第一段

mesmeric

making you give?your?attention?completely?so that you cannot?think?of anything?else?令人著迷的，令人陶醉的

music?with a?repetitive,?slightly?mesmeric?quality?節(jié)奏重復(fù)、略讓人著迷的音樂(lè)

第二段

embroider

to make a?story?more?entertaining?by?adding?imaginary?details?to it?（對(duì)故事等）潤(rùn)飾，渲染，修飾

Naturally, I embroidered the?tale?a little to make it more?interesting.

自然，我講這個(gè)故事時(shí)作了一點(diǎn)渲染，好讓它更有趣。

afflict

If a?problem?or?illness?afflicts a?person?or thing, they?suffer?from it.?使痛苦；使苦惱；折磨It is an?illness?that afflicts women more than men.

患這種疾病的女性多于男性。

be afflicted with

第五段

dissidence

the?act?of?publicly?disagreeing?with and?criticizing?the?government?or a?powerful?person?or?group批評(píng)政府（或權(quán)威人士），持不同政見(jiàn)

Dissidence has been?met?with?steady?opposition.

對(duì)政府的批評(píng)遭受了不斷的反擊。

serf

a?member?of a?low?social?class?in?medieval?times?who?worked?on the?land?and had to?obey?the?person?who?owned?that?land?（中世紀(jì)的）農(nóng)奴

meek

quiet,?gentle, and not?willing?to?argue?or?express?your?opinions?in a?forceful?way?溫順的；謙和的She?seemed?so very meek and?mild.

她看上去非常溫柔和善。

第六段

flamboyant

brightly?coloured?and?easily?noticed?艷麗的

His?clothes?were?rather?flamboyant for such a?serious?occasion.

他的衣著在如此嚴(yán)肅的場(chǎng)合顯得太艷麗了。

第七段

vitality

energy?and?strength?生命力；活力

According to the?packet, these?vitamin?pills?will?restore?lost?vitality.

據(jù)包裝上的說(shuō)明，這些維生素片可以恢復(fù)活力。