英语专八备考词汇篇14

专八备考词汇篇14 1. 他试图让自己听起来很轻松而且若无其事 He tried to sound cheerful and nonchalant 2. 某人温暖的家庭生活 one's hearth and home 3. 密室 one's inner sanctum 4. 精神病院 asylum 5. 荷尔蒙 hormone 6. 被解雇四次，又恢复原职四次 be four times sacked and four times reinstated 7. 再次消沉起来 relapse into one's gloom 8. 降到助手岗位 be relegated to the role of a mere assistant 9. 希望使他充满活力 be rejuvenated by hope 10. 涂第二次油漆 put on the second coating of lacquer 11. 放弃权力 relinquish power 12. 向敌人报仇 retaliate upon one's enemy 13. 应受尊敬的 a reverend gentleman 14. 轻信谎言 be credulous of lies 15. 智障孩子 mentally retarded children 16. 别有用心 an ulterior motive 17. 羚羊 antelope 18. 放弃上诉 waive one's right to appeal 19. 商品 wares 20. 反复予以警告 iterate a warning 21. 消费税 excise 22. 逐字的记述 a verbatim account of something 23. 一丝不苟的 fastidious 24. 勤勤恳恳，认认真真 conscientious 25. 搞笑的 funny/hilarious 26. 群居动物 gregarious animals 27. 先天疾病 a congenital disease 28. 和睦相处 live in concord with somebody 29. 公然挑衅 blatant provocation 30. 稍有瑕疵 a slight blemish on something 31. 吸墨纸 blotter  32. 泥泞的路 a slimy road 33. 声名狼藉的 infamous/notorious 34. 保持警惕 stay vigilant 35. 人群在推挤 people are jostling 36. 同盟 confederate/confederation 37. 愚弄某人做某事 dupe somebody into doing something 38. 早期肿瘤 incipient tumors 39. 无心 inadvertentky 40. 厌恶 loathe something 41. 遵守法律 conform to laws 42. 遵守规则 comply with rules 43. 争夺海上霸权 contend for control of the seas 44. 荒谬可笑的 preposterous 45. 破旧的地毯 a tatty carpet 46. 对发动机的全面检修 the overhaul of engines 47. 美学理论 aesthetic theory 48. 码头 pier 49. 给某人示意 beckon to somebody 50. 超出某人的知识范围 beyond one's ken