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  lucrative adj. 赚钱的,有利可图的(profitable;remunerative)

  [记]词根记忆:lucr(看作lucre钱财)+ative→赚钱的

  [例]Burdened by debt, Lydgate abandons his dreams of reforming medicine to take a conventional but lucrative practice in London.

  [同]advantageous, gainful, profitable, remunerative

  ludicrous adj. 荒唐可笑的(so foolish as to cause disrespectful laughter)

  [记]词根记忆:lud(玩)+icrous→闹着玩的→可笑的

  [例]Although his attempts to appear psychotic were so clumsy as to be almost ludicrous , there is evidence that Ezra Pound was able to avoid standing trial for treason merely by faking symptoms of mental illness.

  [同]laughable, comic, comical, droll, farcical

  lugubrious adj. 悲哀的(mournful);忧郁的(dismal)

  [例]Much of the clown’s success may be attributed to the contrast between the lugubrious manner he adopts and the general hilarity that characterizes the circus.

  [同]melancholy, dolesome, dolorous, lamentable, plaintive

  luminous adj. 发光的(emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light);发亮的(of or relating to light or to luminous flux);光线亮的(bathed in or exposed to steady light);明白易懂的(clear, enlightening);有光泽的(shining, illustrious)

  [记]词根记忆:lumin(光)+ous→发光的

  [例]Although supernovas are among the most luminous of cosmic events, these stellar explosions are often hard to detect, either because they are enormously far away or because they are dimmed by intervening dust and gas clouds.

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重点单词
  • enormouslyadv. 巨大地,庞大地;非常地,在极大程度上
  • drolladj. 好笑的,滑稽的,逗趣的 n. 离奇古怪,滑稽
  • plaintiveadj. 哀伤的,可怜的
  • stellaradj. 星(状的),和电影明星有关的,主要的,一流的
  • exposedadj. 暴露的,无掩蔽的,暴露于风雨中的 v. 暴露,
  • clumsyadj. 笨拙的,笨重的,不得体的
  • profitableadj. 有益的,有用的
  • advantageousadj. 有利的,有助的,有益的
  • enlighteningadj. 有启迪的,使人感悟的 动词enlighten的
  • comicn. 连环图画,喜剧演员,喜剧元素 adj. 滑稽的,有