v. 誘騙,哄騙 |
synonyms: brownnose, banter, blandish, butter up
antonyms: belittle, bully, criticize, force, insult, repel |
Example: John cajoled her into agreeing to do the work. |
n. 災難,巨大的不幸 |
synonyms: adversity, affliction, catastrophe, downfall, hardship, mischance, misfortune, mishap
antonyms: blessing, fortune, prosperity |
Example: Iraq suffered a series of calamities in the early 2000s. |
v. 誹謗 |
synonyms: asperse, blotch, decry, defame, defile, dishonor, malign, slander
antonyms: compliment, glorify, honor, exalt, laud |
(n.)(v.) 偽裝,掩飾手段; |
synonyms: disguise, concealment, deceit, dissimulation, faking, guise, masking
antonyms: expose, reveal, uncover |
Example: Some insects have a natural camouflage which hides them from their predators. |
n. 坦率,真誠 |
synonyms: directness, fairness, forthrightness, frankness, guilelessness
antonyms: deception, doublespeak, indirectness |
Example: The president gave his speech with candor.
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n. 反覆無常,多變 |
synonyms: changeableness, contrariety, crotchet
antonyms: conventionality, normalcy, usualness |
Example: He made that decision simply from caprice. (from caprice 憑一時的興致) |
v. 申斥;懲罰 |
synonyms: criticize, baste, berate, blister, chastise
antonyms: compliment, praise, laud |
Example: He castigated himself for ignoring this problem. |
n. 大災難 |
synonyms: adversity, affliction, calamity, downfall, hardship, mischance, misfortune, mishap
antonyms: blessing, favor, fortume |
Example: The hurricane was a major catastrophe. |
adj. 明白的, 絕對的 |
synonyms: absolute, certain, clear-cut, definite
antonyms: ambiguous, vague |
Example: The mayor gave a categorical statement regarding the recent uproar. |
n. (意見的)隔閡,分歧 |
synonyms: abyss, breach, cleavage, clough, crevasse
antonyms: closure, junction, juncture |
Example: Deep political chasm between the two countries led to war. |
adj. 天使的;無邪的 |
synonyms: adorable, archangelic, celestial, ethereal, heavenly
antonyms: dark, demonic, devilish |
Example: Everyone was attracted to her cherubic smile. |
n. 強詞奪理 |
synonyms: fraud, fourberie, gambit, ploy, sophistry, stratagem, surreptitiousness, trickery
antonyms: forthrightness, truthfulness |
Example: The investigation revealed political chicanery at the highest levels. |
n. 幽閉恐懼症 |
Example: Mr. Jones suffers from claustrophobia. |
教材製作 :
Sarita Chuang (莊琬君) 網頁製作 : Katherine Liu (劉倍菁) |