專八備考詞匯篇14 1. 他試圖讓自己聽起來很輕松而且若無其事 He tried to sound cheerful and nonchalant 2. 某人溫暖的家庭生活 one's hearth and home 3. 密室 one's inner sanctum 4. 精神病院 asylum 5. 荷爾蒙 hormone 6. 被解雇四次，又恢復(fù)原職四次 be four times sacked and four times reinstated 7. 再次消沉起來 relapse into one's gloom 8. 降到助手崗位 be relegated to the role of a mere assistant 9. 希望使他充滿活力 be rejuvenated by hope 10. 涂第二次油漆 put on the second coating of lacquer 11. 放棄權(quán)力 relinquish power 12. 向敵人報仇 retaliate upon one's enemy 13. 應(yīng)受尊敬的 a reverend gentleman 14. 輕信謊言 be credulous of lies 15. 智障孩子 mentally retarded children 16. 別有用心 an ulterior motive 17. 羚羊 antelope 18. 放棄上訴 waive one's right to appeal 19. 商品 wares 20. 反復(fù)予以警告 iterate a warning 21. 消費(fèi)稅 excise 22. 逐字的記述 a verbatim account of something 23. 一絲不茍的 fastidious 24. 勤勤懇懇，認(rèn)認(rèn)真真 conscientious 25. 搞笑的 funny/hilarious 26. 群居動物 gregarious animals 27. 先天疾病 a congenital disease 28. 和睦相處 live in concord with somebody 29. 公然挑釁 blatant provocation 30. 稍有瑕疵 a slight blemish on something 31. 吸墨紙 blotter? 32. 泥濘的路 a slimy road 33. 聲名狼藉的 infamous/notorious 34. 保持警惕 stay vigilant 35. 人群在推擠 people are jostling 36. 同盟 confederate/confederation 37. 愚弄某人做某事 dupe somebody into doing something 38. 早期腫瘤 incipient tumors 39. 無心 inadvertentky 40. 厭惡 loathe something 41. 遵守法律 conform to laws 42. 遵守規(guī)則 comply with rules 43. 爭奪海上霸權(quán) contend for control of the seas 44. 荒謬可笑的 preposterous 45. 破舊的地毯 a tatty carpet 46. 對發(fā)動機(jī)的全面檢修 the overhaul of engines 47. 美學(xué)理論 aesthetic theory 48. 碼頭 pier 49. 給某人示意 beckon to somebody 50. 超出某人的知識范圍 beyond one's ken