spy on sb
stance on
stance against
take/adopt a stance
asmble:2 [transitive]
asmblage: 东西组装asmbly: n. 人集合
not all that: infml not very
furtive glances/looks
furtively furtiveness
vile: 1 informal extremely unpleasant or bad [= horrible]:
vilely vileness
in repo His face looked less hard in repo.
prune: vt 1 also prune something ↔ back to cut off some of the branches of a tree or bush to make it grow better:
acknowledge that
acknowledge something as something
The film festival is acknowledged as an event of international importance.
be widely/generally acknowledged to be something
The mill produces what is widely acknowledged to be the finest wool in the world.
acknowledge somebody as something
Many of the poor acknowledged him as their spiritual leader.
cache: cache of the cret cache of cash 秘密现金柜also v
redress: vt fml to correct something that is wrong or unfair:
redress the situation. redress the balance
athwart: prep rare across, esp. in a sloping direction 横跨
in time: In time you’ll learn everything. 总有一天你一切都会明白的
probe: vi; vt probe into also n probing adj
be (out) on one’s rounds
dignify somebody/something with something
I cannot dignify him with the name 'physician'.
dignified: adj
dignity n.
idiocy:[= stupidity]:
lone: [= solitary]:
crui: 1 [vi., usu. + adv./prep.] to move at a steady speed in a car, aircraft etc:
We fly at a cruising speed of 500 mph.
George VI reigned from 1936 to 1952.
reign over Pharaohs reigned over Egypt for centuries.
reigning: adj
stir: -rr- [vi (from); vt] She doesn’t stir (= wake or get up) before nine o’clock.
Also n stirring adj
congregate: to come together in a group:
congregation
atomize: 分裂
disdain: 忽视Also n disdainful adj disdainfulness
preten: also pretence (BrE) [假装
pretence that
pretence of/at (being/doing) something
Tollitt made no preten of being surprid.
abandon/give up/drop a pretence
under the pretence of (doing) sth
pretend pretended adj pretension pretentious自以为是的
solitude: [U] fml the state of being alone away form companionship
in solitude
presumably: 据推测；大概；可能
presumable presume presuming adj presumption presumptive推定的
presumptuous: showing disrepect towards others as a result of having too high an opinion of onelf
pamper: vt 受宠
pamper yourlf
pampering: overindulgence (of a person, taste, etc); luxury
be a scandal: British English spoken to be very shocking or unacceptable:
surrender: 1被迫放弃
2 surrender to sth:
precondition: [C] 先决条件
precondition of/for
exertion: [U; C] 努力；尽力；费力 exert v
Physical/mental exertion 竭尽体力（智力）
the exertion of authority 行使权力
compensate for 弥补
compensate somebody for something
slump: [vi; vt] also be slumped 弯垂；垂头弯腰地走（或坐着等）
Also n
scurry: 急走、跑
People were scurrying off to work.
—scurry noun [singular]
insolent: rude and not showing any respect:
—insolently adverb
—insolence noun [uncountable]
illiterate: adj文盲的
also n.: someone who has not learned to read or write
illiteracy [U]
befriend: [transitive] to behave in a friendly way towards someone, especially someone who is younger or needs help:
disfunctional: dysfunctional abnormal
victimize: also victimi [= pick on]:
—victimization noun [uncountable]
at best: 就最乐观的方面看；至多，充其量
insidious:不知不觉加剧的
insidiously insidiousness [U]
blatant: 极明显的；公然的
feature in 特色，重要
be featured in something
feature prominently/strongly/heavily etc
feature somebody as something
vibrant:有生机的
vibrantly vibrancy [U]
deduce:infer
deduce that
deduce something from something
deduction n. deductive adj.
myopic:目光短浅的adj
myopia [U] myopically adv
pathetic: 令人生厌的
so much so that：= so … that 到这样的程度以致
He was very weak, so much so that he could not walk.
clo/shut one’s eyes to sth.: to ignore something or pretend that you do not know it is happening:
underclass: [C; usu. singl.]the lowest social class in a society,
disproportionate:不和比例adj —disproportionately adverb
bet:[vt] formal bet, bet, betting 烦恼
bet somebody with/by something
scenario: plural scenarios [countable] 可能发生的事
possible/likely/plausible scenario
worst-ca/nightmare scenario (=the worst possible situation)
relegate somebody/something to something贬低，次重要
