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1) pleasing to taste or smell
2) extremely pleasing to the senses, divine (as related to the gods) or delicious (n: ambrosia)
3) (食物或者气味)特别美味的:something extremely pleasing to taste or smell
ambrosial unsavory
ambrosial : taste
ambrosial : food
【例】The ambrosial aroma of the roast stimulated our appetites.
【近】savory, aromal, aromatic, perfumed, redolent, odorous
【反】fetid, noisome, stenchy, malodorous, rancid
1) Fake, fraudulent
2) counterfeit; not authentic
3) sham, counterfeit, not genuine
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bogus adj.<美>假的, 伪造的
【考法1】adj. 伪造的,假冒的: being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention a2 fV0d6.
of committing fraud
【例】 The evidence turned out to be completely bogus and the suspect may be innocent. 由于证据被发现
是彻底伪造的,嫌犯很有可能是无辜的。
【近】 counterfeit, fake, false, forged, inauthentic, phony , queer, sham, snide, spurious, unauthentic
【反】 authentic, genuine, real, unfaked, bona fide 真实的
【考法2】adj. 虚伪的,做作的: lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
【例】 There was often a lot of bogus conviviality at the company’s parties. 公司的聚会上往往有着虚伪的欢乐。
【近】 affected, assumed, contrived, factitious, feigned, plastic, pretended, pseudo, simulated, unnatural
【反】 artless, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced 真诚的,不虚伪的
(n.) a slight fault or offense
Peccadillo ----- minor sin or offense
peccadillo---a small sin or fault
peccadillo small sin small weakness in one's character
peccadillo ffense
peccadillo:error/sin/offense
The child was embarrassed when he was caught committing the peccadillo of eating chocolate before dinner.
It is reasonable that any writer who 选择subject as ___ as Victory is bound to omit too much, even, but granting that 一个人(P..)的_____ is too significant.
comprehensive... peccadillo
peccadillo : offense = cameo : sculpture
peccadillo : sin = cameo : sculpture
peccadillo : sin = admonishment : castigation
offense : peccadillo = quarrel
1) disrespectful and shameless
impudent obeisant
impudent : brazen
impudent : brazenness
impudent : OBSEQUISCE
Impudent actions caused him to be unpopular.
【考法1】adj. 放肆大胆的,无礼的: marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others
【例】 Some children were well behaved, while others were impudent. 一些孩子表现得很得体,另一些则很无礼
【近】 audacious, barefaced, bold, brash, brazen, impertinent, insolent, shameless
【反】 courteous, genteel, mannerly, polite, proper 举止得体的
【派】 impudencen. 放肆无礼
anachronism: a person or thing that is out of place in time
1) something out of place i.t.o. its historical or chronological context
2) something out of place in time (e.g., an airplane in 1492)
3) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Synonym: misplacement
Her floor-length skirts and elaborately done up hair were anachronisms that she nevertheless pulled off with grace.
The editor recognized an anachronism in the manuscript where the character from the 1500s boarded an airplane.
He realized that the film about cavemen contained an anachronism when he saw a jet cut across the horizon during a hunting scene.
1) a deliberate breaking of trust; faithlessness; treachery
2) the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal
3) an act or an instance of disloyalty
4) Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust;
5) The act or an instance of treachery.
6) an act of disloyalty, treachery
perfidy ----- Deceitfulness; untrustworthiness
perfidy ---- intentional breach of faith
perfidy ----- deliberate breach of faith or trust, faithlessness, treachery
perfidy ----betrayal of a trust
traitor : perfidy
perfidy faithfulness, fealty
His scoring a touchdown for the opposing team was not an act of perfidy so much as a stupid mistake.
Synonyms: betrayal, duplicity, infidelity