crutch

【考法1】n./v. 支撑，支柱：something that supports orsustains

【例】a crutchfor local economy 当地的经济支柱

【近】brace,buttress, column, stay, support, underpinning, underpropping

crux

【考法1】n. 中心，关键点：the basic, central, or critical point or feature

【例】the cruxof the problem 问题的核心所在

【近】core,substance, kernel, gist, pivot

【反】trifle,triviality 无价值之物

cryptic

【考法1】adj. 秘密的：secret or occult

【例】crypticmessage 秘密的信息

【近】covert,furtive, secret, stealthy

【反】public,open 公开的

【考法2】adj. 含义模糊的：having or seeming to have ahidden or ambiguous meaning

【例】Thesenator made some cryptic explanations about the military operations. 参议员就军事行动给出了

含糊其辞的解释

【近】ambiguous,equivocal, nebulous, obscure, unclear, vague

【反】clear,explicit, obvious, plain 清晰的

【考法3】adj. 超出理解能力的：being beyond one's powersto know, understand, or explain

【例】puzzled bythe cryptic e-mail message left on his computer 被他电脑里让人费解的电子邮件而迷惑

【近】arcane,enigmatic, impenetrable, inscrutable, mystic, occult, uncanny

【反】comprehendible, understandable 可以理解的

culpable

【考法1】adj. 该受谴责的，有罪的：deserving of blame orcensure as being wrong, evil, improper, or injurious

【例】culpablebehaviors 值得谴责的行为

【近】blameworthy, censurable, guilty, reprehensible, sinful, reproachable

【反】inculpable, innocent 无罪的

【派】culpability n. 有罪

cultivate

【考法1】v. 提升：to improve by labor, care, or study

【例】cultivatethe mind 开化心智

【近】educate, instruct,illuminate, nurse

【反】degrade,deteriorate, impair 损坏，降低品质

【考法2】v. 促进成长，培养：to promote the growth of (a biological culture)

【例】cultivatevegetables 种植蔬菜

【近】grow,breed, produce, raise, develop, nurture

【反】balk,frustrate, thwart 阻碍

【派】cultivation n. 栽培

cumbersome

【考法1】adj. 笨重的，难处理的：difficult to handlebecause of weight or bulk

【例】acumbersome piece of machinery 一件笨重的机器

【近】unhandy,ponderous, heavy, unwieldy, onerous ,thorny

【反】light,weightless 轻的；handy 容易处理的

cunning

【考法1】adj. 狡猾的：marked by or given to artfulsubtlety and deceptiveness

【例】cunningtactics 狡猾的战术

【近】artful,crafty, devious, foxy, sly, tricky, wily

【反】artless,na.ve, unsophisticated 天真无邪的

【考法2】adj. （手工）灵巧的：skillful with the hands

【例】Only themost cunning cabinetmaker could have crafted such a beautifully proportionedchest of drawers.

只有手工超凡的家具工才能打造出如此精致协调的衣柜

【近】clever,deft, handy

【反】heavy-handed, ham-handed 笨拙的

【考法3】n. 欺诈，欺骗：the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies ortrickery

【例】usedcunning and subterfuge to work her way up the corporate ladder 通过欺骗在公司中步步攀升

【近】artifice,deception, fraud

【反】ingenuousness, sincerity 真诚

curmudgeon

【考法1】n. 脾气坏的爱抱怨的人：an irritable and complaining person

【例】a terribleold curmudgeon 一个坏脾气老头

【近】crosspatch, fusser, griper, grouser, growler, grumbler, whiner

【反】agreeableperson 令人愉快的人

cursory

【考法1】adj. 匆忙的，不注意细节的：acting or done withexcessive or careless speed

【例】a cursoryglance at the headline 匆匆地瞥了一眼标题

【近】headlong,overhasty, pell-mell, precipitate, precipitous, rash

【反】fastidious, thorough, deliberate, unhurried, unrushed 极关注细节的，彻底的，不匆忙的

curt

【考法1】adj. 言词简略、直接（以至显得粗鲁）的：being orcharacterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude

speech or manner

【例】his curtreply 他简略而略显粗鲁的回答

【近】abrupt,bluff, brusque, downright, unceremonious

【反】circuitous, mealymouthed 迂回的

【考法2】adj. 言简意赅的：marked by the use of fewwords to convey much information or meaning

【例】on a dailybasis she e-mailed to her commanders curt reports on the situation 她每天向长官做简短汇报

【近】aphoristic, compendious, elliptical, laconic, pithy, sententious, succinct,terse

【反】diffuse, long-winded, prolix, verbose 冗长啰嗦的