20230410单词汇总

de·plor·able adj. /dɪˈplɔːrəbl/

( formal ) very bad and unacceptable, often in a way that shocks people 糟透的；令人震惊的；令人愤慨的

SYN appalling

· • a deplorable incident 令人愤慨的事件

· • They were living in the most deplorable conditions. 他们生活在最糟糕的环境里。

· • The acting was deplorable. 那演技糟透了。

DERIVATIVES 派生词

de·plor·ably /‑əbli/ /‑əbli/ adv

· •They behaved deplorably. 他们的表现糟透了。

· •deplorably high/low/bad 高╱低╱糟得令人吃惊

· incendiary /ɪnˈsɛndɪərɪ/

o 1.ADJ Incendiary weapons or attacks are ones that cause large fires. 能引起燃烧的

• Five incendiary devices were found in her house.
5个燃烧装置在她家里被发现了。

o 2.N-COUNT An incendiary is an incendiary bomb. 燃烧弹

• A shower of incendiaries struck the Opera House.
阵雨般的燃烧弹击中了歌剧院。

o 3.ADJ If you accuse someone of saying or doing incendiary things, you mean that what they say or do is likely to make people react very angrily. 煽动性的

• ...incendiary slogans such as "Hospital closures kill more than car bombs."
…诸如“关闭医院比汽车炸弹杀人更多”之类的煽动性标语。

torch /tɔːtʃ/

[ VN] to set fire to a building or vehicle deliberately in order to destroy it 放火烧，纵火烧（建筑物或汽车）

· dire /daɪə/

o 1.ADJ Dire is used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation or event is. 严重的; 可怕的

• The government looked as if it would split apart, with dire consequences for domestic peace.
政府看似就要分崩离析，给国内和平带来可怕的后果。

o 2.ADJ If you describe something as dire, you are emphasizing that it is of very low quality. 质量低劣的

• ...a book of children's verse, which ranged from the barely tolerable to the utterly dire.
...一本儿童诗集，所选诗篇有的勉强可读，有的糟糕透顶。

locus n. /ˈləʊkəs/

( pl. loci/ˈləʊsaɪ/ )

or ( formal ) ( technical 术语) the exact place where sth happens or which is thought to be the centre of sth （某事发生的）确切地点；（被视为某物的）中心，核心

· demolish /dɪˈmɒlɪʃ/

o 1.V-T To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely. 彻底摧毁

• A storm moved directly over the island, demolishing buildings and flooding streets.
一场暴风雨直扫这个岛屿，彻底摧毁了房屋，淹没了街道。

o 2.V-T If you demolish someone's ideas or arguments, you prove that they are completely wrong or unreasonable. 驳倒

• Our intention was quite the opposite – to demolish rumours that have surrounded him since he took office.
我们的意图恰恰相反–要粉碎自他就职以来就缠着他的谣言。