英語考試詞彙：測驗與練習
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conflagration 
/kɒnflə'greɪʃ(ə)n/ a.
(大火災,大火) large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
After the conflagration had finally died down, the city center was nothing but a mass of blackened embers.
Show examples and contexts (大火災,大火) large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
After the conflagration had finally died down, the city center was nothing but a mass of blackened embers.
desecrate
/'dɛsɪkreɪt/ v.
(褻瀆) violate with violence, especially to sacred place
Shattering the altar and trampling the holy objects underfoot, the invaders desecrate the sanctuary.
Show examples and contexts (褻瀆) violate with violence, especially to sacred place
Shattering the altar and trampling the holy objects underfoot, the invaders desecrate the sanctuary.
mercurial
/mɜrkjʊərɪəl/ a. Syn. capricious
(善變的,無常的) capricious; liable to sudden unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
Quick as quicksilver to change, he was mercurial in nature and therefore unreliable.
Show examples and contexts (善變的,無常的) capricious; liable to sudden unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
Quick as quicksilver to change, he was mercurial in nature and therefore unreliable.
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gaudy 
 | [瘦骨嶙峋,憔悴,荒蕪] very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren |
| [華而不實的] very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner |
| [家譜] account or history of the descent of person or family from an ancestor; lineage |
| [張著嘴呆看] stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe |
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| n. [並列,並置] act of positioning close together; side-by-side position |
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