1、pilgrim
N-COUNT Pilgrims are people who journey to a holy place for a religious reason. 朝圣者
This is where pilgrims to the abbey would pay their first devotions.
这儿就是来此修道院的朝圣者做第一次祈祷的地方。
2、barren
①ADJ A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees. 荒芜的
...the Tibetan landscape of high barren mountains.
…西藏荒芜的高山景观。
②ADJ Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot grow in it. 贫瘠的
He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他想用该水来灌溉贫瘠的沙漠土地。
③ADJ If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results. 无成就的; 不成功的
...an empty exercise barren of utility.
…一项毫无效用的无聊训练。
④ADJ If you describe a room or a place as barren, you do not like it because it has almost no furniture or other objects in it. 空荡荡的
The room was austere, nearly barren of furniture or decoration.
这个房间很简朴，几乎没有什么家具或装饰。
3、resurgence
N-SING If there is a resurgence of an attitude or activity, it reappears and grows. 复苏
Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.
警方说毒贩是暴力事件增加的原因。
4、impediment
①N-COUNT Something that is an impediment to a person or thing makes their movement, development, or progress difficult. 妨碍; 障碍物
He was satisfied that there was no legal impediment to the marriage.
他对于这场婚姻没有法律上的障碍感到很满意。
②N-COUNT Someone who has a speech impediment has a disability that makes speaking difficult. (言语) 障碍
John's slight speech impediment made it difficult for his mother to understand him.
约翰轻微的口吃使他母亲难以听懂他。
5、entwine /ɪnˈtwaɪn/
①V-RECIP If one thing is entwined with another thing, or if you entwine two things, the two things are twisted around each other. (使)缠绕
His dazed eyes stare at the eels, which still writhe and entwine.
他茫然地盯着那些仍在扭动缠绕的鳗鱼。
Facing each other, the giraffes entwine their necks in the most astonishing manner.
长颈鹿面对面地站着，以令人无比惊骇的姿势将脖子缠绕到了一起。
He entwined his fingers with hers.
他和她十指相扣。
...with silk ribbons and flowers entwined in their hair.
...她们的头发里缠绕着丝带和花朵。
②V-T/V-I If two things entwine or are entwined, they closely resemble or are linked to each other, and they are difficult to separate or identify. (使)纠缠; (使)紧密结合
The book entwines the personal and the political to chart the history of four generations of the family.
这本书交织描述了这个家族四代人的个人及政治的历史。
Once, years ago, he told me our lives should entwine.
多年前他曾跟我说，我们的生命应该交织在一起。
③ADJ...before media manipulation became entwined with management.
...在媒体操纵渗透到管理中之前。
6、erode
①V-T/V-I If rock or soil erodes or is eroded by the weather, sea, or wind, it cracks and breaks so that it is gradually destroyed. 侵蚀
The storm washed away buildings and roads and eroded beaches.
暴风雨冲走了建筑物和道路，侵蚀了沙滩。
②V-T/V-I If someone's authority, right, or confidence erodes or is eroded, it is gradually destroyed or removed. 削弱
His critics say his fumbling on the issue of reform has eroded his authority.
他的批评者们说他在改革问题上的拙劣做法已削弱了他的权威。
③V-T/V-I If the value of something erodes or is eroded by something such as inflation or age, its value decreases. 降低
Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits.
金融市场的竞争降低了利润。
7、ebb
①V-I When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls. 退潮
When the tide ebbs, you can paddle out for a mile and barely get your ankles wet.
退潮时，你可以蹚水走出1英里远而几乎湿不到脚踝。
②N-COUNT Theebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. 退潮
...the spring ebb tide. …春季的退潮。
③V-I If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. 衰退
Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?
热情会有衰退的时候吗？
8、corrupt
①ADJ Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power. 腐败的
...to save the nation from corrupt politicians of both parties.
…把国家从两党腐败的政客们手中解救出来。
②V-T/V-I If someone is corrupted by something, it causes them to become dishonest and unjust and unable to be trusted. 使…腐化; 腐化
It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power.
看到一个人被金钱和权力欲望所腐蚀很可悲。
Power tends to corrupt.
权力容易造成腐化。
③V-T To corrupt someone means to cause them to stop caring about moral standards. 使…堕落
...warning that television will corrupt us all.
…电视会使我们所有人堕落的警示。
9、brutal
①ADJ A brutal act or person is cruel and violent. 残暴的
He was the victim of a very brutal murder.
他是一桩异常残暴的谋杀案的受害者。
...the brutal suppression of anti-government protests.
…对反政府抗议行动的残酷镇压。
②ADV 残暴地
Her real parents had been brutally murdered.
她的亲生父母已被残暴地杀害了。
brutally
③ADJ If someone expresses something unpleasant with brutal honesty or frankness, they express it in a clear and accurate way, without attempting to disguise its unpleasantness. 不留情面的 (诚实、直白)
It was refreshing to talk about themselves and their feelings with brutal honesty.
不留情面的诚实地谈论他们自己和他们的感情令人耳目一新。
④ADV 不留情面地
The talks had been brutally frank.
那些谈话不留情面地坦率。
brutally
10、poll /pəʊl/
①N-COUNT A poll is a survey in which people are asked their opinions about something, usually in order to find out how popular something is or what people intend to do in the future. 民意测验
Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark.
民意测验显示，欧洲条约已经在丹麦获得支持。
We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined.
我们正在对总统进行每周一次的民意测验，很显然他的受欢迎度已经下降了。
②→see also opinion poll
③V-T If you are polled on something, you are asked what you think about it as part of a survey. 对…进行民意测验
More than 18,000 people were polled.
18000多人接受了民意测验。
Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best.
听众将就3首现代乐曲中最喜欢哪一首接受民意调查。
④N-PLURAL The polls means an election for a country's government, or the place where people go to vote in an election. 政治大选; 投票地点
Incumbent officeholders are difficult to defeat at the polls.
现任官员很难在选举中被击败。
Voters are due to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president.
选民们按计划将于周日前往投票站选举新总统。
⑤V-T If a political party or a candidate polls a particular number or percentage of votes, they get that number or percentage of votes in an election. 获得…选票
The result showed he had polled enough votes to force a second ballot.
结果显示他获得了足够的选票来促使第二轮选举。
11、thrusting /ˈθrʌstɪŋ/
ADJ ambitious and having great drive 雄心壮志的
a thrusting young executive
12、rattle
①V-T/V-I When something rattles or when you rattle it, it makes short, sharp, knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard. 使发出嘎嘎声; 发出嘎嘎声
She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear dishes rattle.
她砰地一下使劲关上厨房门，我听到盘子都震得嘎嘎响。
②N-COUNT Rattle is also a noun. 嘎嘎声
There was a rattle of rifle fire.
有步枪射击发出的嘎嘎声。
③N-COUNT A rattle is a baby's toy with small, loose objects inside which make a noise when the baby shakes it. 拨浪鼓
④V-T If something or someone rattles you, they make you nervous. 使紧张
Officials are not normally rattled by any reporter's question.
官员们一般不会因为任何记者的提问而紧张不安。
⑤ADJ 紧张的
He swore in Spanish, an indication that he was rattled.
他用西班牙语宣誓，这表明他很紧张。
rattled
⑥V to fit (a vessel or its rigging) with ratlines 给(船或其桅索)扎梯绳
13、implication
①N-COUNT Theimplicationsof something are the things that are likely to happen as a result. 可能的结果
The Attorney General was aware of the political implications of his decision to prosecute.
总检察长知道自己起诉的决定可能引起的政治后果。
②N-COUNT Theimplication of a statement, event, or situation is what it implies or suggests is the case. 含意
The implication was obvious: vote for us or it will be very embarrassing for you.
含意很明显：投票给我们，否则你会很难堪。
③PHRASE If you say that something is the case by implication, you mean that a statement, event, or situation implies that it is the case. 言下之意; 暗示地
Now his authority and, by implication, that of the whole management team are under threat as never before.
言下之意，现在他的权力以及整个管理团队的权威正面临空前的威胁。
14、meld
①V-I If several things meld, or if something melds them, they combine or blend in a pleasant or useful way. (使)融合; 融合
She sang the first verse again, listening to the way the words melded with the music.
她再次吟咏了第一节，倾听着歌词与音乐的交融。
Leave for 30 minutes for the flavours to meld.
搁置30分钟让各种味道融到一起。
②V-I If several things meld into another thing, or if they are melded into another thing, they combine and become the other thing. 融合为
The white smoke and cannon's glare melded into a smear of horror before his eyes.
白烟与大炮的炫目光芒在他的眼前混合为一个恐怖的污迹。
The second major change at McCormick Place was that two unions were melded into one group.
麦考密克会展中心的第二大变化是两个工会合为一体。
③N-COUNT A meld of things is a mixture or combination of them that is useful or pleasant. (有益或愉快的)混合
...a perfect meld of art and social comment.
...一种艺术与社会评论的完美融合。
15、deride
①V-T If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value. 嘲笑
Critics derided the move as too little, too late.
批评家们嘲笑这一行动规模太小，来得太迟。
16、delve
①V-I If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it. 探索
Tormented by her ignorance, Jenny delves into her mother's past.
珍妮为自己不了解真相而痛苦，她开始深入调查母亲的过去。
17、panorama /ˌpænəˈrɑːmə, -ˈræmə/
①N-COUNT A panorama is a view in which you can see a long way over a wide area of land, usually because you are on high ground. 全景; 远景
Horton looked out over a panorama of fertile valleys and gentle hills.
霍顿眺望着那一片肥沃山谷和平缓山脉的景象。
②N-COUNT A panorama is a broad view of a state of affairs or of a constantly changing series of events. 概述; 全貌
The play presents a panorama of the history of communism.
这出戏展现了共产主义历史的全貌。
18、top-down
①ADJ In a top-down organization, all the important decisions are made by the most senior people in the organization. 自上而下的
...the traditional top-down authoritarian company.
...这家传统的自上而下独裁的公司。
He complains that the underlying approach is top-down and involves the government dictating the rules.
他抱怨说这个基本方法是自上而下的并且由政府决定规则。
19、co-opt
①V-T If you co-opt someone, you persuade them to help or support you. 团结
Mr. Wallace tries to co-opt rather than defeat his critics.
华乐丝先生试着团结而非打击批评他的人。
②V-T If someone is co-opted into a group, they are asked by that group to become a member, rather than joining or being elected in the normal way. 指派
He was co-opted into the Labour Government of 1964.
他被指派加入了1964年的工党政府。
He's been authorised to co-opt anyone he wants to join him.
他被授权指派他想要的任何人来帮助他。
③V-T If a group or political party co-opts a slogan or policy, they take it, often from another group or political party, and use it themselves. 借鉴
He co-opted many nationalist slogans and cultivated a populist image.
他借鉴了很多民族主义的口号，塑造了个平民化的形象。
20、inseparable
①ADJ If one thing is inseparable from another, the things are so closely connected that they cannot be considered separately. 分不开的
He firmly believes liberty is inseparable from social justice.
他坚信自由与社会正义是不可分开的。
②ADV 分不开地
In his mind, religion and politics were inseparably intertwined.
在他心中，宗教和政治密不可分地交织在一起。
inseparably
③ADJ If you say that two people are inseparable, you are emphasizing that they are very good friends and spend a lot of time together. 形影不离的强调
She and Kristin were inseparable.
她与克里斯廷形影不离。
21、truce
N-COUNT A truce is an agreement between two people or groups of people to stop fighting or arguing for a short time. 停战协议
The fighting of recent days has given way to an uneasy truce between the two sides.
最近几天的交战已结束，双方好不容易达成了休战协议。
22、coexist
①V-RECIP If one thing coexists with another, they exist together at the same time or in the same place. You can also say that two things coexist. 共存
Newspaper Web sites can coexist with the newspapers and still bring in healthy profit margins.
网络报纸可以与纸质报纸共存，仍能带来不错的利润。
The different cultures had coexisted peacefully for many years.
不同文化曾和平共存了很多年。
23、activism
N-UNCOUNT Activism is the process of campaigning in public or working for an organization in order to bring about political or social change. 行动主义
24、sermon
①N-COUNT A sermon is a talk on a religious or moral subject that is given by a member of the clergy as part of a church service. 布道; 讲道
Cardinal Murphy will deliver the sermon on Sunday.
墨菲红衣主教将在周日布道。
25、Jerusalem /dʒəˈruːsələm/
①N Heaven 耶路撒冷
②N any ideal city 任何理想的城市
26、protagonist /prəʊˈtæɡənɪst/
①N-COUNT Someone who is a protagonist of an idea or movement is a supporter of it. 倡导者; 拥护者
...the main protagonists of their countries' integration into the world market.
…将他们的国家融入世界市场的主要倡导者。
②N-COUNT A protagonist in a play, novel, or real event is one of the main people in it. (戏剧、小说或真实事件里的) 主人公
...the protagonist of J. D. Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye."
…J·D·塞林格的小说《麦田里的守望者》的主人公。
27、lot
①QUANT A lot of something or lots of it is a large amount of it. A lot of people or things, or lots of them, is a large number of them. 大量
A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export.
我们的土地大多用来种植出口农作物。
He drank lots of milk.
他喝了许多奶。
②PRON Lot is also a pronoun. 大量
I personally prefer to be in a town where there's lots going on.
我个人更喜欢呆在充满生机的小镇上。
I learned a lot from him about how to run a band.
我从他那里学了很多管理乐队的知识。
③ADV A lot means to a great extent or degree. 非常
Matthew's out quite a lot doing his research.
马修经常出去做研究。
I like you, a lot.
我非常喜欢你。
④ADV If you do something a lot, you do it often or for a long time. 频繁地; 长期地
They went out a lot, to restaurants and bars.
他们经常去饭店和酒吧。
⑤N-COUNT You can use lot to refer to a set or group of things or people. 一组
He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September.
他在8月和9月期间两次购进了这家公司的股票，每次1千股。
⑥N-SING You can refer to a specific group of people as a particular lot. 一群人
Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot.
后辈们会认为我们是一群无聊的人。
⑦N-SING You can use the lot to refer to the whole of an amount that you have just mentioned. 全部; 全体
This may turn out to be the best football game of the lot.
这可能会是全部足球比赛中最棒的一场。
⑧N-SING Your lot is the kind of life you have or the things that you have or experience. 命运
She tried to accept her marriage as her lot in life but could not.
她试图认命接受这桩婚姻，但做不到。
⑨N-COUNT A lot is a small area of land that belongs to a person or company. (个人或公司的) 一小块地
If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights.
如果在你的地里发现石油或金子，你可以出售开采权。
①⓪N-COUNT A lot in an auction is one of the objects or groups of objects that are being sold. 拍卖物
The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot.
接受方非常愿意把这些商店一起拍卖。
①①PHRASE If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen. 抽签
For the first time in the World Cup finals, lots had to be drawn to decide who would finish second and third.
世界杯决赛中首次由抽签决定谁将获得第二名和第三名。
