[021] whimsy
- whim: a sudden wish, desire, decision, etc.一时的兴致;突然的念头;突然的决定 [拟声词,风呼啸而吹的声音。引申义忽然而来的,忽然而去的,古怪的]
the whims of fashion一时兴起的时尚潮流 - a playful or amusing quality: a sense of humor or playfulness离奇古怪;异想天开;古怪可笑
- Why my mom has this whimsy idea that I will be married before 30.
[022] tenacious
- 固执的(ten+acious多…的→拿住不放→固执的)[tain,ten,tin=hold,表示"拿住"] -> 十个手指都拿住不放了
tenant: 租客
tenacity:毅力 - very determined to do something坚定的;顽强的;顽固的
- He is a tenacious president who insists on revising the constitution to satisfies his willings.
[023] sardonic
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沙雕
showing that you disapprove of or do not like someone or something : showing disrespect or scorn for someone or something轻蔑的;冷嘲的;讥讽的
Sheldon Lee Cooper has a sense of sardonic humor.
[024] disavow
- →dis-, 不,非,使相反。avow, 承认。
- to say that you are not responsible for (something) : to deny that you know about or are involved in (something)不承认;拒绝对…承担责任;否认…与自己有关
- I deny, disaffirm and disavow that.
否决否认以及否定。
Google disavowed bad links, however, Baidu don't want to be that.
[025] deplete
- completed 完整的,depleted 耗尽的
- to use most or all of (something important) : to greatly reduce the amount of (something)耗尽;大大减少
- My parents depleted their life savings when I bought a new apartment for the marriage.