【正文】 remely 極其；非常 fabulously wealthy/rich 極為富有 offshoot() n. 1） a thing that develops from sth.,especially a small anization that develops from a large one 分支；分支機(jī)構(gòu) 2）a new stem that grows on a plant分支 Off:not on。 ) 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 。 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。 ) n. the action of a person spinning around once （人）旋轉(zhuǎn)一周 ( eg. Kate did a twirl in her new dress. 凱特穿著新連衣裙轉(zhuǎn)了一圈。 placid () adj. 1) (of a person or an animal) not easily excited or irritated 溫 和的；平和的；文靜的 (eg : a placid horse 馴良的馬 ) placid←→high spirited 2) calm and peaceful,with very little movement 平靜的；寧?kù)o的；安靜的 (eg : the placid waters of the lake 平靜的湖水 ) → adv. placidly → n. placidity 近義詞 calm : 平靜的，心情不激動(dòng) peaceful : 和平的，愛好和平的 tranquil : 安靜的；平靜的 restful : 悠閑地，平靜的 sedate : 鎮(zhèn)靜的，恬靜的 serene : 寧?kù)o的，從容的 munion () n. 1) a ceremony in the Christian Church during which people eat bread and drink wine in memory of the last meal that Christ had with his DISCIPLES（基督教教會(huì)的）圣餐儀式，領(lǐng)受圣體 (eg : to take/receive munion領(lǐng)受圣餐 ) 2) ~(with sb./sth.) the state of sharing or exchanging thoughts and feelings（思想情感的）交流；交融 (eg : poets living in munion with nature 與大自然情感交融的詩(shī)人 ) 3) a group of people with the same religious beliefs 教派；教會(huì)；宗 教團(tuán)體 (eg : the Anglican munion圣工會(huì) ) Usage: hold munion with 與 ...有（思想上）交往 in munion with 與 ...有聯(lián)絡(luò)，有共同利害關(guān)系 fathom () v. ~sb./sth.(out) to understand or find an explanation for sth. 理解；徹底了解；弄清真相 (eg : It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child. 喪子之痛是難以體會(huì)的。 ) (figurative) He took her arm and steered her towards the door. 他抓住她的胳膊，把她帶往門口。 2) (usually disapproving） a person who is not skilled 生手；外行 (eg : This work was done by a bunch of amateurs! 這項(xiàng)工作是一幫外行干的！ ) amateur←→professional → n. amateurism adj. 1) [usually before noun] doing sth for enjoyment or interest , not as a job 業(yè)余愛好的 (eg : an enthusiastic amateur photographer 熱心的業(yè)余攝影愛好者 ) 2) [usually before noun] done for enjoyment or interest ,not as a job 業(yè)余的 (eg : amateur athletics 業(yè)余體育運(yùn)動(dòng) ) 3) = AMATEURISH ←→ PROFESSIONAL duet () (also less frequent duo[pl. os]) n. a piece of music for two players or singers. 二重奏；二重唱 (eg : a piano duet 鋼琴二重奏曲 ) 相關(guān)詞匯 ： duettist(二重奏者 ) 獨(dú)奏： solo (v.) soloist (n.) 三重奏： trio (n.) 合唱： chorus (n./v.) agitate () V. 1) ~(for / against sth ) to argue strongly for sth you want,especially for changes in a law,in social conditions,etc. (尤指為法律、社會(huì)狀況的改變而）激烈爭(zhēng)論，鼓動(dòng)，煽動(dòng) (eg : political groups agitating for social change 鼓吹社會(huì)變革的政治團(tuán)體 ) 2) to make sb. feel angry,anxious or nervous 激怒；使不安；使激動(dòng) (eg : This remark seemed to agitate her guest. 這句話似乎激怒了她的客人。 ) plausible←→ implausible 2) (disapproving of a person) good at sounding honest and sincere, especially when trying to trick people 巧言令色的；花言巧語(yǔ)的 (eg : She was a plausible liar. 她是個(gè)巧言令色的說謊高手。 fearless: 語(yǔ)氣肯定，側(cè)重在危險(xiǎn)時(shí)無(wú)所畏懼，毫無(wú)動(dòng)搖。 ? Elusively adj. ? Elusiveness n. ? Whimsical（ ） adj. unusual and not serious in a way that is either amusing or annoying 異想天開的；想入非非的；心血來(lái)潮的；滑稽可笑的 have a whimsical sense of humor 有離奇的幽默感 of his writing has a whimsical quality. 他的大部分作品都很出奇。尼克松倒是有爭(zhēng)議的人物。 Thanks for watching