oblation n. 祭品，奉献物
lat -> loc -> put
All the people of the land shall gfive this oblation for the prince in Israel.
此地的民都要奉上这供物给以色列中的王。
sacrifice：牺牲；
- V-T To sacrifice an animal or person means to kill them in a special religious ceremony as an offering to a god. 献祭
The priest sacrificed a chicken.
牧师献祭了一只鸡。 - V-T If you sacrifice something that is valuable or important, you give it up, usually to obtain something else for yourself or for other people. 舍弃; 牺牲
She sacrificed family life to her career.
她为了她的事业牺牲了家庭生活。
allocate：分配；
V-T If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose. 分配
Tickets are limited and will be allocated to those who apply first.
票数有限，将分配给那些先申请的人。
dislocate：脱臼； - V-T If you dislocate a bone or joint in your body, or in someone else's body, it moves out of its proper position in relation to other bones, usually in an accident. 使脱臼
Harrison dislocated a finger. - V-T To dislocate something such as a system, process, or way of life means to disturb it greatly or prevent it from continuing as normal. 扰乱
It would help to end illiteracy and disease, but it would also dislocate a traditional way of life.
它该会有助于消除文盲和疾病，但也会打乱一种传统的生活方式。
collate：对照； - V-T When you collate pieces of information, you gather them all together and examine them. 整理检点 (信息)
Roberts has spent much of his working life collating the data on which the study was based.
罗伯茨花费很多工作时间来整理检点数据，以此作为该研究的基础。 - V-T If someone, or something such as a photocopier, collates pieces of paper, they put them together in the correct order. 整理 (纸张)
They took sheets of paper off piles, collated them and put them into envelopes.
他们从纸堆中拿出一沓一沓的纸，整理好并放入信封中。
elate：欢欣鼓舞；
V to fill with high spirits, exhilaration, pride or optimism 使…兴奋
Don’t let you sober face elate you, however.
不过，别因为你那张清醒的面孔而得意。
dilate：膨胀； - V-T/V-I When things such as blood vessels or the pupils of your eyes dilate or when something dilates them, they become wider or bigger. 使扩大; 扩大
At night, the pupils dilate to allow in more light.
晚上，瞳孔放大以便让更多的光线射入。
proofread：校对；
V-T/V-I When someone proofreads something such as a book or an article, they read it before it is published in order to find and mark mistakes that need to be corrected. 校对
I don’t even have the chance to proofread my own report.
我甚至没有机会校对自己的报告。
dilute：稀释
- V-T/V-I If a liquid is diluted or dilutes, it is added to or mixes with water or another liquid, and becomes weaker. 稀释; 变淡
If you give your baby juice, dilute it well with cooled, boiled water.
喂婴儿果汁要用凉开水充分稀释。 - V-T If someone or something dilutes a belief, quality, or value, they make it weaker and less effective. 削弱
There was a clear intention to dilute black voting power.
削弱黑人选举权的意图是显而易见的。 - ADJ A dilute liquid is very thin and weak, usually because it has had water added to it. 稀释的
oblivious（oblivion：遗忘；
ADJ If you are oblivious to something or oblivious of it, you are not aware of it. 没意识到的
She lay motionless where she was, oblivious to pain.
她一动不动地躺在原地，感觉不到疼痛。
obsequious
sequ -> to follow -> seek
fawn：奉承；n. 小鹿；浅黄褐色；小动物adj. 浅黄褐色的
toady：拍马屁的人；
V-I If you say that someone is toadying to an important or powerful person, you disapprove of them because they are flattering or being pleasant toward that person in the hope of getting some advantage from them. 拍马屁表不满
They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him.
然后他们来到后台，对他柔声细语，拍他的马屁。
flatter：奉承； - V-T If someone flatters you, they praise you in an exaggerated way that is not sincere, because they want to please you or to persuade you to do something. 奉承表不满
I knew she was just flattering me.
我知道她只是在奉承我。 - V-T If you flatter yourself that something good is the case, you believe that it is true, although others may disagree. If someone says to you "you're flattering yourself" or "don't flatter yourself," they mean that they disagree with your good opinion of yourself. 自以为是; 高看自己
I flatter myself that this campaign will put an end to the war.
我自以为这次战役将结束这场战争。
sycophant：拍马屁的人；
N-COUNT A sycophant is a person who behaves in a sycophantic way. 阿谀奉承者
One who lived off and flatters the rich; a sycophant.
奉承逗乐的食客以奉承富人为生的人；
sequel：续集；
N-COUNT A book or movie which is a sequel to an earlier one continues the story of the earlier one. (书或电影的) 续篇; 续集
She is currently writing a sequel to Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca.”
她目前正在写达夫妮·杜穆里埃的《蝴蝶梦》续集。
persecute：迫害
V-T If someone is persecuted, they are treated cruelly and unfairly, often because of their race or beliefs. (因种族或信仰) 迫害
They began by brutally percecuting the Catholic Church.
他们以残酷迫害天主教会作为开始。
prosecute：起诉； - V-T/V-I If the authorities prosecute someone, they charge them with a crime and put them on trial. 对…提起公诉; 提起公诉
Photographs taken by roadside cameras will soon be enough to prosecute drivers for speeding.
路边摄像机所拍到的照片不久将足以用来起诉超速的司机。 - V-T When a lawyer prosecutes a case, he or she tries to prove that the person who is on trial is guilty. (原告律师) 起诉
The attorney who will prosecute the case says he cannot reveal how much money is involved.
即将起诉这件案子的原告律师说他不能透漏涉案金额。
interpreter：翻译员；
N-COUNT An interpreter is a person whose job is to translate what someone is saying into another language. 口译员
Speaking through an interpreter, Aristide said that Haitians had hoped coups were behind them.
通过口译员，亚里斯蒂德说海地人希望政变再也不发生了。
consecutive：连续；
ADJ Consecutive periods of time or events happen one after the other without interruption. 连续的
The Cup was won for the third consecutive year by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
这个奖杯连续第三年由多伦多枫叶队赢去了。
consequence：结果 - N-COUNT The consequences of something are the results or effects of it. 结果; 后果
Her lawyer said she understood the consequences of her actions and was prepared to go to jail.
她的律师说她明白自己行为的后果并准备去坐牢。 - PHRASE If one thing happens and then another thing happens in consequence or as a consequence, the second thing happens as a result of the first. 结果
His death was totally unexpected and, in consequence, no plans had been made for his replacement.
他的死纯粹出乎意料，因此还没有为他的替代人定出计划。
obstreperous adj. 吵闹的，喧嚣的；难驾驭的
ADJ If you say that someone is obstreperous, you think that they are noisy and difficult to control. 喧闹的; 不服约束的表不满
You know I have no intenion of being awkard and obstreperous.
你知道我无意存心作对。
stray：迷路；
- V-I If someone strays somewhere, they wander away from where they are supposed to be. 走失
Tourists often get lost and stray into dangerous areas.
旅游者们经常迷路走进一些危险区域。 - V-I If your mind or your eyes stray, you do not concentrate on or look at one particular subject, but start thinking about or looking at other things. (思想或视线) 不集中
Even with the simplest cases I find my mind straying.
即使对最简单的案例我发现自己的思想也无法集中。 - ADJ You use stray to describe something that exists separated from other similar things. 离群的
An 8-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet.
一个8岁的男孩被一颗流弹打死。
pedestrian：行人； - N-COUNT A pedestrian is a person who is walking, especially in a town or city, rather than travelling in a vehicle. 行人
Ingrid was a walker, even in Los Angeles, where a pedestrian is a rare sight.
英格丽德是个步行者，即使在行人少见的洛杉矶也是如此。 - ADJ If you describe something as pedestrian, you mean that it is ordinary and not at all interesting. 平庸乏味的表不满
His style is so pedestrian that the book becomes a real bore.
他的文风很平庸，以致那本书成了一本真正乏味的书。
demonstration：示范； - N-COUNT A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something. 示威游行; 示威集会
Riot police used tear gas to break up the demonstration.
防暴警察使用了催泪瓦斯驱散示威游行。 - N-COUNT A demonstration of a fact or situation is a clear proof of it. 证明
It was an unprecedented demonstration of people power by the citizens of Moscow.
这是莫斯科市民对人民力量史无前例的证明。 - N-COUNT A demonstration of a quality or feeling is an expression of it. (品质、感情的) 展现
There’s been no public demonstration of opposition to the president.
还没有反对总统的公开展现。
capricious：任性；
ADJ Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly. 反复无常的; 易变的
He was accused of being capricious and undemocratic.
他被指责反复无常，不讲民主。
caprice：任性；
N-VAR A caprice is an unexpected action or decision which has no strong reason or purpose. 反复无常; 任性善变
I lived in terror of her sudden caprices and moods.
她任性易变喜怒无常，让我整天提心吊胆。
rowdy：吵闹的；
ADJ When people are rowdy, they are noisy, rough, and likely to cause trouble. 吵闹的
He has complained to the police about rowdy neighbours.
他已向警察投诉了吵闹的邻居。
clamorous：闹哄哄；
ADJ If you describe people or their voices as clamorous, you mean they are talking loudly or shouting. 喧嚷的
There is always a clamorous din when I go to visit my father.
每当我去看视父亲的的时候，总有一个声音在那里大喊大叫。
claim：声称 - V-T If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth. 声称
He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.
他声称这完全是一个针对他的阴谋。 - V-T If you say that someone claims responsibility or credit for something, you mean they say that they are responsible for it, but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth. 声称 (对某事负责或应得荣誉)
An underground organization has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion.
一个地下组织已声称对炸弹爆炸事件负责。 - V-T If you claim something, you try to get it because you think you have a right to it. 索取
Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.
现在他们回来索要原本属于他们的东西。 - V-T If someone claims a record, title, or prize, they gain or win it. 赢得
Zhuang claimed the record in 54.64 seconds.
庄创造了54.64秒的纪录。 - V-T If something or someone claims your attention, they need you to spend your time and effort on them. 需要
Some 25 percent of the people who are entitled to claim benefits do not do so.
大约25℅有资格索赔的人没有那样做。 - V-T If you claim money or other benefits from your employers, you demand them because you think you deserve or need them. 索要
The union claimed a raise worth four times the rate of inflation.
工会要求增长4倍于通货膨胀率的工资。 - V-T If you say that a war, disease, or accident claims someone's life, you mean that they are killed in it or by it. 夺走 (生命)
The civil war claimed the life of a U.N. interpreter yesterday.
昨天内战夺走了一位联合国译员的生命。 - N-COUNT If you have a claim on someone or their attention, you have the right to demand things from them or to demand their attention. 索求权
She had no claims on him now.
现在她无权向他索取什么了。
odyssey长而刺激的行程
N-COUNT An odyssey is a long exciting journey on which a lot of things happen. 长而刺激的行程
The march to Travnik was the final stretch of a 16-hour odyssey.
向特拉夫尼克行军是长达16小时艰险旅程的最后一段。
discord：不和
N-UNCOUNT Discord is disagreement and argument between people. 不和
Our discord was originated by a quarrel.
一次口角导致了我们之间的不和。
offhand（extemporize：即兴表演； - ADJ If you say that someone is being offhand, you are critical of them for being unfriendly or impolite, and not showing any interest in what other people are doing or saying. 不友好的; 不礼貌的; 漫不经心的表不满
Consumers found the attitude of its staff offhand and generally offensive to the paying customer.
消费者认为职员态度漫不经心，通常冒犯来这些花了钱的顾客。 - ADV If you say something offhand, you say it without checking the details or facts of it. 未经核实地
“Have they done the repairs?”— “Can’t say off-hand, but I doubt it.”
“他们修过了吗？”——“我一时说不清，但我想还没有”。
impromptu：即兴
ADJ An impromptu action is one that you do without planning or organizing it in advance. 无事先准备的
This afternoon the Palestinians held an impromptu press conference.
今天下午巴勒斯坦人召开了一场临时记者招待会。
opportune（opportunity：机会）
ADJ If something happens at an opportune time or is opportune, it happens at the time that is most convenient for someone or most likely to lead to success. 适当的; 适时的
The timing of the meetings was opportune.
会议的时间安排得恰到好处。
