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pick at1. eat like a bird; eat sparingly or without appetite少量地吃；小口地吃；挑挑拣拣地吃；无兴趣(或没胃口地)吃：The mother wanted her little son to get rid of the bad habit of picking at his food.母亲要她的小儿子改掉吃饭时吃吃玩玩的坏习惯。2.(用手指)抓弄(触摸)；不断地抓摸；扯拉：Do stop picking at that scab or the cut will never heal.别用手去抓疮痂，要不然你的伤口总好不了。3.触及(问题)的表面：Lets deal properly with the question, instead of just picking at it.让我们好好地研究这个问题，不要只触及问题的表面 。4. express a negative opinion of口语申斥；指责：His mother picks at him for being lazy.他母亲指责他懒惰。5.口语不停地唠叨某人，不停地找碴儿：She is forever picking at the child.她一天到晚唠叨那孩子。resuscitate/rsstet/1.V-TIf youresuscitatesomeone who has stopped breathing, you cause them to start breathing again. 救醒例：A policeman and then a paramedic tried to resuscitate her.一名警察，接着是一名医护人员试图把她救醒。2.N-UNCOUNT救醒 resuscitation例：They must even now be rushing her to the hospital for resuscitation and treatment.他们肯定在我说话这会儿正火速把她送往那家医院抢救治疗。3.V-TIf youresuscitatesomething, you cause it to become active or successful again. 使复兴例：He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the weekly magazine, which closed in April with losses of $1 million a year.他已经竞标以使由于100万美元1年的损失于4月份停刊了的那个周刊起死回生。4.N-UNCOUNT复兴 resuscitation例：The economy needs vigorous resuscitation.该经济需要强劲的复兴。machon.a male exhibiting or characterized by machismoadj.used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner adj. 大男子气概的 n. 强壮男子；大丈夫I love seeing guys work out at the gym because they look so macho and masculine.in the scheme of thingsin the way things generally happen, or organized;the way someone wants them to be organized;in a general view of the situatione.g.Man needs to understand his place in the scheme of things.In the scheme of things it is hard for small business to succeed.Often used with the adjectives grand, larger, or overall, usually to suggest that something is not very important:1. A two-week delay will not matter in the overall scheme of things.2. My personal problems are not really important in the overall scheme of things.haggard/hrd/TEM8 Someone who lookshaggardhas a tired expression and shadows under their eyes, especially because they are ill or have not had enough sleep. 面容枯槁的; 憔悴的例：He was pale and a bit haggard.他面色苍白，面容枯槁。beaten adj. 被打败了的；筋疲力竭的；踏平的 v. 打败（beat的过去分词）tired out; exhaustedShe felt beaten up after a tough basketball game.lucidadj. 明晰的；透明的；易懂的；头脑清楚的adj.1. (of language) transparently clear; easily understandablelucid directions ; 2. having a clear minda lucid moment in his madness3. capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent mannera lucid thinker1.ADJLucidwriting or speech is clear and easy to understand. 清晰简明的例：.a lucid account of the history of mankind.对人类历史清晰简明的介绍。2.If someone islucid, they are thinking clearly again after a period of illness or confusion. (生病或头脑不清后) 神志清醒的例：He wasnt very lucid, he didnt quite know where he was.他神志不太清醒，不大清楚自己在哪儿。crumble: fall/break apart; lose power/ become weak1.V-T/V-IIf somethingcrumbles, or if youcrumbleit, it breaks into a lot of small pieces. 碎裂; 弄碎例：Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments.在压力作用下，燧石裂成了碎片。2.V-IIf an old building or piece of landis crumbling, parts of it keep breaking off. 崩塌例：The high- and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling.建于20世纪60年代的高、低层公寓楼正摇摇欲坠。3.PHRASAL VERBCrumble awaymeans the same as . 崩塌例：Much of the coastline is crumbling away.多处海岸线正在垮塌。4.V-IIf something such as a system, relationship, or hopecrumbles, it comes to an end. (制度、关系或希望) 崩溃例：Their economy crumbled under the weight of United Nations sanctions.在联合国制裁的重压之下，他们的经济崩溃了。5.PHRASAL VERBCrumble awaymeans the same as . (制度、关系或希望) 崩溃例：Opposition more or less crumbled away.反对党差不多崩溃了。impotence1.the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble虚弱；无效2. Impotenceis a lack of power to influence people or events. 无能为力例：.a sense of impotence in the face of deplorable events.面对悲惨事件时无能为力的感觉。arrogant: exaggerating ones own worth or importance often in an offensive manner adj. 自大的，傲慢的Someone who isarrogantbehaves in a proud, unpleasant way toward other people because they believe that they are more important than others. 傲慢的(表不满)例：He was so arrogant.他是如此傲慢。That sounds arrogant, doesnt it?那听起来很傲慢，不是吗？self-righteous 1.If you describe someone asself-righteous, you disapprove of them because they are convinced that they are right in their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviour and that other people are wrong. 自以为是的; 例：He is critical of the monks, whom he considers narrow-minded and self-righteous.他对僧侣们颇有微词，认为他们心胸狭隘，自以为是。meddling in: interfering in/withPlease stop meddling in your sisters marriage, even though you mean well.imperative imperative/mprtv/CET6 TEM4 1.ADJIf it isimperativethat something be done, that thing is extremely important and must be done immediately. 至关重要的; 紧急的例：It was imperative that he act as naturally as possible.至关重要的是他要尽可能地自然行事。 2.N-COUNTAnimperativeis something that is extremely important and must be done. 紧迫之事例：The most important political imperative is to limit the number of U.S. casualties.政治上的当务之急是控制美国的伤亡人数。comakum n.a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury医 昏迷 1.N-COUNTSomeone who isinacomais in a state of deep unconsciousness. 昏迷例：She was in a coma for seven weeks.她昏迷了七周。riddleriddle/rdl/1.N-COUNTAriddleis a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer. 谜语例：All comers to the Sphinx were asked a riddle, and failure to solve it meant death.所有来到斯芬克斯面前的人都被问了一个谜语，解答不了就意味着死亡。 vt. 解谜；给.出谜；充满于make full ofThe tent is riddled with holes and the rains coming in.The human element, as always, is riddled with imperfection.twili