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v. 使不安，使窘迫 |
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synonyms: embarrass, confuse, confound, chagrin, discomfit, disconcert, faze, rattle, discountenance, dismay
antonyms: embolden, compose |
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Example: She was quite abashed among strangers. |
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v. (國王)退位, 正式放棄(權力等) |
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synonyms: abjure, abnegate, cede, disclaim
antonyms: constitue, assume, usurp |
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Example: The king abdicated last month. |
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adj. 脫離常軌的 |
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synonyms: abnormal, anomalous, atypical, deviant
antonyms: normal, par for the course, typical , unexceptional |
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Example: His aberrant behavior was influenced by the use of drugs. |
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v. 放棄,使無效 |
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synonyms: abdicate, cede, disclaim, forgo, refrain, shun
antonyms: assert, claim, hold, retain, usurp |
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Example: The law was already abnegated. |
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v. 取消,廢除 |
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synonyms: abolish, invalidate, negate, repeal
antonyms: approve, ratify, authorize |
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Example: The treaty was already abrogated in 2000. |
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adj. 深奧的,難懂的 |
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synonyms: complicated, obscure, perplexing
antonyms: comprehensible, lucid, specific |
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Example: The scientific topic is too abstruse for me to understand. |
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v. 搭訕，與不熟識者攀談 |
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synonyms: approach, confront, entice
antonyms: avoid, dodge, shun |
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Example: She was accosted by a drunken man last night. |
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v. 生長 |
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synonyms: grow |
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adj. 刻薄的;嚴厲的 |
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synonyms: astringent, belligerent, censorious, indignant
antonyms: kind, peaceable |
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adj. 堅固無比的；不屈的 |
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synonyms: determined, inexorable, insistent, intransigent, resolute
antonyms: acquiescing, pliant, swayable, yielding |
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Example: Joyce was adamant in her refusal to obey her father. |
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adj. 靈巧的；熟練的 |
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synonyms: skillful, adept, artful, masterful
antonyms: clumsy, fumbling, inept, maladroit |
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Example: He became adroit at dealing with international issues. |
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v. 諂媚；奉承 (n.) adulation |
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synonyms: flatter, brownnose, cajole
antonyms: belittle, denigrate, denounce, slander |
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Example: She didn’t deserve such adulation. |
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v. 擴張...的權利；提高...的地位 |
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synonyms: applaud, augment, commend, distinguish, ennoble
antonyms: belittle, degrade, deflate |
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Example: He made a lot of efforts to aggrandize himself. |
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n. 敏捷 |
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synonyms: avidity, briskness, cheerfulness, fervor, readiness, willingness, zeal
antonyms: apathy, aversion, disinclination, dullness, hesitance, indifference |
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Example: She accepted his proposal with alacrity. |
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v. 以(水銀)混合金屬, 融合 |
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synonyms: unite, blend, compound |
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Example: Different races amalgamated with one another and formed a nation. |
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Sarita Chuang (莊琬君) 網頁製作 : Katherine Liu (劉倍菁) |