《刘毅 Vocabulary 5000》
Lesson 2
apparatus = equipment 仪器 : fighting apparatus 消防器材
appliance = a device for a particular use, usually electrically operated 器具
appliance = application = applying 应用
assert = insist = say or declare positively 断言
assign = allot 分派
compensate = reward 赔偿
deem = consider = think = believe 认为
inviolable = holy = sacred 不可侵犯的
specimen = sample 标本
stimulate = excite = rouse = encourage = impel = make more active 鼓舞，刺激
tendency = inclination = leaning = bent = propensity 趋势
testify = prove 证明
tourist = traveller 游客
utility = usefulness 效用
blunt = dull : sharp 钝的
elastic = not stiff, firm or strict 有弹性的 : inflexible
exit = a way out 出口 : entrance
exit = departing 离去
fatigue = weariness 疲劳：vigor
heir = successor （男）继承人: heiress
inflate = expand = enlarge 膨胀：deflate
plump = rather fat 丰满的：thin
plump = fall or drop heavily or suddenly 忽然落下
recall = remember = recollect = call back to mind 回忆起：forget
recall = call back (someone) 召回
shun = keep away from = avoid 避开：encounter
sneer = show scorn or contempt by looks or words 轻蔑；嘲笑：admire
adjoin = be next to 贴近，毗邻：adjoining (adj)
ally = join or unite by agreement （使）结盟；联合：alliance (n)
ally (n) = person, group or nation united with another for some special purpose = coalition同盟
chaste = modest and virtuous = pure in word, thought and deed 贞洁的：chastity(n)
confide = tell as a secret 吐露秘密：confidence (n)
confide = put trust or have faith 信任（v）
defy = refuse to obey = pay no attention to 藐视：defiance (n)
disrupt = bring or throw into disorder 弄乱，扰乱（v）
disrupt = break up = split 使分裂：disruptive
enable = make able 使能够：enabler （使他人获得独立完成某事技能的）赋能者
fantastic = fanciful = strange 怪诞的：fantasy (n)
impact = a collision 冲击：impactive
brood 孵；窝（n）
brood = think steadily and moodily about something 沉思
fringe = edge 边缘
gravel = small stones, often mixed with coarse sand 碎石
hut = a cabin = a small roughly made house or shelter 小屋
lure = an attraction = something to attract fish 诱饵（n）
lure = tempt 引诱 （v）
perch = rod = a place where a birds rests 栖身处（n）
perch = sit = alight = come to rest from flying 栖息（v）
stride 大步
swarm 群（n）
swarm 蜂拥（v）
twig = a small branch of a tree or bush 小树枝
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