Unit 1

entangle

vt

• In the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires.
• She didn't want to get entangled with him.
• He became entangled in a series of conflicts with the management.

episodic

adj

• My memories of childhood are hazy(朦胧) and episodic.
• may be able to establish whether the sea-floor spreading is continuous or episodic
• The long novel was filmed for television as an episodic movie that was shown over the course of five evenings.

entice

vt

• The animal refused to be enticed from its hole.
• Try and entice the child to eat by offering small portions of their favourite food.
• They'll entice thousands of doctors to move from the cities to the rural areas by paying them better salaries.

entrance

vt

• He listened to her, entranced.
• a production of The Nutcracker ballet that will entrance audiences
• As soon as I met Dick, he entranced me because he has a lovely voice.

entrap

vt

• He claimed the government had entrapped him into doing something that he would not have done otherwise.
• She felt that she was entrapped in an unhappy marriage.

entreat

vt

• Please help me, I entreat you!
• She entreated him not to go.
• He was accustomed to command, not to entreat.

enunciate

1. v

• She enunciated each word slowly and carefully.
• Enunciate clearly, keep your voice volume moderate, and speak slowly and clearly when answering the phone, so your caller can understand you easily.

2. vt

• He set out to enunciate the basic principles of his system.
• He enunciated his vision of the future to the public.

ephemeral

adj

• The autumnal blaze of colors is always to be treasured, all the more so because it is so ephemera.
• He talked about the country's ephemeral unity being shattered(打碎) by the defeat.
• The reason is that dreams are ephemeral. Memory for dreams is very limited and largely restricted to the period before awakening.

epic

adj

• an epic journey / struggle / poem
• Columbus's epic voyage of discovery.
• The football game was an epic battle between two great teams.

epicure

n

• He researches diets carefully, and is a true epicure.
• Unfortunately for New York’s epicures, DiSpirito hasn’t been in a restaurant kitchen since 2004.

Unit 2

epigram

n

• I didn't remember who said the epigram that half of a person is angel and the other half is beast.
• Murphy's law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
• Benjamin Franklin's famous epigram, "Remember that time is money".

epilogue

n

• The epilogue is a rather strange final scene, presenting a different kind of death than in the first scene — not physical death but death of memory.
• Save for a brief allusion in the epilogue to the strained politics of the present moment, Mr. Inskeep keeps his narrative rooted firmly in the past.

epithet

n

• His charitable works have earned him the epithet "Mr. Philanthropy."
• Many were offended by her use of racial epithets.

epitomize

vt

• These movies seem to epitomize the 1950s.
• Seafood is a regional speciality epitomized by Captain Anderson's Restaurant.
• The fighting qualities of the team are epitomized by the captain.

equable

adj

• He was a man of the most equable temper.
• Many countries made a genuine attempt to set a new and equable tone for discussion and debate.
• He was a fine person to work with and he was very equable and a patient man.

equity

n

• In making these decisions we should be governed by the principle of equity.
• Even the call to not donate is a form of dialogue and equity.

equivalent

adj / n

• Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles.
• Breathing such polluted air is the equivalent of smoking ten cigarettes a day.

equivocate

vi

• He had asked her once again about her finances. And again she had equivocated.
• Don't equivocate with me. I want a straight answer to a straight question!
• You can tell when they're stressed out, they'll equivocate and vacillate(踌躇).

empirical

adj

• empirical evidence / knowledge
• There is no empirical evidence to support his thesis.
• They collected plenty of empirical data from their experiments.

errant

adj

• errant youngsters
• Usually his cases involved errant husbands and wandering wives.

Unit 3

erratic

adj

• She had learnt to live with his sudden changes of mood and erratic behaviour.
• Argentina's erratic inflation rate threatens to upset the plans.

erudite

adj

• He was never dull, always erudite and well informed.
• You can maintain a clever, astute and erudite persona whether you're adolescent or octogenarian.
• There’s also the intrinsic pleasure you get from boosting your knowledge and becoming more erudite.

escalate

v

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war.
• We do not want to escalate the war.
• Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate.

eschew

vt

• He decided to eschew a traditional career and instead become a writer.
• Occasionally I eschew humor entirely, and just try to inform people.
• When introduced to a stranger, he eschewed formalities(礼节), stuck out a gnarled right hand and responded with a chummy, "Hermann."

esoteric

adj

• esoteric terminology / subjects
• Metaphysics is such an esoteric subject that most people are content to leave it to the philosophers.

espouse

vt

• They espoused the notion of equal opportunity for all in education.
• She ran away with him to Mexico and espoused the revolutionary cause.

esteem

n / v

• She is held in high esteem by her colleagues.
• Please accept this small gift as a token of our esteem.
• She was esteemed the perfect novelist.

estimable

adj

• She has written an estimable novel.
• We owe thanks to our estimable colleague.

estrange

vt

• John's excesses gradually estranged him from his mother.
• Technology does not need to estrange us from one another.
• The demonization(妖魔化) of China will estrange the Chinese from the West and place distance between peoples.

etch

v

• The ugly scene in the study was still etched on her mind.
• glass that has been etched with an identification number

Unit 4

eternal

adj

• eternal truths
• I'm tired of your eternal arguments.
• She's an eternal optimist.

ethereal

1. adj

• her ethereal beauty
• She's the prettiest, most ethereal romantic heroine in the movies.

2. adj

• ethereal belief
• ethereal victory

ethics

n

• Refugee workers said such action was a violation of medical ethics.
• Ethics provide boundaries for our actions and help us do the right thing.

eulogize

vt

• He was eulogized as a hero.
• The boss eulogized about Steven's versatility.
• I eulogize the tall and straight trunk of the white poplar(白杨).

euphemism

n

• "Pass away" is a euphemism for "die".
• The term "early retirement" is nearly always a euphemism for layoffs(裁员) nowadays.

euphonious

adj

• euphonious music
• "The music wasn't bad," Kathy replied. "I thought the violin and the piano produced a euphonious combination."

euphoria

n

• There was euphoria after the election.
• But the euphoria of liberation, already dissipated, will not return: that was a moment only.
• The early euphoria could rapidly fizzle into surly disappointment.

evacuate

vt

• Police evacuated nearby buildings after founding the bomb.
• Children were evacuated from London to escape the bombing.
• The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area.

evanescent

adj

• the evanescent economic boom
• beauty that is as evanescent as a rainbow
• And, like all concept cars, an evanescent representation of a future that may have been, but never was.

entail

v

• Such a decision would entail a huge political risk in the midst of the presidential campaign.
• The project will entail considerable expense.

Unit 5

everlasting

adj

• everlasting life / love
• I'm tired of your everlasting complaints.

evict

vt

• A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent.
• They were evicted from their apartment after their mother became addicted to drugs.
• His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon.

evince

vt

• He evinced a strong desire to be reconciled with his family.
• The entire production evinces authenticity and a real respect for the subject matter.
• Experiments evince this algorithm is a good feature detection method.

evoke

vt

• The music evoked memories of her youth.
• His case is unlikely to evoke public sympathy.
• A scentor sound may evoke a distant episode from one's childhood.

exacerbate

vt

• Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.
• His angry comments have exacerbated tensions in the negotiation process.
• The proposed factory shutdown would only exacerbate our unemployment problems.

exacting

1. adj

• products designed to meet the exacting standards of today's marketplace
• He was an exacting man to work for.

2. adj

• exacting work
• She didn't think that he was well enough to carry out such an exacting task.

exalt

vt

• The essay exalts the simple beauty of the country.
• They exalt their heroe' accomplishments.

exasperate

vt

• She shown favour to the youth in your sight, and that exasperate you.
• The criticism of his latest movie is sure to exasperate his admirers.
• We were exasperated by the delays.

excavate

v

• The site has been excavated by archaeologists.
• A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs.
• They plan to excavate a large hole before putting in the foundation.

exceptional

adj

• At the age of five he showed exceptional talent as a musician.
• The flesh of this kind of fish has exceptional delicacy.
• This deadline will be extended only in exceptional circumstances.

Unit 6

excoriate

vt

• He was excoriated as a racist.
• That's why the solution to substandard performance is always to excoriate, punish and shame the child.
• The candidates have publicly excoriated each other throughout the campaign.

excrete

vt

• Your open pores(毛孔) excrete sweat and dirt.
• The weakened virus used in vaccines(疫苗) replicates for a short time in children's intestines and is excreted in their feces(粪便).

excruciate

vt

• She has long been excruciated by a persistent pain in her knee.
• To relieve his excruciating pain, doctors administered fentanyl and a sedative.

exculpate

vt

• The court exculpated him after a thorough investigation.
• I will present evidence that will exculpate my client.

excursive

adj
an excursive story line that some readers of Melville's novel find very rewarding

execrate

v

• She came to execrate the hypocritical(虚伪的) values of her upper-class upbringing.
• Leaders from around the world execrated the terrorists responsible for the bomb blast.

exemplary

adj

• His courage was exemplary.
• I believe his leadership in this respect is exemplary and will in future be recognized as visionary and ahead of its time.
• As a hospital volunteer you have given exemplary service to your community.

exempt

vt

• His bad eyesight exempted him from military service.
• In 1983, charities were exempted from paying the tax.
• Men in college were exempt from military service.

exhaust

vt

• There's no need to exhaust yourself clearing up—we'll do it.
• Within three days they had exhausted their supply of food.
• Don't give up until you have exhausted all the possibilities.

exhilarate

vt

• Speed had always exhilarated him.
• This dangerous task exhilarate his spirits.
• I know countless students whose inquiring minds exhilarate me. I like to hear the play of their ideas.

Unit 7

exhort

vt

• The party leader exhorted his members to start preparing for government.
• Kennedy exhorted his listeners to turn away from violence.
• He exhorted his companions, "Try to accomplish your aim with diligence."

exigent

adj

• exigent circumstances
• He started his workday with a flood of exigent matters that required his quick decision.

exodus

n

• The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.
• The mass exodus from the cities for the beaches and the mountains on most summer weekends.

exonerate

vt

• The official report basically exonerated everyone.
• The police report exonerated Lewis from all charges of corruption.
• An investigation exonerated the school from any blame.

exorbitant

adj

• Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.
• In the first few months of the siege, food could be purchased, albeit(尽管) at exorbitant prices.

exotic

adj

• the gradual disappearance of exotic lands in a culturally homogenized world
• She travels to all kinds of exotic locations all over the world.
• There is no location would be too far or too exotic to visit.

expansive

adj

• He was becoming more expansive as he relaxed.
• He was unusually expansive at the press conference.

expedite

vt

• We have developed rapid order processing to expedite deliveries to customers.
• We tried to help you expedite your plans.
• To help expedite the recovery process, on January 15 the Haitian government formally transferred temporary control of the airport in Port-au-Prince to the United States.

expediency

n

• The expediency of such a plan is questionable.
• This was a matter less of morals than of expediency.

expiate

vt

• He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.
• It seemed that Alice was expiating her father's sins with her charity work.

Unit 8

expire

1. v
   The patient expired early this morning.
2. v

• When does your driving licence expire?
• He had lived illegally in the United States for five years after his visitor's visa expired.

explicit

1. adj

• He gave me very explicit directions on how to get there.
• She was quite explicit about why she had left.

2. adj

• an explicit notion of our objective
• an explicit plan
• a song with explicit lyrics(歌词)

exploit

1. n

• the daring exploits of Roman heroes
• His wartime exploits were later made into a film and a television series.

2. vt

• He exploited his father's name to get himself a job.
• The government and its opponents compete to exploit the troubles to their advantage.

exponent

n

• a leading exponent of test-tube(试管) baby techniques
• She was a leading exponent of free trade during her political career.

expurgate

vt

• He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition.
• They felt it was necessary to expurgate his letters before publishing them.
• The newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment.

exquisite

adj

• The Indians brought in exquisite beadwork to sell.
• The room was decorated in exquisite taste.
• The food and service are exquisite.

extant

adj

• extant remains of the ancient wall
• Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant.
• The cockroach(蟑螂) is the oldest extant winged insect, dating back more than 300 million years.

extemporize

v

• He completely departed from the text and extemporized in a very energetic fashion.
• A good talk show host has to be able to extemporize the interviews when things don't go as planned.

extenuate

vt

• We cannot extenuate your crime.
• His Majesty gave many marks of his great lenity(慈悲), often. Try to extenuate your crimes.

extinct

adj

• At the current rate of decline, many of the rain forest animals could become extinct in less than 10 years.
• Herbalism(草药医术学) had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.

Unit 9

extinguish

vt

• Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
• All lights had been extinguished.
• It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire.
• The message extinguished her hopes of Richard's return.

extol

vt

• Now experts are extolling the virtues of the potato.
• Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat.
• She was extolled as a genius

extort

vt

• The gang(帮会) extorted money from over 30 local businesses.
• Her kidnapper extorted a $175,000 ransom for her release.

extract

vt

• The dentist may decide that the wisdom teeth need to be extracted.
• He rifled through his briefcase(公文包) and extracted a file.
• Journalists managed to extract all kinds of information about her private life.

encyclopedic

adj

• encyclopedic information / dictionary
• She has an encyclopedic knowledge of natural history.

extraneous

adj

• We do not want any extraneous information on the page.
• To avoid delays, she wanted the disaster relief legislation to be kept free of extraneous matters.

extravagant

1. adj

• She's got very extravagant tastes.
• Extravagant people never save money.

2. adj

• I felt very extravagant spending ￡100 on a dress.
• Baking a whole cheese in pastry may seem extravagant.

extricate

vt

• He had managed to extricate himself from most of his official duties.
• They managed to extricate the pilot from the tangled control panel.

exuberant

adj

• She gave an exuberant performance.
• The men are known as exuberant teachers, and are favorites among computer science and math students.
• A group of exuberant residents picked up the president-elect's half brother Malik and carried him through the village.

exude

v

• She exudes an air of relaxed calm.
• The plant can exude a sticky fluid.
• Nearby was a factory which exuded a pungent smell.

Unit 10

exult

vi

• He leaned back, exulting at the success of his plan.
• When the Twins' victory celebration erupted on the field, he jumped up to exult with his fellow students around him.
• We shouldn't exult for victories and we shouldn't cry over defeats.

fable

1. n

• The theme of the fable was the folly of human vanity.
• He combines fact and fable to make a more interesting story.

2. n

• The story that he won the battle single-handedly is a mere fable.
• Is reincarnation(转世) fact or fable?

fabricate

vt

• The evidence was totally fabricated.
• She was accused of fabricating data.
• The texter accused the artist of fabricating her account of the 2017 incident for cash.

facetious

adj

• Stop being facetious; this is serious.
• I became angry with the little boy at his facetious remarks.
• Some people, like my boss, are not good at telling jokes; it's sometimes hard to tell whether he is serious or being facetious.

facile

adj

• This problem needs more than just a facile solution.
• And it's hard to avoid the same facile questions — and the same superficial answers — that followed the other tragedies

facilitate

vt

• The new airport will facilitate the development of tourism.
• Both sides undertake to facilitate further cultural exchanges.
• The new trade agreement should facilitate more rapid economic growth.

faction

n

• rival factions within the administration
• a party divided by faction and intrigue(阴谋)
• A peace agreement will be signed by the leaders of the country's warring factions.

fallacious

adj

• a fallacious argument
• This inference is fallacious without reasonable evidence to support it.
• The earlier belief that the Sun moves round the Earth was fallacious.

fallow

adj

• Farmers are now paid to let their land lie fallow.
• Farmers know that soil needs rest, so they rotate their crops and systematically leave a portion of their land fallow.

fail-safe

1. n
   The camera has a built-in fail-safe which prevents it from working if the right signals aren't received.
2. adj

• There is no fail-safe technology that is immune to hacking.
• Detecting phoniness this way is far from fail-safe, but it is a good guide.