U1
insight: the capacity to gain an accurate and deep instinctive understanding of a situation
强化四个意识checkered tablecloth: tablecloth that has a pattern consisting of alternating squares of different colors.
chew the cud(slang):think reflectively
gnome:(in legends) a little old man who lives underground and guards the earth’s treasures/a small ugly person
melancholy: sad, gloomy，depresd
berate: scold or criticize angrily
a perver streak: an obstinate quality
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drag(slang):a boring thing; nuisance
immortality: never-ending life or endless fame
U2
cool one’s heels :be forced to wait; be kept waiting
attest to: testify to; rve as an evidence to affirm/to be proof of
apocalyptic: foreboding imminent disaster or final doom
proconsul: an administrator in a colony usually with wide powers
ruminate: go over in the mind repeatedly and often slowly
nattering: chattering; hence; noisy
echelon: rank, level
fotify: encourage; support
reappraisal: re-evaluation
academe: the academic community; academics
shrink(slang): psychoanalyst or psychiatrist
subliminal: existing or functioning outside the area of conscious awareness
truism: an undoubted or lf-evident truth
mellow and marinate: to mellow is to become ripe or fully developed and the marinate is to steep(meat, fish)in a savory sauce to enrich its flavor; here, ripen and mature
U3
tangible: substantially real; material
custom: business patronage ;the fact of a person or people buying goods or rvices at a shop/store or business
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impregnable: unassailable, unattackable; sturdy
credit: trust in a person’s ability and intention to pay at a later time for goods, etc. supplied
蜻蜓复眼dash: vigor in style and action; here means enthusiasm
热爱生命的故事flair: ingenuity and vitality
invulnerability: freedom from harm or attack
composition: arrangement into proper proportion or relation and especially into artistic form
illusory: deceptive
preclude: make impossible
U6
assumption: sth. taken for granted; supposition
crave for: long for; desire eagerly
humdrum: lacking variety; dull
immer: involve deeply; absorb
transmute: change; transform
physiological pressures: irritation; annoyance; affliction
vexation: illness; discomforts
minal: having possibilities of future development; highly original and influencing the development of future events
inordinate: excessive
compatible with: able to exist together
thrive on: enjoy and do well as a result of
stave off: keep off; prevent in time
U7
lamely: weakly, unsatisfactorily
paradoxical: emingly lf-contradictory; incongruous; puzzling
ductive: attractive; charming
pedagogical: teaching
wary: heedful; careful
on the defensive: prepared for disapproval or attack
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demeaning overtones: implications of humiliation
vestiges: traces that have once existed but exist no more
to the detriment of: to the harm of
throes: a condition of agonizing struggle or effort: upheaval
narcissism: excessive admiration of onelf
obligation: duty; social requirement that compels one to follow a certain cour of action
fretful: irritable; complaining
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depreciation: a disparaging or a belittling act or instance
censure: an expression of blame or disapproval
preen: adorn or trim(onelf)carefully
interminable :endless
U8
multitudinous: very numerous, existing in great numbers
lust: overwhelming desire or craving
orgy: excessive indulgence in any activity; wild festivity
pitch: point, level, degree
texture: quality; structure of a substance
deliberate fasting: eating little or no food on purpo
bludgeon: force sb. into (doing sth);beat
blow-out(slang):a large, usu. lavish, meal
indulgence: great satisfaction; gratification of desires
homage: honor or respect; reverence paid
gorge: stuff/fill onelf completely with food
impotence: powerlessness; ineffectualness
U10
plight: condition, state, or situation; esp. an unfavorable one
as often as not: at least half the time; frequently
articulate: using language easily and fluently; having facility with words
a coveted fellowship: a fellowship that everyone longs jealously to posss
allegorically: figuratively
gibberish: talk or writing containing many obscure, pretentious, or technical words; meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing
