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de·plor·able?adj.?/d??pl??r?bl/

(?formal?) very bad and unacceptable, often in a way that shocks people 糟透的；令人震驚的；令人憤慨的

SYN?appalling

·???a deplorable incident 令人憤慨的事件

·???They were living in the most deplorable conditions. 他們生活在最糟糕的環(huán)境里。

·???The acting was deplorable. 那演技糟透了。

DERIVATIVES 派生詞

de·plor·ably?/??bli/ /??bli/?adv

·??They behaved deplorably. 他們的表現(xiàn)糟透了。

·??deplorably high/low/bad?高╱低╱糟得令人吃驚

· incendiary /?n?s?nd??r?/

o 1.ADJ Incendiary weapons or attacks are ones that cause large fires. 能引起燃燒的

? Five incendiary devices were found in her house.
5個(gè)燃燒裝置在她家里被發(fā)現(xiàn)了。

o 2.N-COUNT An incendiary is an incendiary bomb. 燃燒彈

? A shower of incendiaries struck the Opera House.
陣雨般的燃燒彈擊中了歌劇院。

o 3.ADJ If you accuse someone of saying or doing incendiary things, you mean that what they say or do is likely to make people react very angrily. 煽動(dòng)性的

? ...incendiary slogans such as "Hospital closures kill more than car bombs."
…諸如“關(guān)閉醫(yī)院比汽車炸彈殺人更多”之類的煽動(dòng)性標(biāo)語(yǔ)。

torch?/t??t?/

[ VN] to set fire to a building or vehicle deliberately in order to destroy it 放火燒，縱火燒（建筑物或汽車）

· dire /da??/

o 1.ADJ Dire is used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation or event is. 嚴(yán)重的; 可怕的

? The government looked as if it would split apart, with dire consequences for domestic peace.
政府看似就要分崩離析，給國(guó)內(nèi)和平帶來(lái)可怕的后果。

o 2.ADJ If you describe something as dire, you are emphasizing that it is of very low quality. 質(zhì)量低劣的

? ...a book of children's verse, which ranged from the barely tolerable to the utterly dire.
...一本兒童詩(shī)集，所選詩(shī)篇有的勉強(qiáng)可讀，有的糟糕透頂。

locus?n.?/?l??k?s/

(?pl.?loci/?l??sa?/ )

or (?formal?) ( technical 術(shù)語(yǔ)) the exact place where sth happens or which is thought to be the centre of sth （某事發(fā)生的）確切地點(diǎn)；（被視為某物的）中心，核心

· demolish /d??m?l??/

o 1.V-T To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely. 徹底摧毀

? A storm moved directly over the island, demolishing buildings and flooding streets.
一場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)雨直掃這個(gè)島嶼，徹底摧毀了房屋，淹沒了街道。

o 2.V-T If you demolish someone's ideas or arguments, you prove that they are completely wrong or unreasonable. 駁倒

? Our intention was quite the opposite – to demolish rumours that have surrounded him since he took office.
我們的意圖恰恰相反–要粉碎自他就職以來(lái)就纏著他的謠言。