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inhabitant /ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/ |CET4 TEM4
N-COUNT The inhabitants of a place are the people who live there.
例：...the inhabitants of Boi.
viable /'vaɪəbəl,ˋvaɪəbḷ/ adj.
a viable idea, plan, or method can work successfully
1.viable alternative/proposition/option etc
[例] Will a hotel here be financially viable?
2.technical able to continue to live or to develop into a living thing
OPP NON-VIABLE
[例] viable eds
presume /prɪˈzjuːm/ |CET6 TEM8
1.V-T If you presume that something is the ca, you think that it is the ca, although you are not certain.
例：I presume you're here on business.
2.V-T If you say that someone presumes to do something, you mean that they do it even though they have no right to do it.
例：They're rentful that outsiders presume to meddle in their affairs.
3.V-T If an idea, theory, or plan presumes certain facts, it regards them as true so that they can be ud as a basis for further ideas and theories.
例：The legal definition of "know" often presumes mental control.
tribute /ˈtrɪbjuːt/ |CET6 TEM4
1.N-VAR A tribute is something that you say, do, or make to show your admiration and respect for someone.
例：The song is a tribute to Roy Orbison.
2.N-SING If one thing is a tribute to another, the first thing is the result of the cond and shows how good it is.
例：His success has been a tribute to hard work, to professionalism.
noteworthy /ˈnəʊtˌwɜːðɪ/ |CET6
ADJ A fact or event that is noteworthy is interesting, remarkable, or significant in some way.
例：The most noteworthy feature of the list is that there are no women on it.
quirk /kwɜːk/ |TEM8
1.N-COUNT A quirk is something unusual or interesting that happens by chance. (偶然发生的)
例：By a tantalizing quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship.
2.N-COUNT A quirk is a habit or aspect of a person's character which is odd or unusual.
例：Brown was always fascinated by the quirks and foibles of people in everyday situations.
confer /kənˈfɜː/ |CET6 TEM8
1.V-RECIP When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.
例：He conferred with Hill and the others in his office.
2.
V-T To confer something such as power or an honour on someone means to give it to them.
例：The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil's 25 constituent states.
conceive /kənˈsiːv/ |CET6 TEM4
1.V-T/V-I If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
例：I just can't even conceive of that quantity of money.
例：We could not conceive that he might soon be dead.
2.
V-T/V-I If you conceive something as a particular thing, you consider it to be that thing.
例：The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water.
例：We conceive of the family as being in a constant state of change.
3.V-T If you conceive a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done.
例：She had conceived the idea of a ries of novels, each of which would reveal some aspect of Chine life.
4.V-T/V-I When a woman conceives a child or conceives, she becomes pregnant.
例：Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive.
craze /kreɪz/ |TEM4
N-COUNT If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time. 一时的狂热
例：...the craze for Mutant Ninja Turtles.
…风靡一时的忍者神龟热。
hysteria /hɪˈstɪərɪə/
N-UNCOUNT Hysteria among a group of people is a state of uncontrolled excitement, an
ger, or panic. 歇斯底里
例：No one could help getting carried away by the hysteria.
歇斯底里发作起来谁也无法控制自己。
cognitive /ˈkɒɡnɪtɪv/ |CET6 TEM8
ADJ Cognitive means relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things. 认知的
例：As children grow older, their cognitive process become sharper.
intuitive /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/ |TEM8
1.ADJ If you have an intuitive idea or feeling about something, you feel that it is true although you have no evidence or proof of it. 直觉的
例：A positive pregnancy test soon confirmed her intuitive feelings.
阳性的孕检结果很快证实了她的直觉。
2.ADV 凭直觉地
例：He emed to know intuitively that I must be missing my mother.
他似乎凭直觉知道我一定是在思念我的母亲。
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startling /ˈstɑːtlɪŋ/
ADJ Something that is startling is so different, unexpected, or remarkable that people react to it with surpri.
例：Sometimes the results may be rather startling.
trait /treɪt/ |CET4 TEM8
