burnish

【考法 1】 v. 擦亮，磨光： to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure

【例】 burnish the knife 磨光刀

【近】 buff, polish, furbish, grind, smoothen

buttress

【考法 1】 n. 扶墙： a projecting structure for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building

【近】 anchor, mainstay, pillar, reliance, standby

【考法 2】 vt. 提供支撑的证据或者信息： to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)

【例】 a mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor's case 大量支持起诉人案件的证据

【近】 bolster, corroborate, reinforce, substantiate, shore up

【反】 contravene, challenge 反对，质疑

byzantine

【考法 1】 adj. 错综复杂的： complicated or secretive, having many parts or aspects that are usually

interrelated

【例】 a bill to simplify the byzantine tax structure 一项试图简化繁琐税收制度的提案

【近】 convoluted, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, sophisticated, tangled

【反】 straightforward, plain, simple, uncomplicated 直截了当的，不复杂的

cache

【考法 1】 n. 囤货，藏货： a supply stored up and often hidden away

【例】 maintain a cache of food in case of emergencies 保存着食物的隐藏处以防万一

【近】 stash, stockpile, store, deposit, hoard, reserve

【考法 2】 v. 隐藏： to put into a hiding place

【例】 cached the fugitive slaves in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada 将奴隶们藏匿在房间

的地下室直到他们能够顺利逃去加拿大

【近】 conceal, ensconce, secrete, squirrel away

【反】 display, exhibit 展示

cachet

【考法 1】 n. 同意： an indication of approval carrying great prestige

【例】 A Mercedes carries a certain cachet. 每一辆奔驰都有认证标志。

【考法 2】 n. 声望： prestige

【例】 being rich…doesn’t have the cachet it used to 富甲一方再也不像过去拥有那么高的声望了

cacophony

【考法 1】 n. 刺耳的声音： loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound

【例】 the cacophony of a pet store full of animals 宠物商店里各种动物叽叽呱呱的声音

【近】 blare, bluster, clamor, decibel, din, discordance, racket

【反】 quiet, silence, still, stillness 安静

cadge

【考法 1】 v. 乞讨，乞求： beg, sponge

【例】 cadge a free cup of coffee 讨到一杯免费的咖啡

【反】 earn 赚钱

cajole

【考法 1】 v. 哄骗： to urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; wheedle

【例】 cajoled her into doing his laundry for him 哄骗她帮他洗衣服

【近】 blandish, blarney, palaver, wheedle, soft-soap, sweet-talk

calcify

【考法 1】 vt. 使僵化： to make inflexible or unchangeable

【例】 a leg that calcified 一条麻木僵直的腿

【近】 harden, obdurate, ossify

【反】 make malleable, make pliant, make more flexible 使灵活

calibrate

【考法 1】 vt. 调整，标准化： to standardize (as a measuring instrument) by determining the deviation from a

standard so as to ascertain the proper correction factors

【例】 calibrate the polling procedures to ensure objectivity 为保证客观性而使投票过程标准化

【反】 unstandardize 不标准

【考法 2】 vt. （根据标准）精确测量： to measure precisely especially: to measure against a standard