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personification[pəˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
n.人格化; 拟人化
1. a person who represents an abstractquality;
2. representing an abstract quality or ideaas a person or creature
3. the act of attributing humancharacteristics to abstract ideas etc.
convenient [kənˈvi:niənt]
adj.方便的; [废语]适当的; [口语]近便的;实用的
1. suited to your comfort or purpose orneeds;
2. easy to reach;
3. large and roomy (`convenient' is archaicin this sense);
Population [ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn]
n.人口; 全体居民; 特定[生物]种群; [物]布居
1. the people who inhabit a territory orstate;
2. a group of organisms of the same speciespopulating a given area;
3. (statistics) the entire aggregation ofitems from which samples can be drawn;
4. the number of inhabitants (either thetotal number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place(country or city etc.);
5. the act of populating (causing to livein a place)
verve [vɜ:v]
n.热情; (艺术品等的)气韵,神韵; 生气,活力; 气魄
an energetic style
evocation [ˌi:vəʊ'keɪʃn]
n.唤出,唤起,招魂
1. imaginative re-creation
2. calling up supposed supernatural forcesby spells and incantations
3. stimulation that calls up (draws forth)a particular class of behaviors
partisan [ˌpɑ:tiˈzæn]
adj.党派性的; 偏袒的; 游击队的
n.党羽,强硬支持者; 游击队员; 戟的一种
Noun
1. a fervent and even militant proponent ofsomething
2. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter ofsome person or activity
3. a pike with a long tapering double-edgedblade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
Adjective
1. devoted to a cause or party
2. adhering or confined to a particularsect or denomination or party;
sequester [sɪ'kwestə(r)]
vt.使隔绝,使隔离; <律>扣押
1. requisition forcibly, as of enemyproperty;
2. take temporary possession of as asecurity, by legal authority;
3. undergo sequestration by forming astable compound with an ion;
4. keep away from others;
5. set apart from others;
negligible [ˈneglɪdʒəbl]
adj.可以忽略的; 微不足道的; 无足轻重的;不足轻重
1. so small as to be meaningless;insignificant;
2. not worth considering;
digression [daɪ'ɡreʃn]
n.离题,岔开
1. a message that departs from the mainsubject
2. a turning aside (of your course orattention or concern);
3. wandering from the main path of ajourney
vexing [veksɪŋ]
adj.使人烦恼的,使人恼火的
1. extremely annoying or displeasing;
2. causing irritation or annoyance
stymie [ˈstaɪmi]
n.<高尔夫> 妨碍球; 困难的处境
vt.妨碍,阻挠
Noun
1. a situation in golf where an opponent'sball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
2. a thwarting and distressing situation
Verb
1. hinder or prevent the progress oraccomplishment of;
pedestrian [pəˈdestriən]
n.步行者; 行人
adj.徒步的; 平淡无奇的; 一般的
Noun
1. a person who travels by foot
Adjective
1. lacking wit or imagination;
bias ['baɪəs]
n.偏见; 偏爱,爱好; 倾向; 斜纹
vt.使倾向于; 使有偏见; 影响; 加偏压于
adj.斜纹的; 斜的,倾斜的; 斜裁的
adv.偏斜地,倾斜地; 对角地
Noun
1. a partiality that prevents objectiveconsideration of an issue or situation
2. a line or cut across a fabric that isnot at right angles to a side of the fabric
Verb
1. influence in an unfair way;
2. cause to be biased
Adjective
slanting diagonally across the grain of afabric
dearth[dɜ:θ]
n.缺乏,稀少
1. an acute insufficiency
2. an insufficient quantity or number
diminution [ˌdɪməˈnu:ʃən]
in.减小,减少,缩减
1. change toward something smaller or lower
2. the statement of a theme in notes oflesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
3. the act of decreasing or reducingsomething
mosaic [məʊ'zeɪɪk]
n.马赛克; 镶嵌图案; 镶嵌工艺; [植]花叶病
adj.摩西的; 拼花的
vt.镶嵌; 用马赛克装饰
Noun
1. art consisting of a design made of smallpieces of colored stone or glass
2. viral disease in solanaceous plants(tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of theleaves
3. a pattern resembling a mosaic
4. transducer formed by the light-sensitivesurface on a television camera tube
5. assembly of aerial photographs forming acomposite picture
Adjective
decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fittedtogether;