissenting; rebellious
例句: In the purge that followed the student demonstrations at Tianamen Square, the government hunted down the dissident students and their supporters.
1040. dissimulate
释义: pretend; conceal by feigning
例句: She tried to dissimulate her grief by her exuberant attitude.
1041. dissipate
释义: squander
例句: The young man quickly dissipated his inheritance and was soon broke.
1042. dissolution
释义: disintegration; looseness in morals
例句: The profligacy and dissolution of life in Caligula's Rome appall some historians.
1043. dissonance
释义: discord
例句: Some contemporary musicians deliberately use dissonance to achieve certain effects.
1044. dissuade
释义: advise against
例句: He could not dissuade his friend from joining the conspirators.
1045. distant
释义: reserved or aloof; cold in manner
例句: His distant greeting made me feel unwelcome from the start.
1046. distend
释义: expand;swell out
例句: I can tell when he is under stress by the way the veins distend on his forehead.
1047. distill
释义: purify; refine; concentrate
例句: A moonshiner distills mash into whiskey; an epigrammatist distills thoughts into quips.
1048. distortion
释义: twisting out of shape
例句: It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of this event because of the distortions and exaggerations of the reporters.
1049. distrait
释义: absentminded
例句: Because of his concentration on the problem, the professor often appeared distrait and unconcerned about routine.
1050. distraught
释义: upset; distracted by anxiety
例句: The distraught parents frantically searched the ravine for their lost child.
1051. diurnal
释义: daily
例句: A farmer cannot neglect his diurnal tasks at any time; cows, for example, must be milked regularly.
1052. diva
释义: operatic singer; prima donna
例句: Although world famous as a diva, she did not indulge in fits of temerament.
1053. diverge
释义: vary; go in different directionsfrom the same point
例句: The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub.
1054. divergent
释义: differing; deviating
例句: The two witnesses presented the jury with remarkably divergent accounts of the same epipode.
1055. diverse
释义: differing in some characteristics; various
例句: There are diverse ways of approaching this problem.
1056. diversion
释义: act of turning aside; pastime
例句: After studying for several hours, he needed a diversion from work.
1057. diversity
释义: variety; dissimilitude
例句: The diversity of colleges in this country indicates that many levels of ability are being served.
1058. divest
释义: strip; deprive
例句: He was divested of his power to act and could no longer govern.
1059. divine
释义: perceive intuitively; foresee the future
例句: Nothing infuriated Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to divine when he was not telling the truth.
1060. divulge
释义: reveal
例句: I will not tell you this news because I am sure you will divulge it prematurely.
1061. docile
释义: obedient; easily managed
例句: As docile as he seems today, that old lion was once a ferocious, snarling beast.
1062. docket
释义: program asfor trial; book where such entries are made
例句: The case of Smith v. Jones was entered in the docket for July 15.
1063. doctrinaire
释义: unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding
例句: Weng had hoped that the student-led democracy movement might bring about change in China, but the repressive response of the doctrinaire hard-liners crushed his dreams of democracy.
1064. document
释义: provide written evidence
例句: She kept all the receipts from her business trip in order to document her expenses for the firm.
1065. doddering
释义: shaky; infirm from old age
例句: Although he is not as yet a doddering and senile old man, his ideas and opinions no longer can merit the respect we gave them years ago.
1066. doff
释义: take off
例句: A gentleman used to doff his hat to a lady.
1067. dogged
释义: determined;stubborn
例句: Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long, dogged pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.
1068. doggerel
释义: poorverse
例句: Although we find occasional snatches of genuine poetry in her work, most of her writing is mere doggerel.
1069. dogmatic
释义: positive; arbitrary
例句: Do not be so dogmatic about that statement; it can be easily refuted.
1070. doldrums
释义: blues; listlessness; slack period
例句: Once the excitement of meeting her deadline was over, she found herself in the doldrums.
1071. dolorous
释义: sorrowfrl
例句: He found the dolorous lamentations of the bereaved family emotionally disturbing and he left as quickly as he could.
1072. dolt
释义: stupid person
例句: I thought I was talking to a mature audience; instead, I find myself addressing a pack of dolts.
1073. domicile
释义: home
例句: Althoughhis legal domicile was in New York City, his work kept him away from his residence for many years.
1074. domineer
释义: rule over tyrannically
例句: Students prefer teachers who guide, not ones who domineer.
1075. don
释义: put on
例句: When Clark Kent had to don his Superman outfit, he changed clothes in a convenient phone booth.
1076. dormant
释义: sleeping; lethargic; torpid
例句: Sometimes dormant talents in our friends surprise those of us who never realize how gifted our acquaintances really are.
1077. dormer
释义: window projecting from roof
例句: In remodeling the attic into a bedroom, we decided that we needed to put in dormers to provide sufficient ventilation for the new room.
1078. dorsal
释义: relating to the back of an animal
例句: A shark may be identified by its dorsal fin, which projects above the surface of the ocean.
1079. dossier
释义: file of documents on a subject
例句: Ordered by J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the senator, the FBI compiled a complete dossier.
1080. dotage
释义: senility
例句: In his dotage, the old man bored us with long tales of events in his childhood.
1081. dote
释义: be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
例句: Not only grandmothers bore you with stories about their brilliant grandchildren; grandfathers dote on the littel rascals, too.
1082. dour
释义: sullen; stubborn
例句: The man was dour abd taciturn.
1083. douse
释义: plunge into water; drench; extinguish
例句: They doused each other with hoses and balloons.
1084. dowdy
释义: slovenly; untidy
例句: She tried to change her dowdy image by buying a fashionable new wardrobe.
1085. downcast
释义: disheartened; sad
例句: Cheerful and optimistic by nature, Beth was never downcast despite the difficulties she faced.
1086. drab
释义: dull; lacking color; cheerless
例句: The Dutch woman's drab winter coat contrasted with the distinctive, colorful native costume she wore beneath it.
1087. dregs
释义: sediment; worthless residue
例句: David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the dregs.
1088. droll
释义: queer and amusing
例句: He was a popular guest because his droll anecdotes were always entertaining.
1089. drone
释义: idle person; male bee
例句: Content to let his wife support him, the would-be writer was in reality nothing but a drone.
1090. drone
释义: talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee
例句: On a gorgeous day, who wants to be stuck in a classroom listening to the teacher drone?
1091. dross
释义: waste matter; worhtless impurities
例句: Many methods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross.
1092. drudgery
释义: menial work
例句: Cinderella's fairy godmother rescued her from a life of drudgery.
1093. dubious
释义: doubtful
例句: He has the dubious distinction of being the lowest man in his class.
1094. ductility
释义: malleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out
例句: Copper wire has many industrial uses because of its extreme ductility.
1095. dulcet
释义: sweet sounding
例句: The dulcet sounds of the birds at dawn were soon drowned out by the roar of traffic passing our motel.
1096. dupe
释义: someone easily fooled
例句: While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties, Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.
1097. deplicity
释义: double-dealing; hypocrisy
例句: People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his duplicity in this affair, as he had always seemed honest and straightforward.
1098. duress
释义: forcible restraint, especially unlawfully
例句: The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners' demands were met.
1099. dutiful
释义: respectful; obedient
例句: The dutiful child grew up to be a conscientious adult aware of his civic obligations.
1100. dwindle
释义: shrink; reduce
例句: They spent so much money that their funds dwindled to nothing.
1101. dynamic
释义: active; efficient
例句: A dynamic government is necessary to meet the demands of a changing society.
1102. dyspeptic
释义: suffering from indigestion
例句: All the talk about rich food made him feel dyspeptic.
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