rickety
【考法 1】 adj. 不稳的: lacking stability or firmness
【例】The rickety coalition may break at any moment. 脆弱的联盟随时都可能破裂。
【近】insecure, precarious, shaky, unsound, unsteady, weak
【反】firm, sound, stable, sturdy 稳定的,稳固的
rider
【考法 1】 n. 骑马的人: one that rides
【近】 horseman, knight
【反】 pedestrian, walker 行人,步行者
【考法 2】 n. 附件: a clause appended to a legislative bill to secure a usually distinct object
【近】 addendum, appendix, attachment, supplement
ridicule
【考法 1】 vt. 嘲笑: to make fun of
【例】 always ridiculed everything she said 总是嘲笑她说的话‖The term “big bang theory” was originally coined to ridicule the belief that the universe was created by a giant explosion. “大爆炸理论”期初是为了嘲笑一种观点而创造的,这种观点认为宇宙源自一场巨大的爆炸。
【近】 deride, gibe, jape, jeer, lout, mock, taunt
【反】 commend, praise 表扬
【派】 ridiculous adj. 荒谬的
rife
【考法 1】 adj. 丰富的,普遍的: possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
【例】 a video game rife with violence and abuse 充满暴力与虐待的电子游戏
【近】 abounding, abundant, awash, flush, fraught, lousy, replete, swarming, teeming, thick, thronging
【反】 deficient, incomplete, insufficient, short 缺乏的
rift
【考法 1】 n. 离间: a break in friendly relations
【例】 a rift between two once allied nations 两个往昔盟国的决裂
【近】 crack, fissure, fracture, schism
【反】 reconciliation, rapprochement 调和
【考法 2】 vt. 使开裂: to cause to split open or break
【例】 Hills were rifted by the earthquake. 地震使得山崩地裂
【近】 cleave, divide, rip, split, sunder, tear
【反】 associate, coalesce, combine, conjugate, join, link 接合
rile
【考法 1】 vt. 刺激,惹怒: to make agitated and angry
【例】 The new work schedules riled the employees. 新的工作时间表激怒了员工
【近】 aggravate, annoy, enrage, exasperate, grate, inflame, infuriate, irritate, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, roil
【反】 allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe 平息,缓和
ripen
【考法 1】 v. 使成熟,成熟: to make or become ripe or riper
【例】 Age ripens a good wine. 时间酿出好酒
【近】 age, develop, grow, mature
【反】 fade, flag, shrivel, wane, wilt, wither 使枯萎
【派】 ripened adj. (酒、果实等)成熟的
riot
【考法 1】 n. 喧闹,暴乱: public violence, tumult, or disorder
【例】 Special police units equipped with riot shields quickly arrived at the airport. 装备有防暴盾牌的特警们迅速抵达了飞机场。
【近】 clamor, commotion, disorder, ferment, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar
【反】 serenity, tranquility 宁静;order 秩序
rite
【考法 1】 n. 惯例,仪式: a prescribed form or manner governing the words or actions for a ceremony
【例】 the marriage rites 婚礼仪式的章程
【近】 ceremony, form, observance, protocol, ritual, solemnity
【派】 ritual n. 仪式
rive
【考法 1】 vt. 撕开: to wrench open or tear apart or to pieces
【例】 Lightning rived the tree. 闪电把树劈裂了
【近】 cleave, lacerate, render, ribbon, rip, rupture, shred, split, tatter, tear
【反】 associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, fuse, interfuse, join, link, unify 联合
【派】 riven adj. 被撕开的
vt. 激怒,使暴怒