Day20

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hoary

adj.（形容词）hoar.i.er,hoar.i.est

1. Gray or white with or as if with age.

灰白的：因年老而头发灰白的

This hoary myth is presumably acquired from

bad spy movies.

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morbidity

n.（名词）【复数】mor.bid.i.ties

1. The quality of being morbid; morbidness.

病态：处于疾病的状态；成病

Various types of micronutrient malnutrition

are important causes of disability in themselves and often underlie other types

of morbidity. Their prevalence is even more widespread than that of

protein-energy malnutrition.

3

superfluous

adj.（形容词）

Being beyond what is required orsufficient.

过多的：多于需要的或足够的

He had already been told, so our comments

were superfluous.

4

comatose

adj.（形容词）

1. Of, relating to, or affected with coma;unconscious.

昏迷的：昏迷的，与之相关或受其形响的；失去知觉的

The doctors revived the comatose man.

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agitator

n.（名词）

1. One who agitates, especially one whoengages in political agitation.

鼓动者；煽动者：鼓动、煽动的人，尤指涉及政治煽动的人

For satisfactory fluidization under these

conditions an agitator is used in the bed.

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apathetic

adj.（形容词）

1. Feeling or showing a lack of interest orconcern; indifferent.

缺乏兴趣的，漠然的：感到或表示出缺乏兴趣或关心的；冷漠的

Depressed and apathetic, he resisted his

wife and Matt, who nagged at him to press with an appeal against suspension

from unemployment benefit.

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acumen

n.敏锐,聪明

He combines brains with charm and political

acumen.

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mockery

n.（名词）

1. Scornfully contemptuous ridicule;derision.

嘲讽：责备地鄙视可笑之事；嘲笑

An honorable contest of arms becomes a

mockery.

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pretentious

adj.（形容词）

Claiming or demanding aposition of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.

自命不凡的，狂妄的：要求或请求拥有重要的或有功绩的职位或地位，尤指无根据的

He is a talented but pretentious writer.

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cursory

adj.（形容词）

Performed with hasteand scant attention to detail:

粗略的：仓促进行并对细节缺乏注意的：

Only cursory surveys have been made.

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lineage

n.（名词）

Direct descent from aparticular ancestor; ancestry.

直系后代：某祖先的直系后代；后代

He did not suspect the pretty shepherd-boy

came of royal lineage.

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uncanny

adj.（形容词）

Peculiarly unsettling,as if of supernatural origin or nature; eerie.See Synonyms atweird

神秘的：似乎出于怪异的原因或性质而异常令人不乐的；怪诞的参见weird

He has an uncanny resemblance to the famous

older horror writer.

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ring out

to accompany the departure of with bells

rang off, took my wedding ring out of my

pocket, and looked at it one last time.

14

obituary

n.（名词）

A published notice of adeath, sometimes with a brief biography of the deceased.

讣闻：死亡后发表的通告，有时附有死者简要传记

Write a short obituary for yourself.

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imminent

adj.（形容词）

About to occur;impending:

紧急的：马上要发生的；迫近的：

A catastrophe isimminent unless Pinkerton returns soon.

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Charles Rosen

This

article is about the pianist. For the artificial intelligence expert, seeCharles Rosen

(scientist). For the painter, seeCharles Rosen

(painter). For the author and former basketball coach, seeCharley Rosen.

Charles

Rosen, 1973 on concert tour of Southern Africa. Photo dedicated to organiserHans Adler.[1]

Charles

Welles Rosen(May 5, 1927 – December 9, 2012) was an American pianist and writer

on music.[2]He is remembered for his

career as a concert pianist, for his recordings, and for his many writings,

notably the bookThe Classical Style.

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autopsy

n.（名词）

Examination of acadaver to determine or confirm the cause of death.Also callednecropsy,postmortem,postmortem examination

尸体解剖：对尸体的检验以决定或确认死亡原因也作

A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant

lesion at autopsy.

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stake

n.（名词）

A piece of wood ormetal pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a marker, fence pole,or tent peg.

桩：被钉入地下的标记，桩或帐篷桩的一根尖木头或金属棒

A generous fellow plays for the play, a

sordid one for the stake.

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troll1

v.（动词）

v.tr.（及物动词）

To fish for by trailinga baited line from behind a slowly moving boat.

用曳绳钓（鱼）：在一条缓慢移动的船后面拖曳一根放了诱饵的线来钓（鱼）

Not many first-year students could take on

a troll...

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abstruse

adj.（形容词）

Difficult tounderstand; recondite.See Synonyms atambiguous

难以理解的；深奥的参见ambiguous

The involved and abstruse passage makes

several interpretations possible.