英語考試詞彙：測驗與練習
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anathema 
/ə'næθəmə/ n.
(詛咒) solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
To the Ayatolla, America and the West were anathema; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words.
Show examples and contexts (詛咒) solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
To the Ayatolla, America and the West were anathema; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words.
garrulous
/'gærʊləs/ a. Syn. wordy; talkative
(貧嘴) talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
My Uncle Henry can outtalk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County.
Show examples and contexts (貧嘴) talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
My Uncle Henry can outtalk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County.
malediction
/mælɪ'dɪkʃ(ə)n/ n. Syn. curse
(詛咒) curse; evil speaking; utterance of curse or execration
When the magic mirror revealed that Snow White was still alive, the wicked queen cried out in rage and uttered dreadful malediction.
Show examples and contexts (詛咒) curse; evil speaking; utterance of curse or execration
When the magic mirror revealed that Snow White was still alive, the wicked queen cried out in rage and uttered dreadful malediction.
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endearment 
 | [巨大的,嚴重的,極惡劣] hugeness in a bad sense; the act of extreme evil or wickedness |
| [愛慕,愛的表示] tender affection; love; act of showing affection |
| [有魄力] full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative |
| [厭倦] the feeling of being bored by something tedious |
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| n. [知識分子,知識界] intelligent and educated elite, especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia, and later the Soviet Union |
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