cavort

【考法 1】 vi. 欢快地蹦跳或行走，雀跃： to bound or prance about in a sprightly manner; caper

【例】 Children are cavorting in the sand. 孩子们在沙子中嬉戏。

【近】 caper, disport, frisk, gambol, rollick, romp

【反】 trudge 蹒跚地走

cede

【考法 1】 vt. （根据条约）放弃，割让： to surrender possession of, especially by treaty

【例】 cede the island to America 把岛屿割让给了美国

【近】 relinquish, render, yield, renounce, resign, turn in, turn over, step aside (from), give up, hand over, lay

down

【反】 possess 拥有

cement

【考法 1】 n./v. 粘合： a uniting or binding force or influence

【例】 justice is the cement that holds a political community together 正义是让政治个体团结的粘合剂

【近】 cord, knot, link, tie

censor

【考法 1】 vt. 审查并删除不良的东西： to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered

objectionable

【例】 censor the news 审查新闻

【近】 bowdlerize, expurgate, red-pencil, clean up

【派】 censorship n. 审查制度

censorious

【考法 1】 adj. 挑剔指责的： highly critical.

【例】 censorious comment 尖刻的评论

【反】 eulogistic 赞美的

censure

【考法 1】 v. 公开表示反对，谴责： to express public or formal disapproval of

【例】 He was censured by the committee for his failure to report the problem. 他因为未上报事故受到了委员会

的指责。

【近】 condemn, denounce, objurgate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprehend, pan

【反】 commend, extol, laud, endorse 支持，赞同

census

【考法 1】 n. 户口普查： an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out

how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people's ages and jobs

【近】 tale, tally

cessation

【考法 1】 n. 终止，暂停： the stopping of a process or activity

【例】 the cessation of the storm was a relief 暴风雪终于停了，真是让人欣慰

【近】 check, cutoff, closure, discontinuance, expiration, halt, shutdown, termination

【反】 commencement, start continuation 开始，继续

chaff

【考法 1】 v. 开玩笑： to make jokes

【例】 a coworker who likes to chaff at others' expense, and this often results in hurt feelings 这个同事喜欢开

别人玩笑，导致伤害他人感情

【近】 banter, gag, jape, jest, quip, wisecrack

chagrin

【考法 1】 n. 沮丧，懊恼： disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure

【例】 He thought for a minute, anger and chagrin mixing with the embarrassment on his face. 他 考 虑 了 一

会儿，脸上出现了愤怒、懊恼和尴尬的复杂表情。

【反】 elation, cheerfulness, proud satisfaction, delight 兴高采烈