20230222 單詞學習匯總

· obscure /?b?skj??/

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o 1. ADJ If something or someone is obscure, they are unknown, or are known by only a few people. 鮮為人知的

? ?The origin of the custom is obscure. 該習俗的起源鮮為人知。

o 2. ADJ Something that is obscure is difficult to understand or deal with, usually because it involves so many parts or details. 復雜難懂的; 難處理的

? ?The contracts are written in obscure language. 那些合同是用復雜難懂的語言寫的。

o 3. V-T If one thing obscures another, it prevents it from being seen or heard properly. 遮掩

? ?Trees obscured his vision; he couldn't see much of the square's southern half. 樹木遮住了他的視線，他不怎么看得見廣場南半部。

o 4. V-T To obscure something means to make it difficult to understand. 使…難懂

? ?...the jargon that frequently obscures educational writing. …常使教學行文變得復雜難懂的術語。

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per·cep·tion n. /p??sep?n/ ?

1. [ U] ( technical 術語) ( formal ) the way you notice things, especially with the senses 知覺；感知

?our perception of reality 我們對現實的認識

?visual perception 視覺

——see also extrasensory perception

2. [ U] ( formal ) the ability to understand the true nature of sth 洞察力；悟性

SYN insight

?She showed great perception in her assessment of the family situation. 她對家庭狀況的分析顯示出敏銳的洞察力。

3. [ UC] ~ (that...)( formal ) an idea, a belief or an image you have as a result of how you see or understand sth 看法；見解

?a campaign to change public perception of the police 改變警察公眾形象的運動

?There is a general public perception that standards in schools are falling. 公眾普遍認為，學校的水平都在下降。

· quintessential /?kw?nt??s?n??l/ ?

o 1. ADJ Quintessential means representing a perfect or typical example of something. 典型的

? ?Everybody thinks of him as the quintessential New Yorker. 每個人都認為他是個典型的紐約人。

o 2. ADV undefined

? ?It is a familiar, and quintessentially Japanese ritual. 它是個熟悉而又典型的日式儀式。

o 3. ADJ Quintessential means representing the central nature of something. 精髓的

? ?...the quintessential charm of his songs. ...他歌曲的魅力精華所在。

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· monolithic /?m?n??l?θ?k/

o 1. ADJ If you refer to an organization or system as monolithic, you are critical of it because it is very large and very slow to change, and does not seem to have different parts with different characters. 大一統(tǒng)的

? ?...an authoritarian and monolithic system. …大一統(tǒng)的獨裁體制。

o 2. ADJ If you describe something such as a building as monolithic, you do not like it because it is very large and plain with no character. 巨大而平庸的

? ?...a huge monolithic concrete building. …一座巨大而平庸的混凝土建筑。

ahis·tor·ic·al adj. ? /?e?h??st?r?kl/ ?

( formal ) not showing any knowledge of history or of what has happened before 非歷史的；沒有歷史背景的；不顧史實的

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· perpetuate /p??p?tj??e?t/

o V-T If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue. 使繼續(xù) (尤指不好的情形、體系或信仰)

? ?We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past. 我們絕不能使過去的宗教分裂繼續(xù)下去。

on account of 因為、由于、基于

down·play v. ? /?da?n?ple?/ ?

[ VN] to make people think that sth is less important than it really is 對…輕描淡寫；使輕視；貶低

SYN play down

· ? The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance. 教練對這個隊的拙劣表現不以為然。

· exceptionalism /?k?s?p??n?l?z?m/

o N an attitude to other countries, cultures, etc based on the idea of being quite distinct from, and often superior to, them in vital ways 例外主義; 對其它國家、文化等的一種態(tài)度，認為自己的國家或文化在很多重要方面不同并優(yōu)越于其它國家或其文化