(单词翻译:单击)
encumber
【考法 1】 v. 阻碍;妨碍: to impede or hamper the function or activity of
【例】 Negotiation between the two parties were encumbered by a lack of trust 两党间的谈判因缺乏信任而受到
阻碍
【近】 hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct, retard, stymie
【反】 promote, further 推动;aid, assist, facilitate, help 帮助
【考法 2】 v. 增添负担: to place a weight or burden on
【例】 Don't encumber your pack animal so much that it can hardly move. 别让你的牲畜驮这么多东西,它都走
不动了
【近】 burden, laden, lumber, saddle
【反】 unload 卸下
endemic
【考法 1】 adj. 地方性的: prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people
【例】 an endemic disease 地方性疾病
【近】 aboriginal, indigenous, native, domestic
【反】 exotic, foreign, nonindigenous, nonnative 国外的,外来的
endorse
【考法 1】 vt. 公开支持,推崇: to express support or approval of publicly and definitely
【例】 endorse a presidential candidate 公开支持一名总统候选人
【近】 advocate, back, approve, certify, champion, sanction, support, uphold
【反】 deprecate, impugn, oppose 反对
【派】 endorsement n. 支持;补充条款
enervate
【考法 1】 vt. 使衰弱: to weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of
【例】 His constitution was enervated by lustful lifestyle. 他荒淫无度的生活习惯已使他身体虚弱
【近】 debilitate, disable, enfeeble, fatigue, sap
【反】 fortify, strengthen 强化;energize, invigorate, vitalize 注入活力
【考法 2】vt. 使麻木: to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
【例】 A lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul. 一生忙于无聊的工作让他变得无比麻木
【近】 dampen, deaden, petrify
【反】 brace, energize, enliven, invigorate, vitalize, vivify 使充满活力
【派】 enervation n. 虚弱
enfranchise
【考法 1】 vt. 给予权利(例如选举权): to endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote
【例】 Slaves in US were emancipated in 1863 but were not enfranchised until the Fifteenth Amendment went
into effect in 1870. 尽管在美国奴隶于 1863 年就获得了解放,但他们直到 1870 年《第五修正案》正式生效才
获得选举权
【反】 disenfranchise, disempower 剥夺权利
【考法 2】 vt. 解放:to set free (as from slavery)
【例】 In a way, modern labor-saving appliances enfranchised people, giving them much more leisure time. 从
某种意义上来说,那些节省劳动力的现代设备将人们解放出来,给予更多的休闲时间
【近】 discharge, emancipate, free, liberate, manumit, rescue, unfetter
【反】 bind, confine, enfetter 束缚;subjugate, subdue; enthrall 使臣服;使成为奴隶
engender
【考法 1】 vt. 引起,使发展: to cause to exist or to develop
【例】 Her latest book has engendered a lot of controversy. 她的新书引发了很多争议
【近】 beget, cause, catalyze, generate, induce, invoke, produce, spawn
【考法 2】 vt. 产生,出现: to come into existence
【例】 Feelings of confidence and independence that were only just beginning to engender within her. 她 的 自
信和独立的感觉才刚刚产生
【近】 actualize, appear, arise, form, materialize, spring
【反】 cease 停止;disappear, perish 消逝,死亡;eradicate; quash; terminate 根除;平息;终止
engross
【考法 1】 vt. 使全神贯注:to occupy exclusively
【例】 was completely engrossed in his work 全神贯注于他的工作之中
【近】 absorb, engage, enthrall, fascinate, grip, immerse
【派】 engrossed adj. 全神贯注的
enigma
【考法 1】 n. 难以理解或解释的事物,谜: something hard to understand or explain
【例】 The smile on Da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa has been an enigma for hundred years. 数百年来,达
芬奇名作《蒙娜丽莎》上的微笑一直是个不解之谜
【近】 mystery, conundrum, puzzle, riddle
【派】 enigmatic adj. 谜一般的
enlighten
【考法 1】 vt. 使知道: to give information to; inform or instruct
【例】 enlightened us about the thorny problem 启发我们思考这个棘手的问题
【近】 apprise, instruct
【反】 bewilder, confuse, confound, perplex 使疑惑
【考法 2】 vt.(在道德上)进行教育: to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
【例】 Many people around the world have been enlightened by the teachings of Gautama Buddha. 释 迦 摩
尼的说教启迪了世界上许许多多的人的灵魂
【近】 edify, educate, illuminate, nurture
【派】 enlightening adj. 具有启发性的
enmity
【考法 1】 n. 敌意: positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will
【例】 an unspoken enmity between two factions 两个派系间心照不宣的仇恨
【近】 animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, feud, gall, hostility, rancor
【反】 amity, comity 友好;concord 和睦