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1. mirror = v. 1. reflect, image 2. represent, embody, epitomize, exemolify, illustrate2. idyllic = adj. 田园诗（般）的，牧歌的pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicit3. cruise = v. to sail about, either for pleasure or in wartime in search for enemy ships = travel, fare cruiser 巡洋舰 cruise missile 巡航导弹 seafaring vessel4. eternal = perpetual, permanent, lasting, interminable, unceasing5. adventurous = adventuresome, audacious, daring, daredevil, foolhardy, rash, reckless, venturesome, venturous6. patriot 爱国者7. chauvinistic chauvinism 沙文主义,盲目爱国8. romantic = adj. sentimental, quixotic （堂吉诃德式的), lovey-dovey （多情的）9. humorous = witty, facetious, jocose, jocular, humor = the quality of being amsing or comic10. cynical = adj. deeply distrustful, having a seering disrelief in sincerity or integrity = sardonic, ironic11. bitter = adj. 1. distasteful, unpleasant, arcid 2. difficult, to accept mentally = afflictive, grievous, painful, unpalatable, galling12. profound = adj. recondite, abstruse, esoteric, occult, deep13. tragedy = 1. disaster, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, misadventure, woe 2. misfortune, adversity, mischance, mishap, unlack14. obssessed = preoccupied intensely or abnormally = preoccupied, dominated, gripped, bewitched, haunted, plagued15. frail = adj. weak, feeble, decrepit, flimsy, fragile, infirm16. infirmary 医务室17. tramp = walk with heavy or noisy steps = trample, trompm, plod18. pilot = 1. 飞行员 2. （河道，水路）领航员 = 试验性的，试点的 a pilot survey / study / project19. Gueriilla = person (not a member of a regular army) engaged in fighting in small secret groups20. prospect = n. picture in your mind ; imagination ; future / vision = vista, outlook = 勘察，勘探 v. search for minerals, gold, oil, etc. = explore, dig into, delve into, probe, sift21. starry-eyed = 眼神充满理想的；不实际的 regarding an object or a prospect in an overly favorable light, specially characterized by dreamy, impracicable, or utopian thinking22. optimism = n. tendency to expect the best in all the things ; the confidence in success ; belief that good will truimph over evil in the end optimist = n. hoper, idealist, positivist, dreamer23. acid-tongued 说话尖酸刻薄的 acid = adj. 1. having a bitter sharp taste ; sour 2. severe ; sarcastic24. cynic25. range = v. range over / through sth. = wander over / through (an area) freely, roam = roam, wander, drift, ramble, rove, circumambulate, gallivant26. digest = 摘要 n. short condensed account ; summary v. 1. consume the food 2. take in ; fully understand27. unfathomable28. navigable naut, nav = sail, ship navy 海军 marine corps navigate 航海；驾驶 astronaut taikonaut 太空人29. attest = to give clear proof for sth. / declare sth. as the truth = witness, vouch, certify, confirm, substantive, verify, corroborate, warrant, affirm, testify30. core = centre , pith, marrow, essence31. artery = n. 1. blood vessel 2. important route for traffic = avenue, highway, road, street, throughfare, track, boulevard32. keelboat = 内河平底货船 （有蓬， 有龙骨， 无帆） flatboat 平底货船33. raft 筏子34. lamberjack 木材，伐木35. corn = maize 玉米 36. fur 毛皮37. molasses = syrup 糖浆, treacle 糖蜜38. molest = v. 骚扰， 调戏39. climax = top, apex, acne, apogee, capsheaf, capstone, culmination, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit40. basin = 盆， 水洼41. drain = v. 1. 流走 cause liquid to flow away 2. 逐渐耗尽 make sb. or sth. weaker, poorer, etc. , especially by using up his/ its strength / money,ect. brain drain 人才流失42. cub = young fox, bear, lion, tiger etc. = adj. young, inexpeience, greenhorn, green43. cast = n. all the actors in a play44. participate = take part in or become involved in = partake45. abundant = plentiful, ample, bounteous, copious, liberal46. feud = n. long and bitter quarrel between two people, families or groups fend = n. vendetta 世仇47. piracy = n. 1. robbery on the high sea 公海，外海 2. the unathorized use of anothers production, invention or conception especially in infringement of a copyright48. lynch = 私刑；用私刑处罚或处死 Lynch law49. book / fashion / muscle show medicine show = a travelling show using entertainers to attract a crowd among which remedies or nostrums are sold50. savage = brutal, uncivilized, bestial, ferocious, fierce51. slum = a densely populated usually urban area marked by run-down housing, poverty, and social disorganization = ghetto52. soak = become thoroughly wet = drench, saturate, sodden, souse, steep, waterlog,53. phonograph 留声机 pornograph 色情作品54. deck = n. floor of the ship 甲板 v. 装扮 v. = adorn, beautify, bedeck, decorate, dress up, embellish, garnish, ornament55. teem / teem up with 充满 = be abundantly stocked or provided = abound, swarm56. pioneer = adj. first, foremost, headmost, initial57. humanity = n. 1. human beings collectively ; human race ; people 2. 人道，仁慈 being humane ; kind-heartedness 3. 人性 human nature ; being human58. flotsam = n. 失事的船只或漂浮物parts of a wrecked ship or its cargo found floating in the sea = driftwood, jetsam, wreckage59. hustler = n. 1. an alert enterprising individual = dynamo, self-starter, rustler = prostitute, call girl, streetwalker, harlort,whore The Great Wall of China in average household.60. thug = violent criminal or hooligan = hoooligan, hoodlum, ruffian, gangster, rogue61. keen = 1. 敏锐的 sharp 2. 热情的 enthusiastic 3. 渴望的 eager62. marked = adj. noriceable, arresting, conspicuous, prominent, remarkable, salient, striking, outstanding63. lasting = durable, stable, enduring64. acquaint sb / oneself with sth. = make sb / oneself familiar with or aware of sth.65. stream = brook, creek66. dry up = 1. v. throw away the moisture or humidity = dehydrate, desiccate, exsiccate, mummify 2. to stop talking67. demand = v. ask for ; require ; requisition ; request, solicit n. requirement, need, want68. civil = adj. 1. public, civic, national 2. adequate in courtesy = courteous, genteel, mannerly, polite, well-mannered69. halt = v. stop, cease, desisit, discontinue, leave off, surcease,70. soldier = v. soldier on = continue bravely with ones work, etc. despite the difficulties soldiering = the life of the soldier71. motley = adj. 1. 杂色的 variegated, multicolored, dappled 2. miscellaneous, assorted, chowchow, conglomerate, heterogeneous, mixed, multifarious, promiscuous72. motly = n. miscellany, hodgepodge, assortment73. diligent = assiduous, industrious, sedulous, operose74. quit = v. abandon, chuck, desert, forsake, renounce, throw over, relinquish75. retreat = withdraw76. stagecoach = n. a horse-drawn passenger and mail coach77. coach = n. 1. person who trains sportsman 2. long-distance bus78. coachman 马车夫79. succumb = v. stop resisiting (temptation, illness, attack, etc.) yield, capitulate, defer(to), bow, knuckle under80. dem / demo = people democracy 民主 demograohy 人口统计学 endemic disease 地方病 epidemic disease 传染病 pandemic disease 传染病 infectious 非接触性传染 contagious 接触性传染 airborne 空气传播的 waterborne 水传播的81. fever = 1. abnormal high temperature due to illness 2. (state of ) nervous excitment or agitation fervor 热情 passion, enthusiasm, zeal, ardor82. flirt with = v. 调情 behave (towards sb) in a romantic or suggestive way but without serious intentions = coquet83. colossal84. lucky = adj. fortunate, happy, providential85. persistent = adj. continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure = dogged, insistent, perserverant, perservering, persisiting, persistive, steadfast, tenacious, unrelenting86. rebuff = n. unkind or comtemptuous refusal or rejection (of an offer, request, friendly gesture, etc.); snub v. fend off, keep off, hold off, rebut, repel, repulse, stave off, wave off87. broke = adj. having no money ; penniless; bankrupt, bust88. discourage = v. 1. chill, demoralize, dishearten, dispirit 2. dissuade, deter89. territorial terr = 1. frighten ; horror 2. land terrible terrorism deter deterent mediterranean E.T. 外星人 territory 领土 terrace 1.阳台 2. 梯田 terrain 地形，地势 terra 地球 terra-cotta 赤土陶器 terra firma 陆地，大地90. gratitude = being grateful, thankfulness gratuitous = adj. 1. free, chargeless, costless 2. baseless, uncalled-for, ungrounded, unwarranted91. mine n. 地雷 v. 采掘，采矿 v. delve, quarry, excavate,92. failure = 1. lack of satisfactory performance or effect 2. ommision of performance or an action or test = 不履行（义务,职责等）default, delinquency, dereliction, neglect, oversight93. fame = n. reputation, repute, celebrity, renown, prominence, eminence, honor94. Pen is mightier than sword.95. pickax 鹤嘴锄; 镐96. ax / axe = hatchet 斧头 hatchet man 打手 hotbed = an environment that favors the growth and development97. hone = n. 磨刀石 v. to sharpen sth. on a hone = sharpen, edge, whet98. scathe = v. 1. injure, wound 2. to assail with withering oral or written denunciation = lambaste, castigate, scourage99. scathing = adj. caustic, mordant, trenchant, incisive, bitter, acrid, cutting, biting, pungent, tart100. mistreat = ill-treat, abuse accustom = v. to make something familiar or acceptable through use or experience = familiarize, habituate, inure, wont, adapt101. splendid = gorgerous, impressive, sumptuous, luxurious, lavish, grand, resplendent102. slug = n. sluggard, do-nothing, idler, lazybones, slough sluggish = adj. lethargic, torpid,103. sloth = n. laziness, idleness, indolence, sluggishness, slothfulness, slothful = adj. lazy, indolent, sluggish104. astound = v. surprise, amaze, astonish, dumbfound, flabbergast astounding = amazing, astonishing magnificent = 1. august, grandiose, majestic, stately, lordly, imposing 2. splendid, gorgeous, resplendent, glorious105. dash = v. rush, charge, shoot106. daring 大胆的，勇敢的 = adj. adventurous, audacious, daredevil, reckless, venturesome107. reckless = adj. not thinking of the consequences or danger ; rash or impulsive108. project = v. 1. to plan 2. to imagine / envision109. grave = adj. serious, severe, earnest, solemn, no-nonsense110. dreary = adj. 1. 忧郁的 gloomy, depressing, dismal, dispiriting 2. 单调的 dull, monotonous, humdrum111. scattered = adj. lying far apart ; not close together scatter = v. to cause to separate or break up = dispel, disperse, dissipate, disband, separate, shatter, break up112. shot = 铅弹113. genius = 1. gift, aptness, bent, faculty, flair, talent, creativity, originality 2. gifted person114. quaker = 贵格会教徒，教友会 strongly opposed to violence and war115. holy land = the land comprising ancient Palestine, including the holy land of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religion116. milestone = 1. 里程碑 a stone serving as a milepost 2. 重大事件 a significant point in development117. accompany = escort, convoy, charperon, consort with, companion,118. log, logue = speak, words travelogue 旅行见闻 epilogue 尾声，后记 prologue 开场白 eulogy 颂词 eulogize 称赞 monologue 独白 philology 文献学119. sore = adj. painful, aching, afflictive,120. Sultan = n. sovereign ruler of certain Muslim countries121. traps = luggage, baggage trap = n. 1. lure, enticement, bait, allurement, decoy, inveiglement122. casual = accidental, contingent, fortuitous, incidental, fluky 123. debunk 揭穿 = expose, uncloak, undress, unmask, unshroud124. revere = v. feel deep respect or (esp. religious) veneration for sb. / sth. = adore, reverence, venerate, worship125. treasure = (store of) gold, silver ; jewels, etc. highly valued object / person v. to value sth. / sb. highly = cherish, appreciate, value 126. treasurer 财务主管，司库，会计 treasure trove 发现的无主财宝127.unholy= a. wicked or sinful, impious, irreverent, profane, ungodly128. verbal = 1. of or in words 2. spoken ; oral 3. (grammatical) 动词的129. innocent = adj. not guilty ( of wrongdoing ) = blameless, guiltless, inculpable, irreproachable130. lad = chap, guy, fellow, son, tad131. billy = club 警棍132. capital / lowercase letter133. roger = 收到！134. earnest = adj. grave, serious, solenmn, staid, no-nonsense135. mischievous= 1. nauty, ill-behaved, annoying, bothring, bothersome, irking, irksome 2. harmful, detrimental, deleterious, nocuous mischief 恶作剧，伤害136. affection = n. 1. feeling of fondness, love 2. (dated) disease or diseased condition137. juvenile 青少年 adj. young, callow, green, immature, unfledged, unripe, youthful138. pariash = n. 1. social outcast 2. (in India) person of no caste or of very low caste = outcast, castaway, derelict, Ishmael139. drunkard = boozer, guzzler, inebriate, soaker, sot140. respectable = adj. worthy of esteem or deference = creditable, reputable, well-thought-of, decent141. puritan 清教徒142. widder = widow143. awful = appalling, fearful, dreadful, formidable, frightful, horrible, shocking, terrible144. raft 1. 筏子 2. a raft of 大量145. flight = 1. flying 2. escape146. runaway = n. fugitive147. panorama = 1. 全景 2. view of constantly chaging scene or series of events = range, dimension, purview, radius, scope148. ultimate = adj. last, concluding, eventual, final, terminal149. deplore = v. to manifest grief or sorrow for something = bemoan, bewail, grieve, lament, weep, moan150. sap = n.1树液 2. 能量，精气神 v. 逐渐耗尽/ 削弱151. clamor = n. cloud confused noise 1. commotion, turmoil, hubbub, hustle, tumult, uproar 2. too noisy = din, pandemonium, hubbub, hullabaloo, jangle152. ingredient = 成分，组成部分，原料 = element, component, constituent153. ambition = strong desire to achieve sth. = aspiration, drive, avidity, enterprise154. enterprise = 1. 企业，公司 2. 进取心，事业心155. robust = adj. 1. flourishing, booming, prospering, prosperous, thriving 2. strong, potent156. edge = n. 1. border, brim, brink, fringe, hem, margin, perimeter, skirt, verge, periphery 2. advantage, vantage157. tragedy = n. 1. 灾祸 disaster, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, woe 2. 不幸，灾祸 misfortune, adversity, mischance, mishap158. haunt = 鬼魂经常出没159. pneumonia insomnia 失眠症 myopia 近视 hypochindria 抑郁症 euphoria 欣欢症 dyspepsia 消化不良 dyslexia 阅读障碍 anemia 贫血症 militia 民兵 intelligentasia 知识分子 utopia 乌托邦 ambrosia 美味食品 minutia 琐事160. explode 外爆 implode 内爆161. spinal meningitis 脑膜炎 epilepsy 癫痫，羊角风 epileptic adj.162. drowned drowning drown = v. 1. submerge, deluge, engulf, flood, inundate, overwhelm 2. douse, drench, soak, souse, sop, wet163. Bathtub Tub = bucket, p