(单词翻译:单击)
incendiary
【考法 1】 n. 煽动者: a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent
【例】 behind-the-scenes incendiaries who were intending to overthrow the government 企图推翻政府的幕后煽动者
【近】 demagogue, exciter, firebrand, fomenter, inciter, instigator, kindler, provocateur
【考法 2】 adj. 煽动性的: tending to inflame
【例】 an incendiary speech 煽动性的演说
【近】 agitational, instigative, provocative, seditious
【反】 conciliatory, pacific 安抚性的
incense
【考法 1】 n. 芳香: a sweet or pleasant smell
【例】 the heavenly incense of spring flowers 春天花朵发出的美妙芳香
【近】 aroma, balm, bouquet, fragrancy, perfume, redolence, scent, spice
【反】 fetor, malodor, reek, stench, stink 恶臭
【考法 2】 vt. 激怒: to cause to be extremely angry
【例】 This proposal will certainly incense female activists. 这个提案肯定会激怒女权主义者
【近】 aggravate, enrage, exasperate,inflame, infuriate, ire, madden, outrage, rankle, rile, roil
【反】 delight, gratify, please 取悦;appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, soothe 缓和
inception
【考法 1】 n. 开端,开始: an act, process, or instance of beginning
【例】 This seemed like a good program at its inception, but it isn't working out as planned. 一开始这像是个
不错的项目,但是它没有按照我们的预期发展
【近】 beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, kickoff, launch, nascence, onset, outset, start, threshold
【反】 close, conclusion, end, termination,omega 结束,终止
【派】 inceptive adj. 开端的,初生的
incessant
【考法 1】adj. 无间断的:continuing or following without interruption
【例】 The incessant noise from an outside repair crew was a real distraction during the test. 窗外维修工发出的持续不断的噪音着实让人在考试里分心
【近】 ceaseless, continual, nonstop, perpetual, running, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting
【反】 interrupted 中断的;discontinuous, intermittent 有间断的
inch
【考法 1】 n. 少量,很短的距离: a very small distance or degree
【例】 give them aninch, and they'll take a mile 得寸进尺‖Inch by inch, we're making progress toward our
fund-raising goal. 我们在慢慢地接近筹款的目标
【近】 ace, hairbreadth, skip, neck, step
【考法 2】 v. 慢慢移动: to move or cause to move slowly or by small degrees
【例】 The car inched carefully across the snow-covered bridge. 汽车慢慢地通过被大雪覆盖的桥梁
【近】 crawl, creak, creep, limp, plod, slouch, snail
【反】 dart, fleet, flit, scurry 飞奔,疾行
inchoate
【考法 1】 adj. 新生的: in an initial or early stage
【例】 inchoate feelings of affection for a man 刚刚产生的好感
【近】 aborning, beginning, inceptive, incipient, initial, nascent
【反】 adult, full-blown, full-fledged, mature, ripe 成熟的,成型的;moribund 将死的
【考法 2】 adj. 未完全成型的: imperfectly formed or developed
【例】 a vague, inchoate notion 模糊而不成形的想法
【近】 amorphous, formless, shapeless, undeveloped, unformed, unshaped
incinerate
【考法 1】 vi. 烧成灰烬: to cause to burn to ashes
【例】 The government is trying to stop farmers incinerating their own waste. 政府开始阻止农民们焚烧垃圾
的行为
【近】 burn, carbonize
【反】 douse, extinguish, quench, put out 扑灭
【派】 incineration n. 焚化
incipient
【考法 1】 adj. 起初的,初现的: beginning to come into being or to become apparent
【例】 an incipient economic recovery 刚刚出现的经济复苏
【近】 aborning, beginning, inceptive, inchoate,initial, nascent
【反】 adult, full-blown, full-fledged, mature, ripe 成熟的,成型的;moribund 将死的
incite
【考法 1】 vt. 煽动,激起: to provoke and urge on
【例】 inciting workers to strike 煽动工人罢工
【近】 arouse, abet, foment, instigate, pick, provoke, raise, stir
【反】 dampen, deter, discourage, dishearten, dissuade 劝阻
inclement
【考法 1】 adj. (天气等)恶劣的: lacking mildness
【例】 inclement weather conditions 恶劣的气象条件
【近】 bleak, harsh, severe, stormy, tempestuous
【反】 bright, clear, cloudless, fair, sunny, sunshiny, unclouded 天气晴好的
【考法 2】 adj. 无情的,严酷的: showing no clemency; unmerciful
【近】 bitter, brutal, intemperate, rigorous
【反】 charitable, clement, lenient, merciful 仁慈的
【派】 inclemency n. 严酷无情