英語 : 每日一字

enervating(a.)causing you to feel weak and with no energy

Example:

1. I find this heat very enervating.

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fallacy(n.)an idea which a lot of people think is true but which is false错误的观念或信念,谬见,谬论

Example:

1. It is a common fallacy that women are worse drivers than men.

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jocular(a.)1. funny or intended to make someone laugh
2. describes someone who is happy and likes to make jokes
诙谐的

Examples:

1. The teacher made a jocular comment on his own painting.

2. He was in a very jocular mood at the party.

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laissez-faire(n.)
1. unwillingness to get involved in or influence other people's activities
2. If a government is laissez-faire, it does not have many laws and rules which control the buying and selling of goods and services.放任政策

Example:

1. The problems began long before he became headteacher, but they worsened with his laissez-faire approach/attitude.

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neophyte(n.)someone who has recently become involved in an activity and is still learning about it新入教者,新信徒

Example:

1. He's a neophyte at chess.

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obsequious(a.)too eager to praise or obey someone 谄媚的,奉承的,顺从的

Example:

1. She is almost embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority.

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obtuse(a.)
1. [specialized](of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°钝的,不尖的,圆头的
2. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
3. (of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
4. indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.

Example:

1. It irritates her that he has such an obtuse mind.

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paragon(n.)a person or thing that is perfect or has an extremely large amount of a particular good characteristic模范,优秀之人,完美之物

Example:

1. In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue.

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pariah(n.)a person who is not accepted by a social group, especially because he or she is not liked, respected or trusted印度的最下阶级,贱民,被放逐者

Example:

1. It is a declaration that any country which does not follow the paris charter will become an international pariah.

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pejorative(a.)disapproving or suggesting that something is not good or is of no importance退化的,轻蔑的

Examples:

1. Make sure students realise that 'fat' is an unflattering or pejorative word.

2. It comes as quite a shock to still hear a judge describing a child as 'illegitimate', with all the pejorative overtones of that word.

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perfunctory(a.)done quickly, without taking care or interest敷衍的,循例的,机械性的

Examples:

1. His smile was perfunctory.

2. There have been attempts, albeit fairly perfunctory, to honor the dead in some way.

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