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1、Exhaustive exhausting exhaustedExhaustive very thorough; looking at every detail eg. an exhaustive enquiry, search 彻底的调查 搜查Exhausting making you feel very tired eg. an exhausting day at workExhausted very tired eg. The exhausted troops surrendered. 部队人困马乏结果投降了.Industrial industriousIndustrial connec

2、ted with industry eg. industrial development 工业发展Industrious working hard eg. The Chinese are an industrious nation. 中华民族是个勤劳的民族noticeable noted notoriousNoticeable easy to see or notice eg. Theres been a noticeable improvement in her handwriting. 她的书法有了明显的进步noted well known because of a special ski

3、ll or feature eg. a town noted for its fine buildings, as a health resort 以精美的建 筑物 疗养地而闻名的城镇.Notorious well known for being bad eg. a notorious criminal, area, bend in the road 天怒人怨的罪犯 地区 急转弯Official officiousOfficial connected with the job of sb who is in a position of authority eg. in his official

4、 capacity as mayor 以其市长的官方身分.Officious too ready to tell people what to do or to use the power you have to give orders eg. We were tired of being pushed around by officious civil servants. 我们厌恶那些把我们支来支去（爱发号施令）的公务员Practical practicablePractical concerned with practice and action rather than theory eg

5、. practical experience, skills 实践经验 实际技能Practicable （of an idea, a plan or a suggestion） able to be done eg. a practicable scheme, solution, suggestion, etc 切实可行的计画 解决办法 建议等Respectable respective respectfulRespectable considered by society to be acceptable, good or correct eg. a respectable married

6、couple 一对值得尊敬的夫妻respective of or for or belonging to each as an individual eg. After the party we all went off to our respective rooms. 聚会之後我们回到各自的房间respectful feeling or showing respect eg. listen in respectful silence 必恭必敬地静听着successful successivesuccessful achieving your aims or what was intended

7、 eg. a successful businesswoman,career, plan 获得成功的女商人 事业 计划successive following immediately one after the other eg. The school has won five successive games. 该校已连胜五场比赛.Sensitive sensible sensationalSensitive easily hurt or damaged eg. A sensitive nerve in a tooth can cause great pain. 牙神经易受损伤, 可产生巨痛

8、Sensible able to make good judgements based on reason and experience rather than emotion eg. It was sensible of you to lock the door. 你把门锁上了, 做得对.Sensational causing great surprise, excitement, or interest eg. a sensational crime, victory, etc 骇人听闻的罪案 轰轰烈烈的胜利.Intense intensiveIntense very great; ver

9、y strong; extreme eg. intense heat, pain, etc 酷热 剧痛.Intensive concentrating all ones effort on a specific area eg. They teach you English in an intensive course lasting just a week; its quite an intensive few days! 他们用一周时间教速成英语课程, 那几天可真紧张!Intelligent intelligible intellectualIntelligent good at lear

10、ning, understanding and thinking in a logical way about things; showing this ability eg. an intelligent child 聪明的孩子Intelligible that can be easily understood eg. intelligible speech 明白易懂的讲话Intellectual of the intellect 智力的; 理智的 eg. the intellectual faculties 智能 intellectual interests, pursuits, etc

11、需用脑力的爱好 研究等contemptible contemptuousContemptible not deserving any respect at all eg. contemptible cowardice 可鄙的胆怯Contemptuous feeling or showing that you have no respect for sb/sth eg. a contemptuous person, attitude, remark 傲慢的人 态度 言语等Alternative alternateAlternative that can be used instead of st

12、h else eg. The alternative book to study for the examination is War and Peace. 可供应考选读的另一本书是战争与和平 Alternate happening or following one after the other regularly eg. on alternate days, eg on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, etc 每隔一日（如星期一 三 五等）. alternate triumph and despair 交替而来的得意与失意.Politic political Poli

13、tic well judged; prudent （指行为）得当的, 审慎的 eg. When the fight began, he thought it politic to leave. 刚一打起来他就想到还是走为上策.Political connected with the different groups working in politics eg. a political party, debate, crisis 政党 政治论战 政治危机Potent potentialPotent （of drugs, etc） having a strong effect eg. a pot

14、ent charm,cure, medicine 很有效的符咒 治疗法 药物 Potential that can develop into sth or be developed in the future eg. The book is arguably a potential best seller. 该书或可成为一部畅销书confident confidentialConfident feeling sure about your own ability to do things and be successful eg. a confident smile, manner, spee

15、ch 显示信心的微笑 态度 讲话等confidential meant to be kept secret and not told to or shared with other people eg. confidential information, files, letters 机密情报 文件 信件negligent negligible negligent not giving proper attention or care to sth; careless eg. He was negligent of his duties. 他玩忽职守negligible of very lit

16、tle importance or size and not worth considering eg. a negligible amount, error, effect 微不足道的数量 错误 作用momentary momentous momentary lasting for a very short time eg. a momentary pause,interruption, success 暂短的停顿 中断 成功Momentous very important; serious eg. a momentous decision, occasion, event 重要的决定 场合

17、 事件distinct distinctive Distinct easily heard, seen, felt or understood; definite清楚的 eg. The footprints are quite distinct; they must be fresh. 足迹清晰易辨, 一定是不久前留下来的. distinctive that distinguishes sth by making it different from others 特别的; 有特色的 eg. a distinctive appearance, style, smell 特殊的外表 风格 气味di

18、sinterested uninterested Disinterested not influenced by personal feelings or interests; unbiased 无个人利害关系的; 公正无私的; eg. My advice is quite disinterested. 我的建议是正直无偏的Uninterested having or showing no interest or concern; indifferent eg. He was totally uninterested in sportearthly earthy earthly of this

19、 world; not spiritual 现世的; 尘世的 eg. earthly joys, possessions 尘世的享乐 财产.Earthy of or like earth or soil泥土的; 像泥土的; eg. earthy colours / smellsexceptionable exceptional Exceptionable that sb can object to 可反对的 eg. There are no exceptionable scenes in the play. 这出剧中没有能引起争议的情节.Exceptional unusually good ;

20、very unusual eg. show exceptional musical ability 表现出非凡的音乐才能.fatal fateful fatal causing or ending in death致命的 eg. a fatal accident 致命的Fateful important and decisive eg. fateful events, moments 决定性的事件 时刻 fleshly fleshy fleshly of the body; sensual or sexual eg. fleshly lusts 肉慾Fleshy of or like fles

21、h; rather plump eg. a fleshy body 肥胖的身体ingenious ingenuous Ingenious （of a person） clever at finding new or simple solutions for complex problems （指人）善於用新 的或简单的方法解决复杂问题的; 心灵手巧的 eg. So you fitted that wire through that little hole there: thats very ingenious! 那麽说是你把金属线穿过那个小孔的了, 真灵巧!（of a thing） origi

22、nal in design and well suited to its purpose （指物件）设计独特而精巧的 eg. an ingenious device, gadget, etc 精巧的装置 小机械等.Ingenuous honest, innocent and willing to trust people eg. an ingenuous smile纯真的微笑mysterious mystical mysterious full of mystery; hard to understand or explain eg. a mysterious event, crime, et

23、c 神秘的事件 罪行等Mystical having spiritual powers or qualities that are difficult to understand or to explain奥妙的causing feelings of awe and wonder 引起敬畏和惊奇的 eg. For me, standing before the temple door as the sun rose was a mystical experience. 旭日东升, 我站在神殿门前, 体验到油然而生的敬畏之情.spiritual spirituous Spiritual conn

24、ected with the human spirit, rather than the body or physical things eg. concerned about sbs spiritual welfare 关心某人精神上的幸福Spirituous （of a drink） containing much alcohol eg. spirituous liquors, ie those that are distilled and not only fermented 烈性酒.tortuous torturous Tortuous not simple and direct; l

25、ong, complicated and difficult to understand eg. followed a tortuous road down the mountainside 顺着蜿蜒的路下山Torturous causing sb severe pain in order to punish them or make them say or do sthelementary elemental elementary in or connected with the first stages of a course of study eg. an elementary clas

26、s 初级班Elemental wild and powerful; like the forces of nature eg. the elemental fury of the storm 暴风雨的肆虐temporal temporary Temporal connected with the real physical world, not spiritual matters eg. the temporal power of the Pope, ie as head of the Vatican State 教皇在世俗方面的权力 temporary lasting or intended to last only for a short time; not permanent eg. temporaryemployment 临时工作