English Vocabulary Digest Note 2

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• noob (n.) 新手 (a person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity, especially computing or the use of the Internet.)
• calamitous (adj.) 灾难性的
• swamp (vt.) 淹没; 使…应接不暇; 使…人满为患
• layman/layperson (n.) (non-expert) 外行
• necessitate (vt.) 使成为必要
• warrant (vt.) 证明…正当 (justify); 使成为必要 (necessitate); 为...作担保
• instrumental (adj.) to be instrumental in [something]/doing [something] 对某事物/对做某事起重要作用 (to have important role)
• stagnant (adj.) (sluggish) 停滞的; 不景气的
• reap (vt.) 获得
• weigh (vt.) 权衡; 衡量 (vt.) 有影响 (have influence) (exp. to weigh heavily/very little with [somebody] 对某人影响很大/很小)
• disseminate (vt.) 传播
• orthogonal (adj.) statistically independent
• instrument (vt.) equip (something) with measuring instruments.
• in the nature of: similar in type to or having the characteristics of
• refreshment (n.) 茶点 a light snack or drink, especially one provided in a public place or at a public event
• speculation (n.) 猜测 (conjecture); 推测
• regurgitate (vt.) 机械重复 (repeat blindly)
• crib (vt.) 抄袭 (n.) 对照译文; [考试作弊用的] 夹带
• avenue (n.) 途径 a way of approaching a problem or making progress toward something
• foregoing (adj.) 上述的
• lump (vt.) 把…归并在一起
• rationale (n.) 根本原因 (exp.: the rationale behind or for [something]); 逻辑依据
• implication (n.) 可能的结果 (consequence); 牵连 (involvement); implication in [something]
• sprinkle (vt.) 洒; 撒; sprinkle [something] with water 向某物洒水
• off the hook (adj.) no longer in difficulty or trouble:
• connotation (n.) 含义
• avert (vt.) 防止; 将…移开
• impartial (adj.) 公正的; 中立的
• charade (n.) 装模作样
• rest with 取决于
• cutoff (n.) 隔断; 中断
• laborious (adj.) 艰巨的; 艰难的
• pass out 昏迷
• workhorse (n.) 吃苦耐劳的人; 重负荷的机器
• staple food (n.) 主食
• streak (n.) 条痕; 性格特征
• redact (vt.) edit (text) for publication; censor or obscure (part of a text) for legal or security purposes.
• flaky (adj.) (unreliable)不可靠的; (eccentric)古怪的
• vociferously (adv.) 喊叫地; 吵闹地
• opine (vt.) 认为; (vi.) 发表意见
• thin out (vt.) 使…稀疏 (vi.) 散开; 变稀少
• muck up (vt.) 搞砸; 打乱 muck-up (n.) 一团糟
• postulate (vt.) 假设
• without further ado 立即 (immediately)
• ready (vt.) 使做好准备 to ready [somebody]/[something] for [something]
• poise (vt.) 平稳握持
• bittersweet (adj.) 又苦又甜的; 苦乐参半的
• spearhead (n.) 先锋; 前导 (vt.) 做…的先锋
• manifestation (n.) 表现形式; 表现
• at a (the) minimum: at the very least
• stand by (vt.) 支持; 遵守
• blurb (n.) 简介; 产品推介
• hype (vt.) 夸张地宣传 (n.) 不实宣传; 宣传骗局
• lurk (vt.) 潜伏
• look the part 得体
• boil down to [something] 归结为某事物
• to begin with: at first
• streamline (vt.) 提高…的效率
• procrastinate (vi.) 拖延
• recuse oneself (v.) 回避 excuse oneself from a case because of a possible conflict of interest or lack of impartiality
• misnomer (n.) 不恰当的用词
• blanket out (vt.) 完全覆盖
• coerce (vt.) 胁迫
• AFAICT: as far as I can tell
• finicky (adj.) 过分讲究的; 烦琐的
• pedigree (n.) 家系; 起源
• friction (n.) 摩擦; 不和
• reliant (adj.) 依赖的
• handful (n.) 难管束的人; 难驯服的动物
• perennial (adj.) 持久的; 反复出现的; 长期的
• tentative (adj.) 暂定的; 犹豫不决的
• leave off (vt.) 不穿; 不戴; 不盖; 遗漏; 不重新装上
• swing (n.) 变动; 波动
• titular (adj.) 与作品同名的; 名义上的
• offload (vt.) 卸; 卸载; 转让; 排解; 转嫁
• assuredly (adv.) 确实地
• good riddance 总算摆脱了
• schematic (adj.) 示意的; 概略的
• spew (vt.) 喷出; 呕出
• hold back (vt.) 阻止; 抑制; 妨碍
• barring (prep.) 除…以外
• entangle (vt.) 缠住; 使卷入
• to be reminiscent of [something]/[somebody] 让人联想到某事物/某人
• self-contained (adj.) 自给自足的; 独立的
• back off (vt.) 走开; 放弃
• get into the habit
• under the auspices of 在…的支持下
• tangential (adj.) 离题的; 不相干的
• tribal (adj.) 有组织集团倾向的; 集团意识强的
• conceive of (v.) 想出; 想象
• weather (vt.) 经受住
• status quo (n.) 现状
• ensnare (vt.) 诱捕; 诱惑
• imposition (n.) 过分的要求; 征收; 施加
• to make or have a stab at [something]/at doing [something] 尝试某事物/做某事
• overkill (n.) 过分行为
• scruntiny (n.) 仔细观察; 仔细检查
• tax (vt.) 使…受重负
• grave (adj.) 严重的; 严肃的
• in-house (adj.) 机构内部的
• outweigh (vt.) 超过
• parallel (vt.) 与…相似; 与…媲美; 与…平行; 将…作比拟
• peculiarity (n.) 奇怪; 怪异的事物; 特性
• takeaway (n.) (会议的)要点
• second (vt.) 支持
• snappy (adj.) 爱咬人的; 厉声的; 轻快的; 简洁的; 漂亮优雅的; 短小精悍的
• ungainly (adj.) 笨拙的; 不优雅的
• be tempted to do something: have an urge or inclination to do something
• call for (vt.) 要求; 需要
• outperform (vt.) perform better than
• slate (vt.) 抨击; 推举 (to slate [somebody] for [something]); 安排
• contrast (vi.) 形成对比 to contrast with [somebody]/[something]; 对比 to contrast [somebody]/[something] with [somebody]/[something]
• bail out (vt.) 帮助…脱离困境
• zap (vt.) 杀死; 摧毁; 猛击
• revile (vt.) 谩骂 to revile [somebody] for [something]
• hallmark (n.) 特点
• oblivious (adj.) 未察觉的 to be oblivious of or to [something]
• immaterial (adj.) 无关紧要的
• commonality (n.) the state of sharing features or attributes
• whatnot (n.) 诸如此类的东西
• touch base(s) with: briefly make or renew contact with someone.
• indispose (vt.) make (someone) unfit for or unable to do something.
• stumble across/on/upon (vt.) 意外发现某事物
• predispose (vt.) 使有倾向 to predispose [somebody] to [something]