dreary 英 [ˈdrɪəri] 美 [ˈdrɪri] adj. 沉闷的,枯燥的;令人不悦的
考点1: 沉闷的, 单调无味的
■同: desolate, gloomy, dull, monotone, pedestrian, somber.
■e.g. The day is cold rainy and dreary 天气寒冷,阴暗而沉闷
考点2: 令人不悦的
■同: depressing, dismal, heartbreaking, mournful, pathetic, melancholy
■反: cheering
■e.g. decide to see a professional counselor in order to save their dreary marriage. 决定咨询专业人士以拯救他们悲剧式婚姻。
cacophony 英 [kəˈkɒfəni] 美 [kəˈkɑːfəni] n. 刺耳的音调;不和谐音
■同: blare, bluster, clamor, discordance, racket
■反: quiet, silence, still
■e.g. the cacophony of a pet store full of animals. 宠物店里面各种动物唧唧呱呱的声音
mutate 英 [mjuːˈteɪt] 美 [ˈmjuːteɪt] vi. 变化,产生突变 vt. 改变,使突变
■同: alter, change, fluctuate, modify, shift, transfigure, transform, vary
■反: remain, stabilize, plateau
■e.g. Some chromosomes started to mutate after exposure to X-Rays. 经X光照射后部分染色体发生了变异
fantasy 英 [ˈfæntəsi] 美 [ˈfæntəsi] n. 幻想;白日梦;幻觉 adj. 虚幻的 vt. 空想;想像 vi. 耽于幻想;奏幻想曲(等于phantasy)
考点1: n幻想
indulge in fantasy 沉迷于幻想
■同: chimera, conceit, daydream, delusion,dream, hallucination, illusion, vision
■反: actuality, fact, reality, truth
考点2: 产生幻想
■e.g. He regularly fantasies romantic encounters that he knows will never happen. 他会定期意淫一些永远不可能发生的浪漫邂逅
■同: dream, envisage, envision, fantasize, imagine, picture
■派: fantasitic
malicious 英 [məˈlɪʃəs] 美 [məˈlɪʃəs] adj. 恶意的;恶毒的;蓄意的;怀恨的
■e.g. spread malicious gossips 散播恶意的流言蜚语
■同: bad, cruel, despiteful, evil, malevolent, malign, mean, nasty, spiteful, vicious, virulent, wicked.
■反: benevolent, benign, benignant, charitable, kind, kindly
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