demolition

【考法1】n. 破坏，毁坏：the act or process of wrecking or destroying, especiallydestruction by explosives.

【例】thedemolition of dangerous buildings 危楼的拆毁

【近】annihilation, decimation, devastation, havoc, wreckage

【反】building,construction, erection, raising 建造

demonstrate

【考法1】v. （通过证据）证明，表明：to show or make clear by using examples

【例】thepaleontologist hopes to demonstrate that dinosaurs once existed in central Peruby unearthing the

fossil evidence 通过发掘化石，古生物学家试图证明恐龙曾经在秘鲁中部生活过

【近】exemplify,instance

【反】unable toprove 不能证明的

【考法2】v. 使明白易懂：to make plain or understandable

【例】a fewstriking facts should demonstrate the complex nature of our topic 一些显著的事实可以使我们话

题的复杂本质变得好懂

【近】clarify,construe, demystify, elucidate, explicate, illuminate

【反】obscure 使模糊

【考法3】v. 表现，表露：to make known (something abstract) through outward signs

【例】thebabysitter's actions during the emergency demonstrate beyond doubt her generaldependability 保

姆在紧急情况下的表现毋庸置疑地展示了她一贯的可靠性

【近】bespeak,betray, display, evince, manifest, reveal

demoralize

【考法1】vt. 使士气低落：to undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten

【例】demoralizethe staff 使员工士气低落

【近】daunt,dishearten, dismay, dispirit, unnerve

【反】invigorate,cheer 鼓舞

【考法2】v. 贬低，堕落：to lower in character, dignity, or quality

【例】we refusedto be demoralized by our humiliating defeat 我们拒绝由于这场屈辱的战败而被贬低

【近】abase,corrupt, debauch, degrade, demean

【反】elevate,ennoble, uplift 使崇高

demotic

【考法1】adj. 通俗的，大众化的：popular, common

【例】demoticentertainments 大众化的娱乐

【反】profound 深奥的

demur

【考法1】vi. 表示异议，反对：to voice opposition; object

【例】demur atthe suggestion 反对提议

【近】challenge,exception, expostulation, fuss, kick, protest, remonstrance, stink

【反】accept,accede 接受

【考法2】n. 犹豫：hesitation (as in doing or accepting) usually based on doubt of theacceptability of

something offered or proposed; qualm

【例】weaccepted his offer to pay for our dinners without demur 我们毫不犹豫地同意了他买单

denigrate

【考法1】vt. 诋毁，污蔑：to express scornfully one's low opinion of

【例】denigrateone's opponents 诋毁某人的对手

【近】belittle,depreciate, derogate, dismiss, disparage

【反】honor,acclaim, applaud, exalt, extol, glorify, magnify 给以……荣誉，赞扬

denouement

【考法1】n.（小说的）结局：the final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrativeplot

【例】asurprising/ unexpected denouement 令人惊奇的、出人意料的结局

denounce

【考法1】v. 公开指责：to express public or formal disapproval of

【例】thegovernor has denounced the court's decision and vows to press for aconstitutional amendment 州

长公开指责法庭决定不公，准备投票进行修宪

【近】condemn,objurgate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove

【反】cite,commend, endorse 支持，称赞

【考法2】v. 道德上错误、可耻的：to declare to be morally wrong or evil

【例】the churchcouncil denounced the bishop's teachings, officially declaring them to beheresy 该 教理 事 会

指责主教的布道可耻，声称它们是异端学说

【近】anathematize, censure, execrate, reprehend, reprobate

【派】denunciation n. 谴责：an act ofdenouncing especially : a public condemnation

【反】panegyric,accolade, eulogy 颂词

dent

【考法1】n. 凹陷，凹痕：a depression in a surface made by pressure or a blow

【例】a dent inthe side of a car 汽车侧面一处凹陷

【近】cavity,depression, hollow, indenture, recess

【反】bulge,convexity, projection, protrusion, protuberance 凸起

【考法2】v. （数量、程度上）变小，变弱：to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent

【例】hopefullythis vacation won't dent our bank account too much 但愿这次旅行不会让我们银行存款缩水

太多

【近】abate,downscale, downsize, dwindle

【反】aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate 增大，增强

denude

【考法1】vt. 脱去，使赤裸：to divest of covering; make bare

【例】Droughthas completely denuded the hills of grass. 干旱脱去了山上的草使山变得光秃秃的。