20230907 單詞學習

sumptuary law N (formerly) a law imposing restraint on luxury, esp by limiting personal expenditure or by regulating personal conduct in religious and moral spheres (從前的)禁奢律 sumptuary?/?s?mptj??r?/ ADJ relating to or controlling expenditure or extravagance 節(jié)制的; 禁奢的 conspicuous consumption N-UNCOUNT Conspicuous consumption means spending your money in such a way that other people can see how wealthy you are. 炫耀性消費 ? It was an age of conspicuous consumption – those who had money liked to display it. 那是一個炫耀性消費的時代—有錢人喜歡擺闊。 stratification?/?str?t?f??ke???n/ N-UNCOUNT Stratification is the division of something, especially society, into different classes or layers. (社會的)階層分化 ? She was concerned about the stratification of American society. 她以前很關(guān)注美國社會的階層分化。 mercantile?/?m??k?n?ta?l/ |TEM8 ADJ Mercantile means relating to or involved in trade. 貿(mào)易的; 商業(yè)的 ? ...the emergence of a new mercantile class. ...一個新興商業(yè)階層的出現(xiàn)。 defy?v. /d??fa?/ ( de·fiesdefy·ingde·fiedde·fied) [ VN] 1.to refuse to obey or show respect for sb in authority, a law, a rule, etc. 違抗；反抗；蔑視 ?I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers. 我可不敢不聽老師的話。 ?Hundreds of people today defied the ban on political gatherings. 今天有數(shù)百人違抗禁止政治集會的規(guī)定。 2.~ belief, explanation, description, etc. to be impossible or almost impossible to believe, explain, describe, etc. 不可能，無法（相信、解釋、描繪等） ?a political move that defies explanation 無法解釋的政治舉動 ?The beauty of the scene defies description. 景色之美簡直難以描繪。 3.to successfully resist sb/sth to a very unusual degree 經(jīng)受??；頂住；抗住 ?The baby boy defied all the odds and survived (= stayed alive when it seemed certain that he would die) . 這名男嬰九死一生活了下來。 IDIOMS 習語 1. I DEFY YOU/ANYONE TO DO STH used to say that sb should try to do sth, as a way of emphasizing that you think it is impossible to do it 激，挑動（某人盡力做你認為不可能的事） ?I defy anyone not to cry at the end of the film. 我倒要看看有誰在電影結(jié)尾時不哭。 WORD FAMILY 詞族 defy v. defiance n. defiant adj.