argot

【考法 1】 n. 隐语，黑话，行话：a specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group

【例】groups communicating in their own secret argots 用他们秘密的行话交流的团体

【近】argot, cant, jargon, shoptalk

【反】standard language 标准的语言；common verbalism 大众的言语

arrest

【考法 1】 vt. 使不活跃：to make inactive

【例】arrest the growth of the tumor 抑制肿瘤生长

【近】check, rein, curb, contain, hamper, thwart, bring to a halt

【反】vitalize, activate, animate, invigorate 使有生气；prod, goad, spur, galvanize, provoke, stimulate 刺激

【考法 2】 n/v. 停止：the stopping of a process or activity; to bring to a standstill

【例】Science cannot yet arrest the process of aging. 科学不能阻止衰老。

【近】cease, cessation, closure, conclusion, discontinuance, discontinuation, ending, halt, stop, termination;

check, stop

【反】continuance, continuation 继续

【考法 3】 v. 逮捕：to take or keep under one's control by authority of law

【例】She was charged with resisting arrest. 她因为拘捕受到起诉。

【近】apprehend

【反】discharge 释放

【考法 4】 v. 吸引注意力：to hold the attention of as if by a spell

【例】The behavior of the daredevil arrested pedestrians. 冒失鬼的行为吸引了行人们的注意力。

【近】enchant, fascinate, bedazzle, grip, hypnotize, mesmerize

arresting

【考法 1】 adj. 吸引人的：attracting and holding the attention; striking

【例】an arresting spectacle 吸引人的奇观

【近】absorbing, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, gripping, immersing, intriguing, riveting

【反】boring, drab, tedious, monotonous, uninteresting 乏味的，单调的

arrhythmic

【考法 1】 adj. 不规律的：lacking rhythm or regularity

【例】arrhythmic pulse 不规律的脉搏

【近】irregular, disorderly

【反】regular, orderly 规律的

arrogance

【考法 1】 n．傲慢，自大：overbearing pride

【例】Her arrogance has earned her a lot of enemies. 她的傲慢给她带来了很多敌人。

【近】assumption, bumptiousness, haughtiness, hauteur, imperiousness, loftiness, peremptoriness, pomposity,

pompousness, presumptuousness, superciliousness

【反】humility, modesty, humbleness, unassumingness 谦虚

articulate

【考法 1】 v. 清晰地表达：to utter clearly and distinctly

【例】He cannot articulate his thoughts. 他不能清楚地表达他的想法。

【例】a theory first articulated by ancient philosophers 被古时哲学家阐明的理论

【近】enunciate

【反】murmur, mumble, mutter, slur 模糊地说

【考法 2】 adj. 表达清晰的：able to express oneself clearly and well

【例】The television crew covering the science fair were looking for photogenic and articulate students to explain

their projects on the air

【近】eloquent, fluent, silver-tongued, well-spoken

【反】inarticulate, ineloquent, unvocal 表达不清楚的

ascendant

【考法 1】 adj. 有影响力的，主宰的：dominant in position or influence; superior.

【例】This idea was in the ascendant. 这种思想处于主导地位。

【近】superior, dominant, sovereign

【反】having no influence/ power 没有影响力的

【考法 2】 adj. 上升的：moving upward : rising

【例】The teacher told the students to write even numbers in ascendant order. 老师让学生们按升序写出偶数。

【反】declining 下降的

ascetic

【考法 1】 adj. 禁欲的：practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline

【例】This is an ascetic diet of rice and beans. 这是一顿禁欲的隐私，只有米饭和豌豆。

【近】abstemious, abstinent, self-denying

【反】sumptuous, luxurious 奢侈的；licentious, sybaritic, voluptuous 放荡的，沉溺于酒色的

【考法 2】 n. 禁欲者：a person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline,

especially as an act of religious devotion.

【例】We normally see an ascetic meditating in a Yogic pose. 我们通常会看见一个苦行者以瑜伽的姿势来冥想。

【近】stoic, spartan

【反】sybarite, hedonist, voluptuary 奢侈逸乐的，人享乐主义者，酒色之徒

aseptic

【考法 1】 adj. 消毒的，无菌的：preventing infection

【例】Surgery must be in aseptic environments. 手术必须处在无菌环境下

【近】sterile, germfree

【反】germy, unsterile 有细菌的；contaminated, tainted 被污染的

【考法 2】adj. 缺乏活力的：lacking vitality

【近】inactive, lackadaisical, languid, listless, spiritless

【反】active, animated, energetic, energetic, vivacious 有活力的

【考法 3】 adj. 冷漠的：emotion, or warmth

【例】aseptic essays 没有感情的文章；an aseptic smile 漠然的微笑

【近】affectlessness, emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, numbness, phlegm

【反】emotion, feeling, sensibility 有感情

askew

【考法 1】 adj. 不成直线，歪的：out of line, awry

【例】The picture hung askew. 画挂歪了。

【例】His tie was askew. 他的领带歪了。

【近】crooked, cockeyed, oblique, lopsided, skewed, aslant, slanted, slanting, listing, tilted, awry

【反】aligned 列成一行的；straight, erect 直的