adj. 野蠻的;殘忍的;不講理的;無(wú)情的;
?? brut=brute殘暴的人 + al 如...的 → a. 野獸般的 ; 冷酷的
"With brutal honesty she told him she did not love him."
她冷酷地直接告訴他,她不愛(ài)他。
近義:barbarian, ruthless, savage, beastly, bestial, brutish
adj. 庸俗的,俚俗的,粗俗的;一般大眾的,老百姓的;粗野的,下流的;
n. [古語(yǔ)]平民,百姓;
?? vulg人民,人群+ar...的 → 大眾的,粗俗的
"She found their laughter and noisy games coarse and rather vulgar."
她覺(jué)得他們的笑聲和吵吵鬧鬧的游戲趣味低下,俗不可耐。
近義:proletariat, ruck, artless, lurid, pedestrian, rank
反義:highbrow, humanizing, learned, literate, schooled, refined
adj. 堅(jiān)固的,堅(jiān)牢的;堅(jiān)定的,堅(jiān)決的;嚴(yán)格的;確定的;
vt.& vi. 使堅(jiān)固;使堅(jiān)實(shí);
n. 商號(hào),商行;公司;企業(yè);工作集體;
adv. 堅(jiān)定地,穩(wěn)固地;
vt. 使堅(jiān)定,使牢固;
vi. 變堅(jiān)實(shí),變穩(wěn)固;
?? firm =firm,表示”堅(jiān)定,堅(jiān)固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
這家公司現(xiàn)在已與當(dāng)?shù)匾患夜竞喜⒘恕?/div>
近義:office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反義:astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
vt.& vi. 決定;決心;
vt. 使消釋;使分解,使解體;(指委員會(huì)或集會(huì))表決;消退(炎癥等);
vi. 下決定;分解;
n. 決意,決定;(會(huì)議等的)決議;
?? re再+solve解決,溶解 → 解決
"a sincere attempt to resolve the problem"
解決這一問(wèn)題的認(rèn)真嘗試
近義:set, settle, bridge, rule, decide, determine
反義:junk, reject, scrap, waive, discount, squash
adj. 真正的;真實(shí)的;忠實(shí)的;正確的;
adv. 真正地;確實(shí)地;正確地;正當(dāng)?shù)?
n. 真理,真實(shí);正,準(zhǔn),精確;
vt. 擺正;決定(某物)的位置以使其平衡、平穩(wěn)或水平;
"A whale is a fish. True or false?"
鯨魚(yú)是魚(yú),對(duì)還是錯(cuò)?
近義:legitimate, original, authentic, real, sterling, truthful
反義:illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony
n. 勇氣;膽量;魄力;肝膽;
?? 靠(c)我們的(our)年齡(age)鼓起 勇氣
"courage in the face of adversity"
面對(duì)逆境的勇氣
近義:heart, intrepidity, manhood, manliness, mettle, nerve
反義:intimidation, poltroonery, recreancy, spinelessness, timidity, unmanliness