1、TOEFL vocabulary,品質(zhì)篇,品質(zhì),Undaunted ,nd:ntid,Undaunted(使氣餒） Adj. 勇敢的，無(wú)畏的 A long term of imprisonment and a dramatic escape had not daunted his fighting spirit. 長(zhǎng)期的監(jiān)禁及一次戲劇性的潛逃，并未挫折他的戰(zhàn)斗精神。,Dauntless d:ntlis,Dauntless 無(wú)畏的；勇敢的；不屈不撓的 詞根：daunt adj. daunting 使人畏縮的；使人氣餒的；令人怯步的 adv. dauntingly 令人生畏地；嚇人地 vt. da

2、unt 使氣餒，使畏縮；威嚇,Awkward :kwd,adj. 笨拙的；棘手的；不合適的 So, although it may seem awkward, the only way youll get to point this out is to just go ahead and do so.,同義詞：clumsy (笨拙的)反義詞：handy(靈巧的),disdain,disdaindisdein,Disdain n. 蔑視 vt. 鄙棄 I would certainly disdain to live in such tiny flats. 我當(dāng)然不愿意住在這樣小的單元房里,di

3、srespectfuldisri,spektful,Disrespectful adj. 無(wú)禮的；失禮的；不尊敬的 Everyones time is important and keeping people waiting is highly disrespectful,后綴less les,adv. 較少地；較小地；更小地 adj. 較少的；較小的,shame eim,n. 羞恥，羞愧；憾事，帶來(lái)恥辱的人 vt. 使丟臉，使羞愧,Shameless eimlis,Shameless adj. 無(wú)恥的；不要臉的；傷風(fēng)敗俗的 What a shameful thing! But the sha

4、meless man felt no shame and no regret. 多可恥??！但那個(gè)無(wú)恥之徒卻沒(méi)感到羞愧和悔恨。,recklessreklis,Reck vt. 顧慮 Reckless adj. 魯莽的，不顧后果的；粗心大意的 Loose agreements have not proved strong enough to stop reckless behaviour,spine,spinelessspainlis,Spineless adj. 沒(méi)有骨氣的；無(wú)脊椎的；懦弱的,聰 明,同義詞：acumen kju:men n. 聰明，敏銳,Acute kju:t 敏銳的,Tact

5、 tkt,T act 機(jī)智；老練；圓滑；鑒賞力,humane,humane hju:mein,adj. 仁慈的，人道的；高尚的 Any person who is really profoundly humane cant believe in everlasting punishment 真正非常慈悲的人決不會(huì)相信永遠(yuǎn)的懲罰。,meek mi:k adj. 溫順的；謙恭的；馴服的 affable fbl adj. 和藹可親的；友善的,近義詞,Sly slai,Sly slai,adj. 狡猾的；淘氣的；詭密的 He knew that once he had caught the sly f

6、ox he need not worry about him escaping 他知道已經(jīng)收服了的老狐貍不怕他再脫逃。,Frugal fru:l,節(jié) 儉,canny kni,Canny 精明的，謹(jǐn)慎的；節(jié)約的 More recently, these collectors have realised that they have also been canny investors. 不久前，這些收藏家意識(shí)到他們同樣也是精明的投資人。,Economical ,i:knmikl,Economical adj. 經(jīng)濟(jì)的；節(jié)約的；合算的 Engineers are forever seeking mo

7、re economical methods of solving old problems 工程師們常常探索解決老問(wèn)題的更加經(jīng)濟(jì)的辦法。,discretion,discretion diskren,n. 自由裁量權(quán)；謹(jǐn)慎；判斷力；判定；考慮周到 詞根：discrete adj. discrete 離散的，不連續(xù)的 discretionary 任意的；自由決定的 discretional 任意的（等于discretionary）；自由決定的 n. discrete 分立元件；獨(dú)立部件,hardheadedh:dhedid,adj. 腳踏實(shí)地的；冷靜的；無(wú)懈可擊的；頑固的 The notion o

8、f ego and self-awareness has been the bedrock of the hardheaded rationalism of the last few centuries. 關(guān)于自我與自我意識(shí)的概念一直是近幾個(gè)世紀(jì)來(lái)務(wù)實(shí)的理性主義的基礎(chǔ),sluggish sli,sluggish sli,adj.懶惰的,蕭條的；遲鈍的；行動(dòng)遲緩的； n. 市況呆滯；市勢(shì)疲弱 The mist, though sluggish and slow to move, was of a keenly searching kind. 霧雖然懶洋洋地移動(dòng)很慢，倒是一種無(wú)孔不入的東西,ind

9、olent indlnt懶惰的 inertia in:i n. 慣性；惰性 sloth sl n.怠惰，懶惰 slothful sl:ful, slu- adj.偷懶的,robust rubst,robust rubst,adj. 強(qiáng)健的；健康的；粗野的；粗魯?shù)?Many expect the global economy to be robust enough to shake off American weakness. 許多人預(yù)期世界經(jīng)濟(jì)足夠強(qiáng)勁，能夠拋開(kāi)美國(guó)的疲軟。,firm f:m 結(jié)實(shí)的 Bob lifts weights everyday, so his muscles are

10、very firm stocky stki結(jié)實(shí)的 Many Eskimos are short and stocky,extravagant,extravagant ikstrvnt,Extravagant adj. 奢侈的；浪費(fèi)的；過(guò)度的；放縱的 Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt. 盡管如此，它還是因?yàn)樘^(guò)于奢侈而總是處于欠債當(dāng)中。,greedy,greedy ri:di,adj. 貪婪的；貪吃的；渴望的 詞根：greed adv. greedily 貪婪地；貪食地 n. greed 貪婪，貪心 greediness