limerence: the state of being infatuated or stand on the precipice

obsessed with another person, typically enumerable

experienced involuntarily and power that .. wields
characterized by a strong desire for permutation, configuration 排列
reciprocation of one's feelings but not insipid 平淡
primarily for a sexual relationship. Renegade 叛徒
Intrepid 强悍
triumvirate： 三巨头 overarching 包罗万象的
(in ancient Rome) a group of three men solicit
holding power your bearing
volanting
prognosticate Commiplserate
foretell or prophesy (an event in the lianas 藤本植物
future). wisterias 紫藤
magnolia
the economists were prognosticating pallidly:苍白地
financial Armageddon 世界末日 tartly: 尖刻地
languorous:懒的
torrid
specter
impetuous
a ghost. demented
aped
metanarratives
photogenic 上镜的 mirage
apogee · it’s a cinch: an extremely easy task.
the highest point in the development of
something; a climax or culmination. the program was a cinch to use
· penchant 嗜好
litotes a strong or habitual liking for something or
nadir tendency to do something.
the lowest point in the fortunes of a person
or organization. he has a penchant for adopting stray dogs

they had reached the nadir of their foist= force

sufferings

watchword: 口号 fugacious,短暂易逝的
wring: 拧
imbibe:
aficionada 业余爱好者
newfangled：新奇的 callow=naive
amalgam = mixture, blend
maverick：特立独行的人 a curious amalgam of the traditional and
curmudgeon: 暴躁的老头 the modern
tellingly:明显地 cleave=sever
反映真实情况的;显露内心活动的 carouse=party
the events of the story tellingly illustrate unmitigated
the changing face of society affront=insult
a telling comment 发自内心的评论 insurmountable 不可逾越的
preposterous= ridiculous 荒诞的，滑稽的
deluge= severe flood
flagrant: 明目张胆的 pungent= stimulating
corroborate 证实 confirm
ferociously: 凶猛地 clandestine
menagerie: furtive 鬼鬼祟祟
a collection of wild animals kept in premonition 不祥的预感
captivity for exhibition. blandishment 奉承
vermin scavengers 清道夫 inconsonant
Dilettante phlegmatic, stolid: 木讷的，冷淡的
gigolos estuary 河口
vitriolic quandary=dilemma, predicament 困境，两难
embittered seethe=boil
rowdy pertinent, apposite: 适当的
mesmerize highbrow
demeanor aberrent 异常的
Rancor-enmity-vindictiveness-animosity 报复 imperious
心 umpteenth 无数个
unassailability 无懈可击的 damasked 锦缎的
forlorn 绝望，悲凉
contenance 包含 diviner 占卜人
fallacious
cursory 粗略的，大致的，简略的 initial formulation 最早论述
Perfunctory 敷衍的
recruit metaphors invective: 谩骂的
aberration(a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected,
typically one that is unwelcome.)
we see the later strategy pursued with polemic: 争论
striking insistence:
voracious reader 贪婪的 capitulation: 投降

extraneous: irrelevant

peripatetic: 云游的 emplace 安置

traveling from place to place, in particular
working or based in various places for
demur: 提出异议
relatively short periods.the peripatetic
nature of military life
demurral 异议

revelry
lively and noisy festivities, especially when
taciturn：沉默寡言的
these involve drinking a large amount of
alcohol.
paean:赞歌
panegyric: a public speech or published
litany of 一连串的
text in praise of someone or something.

paroxysm 的定义 sash

a sudden attack or violent expression of a casement

particular emotion or activity.
pitcher
a paroxysm of weeping
bundle
At stake is: 最重要的是
carapace: 甲壳

pyrotechnical: 烟火绚烂的 bulwark: 堡垒，防波堤

relating to fireworks. abrade: 磨损

a series of mind-blowing pyrotechnical stupefaction： 惊愕

spectacles light up the skies
opprobrium: 责难

effeminacy: 女性气质，阴柔

portent, presage 不好的征兆，预感

augury, omen: 预言

reticence: 沉默寡言

romantic: truth- spiritual meaning

divested
 foreboding: 不祥的预感
solipsism 唯我论
ken: field of vision 视野
the view or theory that the self is all that factitious: man-made
can be known to exist. artificially created or developed.

preponderate: 占优势
jug 壶
delectation: pleasure, joy
liminal
Rapacity: 贪婪
skim: 薄薄的一层
pillage: 掠夺
a thin layer of a substance on the surface
of a liquid. adamantine: unbreakable

a skim of ice belie: 掩饰

fedora 软呢帽 bona fides: 善意, in good faith

aperture 光圈 eschatological: 末世论的

relating to death, judgment, and the final
destiny of the soul and of humankind
apostasy 叛教
Surefire: certain to succeed
parabola 抛物线 cocksure:
presumptuously or arrogantly confident.
forestall: 垄断，防止，阻断 galore: abundance

obliteration 抹杀
effervescent 的翻译起泡的, 冒泡的, 起沫的…
elegy flurry: 树叶，雪花 飘舞

redolent: prism: 棱柱 refract: 折射

strongly reminiscent or suggestive of. amaranth
names redolent of history and tradition carnation
panoply：一全套，一整套
terrain caustic: 腐蚀性的
desist: 停止 incantation: 咒语
gust:a brief, strong rush of wind. a series of words said as a magic spell or
charm.
hold aloft: 高举 an incantation to raise the dead
vacuous 空虚的
calving
hoary: grayish white 苍老的 Fiend
recant: 放弃（某种信念） prelapsarian
stringency: 严格性 ˌprēlapˈserēən
dalliance：调戏 prelapsarian 的定义
unshackle: 解开束缚 1
recalcitrant: 顽固的 characteristic of the time before the Fall of
perambulate: 闲庭信步 Man; innocent and unspoiled.
walk or travel through or around a place or
area, Disheveld. As with the vegetation in
especially for pleasure and in a leisurely Paradise which apparently requires the
way attention of a gardener, so we are
semaphore：信号量 surprised to find Eve's hair described as
dishevelled, or wanton, that is
"undisciplined, ungoverned" OED.
duend:
a quality of passion and inspiration. oxymoronic：矛盾修辞法

(in the folklore of Spain, Portugal, Latin August:

America, and the Philippines) a respected and impressive.
supernatural being or spirit resembling a aught: anything at all
pixie or imp.
Unpremediated art
valence: value Karamat: Miracle, Supernatural wonder in
eschatological; 末世论的 islam
symbiotic: 共生 Charism: extraordinary power given by the
symbiosis Holy spirit
nimbus 的定义
nature worship: Nature as a
a luminous cloud or a halo sacred totality
surrounding a supernatural Brazen: bold and without shame.
being or a saint. cosmogonical: 宇宙起源的
loiter: 闲逛 徘徊
corporeality 肉体性
purportedly：据说
regal: of, resembling, or fit for a monarch, ostensibly: 表面上
especially in being magnificent or
dignified. latent, dormant, quiescent: 潜在的
inimical: harmful
rife: 盛行的
subterfuge: 托词
inane: 无用的，糊涂的 silly
incandescent: 发白帜光的 incipient：初期的
stymie: prevent exuviae 蜕皮
molt, exuviate 蜕皮
Locus Classicus immolate: 献祭，焚烧
Self-immolation: 自焚
a passage considered to be the
best known or most authoritative
on a particular subject. suffuse 弥漫
apotheosize: 神话

roister 喝酒喧闹庆祝
eidetic
promulgate: 颁布
īˈdedik promote or make widely known
relating to or denoting mental (an idea or cause).
images having unusual these objectives have to be
vividness and detail, as if promulgated within the
actually visible. organization
an eidetic memory supple, lithe: 瘦弱的，柔弱的，轻盈的
conflagrantion: 大火
winsome: 迷人的

taper: 锥形，变成锥形的

deciduous conifer: 落叶松树

spruce: 云杉
sempiternal: etern 永恒的 al larch: 落叶杉
capar\
carmen: Poem, in latin Phantasmagoria: 幻境

promontory: 海角
Le mimosa: 金合欢
centripetal: 向心
La Pivoine: 今芍药 centrifugal: 离心
Muguet 铃兰
Perfervid: 热情的
intense and impassioned.

are legion: are in bulk 众多的

whither: 去往何处，to what place and state

divest: 剥离，使脱去

The term "aubade" refers to a poem or

piece of music that is about or evokes the
dawn. It often focuses on the theme of
lovers parting at daybreak. The word is
derived from the French phrase "au bain," Recursive reflections
which means "to the bath." Aubades have Recursion
been a popular genre in literature and
music, exploring the emotions associated leaps to the mind
with the beginning of a new day and the
separation of lovers.
The Overwhelming use of language is
tributary: 支流 internal, is for preparing thought.
provisional: 临时的
fallow: 休耕 ...has been cast in stone: 板上钉钉的
protracted 旷日持久的 gumption: 野心
protract:延长
insomuch as: 因为 discombobulated: confused, 混乱的
insofar as: 只要 a dearth of: a lack of something
credulous: 轻信的
credulity: 耳根子软
aver: 断言，assert, state
Pernickety: 爱挑刺的，挑三拣
propensity, Proclivity: 倾向
immaculate: 完美无瑕
四的，giving too
nebulous: cloud-like,模糊的
somnambulant:
much attention to smal
diligere-- to love
l details that are
Predilection: 偏爱 not important in a way
that annoys other peo
ple
Patrician: Aristocratic, 贵族的

Don’t nest, just be open.

firmament:苍穹

tirade: 长篇大论（invective)
virile: masculine with strong sex drive

presage, v&n 预示
Make a case: prove, argue for portent 预兆
You’ve made a strong case for... deftly: 灵巧地
There is a case to be made: devious: 狡猾的 不正当的但是成功的
devious tactics

incendiary: 易燃的，易引起冲突的
"incendiary rhetoric"
(of a device or attack) designed to
cause fires.
 his beard was bristly when he was
placidity licking my pussy

expiatory:赎罪的 expiation
Hesperus: 晚星 propitiatory: 挽回的(神灵）
Ἕσπερος, romanized: Hésperos) is the Evening propitiation
Star, the planet Venus in the evening. propitious：吉利的，顺利的，天时地利人和
the timing is propitious
Phosphorus: 晨星
blarney: 巧言令色，花言巧语
swarthy: 黝黑的 a plum job: 钱多事少的工作，美活

a priori 先 验 : deductive inference, tongue-in-cheek: ironic, 半开玩笑的, not to

necessary truths 必然真理 be taken too seriously
a posteriori 后 验 : inductive logic,
demonstration, definition, contingent preponderance: 优势
truths 偶然真理
Convivial: 欢乐的, merry
reed: 芦苇 the dinner party had a convivial
atmosphere
afflatus, divine afflatus: Afflatus, which
in Latin means "the act of blowing or congenial: 相投的，契合的，pleasant
breathing on," was formed from the
prefix ad- ("to, toward") and the Latin congenial company:
verb flare ("to blow"). Th congenial to the climate

effluence: substance flowing out of appellation：称呼，称谓

something appellative, 命名的，称谓语

sidereal: 恒星 peremptory: 蛮横的

roster: 花名册 overbearing
Organon: High-handed: 霸道的
a body of principles of scientific or supercilious: 目中无人，高傲自大
philosophical investigation stealthy: 隐秘的
prerogative: 特权 slink: 潜行
contrivance: 诡计
Enterprise: readiness to engage in defunct: 不复存在的，已经废止的，失灵的
daring or difficult action : INITIATIVE arch, roguish: 淘气地，顽皮的
showed great enterprise in dealing reverberate: 回响
with the crisis pertinent: directly linked or associated
with the matter
straddle: 跨骑 heady: 令人上头的
homology: 同源性； homologous:同源的 in propria persona: in his or her own
refract:折射 person.
preclude: 排除 lilt: 轻微的口音和语调，抑扬顿挫
ad hominem: 人 身 攻 击 ad hominem asphyxiated: 窒息的
attacks
ad feminam Numinous: 神秘的，玄秘的，精神上的
numinous mysteries of Mozart,
Boudicea Schumann, and Mahler
Harpy unremitting: 坚持不懈地，持续不停地
continues without stopping or
lucent: becoming less intense
glowing with or giving off light. attenuate: 减 少 ， 使 衰 败 ， 变 细 To make
The Moon is lucent. something less or weaker
adj: attenuate limbs
porter:搬运工 taper: 逐渐变细，锥形，锥体
scruffy: 邋遢的，没剃胡子的 workaday: commonplace，日常的，平凡的
bristly: 胡子拉渣的，胡茬的触感
Obverse: 硬币的头像那一面； 反面 tweed: 粗花呢
I assume the phrase derives from post- impish: 顽皮的
modernist employment of the term, ' nondescript: 四不像的，不伦不类的
the other ', to denote the obverse to Broach:
the accepted, the sanctioned, the
dominant. raise (a sensitive or difficult
subject) for discussion.
French window:
he broached the subject he had
been avoiding all evening
Self-ordained

lupins:

parching:干涸的
a fierce parching heat
mote: 微尘
vial/phial: 样本小瓶
Oblation: 祭品
carmine: 胭脂红
lurid:
very vivid in color, especially so as to
create an unpleasantly harsh or
unnatural effect.
meretricious: 华而不实的
apparently attractive but having in
reality no value or integrity.
overcast sky: 灰蒙蒙的天
misgivings: 疑 虑 a feeling of doubt or
apprehension about the outcome or
consequences of something.

bogus 虚假的，伪造的
the evidence is bogus

subsume: 归纳，吸纳，纳入
swarm:一大群的
ornate: 精心雕饰的
swarming: 蜂拥而至的，涌入的
intemperate: 不节制的
fortify: 强化
betoken： 代表着，预示，indicate
gainsay: 否定
unearned: 不劳而获的
wraith: 幽灵
inchoate: 早期的，未发展完善的
blasé 的定义 无感的
inchoate violators/crime:未遂的
形容词
bestial: beastlike 兽性的，野兽般的，残暴的
1
specious: 似是而非的，貌似真实的
unimpressed or indifferent to Technophile
something because one has Simulacrum: 拟像
experienced or seen it so often before. talisman: 刻有符咒的护身符
she was becoming quite blasé about amulet: 护身符
the dangers nonsensical: 无稽之谈
Mercurial: 易变的，mercurial temperament maul: 动物咬伤
demure: 端庄的，demurely dreg: 残渣
nape: 后脖颈 haggard 憔悴的
her hair was coiled demurely at the lineament: 轮廓
nape of her neck omphalos: 脐 ， the center or hub of
writhe: 翻腾，翻涌，扭动 something.
make continual twisting, squirming this was the omphalos of confusion
movements or contortions of the body. and strife
stymie: hinder, obstruct
concave:凹 fetter: 束缚，脚镣
convex: 凸 he lay bound with fetters of iron
tinge: 轻染
douse 的定义 implacable: 不屈不挠的
动词 mollify, assuage, appease,
1 Emigre: 流亡者
pour a liquid over; drench. Insouciance: 漫不经心
he doused the car with gasoline and squelch
set it on fire tarmac road
同义词： contraption: 笨拙的装置, 过时的机器, 奇怪的玩意儿…
drench verbal contraption(W. H. Auden)
soak denude: make bare
souse denuded: naked
saturate espy: to catch sight of 不经意瞥见
drown morass: bog, 沼泽，泥泞的路
flood ramification: 后果
inundate iridescent: 彩虹的
deluge coroner: 验尸官
wet flashing brightly
Coruscating: 璀璨的，灿烂夺目的，幽默睿智聪明的
splash formal
slosh extremely intelligent and exciting or
hose down humorous:
2 He's known for his coruscating wit.
extinguish (a fire or light). begrudgingly: 不情愿的
stewards appeared and the fire was filch adds a suggestion of snatching
doused quickly and surreptitiously. purloin
stresses removing or carrying off for
doff: 脱去 one's own use or purposes.
vicariously surreptitiously: 偷偷摸摸的
germane: 相关的 PILFER implies stealing repeatedly in
Bricolage: small amounts.
(in art or literature) construction or
creation from a diverse range of pilfered from his employer
available things. FILCH adds a suggestion of snatching
wallow: indulge in something quickly and surreptitiously.
excessively
filched an apple from the tray
inadvertetly PURLOIN stresses removing or carrying
venial off for one's own use or purposes.
crape
printed a purloined document
black lacquered: 漆器的 numen: the spirit or divine power
Plasticine: 橡皮泥 presiding over a thing or place.
flay:剥皮
the spirit of the place—its numen—was Chimera: a thing that was wished for but in fact
strong is illusory or impossible to achieve
appositely: 恰如其分的 Palm frond: 棕榈枝
obviate: 使...不必要 underbrush: 草丛
prig: noun. a person who displays or deus ex machina, a person or thing that appears
demands of others pointlessly precise or is introduced into a situation suddenly and
conformity, fussiness about trivialities, unexpectedly and provides an artificial or
or exaggerated contrived solution to an apparently insoluble
propriety, especially in a self- ... difficulty. Latin: “god from the machine”
Nugatory,Otiose: producing no useful
cavort: result : FUTILE
strobe patina: 铜绿，铜锈
somersault intransigent：顽固不化的
puckish: 顽皮的 whiffs of ground coffee and a
undoing: a person’s ruin or downfall congeries of smells:
Carte blanche: freedom to act or a smell that is only smelled briefly or
behave faintly.
Mar Si crudele: cruel sea congeries:
a disorderly collection; a jumble.(an
Purgatorio: the quest for freedom of untidy collection or pile of things. the
will requires setting aside mortal books were in a chaotic jumble)
goods even the most beautiful and contrived: 故意的，人为的
worthy elapse
dispersal: the action or process of
distributing things or people over a
Purgatory-- Hell wide area.
sluice: 水闸
These adjectives, vedovo and privato, illustrious:
signal the theme of loss and privation well known, respected, and admired
that will haunt the beautiful music of for past achievements.
Dante’s Purgatorio. The second realm zeugma:
offers saved souls the opportunity to a figure of speech in which a word
work toward freedom: this is the applies to two others in different
freedom that Virgilio posits as the goal senses (e.g., John and his license
of Dante’s quest when he says, in expired last week ) or to two others of
verse 71 of this canto, “libertà va which it semantically suits only one
cercando” (he seeks freedom). But the (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts ).
quest for moral freedom, for freedom insignia:
of the will — the freedom to do exactly a badge or distinguishing mark of
as one pleases because one’s will can military rank, office, or membership of
no longer err — also carries with it the an organization; an official emblem.
specter of loss, for the beautiful things exiguous:
of earth must be set aside. Indeed, very small in size or amount.
they must be willfully and pleated: 褶皱的
programmatically set aside. fastidious: 讲究
very attentive to and concerned about
navel-gazing: omphaloskepsis accuracy and detail.
the activity of spending too much time he chooses his words with fastidious
considering your own thoughts, care
feelings, or problems: insurrection: 起义
reprisal: 报复
bathetic: excessive sentimentalism variegated: 斑 驳 陆 离 exhibiting different
revenant: 亡灵 colors, especially as irregular patches
or streaks.
Wayward: 任性的 sacerdotal: 祭司的
restive: 1. 紧张，焦虑，uneasiness relating to priests or the priesthood;
2. stubborn priestly.
Impasse: Deadlock, 僵局，cul-de-sac archipelago：群岛
defunct: 去世的 accursed: 被诅咒的
vaulted:穹顶的
Lambent:
(of light or fire) glowing, gleaming, or
flickering with a soft radiance.
imbroglio:
an extremely confused, complicated,
or embarrassing situation.
embroil: to throw into disorder or
confusion
“His stand on this issue
has embroiled him in controversy.”
pundit: 权威人士
Palimpsest:
a manuscript or piece of writing
material on which the original writing
has been effaced to make room for
later writing but of which traces
remain.
villainy:恶行
cauterize: i love this word
as a steel nib’s downstroke：
如同钢笔尖的下划

peal: a loud ringing of a bell or bells.

the bell rang again, a long, loud peal
drab. drab-colored:
lacking brightness or interest; drearily
dull.
the landscape was drab and gray

relegate: 贬谪，降职
consign or dismiss to an inferior rank
or position.
they aim to prevent women from
being relegated to a secondary role
purview:范围 Such a case might be
within the purview of the legislation
这种情况可能属于立法范围之内

commensurate: 相称
corresponding in size or degree; in
proportion.
salary will be commensurate with
experience
anathema:
something or someone that one
vehemently dislikes.an accursed thing
exonerate, absolve: 开脱
keep... at bay