高級(jí)英語詞匯

　　導(dǎo)語：學(xué)了那么多年的英語，你是否發(fā)覺你說來說去、寫來寫去的總還是早就會(huì)的那幾個(gè)“good”"happy""think"之流的詞?來看看這些能讓老外都對(duì)你刮目相看的高級(jí)英語詞吧。其實(shí)相當(dāng)一部分詞在我們大學(xué)英語課本里都有，學(xué)著在你的英語表述中用一用這些詞吧!

　　A

　　1aberration [,æbə'reɪʃ(ə)n]

　　n. 背離正確的情況;不正直

　　In 1974, Poland won the World Cup, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and Poland have not won a World Cup since.

　　1974年，波蘭隊(duì)贏得了世界杯。但他們的勝利被證明是用不正當(dāng)?shù)氖侄潍@取的。而在那以后，波蘭隊(duì)再也沒能贏得世界杯。

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　　abhor [əb'hɔː]

　　v. 憎惡;痛恨

　　Because he always wound up getting hit in the head when he tried to play cricket, Marcin began to abhor the sport.

　　因?yàn)镸arcin總是在打板球的時(shí)候被打中頭部而受傷，他開始厭惡這項(xiàng)體育運(yùn)動(dòng)了。

　　3

　　acquiesce [,ækwɪ'es]

　　v. 默然(或勉強(qiáng))同意;默認(rèn)

　　Though Mr. Pospieszny wanted to stay outside and work in his garage,

　　when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner, he acquiesced to her demands.

　　盡管Pospieszny先生想留在屋外的車庫里干活，但當(dāng)他的.妻子喊他進(jìn)屋吃晚飯的時(shí)候，他還是勉強(qiáng)答應(yīng)了。

　　4

　　alacrity [ə'lækrɪtɪ]

　　n. 樂意，欣然

　　For some reason, Simon loved to help his girlfriend whenever he could, so when his girlfriend asked him to set the table he did so with alacrity.

　　出于某種原因，Simon喜歡去盡可能地幫助女朋友，所以當(dāng)女友讓他去擺桌子的時(shí)候，他欣然照做了。

　　5

　　amiable ['eɪmɪəb(ə)l]

　　adj. 友善的;和藹可親的

　　An amiable fellow, Neil got along with just about everyone.

　　Neil是一個(gè)友善的人，他和大家都相處得很好。

　　6

　　appease [ə'piːz]

　　v. 使平靜

　　When Jerry cries, his mother gives him chocolate to appease him.

　　只要Jerry一哭，他的媽媽就給他巧克力，讓他安靜下來。

　　7

　　arcane [ɑː'keɪn]

　　adj. 深?yuàn)W的，晦澀難解的

　　The professor is an expert in arcane Kashubian literature.

　　這個(gè)教授是晦澀難懂的卡舒布文學(xué)方面的專家。

　　B

　　8

　　bizarre [bɪ'zɑː]

　　adj. 奇異的，怪異的

　　The building was of bizarre appearance.這是一棟外形奇葩的建筑。

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　　brazen ['breɪz(ə)n]

　　adj. 厚臉皮的

　　Critics condemned the writer’s brazen attempt to plagiarize Frankow-Czerwonko’s work.

　　這個(gè)作家厚顏無恥剽竊Frankow-Czerwonko作品的`行為遭到了批評(píng)家們的指責(zé)。

　　10

　　brusque [brʊsk]

　　adj. 粗暴的，生硬無禮

　　Simon’s brusque manner sometimes offends his colleagues.

　　Simon不修邊幅的簡慢態(tài)度有時(shí)候會(huì)冒犯他的同事。

　　C

　　11cajole [kə'dʒəʊl]

　　v. 勸誘;哄騙

　　Magda's friends cajoled her into drinking too much.

　　Magda的朋友們哄著她喝了好多酒。

　　12callous ['kæləs]

　　adj. 鐵石心腸的;起老繭的

　　The murderer’s callous lack of remorse shocked the jury.

　　謀殺犯毫無悔意的冷血態(tài)度震驚了陪審團(tuán)。

　　13candor ['kændɚ]

　　n. 爽直，坦率

　　We were surprised by the candor of the politician’s speech because she is usually rather evasive.

　　這位政客的坦率演講令我們驚訝，畢竟她說話向來都含糊其辭。

　　14chide [tʃaɪd]

　　v. 責(zé)罵，責(zé)備

　　Hania chided Gregory for his vulgar habits and sloppy appearance.

　　Gregory粗魯?shù)男袨楹湾邋莸耐獗碚衼砹薍ania的責(zé)備。

　　15circumspect ['sɜːkəmspekt]

　　adj. 考慮周到的

　　Though I promised Marta’s father I would bring her home promptly by midnight, it would have been more circumspect not to have specified a time.

　　盡管我向Marta的父親保證，午夜之前我一定會(huì)送她回家，但假如我考慮得再周到一點(diǎn)而不確定一個(gè)具體的時(shí)間，結(jié)果可能更好。

　　16clandestine [klæn'destɪn]

　　adj. 暗中的;偷偷摸摸的

　　Announcing to her boyfriend that she was going to the library, Maria actually went to meet George for a clandestine liaison.

　　Maria嘴上和她男朋友說她要去圖書館，實(shí)際上她是找George幽會(huì)去了。

　　17coerce [kəʊ'ɜːs]

　　v. 脅迫;迫使

　　The court decided that David did not have to honor the contract because he had been coerced into signing it.

　　法庭裁決David不需要去履行合同，因?yàn)樗�是在被逼迫的情況下簽字的。

　　18coherent [kə(ʊ)'hɪər(ə)nt]

　　adj. 連貫的;協(xié)調(diào)的'

　　William could not figure out what Harold had seen because he was too distraught to deliver a coherent statement.

　　William弄不明白Harold到底看見了什么，因?yàn)镠arold簡直精神錯(cuò)亂，已經(jīng)是語無倫次了。

　　19complacency [kəm'pleɪs(ə)nsɪ]

　　n. 自鳴得意;自滿情緒

　　Simon tried to shock his friends out of their complacency by painting a frightening picture of what might happen to them.

　　Simon試圖通過描繪可能發(fā)生在他身上的可怕事情，來將他的朋友們從自滿情緒中喚醒。

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　　confidant ['kɒnfɪdænt; ,kɒnfɪ'dɑːnt]

　　n. 密友，心腹

　　Shortly after we met, he became my chief confidant.

　　我們認(rèn)識(shí)后不久，他就成了我最好的知己。

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　　connive [kə'naɪv]

　　v. 暗中勾結(jié)，密謀

　　She connived to get me to give up my plans to start up a new business.

　　她私底下謀劃著讓我放棄我的計(jì)劃，去做新的生意。

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　　cumulative ['kjuːmjʊlətɪv]

　　adj. 累積的，漸增的

　　The cumulative effect of hours spent browsing Chinadaily Wechat account was a vast improvement in his vocabulary and general level of English.

　　他在瀏覽雙語君微信號(hào)上點(diǎn)滴積累的學(xué)習(xí)時(shí)間使他的詞匯量和英語水平提升了一大截。

　　D

　　23

　　debase [dɪ'beɪs]

　　v. 使貶值;貶損

　　The large raise that he gave himself debased his motives for running the charity.

　　他給他自己的大幅加薪使得他搞慈善的動(dòng)機(jī)的純潔性大打折扣。

　　24

　　decry [dɪ'kraɪ]

　　v. 公然非難，譴責(zé)

　　The village chief decried the appaling state of the roads in the village.

　　村長譴責(zé)了村里道路駭人的現(xiàn)狀。

　　25deferential [defə'renʃ(ə)l]

　　adj. 恭敬的

　　Donata is always excessively deferential to any kind of authority figure.

　　Donata見到權(quán)威人士，總是表現(xiàn)得過于恭敬。

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　　demure [dɪ'mjʊə]

　　adj. 端莊的;嫻靜的

　　Though everyone else at the party was dancing and going crazy, she remained demure.

　　盡管派對(duì)上的其他人都在跳舞狂歡，她卻一直嫻靜地待著。

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　　deride [dɪ'raɪd]

　　v. 取笑，嘲弄

　　The native speaker often derided the other teacher’s accent.

　　這個(gè)說母語的'人經(jīng)常嘲笑其他老師的口音。

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　　despot ['despɒt]

　　n. 獨(dú)裁者，專制君王

　　The despot issued a death sentence for anyone who disobeyed his laws.

　　對(duì)那些違抗了他的法律的人，獨(dú)裁暴君會(huì)判處他們死刑。

　　29diligent ['dɪlɪdʒ(ə)nt]

　　adj. 勤奮的;用功的

　　The diligent researcher made sure to double check her measurements.

　　這位勤勉的研究者反復(fù)檢查了她的測(cè)量數(shù)據(jù)。

　　E

　　1elated [ɪ'leɪtɪd]adj. 興高采烈的;得意洋洋的

　　When he found out he had won the lottery, the postman was elated.當(dāng)他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己中了彩票的時(shí)候，郵遞員簡直樂瘋了。

　　2

　　eloquent ['eləkwənt]adj. 雄辯的;有說服力的.

　　The best man gave such an eloquent speech that most guests were crying.伴郎的演講相當(dāng)打動(dòng)人，到場(chǎng)的大多數(shù)賓客都留下了熱淚。

　　3

　　embezzle [ɪm'bez(ə)l]v. 貪污，盜竊，挪用(公款)

　　The accountant was fired for embezzling $10,000 of the company’s funds.在挪用了公司1萬美元的經(jīng)費(fèi)之后，這位會(huì)計(jì)師被開除了。

　　4empathy ['empəθɪ]n. 同感，共鳴;移情

　　I feel such empathy for my dog when she’s upset so am I!我與我的狗感情相通，以至于只要她一不開心，我也不怎么高興。

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　　enmity ['enmɪtɪ]n. 敵對(duì)，不和

　　John and Scott have clearly not forgiven each other, because the enmity between them is obvious to anyone in their presence.John和Scott顯然還沒有互相諒解，因?yàn)樗麄冎�間的敵對(duì)情緒太明顯了，在場(chǎng)的其他人都能感覺得到。

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　　erudite ['erʊdaɪt]adj. 有學(xué)問的，知識(shí)淵博的

　　My English teacher is such an erudite scholar that he has translated some of the most difficult and abstruse Old English poetry.我的英語老師是位博學(xué)的學(xué)者，他已經(jīng)翻譯了好多深?yuàn)W的古英語詩歌。

　　7extol [ɪk'stəʊl; ek-]v. 高度贊揚(yáng);吹捧

　　Kamila extolled the virtues of a vegetarian diet to her meat-loving boyfriend.Kamila向她愛吃肉的男朋友吹捧素食的好處。

　　F

　　8fabricate ['fæbrɪkeɪt]v. 捏造，編造;創(chuàng)造

　　When I arrived an hour late at my office, I fabricated some excuse about my car breaking down on the way to work.當(dāng)我遲到了一小時(shí)后終于趕到辦公室時(shí)，我編了些借口，說我的車在上班途中拋錨了。

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　　feral ['fer(ə)l; 'fɪə-]adj. 未馴服的，兇猛的

　　That beast looks so feral that I would fear being alone with it.這只野獸看起來太兇猛了，以至于我都不敢單獨(dú)和它相處。

　　10flabbergasted ['flæbɚɡæstɪd]adj. 目瞪口呆的;大吃一驚的

　　Whenever I read an Agatha Christie mystery novel, I am always flabbergasted when I learn the identity of the murderer.每次我讀阿加莎的懸疑小說，總是會(huì)在揭曉真兇的.時(shí)候，大吃一驚。

　　11forsake [fə'seɪk]v. 放棄;戒掉

　　I won't forsake my conservative principles.我不會(huì)放棄我保守的原則。

　　12fractious ['frækʃəs]adj. 暴躁的，乖戾的

　　Although the child insisted he wasn’t tired, his fractious behaviour - especially his decision to crush his jam sandwiches all over the floor - convinced everyone present that it was time to put him to bed.盡管這小孩堅(jiān)持說自己不累，但他的任性行為，尤其是當(dāng)他把果醬三明治拍得滿地都是，讓在場(chǎng)所有人都相信是時(shí)候送他去睡覺了。

　　13furtive ['fɜːtɪv]adj. 秘密的;暗中的

　　Claudia’s placement of her drugs in her sock drawer was not as furtive as she thought, as the sock drawer is the first place most parents look.Claudia把毒品藏在襪子抽屜，不過這并沒有她想的那樣隱蔽，因?yàn)橐m子抽屜實(shí)際上是所有父母首先會(huì)檢查的地方。

　　G

　　14gluttony ['glʌt(ə)nɪ]n. 暴食，貪食

　　Helen’s fried chicken tastes so divine, I don’t know how anyone can call gluttony a sin.Helen做的炸雞味道太好了，我不明白怎么會(huì)有人說貪吃是一種罪惡?

　　15gratuitous [grə'tjuːɪtəs]adj. 免費(fèi)的`;無緣無故的

　　Every evening the guy at the fish and chip shop gives me a gratuitous helping of vinegar.每個(gè)晚上，炸魚薯?xiàng)l店的那人都會(huì)免費(fèi)給我一份醋。

　　H

　　16haughty ['hɔːtɪ]adj. 傲慢的;威嚴(yán)的

　　The superstar’s haughty dismissal of her co-stars will backfire on her someday.這位巨星對(duì)待其他合作明星的'傲慢輕蔑態(tài)度早晚會(huì)給她帶來惡果。

　　17hypocrisy [hɪ'pɒkrɪsɪ]n. 假裝;虛偽

　　Once the politician began passing legislation that contradicted his campaign promises, his hypocrisy became apparent.當(dāng)政客開始通過一些與他的選舉承諾相違背的立法的時(shí)候，他偽善的一面就顯露出來了。

　　I

　　18impeccable [ɪm'pekəb(ə)l]adj. 無可挑剔的

　　If your grades were as impeccable as your brother’s, then you too would receive a car for a graduation present.如果你的成績能像你哥哥那樣無可挑剔，那么你也可以得到一輛車作為畢業(yè)禮物。

　　19impertinent [ɪm'pɜːtɪnənt]adj. 不恰當(dāng)?shù)?無禮的

　　Most of your comments are so impertinent that I don’t wish to dignify them with an answer.你的大多評(píng)論都是太過無禮，根本配不上得到我的回應(yīng)。

　　20

　　implacable [ɪm'plækəb(ə)l]adj. 不易撫慰的;無法緩和的

　　Watch out: once you shun Grandmother’s cooking, she is totally implacable.當(dāng)心了，你如果回避不吃你奶奶的料理，你做什么都無法安撫她受傷的心了。

　　21impudent ['ɪmpjʊd(ə)nt]adj. 放肆的;無禮的

　　The impudent young woman looked her teacher up and down and told him he was hot.這個(gè)放肆的姑娘上下打量她老師，然后說他很性感。

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　　incisive [ɪn'saɪsɪv]adj. 切入的;鋒利的

　　The discussion wasn’t going anywhere until her incisive comment allowed everyone to see what the true issues were.討論并沒有什么進(jìn)展，直到她一針見血的評(píng)論讓大伙都看清了真正的問題所在。

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　　indolent ['ɪnd(ə)l(ə)nt]adj. 懶惰的;好逸惡勞的

　　Why should my indolent children, who can’t even pick themselves up off the sofa to pour their own juice, be rewarded with a trip to Burger King?我的孩子們太懶惰，讓他們從沙發(fā)上爬起來，自己去倒杯果汁都嫌麻煩，就這還能獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)他們?nèi)コ砸活D漢堡王?

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　　inept [ɪ'nept]adj. 笨拙的;不稱職的

　　She proved how inept she was when she forgot two orders and spilled a pint of cider in a customer’s lap.她忘掉了兩份訂單，還把一品脫的.蘋果酒灑到顧客腿上，可見她是多么不稱職的服務(wù)生。

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　　infamy ['ɪnfəmɪ]n. 聲名狼藉;不光彩的行為

　　The infamy of his crime will not lessen as time passes.他臭名昭著的犯罪行為并不會(huì)隨著時(shí)間流逝而被淡忘。

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　　inhibit [ɪn'hɪbɪt]v. 約束;控制

　　When I told you I needed the car last night, I certainly never meant to inhibit you from going out.昨晚我告訴你我要用車，絕不是為了阻止你出門。

　　27innate [ɪ'neɪt; 'ɪneɪt]adj. 天生的;先天的

　　His incredible athletic talent is innate, he never trains, lifts weights, or practices.他那出類拔萃的體育天分是與生俱來的，他從不訓(xùn)練，不舉重，也不練習(xí)。

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　　insatiable [ɪn'seɪʃəb(ə)l]adj. 無法滿足的;貪得無厭的

　　The corrupting influence of absolute power begets an insatiable appetite for more power.

　　絕對(duì)權(quán)力的腐蝕性影響，導(dǎo)致人們無休止地追求更多的權(quán)力。

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　　insular ['ɪnsjʊlə]adj. 孤立的;與世隔絕的

　　Because of the sensitive nature of their jobs, those who work for MI5 must remain insular and generally only spend time with each other.由于工作本身高度敏感，軍情五處的雇員們必須與世隔絕，基本只能和彼此來往。

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　　intrepid [ɪn'trepɪd]adj. 剛毅的;無畏的

　　After scaling a live volcano prior to its eruption, the explorer was praised for his intrepid attitude.

　　這位探險(xiǎn)家趕在火山噴發(fā)之前攀登了這座活火山，他因?yàn)檫@種無畏的態(tài)度備受贊譽(yù)。

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