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  • denote 显示 (evince
  • connote 意味着
  • digress, stray
  • hackneyed 老生常谈的,陈词滥调的 (banal, corny == phoney,cliche)platitude
  • far-fetched 牵强的 lame/pathetic excuse
  • prosaic --- prose 散文,
    • mosaic 马赛克
  • tangible -- intangible
  • karma
  • redundancy 多余,-- lay-off 裁员
  • superfluous
  • ponderous 冗长的 (tedious, long-winded, lengthy, prolix, verbose)
  • concise , succinct, laconic -- lactose 乳糖
  • abridge 删减(retrench -- trench 壕沟, curtail -- curt, abbreviate)
    • brevity, brief
  • mortify, humiliate
  • thread 主线 -- tread, downtrodden
  • motif 主旨 tenet 宗旨
  • gist 要点 fist 拳头
  • subscribe to 持有(观点)
  • cogent 令人信服的
  • compelling: that makes you think it is true

  • paradigm 范例
  • fathom sth out 理解
  • comprehensible, comprehensive 综合的
  • elusive 难找的,难记忆的 (profound ...很深的 -- profundity)
  • grope for 摸索, scour sth for sth
  • conversant 熟知的 -- converse
  • perplex, bewilder, befuddle, confound, baffle 使困惑
  • equivocate 闪烁其词, vague
    • unquivocal
  • scrutiny 细查 -- scrutinize
  • skimmed milk 脱脂奶
  • error, erratic 古怪的, errand 差使, errant 犯错的
  • blunder 错误 -- blunt
  • adage 格言,谚语
    • maxim
    • motto
    • aphorism
    • proverb
    • extract 摘录
    • excerpt
  • coin 发明新词
  • neologism
  • catchword 标语
  • buzzword 流行词
  • verbatim 逐字的
  • polyglot 会多种语言的人
  • polymath 博学的
  • glossary 词汇表
  • colloquial 口语的
  • liaison 连读,联络
  • consonant 辅音
  • preposition
  • conjunction
  • pronoun
  • interjection 感叹词, eject, ejaculation
  • predicate 谓语 verb
  • adverbial 状语的
  • attribute 定语 - tribute 贡品
  • parenthesis
  • comma 逗号,coma 昏迷
  • colon 冒号,结肠
  • cricket 蟋蟀,板球
  • infinitive
  • faculty
  • alumni 校友
  • pedagogy, pedant, pedagogue--demagogue
  • subjunctive 虚拟语气
  • terrain 地形
  • domain 领域
  • crew, staff
  • fellowship
  • bulletin 公报
  • clip 剪报
  • holistic
  • curriculum , curricula
  • syllabus
  • oration 演讲(utter 发声)
  • synopsis
  • immerse -- submerge
  • learn by rote 死记硬背
  • cramming 突击 cram 塞
  • mnemonics 记忆术
  • strive -- strife
  • rigid 僵化的 (rigorous)
  • excruciating 折磨人的, crusade

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