【正文】 a recalcitrant child/attitude 不聽(tīng)話(huà)的孩子；倔強(qiáng)的態(tài)度 recalcitrance n. Differences amid the three words Worried is a mon word that describes how you feel when you are thinking about a problem or sth. bad that might happen have you been? I was worried about you. Concerned is uaually used when you are talking about a problem that affects another person, society, the world etc. eg. She’s very concerned about the environment. Anxious describes a stranger feeling and is more formal anxious to do急切想做某事 ’m anxious to find out what’s happened. prey () n. 1) an animal, a bird, etc. that is hunted, killed and eaten by another 被捕食的動(dòng)物；獵物 ( eg:The lion will often stalk its prey for hours. 獅 子經(jīng)常悄然跟蹤獵物達(dá)幾個(gè)小時(shí)。 ) SYN： quarry 2) a person who is harmed or deceived by sb., especially for dishonest purposes 受害者；受騙者 ( eg:Elderly people are easy prey for dishonest salesman. 老年人容易上狡詐推銷(xiāo)員的當(dāng)。 ) : be/ fall prey to sth. (of an animal)被捕食；成為獵物 (of a person)受害；受壞影響 v. Usage: prey on sb39。s mind (of a thought,problem,etc.)縈繞心頭；使耿耿于懷 (eg:He thought that he could have helped more preyed on his mind. 他本來(lái)可以多幫些忙，這個(gè)想法使他一直耿耿于懷。 ) prey on/upon sb/sth 1)(of an animal or bird)捕食；獵獲 2)欺凌，坑騙，敲詐（弱者） (eg:Bogus social workers have been preying on old people living 。 ) 與 prey形似的詞： pray v. 祈禱；禱告 pray+(that) 。 pray(to sb)(for sb/sth) 。 pray+名詞短語(yǔ) /帶 to的動(dòng)詞不定式 。 用于直接引語(yǔ) 企盼；祈望 pray (for sth) 。 pray+that adv. （用于詢(xún)問(wèn)或提示）請(qǐng)問(wèn)，請(qǐng) （ eg:Pray continue. 請(qǐng)繼續(xù)。） insuperable () adj. (formal)(of difficulties,problems,etc.)that cannot be deal with successfully 無(wú)法克服的；不可逾越的 → n. insuperability → adv. insuperably SYN： insurmountable 詞綴 in : not,the converse of in的變體有： ir [r] → irreligious il [before l] → illegal im [b,p,m] → imbalance impatient immature super (with adj./n.) : more than,very special ( eg: superstar , supersensitive) able (BrE also ible) : that can or must be 可 ...的；能 ...的；應(yīng) ...的 ( eg: calculable , taxable ) having the quality of 具有 ...的性質(zhì) ( eg: fashionable , fortable ) → ability , ibility 構(gòu)成名詞 ( eg: responsibility ) → ably , ibly 構(gòu)成副詞 ( eg: noticeably ) quaint () adj. attractive in an unusual or oldfashioned way 新奇有趣的；古色古香的 (eg : a quaint and charming seaside village 奇特迷人的海濱村莊 ) → adv. quaintly → n. quaintness 詞義辨析 odd: 通常指不規(guī)律、偶爾出現(xiàn)的人或事物，往往令人困惑或奇 怪。 queer: 指一種無(wú)法解釋的怪誕，強(qiáng)調(diào)事物的奇特和不可思議。 strange: 普通常用詞，含義廣泛，指陌生新奇、奇怪、奇怪或 不自然的人或物。 singular: 通常指異?；蚱嫣?，暗含不同于一般。 peculiar: 側(cè)重令人奇怪的或獨(dú)一無(wú)二的特性，也指性格特征方 面顯著的與眾不同之處。 eccentric: 指偏離常規(guī)的怪異或怪癖。 twirl () v. 1) ~(sb.)(around/round) to move or dance round and round 。 to make sb. do this （使）旋轉(zhuǎn)；轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng) (eg : She twirled around in front of the mirror. 她對(duì)著鏡子轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)身子。 ) 2) ~sth.(around/about) to make quickly and lightly round and round 使輕快的轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng) (eg : He twirled his hat in his hand. 他快速旋轉(zhuǎn)著手里的帽子。 ) SYN : spin 3) to twist or curl your fingers （用手指）纏繞，卷曲 (eg : He kept twirling his moustache. 他不停地用手指