nuance
【考法 1】 n. 细微的差异： a subtle distinction or variation
【例】 a poem of little depth and nuance 一首没有什么深度、没有什么辨识度的诗
【反】 patent difference, lack of subtlety, sharp distinction, patency 明显的差别
nudge
【考法 1】 vt. 用肘推以引起注意： to seek the attention of by a push of the elbow
【例】 accidentally nudged me as he squeezed past 他过去的时候不小心用肘碰到了我
【考法 2】 vt. 说服某人做某事： to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of
action
【例】 the car salesman nudged me into taking a test-drive 汽车销售员说服我进行试驾
【近】 encourage, exhort, goad, press, prod, prompt
nugatory
【考法 1】 adj. 无关紧要的： of little or no consequence; inconsequential
【例】 the book is entertaining, but its contributions to Shakespearean scholarship are nugatory 这本书娱乐性不错，但是对于莎士比亚研究的贡献微不足道
【近】 incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, negligible, trifling, trivial
【反】 consequential, eventful, important, major, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, unfrivolous,
weighty 重要的
nurture
【考法 1】 vt. 提供营养： to supply with nourishment
【例】 nurtured her children through the winters with home-cooked soup 一整个冬天都给孩子们喂自制的汤
【反】 withhold sustenance from 停止提供营养物
【考法 2】 vt. 培育，培养： to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
【例】 he feels that his lifelong practice of reading the Bible daily has nurtured him in ways he cannot describe
一生中每天都阅读圣经在潜移默化中影响了他
【近】 edify, illuminate, inspire
【反】 impede, stunt, disregard 阻碍，漠视
oath
【考法 1】 n. 誓言： a solemn, formal declaration or promise to fulfill a pledge
【例】 an oath to defend the nation 保卫祖国的誓言
【近】 pledge, troth, vow, word
obdurate
【考法 1】 adj. 固执的： resistant to persuasion or softening influences
【例】 She is known for her obdurate determination. 她以坚定不移著称。
【近】 adamant, hard-nosed, headstrong, inflexible, intransigent, pertinacious, stubborn, unbending,uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful
【反】 acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, flexible, pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding 温顺的
【考法 2】 adj. 冷酷无情的： having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
【例】 the obdurate refusal of the crotchety old man to let the neighborhood kids retrieve their ball from his backyard 那个怪老头冷酷无情地拒绝了孩子们进他后院找球的请求
【近】 affectless, callous, compassionless, hard-hearted, heartless, indurate, inhuman, insensate, ironhearted, merciless, remorseless, ruthless, unsparing
【反】 charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful, softhearted, sympathetic, tender,
warmhearted 同情的，有爱的
obedient
【考法 1】 adj. 服从的，顺从的： submissive to the restraint or command of authority
【例】 that girl is so obedient that she does everything the first time she is asked 这个妹子如此顺从，叫她做事随叫随到
【近】 amenable, compliant, submissive, tractable
【反】 contumacious, imperial, balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, noncompliant, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive,
unamenable, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful 顽固的，不服从的
obeisance
【考法 1】 n. 敬礼，尊重： a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission
【例】 makes obeisance to her mentors 向她的导师们致敬
【派】 obeisant 恭敬的
【反】 impertinent, impudent, imperious 不敬的，无礼的
obfuscate
【考法 1】 vt. 使困惑，使模糊： to make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand
【例】 obfuscate the reader 让读者困惑
【近】 becloud, befog, blur, cloud, fog, muddy
【反】 demystify, elucidate, illuminate, clarify, explain clearly 澄清，阐明
【派】 obfuscated 模糊的
【反】 lucid 清晰的
obligatory
【考法 1】 adj. 强制性的： of the nature of an obligation; compulsory
【例】 obligatory military service 强制性的服军役
【近】 compulsory, imperative, involuntary, peremptory, required
【反】 discretionary, selective, elective, optional, voluntary 自由选择的，志愿的
【考法 2】 adj. （见得多以至于）无聊的：used or heard so often as to be dull
【例】 the obligatory cliff-hanger endings for season finales of TV shows 电视剧总是以恶俗的惊心动魄的结局作为完季
【近】 banal, cliché, commonplace, hack, hackneyed, moth-eaten, musty, shopworn, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, trite, well-worn
【反】 fresh, new, novel, original, unclichéd, unhackneyed 新奇的