20230222 单词学习汇总

· obscure /əbˈskjʊə/

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o 1. ADJ If something or someone is obscure, they are unknown, or are known by only a few people. 鲜为人知的

•  The origin of the custom is obscure. 该习俗的起源鲜为人知。

o 2. ADJ Something that is obscure is difficult to understand or deal with, usually because it involves so many parts or details. 复杂难懂的; 难处理的

•  The contracts are written in obscure language. 那些合同是用复杂难懂的语言写的。

o 3. V-T If one thing obscures another, it prevents it from being seen or heard properly. 遮掩

•  Trees obscured his vision; he couldn't see much of the square's southern half. 树木遮住了他的视线，他不怎么看得见广场南半部。

o 4. V-T To obscure something means to make it difficult to understand. 使…难懂

•  ...the jargon that frequently obscures educational writing. …常使教学行文变得复杂难懂的术语。

 

per·cep·tion n. /pəˈsepʃn/  

1. [ U] ( technical 术语) ( formal ) the way you notice things, especially with the senses 知觉；感知

•our perception of reality 我们对现实的认识

•visual perception 视觉

——see also extrasensory perception

2. [ U] ( formal ) the ability to understand the true nature of sth 洞察力；悟性

SYN insight

•She showed great perception in her assessment of the family situation. 她对家庭状况的分析显示出敏锐的洞察力。

3. [ UC] ~ (that...)( formal ) an idea, a belief or an image you have as a result of how you see or understand sth 看法；见解

•a campaign to change public perception of the police 改变警察公众形象的运动

•There is a general public perception that standards in schools are falling. 公众普遍认为，学校的水平都在下降。

· quintessential /ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəl/  

o 1. ADJ Quintessential means representing a perfect or typical example of something. 典型的

•  Everybody thinks of him as the quintessential New Yorker. 每个人都认为他是个典型的纽约人。

o 2. ADV undefined

•  It is a familiar, and quintessentially Japanese ritual. 它是个熟悉而又典型的日式仪式。

o 3. ADJ Quintessential means representing the central nature of something. 精髓的

•  ...the quintessential charm of his songs. ...他歌曲的魅力精华所在。

 

· monolithic /ˌmɒnəˈlɪθɪk/

o 1. ADJ If you refer to an organization or system as monolithic, you are critical of it because it is very large and very slow to change, and does not seem to have different parts with different characters. 大一统的

•  ...an authoritarian and monolithic system. …大一统的独裁体制。

o 2. ADJ If you describe something such as a building as monolithic, you do not like it because it is very large and plain with no character. 巨大而平庸的

•  ...a huge monolithic concrete building. …一座巨大而平庸的混凝土建筑。

ahis·tor·ic·al adj.   /ˌeɪhɪˈstɒrɪkl/  

( formal ) not showing any knowledge of history or of what has happened before 非历史的；没有历史背景的；不顾史实的

 

· perpetuate /pəˈpɛtjʊˌeɪt/

o V-T If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue. 使继续 (尤指不好的情形、体系或信仰)

•  We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past. 我们绝不能使过去的宗教分裂继续下去。

on account of 因为、由于、基于

down·play v.   /ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ/  

[ VN] to make people think that sth is less important than it really is 对…轻描淡写；使轻视；贬低

SYN play down

· • The coach is downplaying the team's poor performance. 教练对这个队的拙劣表现不以为然。

· exceptionalism /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəlɪzəm/

o N an attitude to other countries, cultures, etc based on the idea of being quite distinct from, and often superior to, them in vital ways 例外主义; 对其它国家、文化等的一种态度，认为自己的国家或文化在很多重要方面不同并优越于其它国家或其文化