compunction

compunction /k?m?p??k??n/TEM8

N-UNCOUNT If you say that someone has no compunction about doing something, you mean that they do it without feeling ashamed or guilty. 悔恨 [表不满]

例：

He has no compunction about relating how he killed his father.

他毫无悔意地讲述了他如何杀死自己的父亲。

spurn

spurn/sp??n/ ( spurning, spurned, spurns )

V-T If you spurn someone or something, you reject them. 拒绝

例：

He spurned the advice of management consultants.

他拒绝了管理顾问的劝告。

compromising

compromising/?k?mpr?ma?z??/

ADJ If you describe information or a situation as compromising, you mean that itreveals an embarrassing or guilty secret about someone. 败坏名声的

例：

How had this compromising picture come into thepossession of the press?

这张有损名声的照片是怎么到了媒体手里的?

commend

commend /k??m?nd/ CET6 TEM4 ( commending, commended, commends )

V-T If you commend someone orsomething, you praise them formally. 表杨; 称赞 [正式]

例：

I commended her for that action.

我表扬了她的那次表现。

stark

1.ADJ Stark choices orstatements are harsh and unpleasant. 严酷的

例：

Companies face a stark choice if they want to stay competitive.

各公司要想保持竞争力就要面临一个严酷的选择。

2. starkly ADV 严酷地

例：

That issue is presented starkly and brutally by Bob Graham and David Cairns.

那个问题被鲍勃•格雷厄姆和戴维•凯恩斯冷酷无情地提了出来。

3. ADJ If two things are instark contrast to one another, they are very different from each other in a waythat is very obvious. (对比) 鲜明的

例：

...secret cooperation betweenLondon and Washington that was in stark contrast toofficial policy.

…伦敦和华盛顿之间的与官方政策明显相悖的秘密合作。

306.cerebral

cerebral /?s?r?br?l/ TEM8

ADJ If you describe someoneor something as cerebral, you mean that they are intellectual rather thanemotional. 理智的; 理性的 [正式]

例：

Washington struck me as aprecarious place from which to publish such a cerebral newspaper.

我觉得要在华盛顿这个地方出版一份这么理性的报纸前途未卜

discern

discern/d??s??n/ CET6 TEM4 ( discerning,discerned, discerns )

1. V-TIf you can discern something, you are aware of it and know what it is. 认识; 了解 [正式]

例：

You needa long series of data to be able to discern such atrend.

你需要一大串数据才能认清这一趋势。

2. V-TIf you can discern something, you can just see it, but not clearly. 隐约看见 [正式]

例：

Belowthe bridge we could just discern a narrow, weedy ditch.

在桥下我们仅可隐约看见一条狭窄的、杂草丛生的沟壑。

308. innuendo

innuendo /??nj???nd??/ ( innuendos )

N-VAR Innuendo is indirectreference to something rude or unpleasant.影射; 暗讽

例：

The report was based on rumors, speculation, and innuendo.

该报告以传言、臆测和影射为基础。

atonality

atonality /?e?t???n?l?t?,??-/

→ compare tonality

N absence of or disregard foran established musical key in a composition无调性

affable

affable /??f?b?l/ TEM8

ADJ Someone who is affable ispleasant and friendly. 和蔼的

例：

Mr. Brooke is an extremely affable and approachable man.

布鲁克先生是一个极为和蔼可亲的人。

craven

craven /?kre?v?n/ TEM8

ADJ Someone who is craven isvery cowardly. 懦弱的 [书面]

例：

They condemned the deal as a craven surrender.

他们谴责这笔交易为毫无志气的投降行为。

magnanimous

magnanimous /m?ɡ?n?n?m?s/TEM8

ADJ If you are magnanimous,you behave kindly and generously toward someone, especially after defeatingthem or being treated badly by them. 宽宏大量的 [usu ADV with v]

例：

I was prepared to be magnanimous, prepared to feel compassion for him.

我准备好了要宽宏大量，也准备好了同情他。