【正文】 尼克松倒是有爭議的人物。 fearless: 語氣肯定，側重在危險時無所畏懼，毫無動搖。 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)余體育運動 ) 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 ) 相關詞匯 ： duettist(二重奏者 ) 獨奏： 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、社會狀況的改變而）激烈爭論，鼓動，煽動 (eg : political groups agitating for social change 鼓吹社會變革的政治團體 ) 2) to make sb. feel angry,anxious or nervous 激怒；使不安；使激動 (eg : This remark seemed to agitate her guest. 這句話似乎激怒了她的客人。 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；寧靜的；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 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 : 寧靜的，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（基督教教會的）圣餐儀式，領受圣體 (eg : to take/receive munion領受圣餐 ) 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人 ) 3) a group of people with the same religious beliefs 教派；教會；宗 教團體 (eg : the Anglican munion圣工會 ) Usage: hold munion with 與 ...有（思想上）交往 in munion with 與 ...有聯(lián)絡，有共同利害關系 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的。 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。 2） very great 很大的；巨大的 fabulous wealth/riches /beauty 巨額財富；大量財產(chǎn)；非常美麗 fabulously adv. Extremely 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；分支機構 2）a new stem that grows on a plant分支 Off:not on。 Vestigial adj. prodigy() n. a young person who is uaually intelligent or skillful for their age 天才；精英；神童 a chid/ an infant prodigy 天才兒童；神童 a musical/ tennis prodigy 音樂 /網(wǎng)球天才 dullard() n. a stupid person with no imagination笨蛋；蠢人 coward 懦夫 dullard 笨蛋 braggart 自夸者 blowhard 吹牛大王 dotard 老糊涂 abreast() adv. ~(of sb/sth) next to sb/sth and facing the same way并列；并肩 cycling two abreast兩輛自行車并排而行 keep abreast of sth了解最新情況；跟上 eg. It is almost impossible to keep abreast of all the latest developments in puting. ultimately() )finally終歸；最后 2)at the most basic and important level最基本地；根本上 patent() n. an official right to be the only person to make, use or sell a product or an invention。 pray+that adv. （用于詢問或提示）請問，請 （ eg:Pray continue. 請繼續(xù)。 interior: 指某物的內部，尤指某物的內側，也可指內 地的或國內的。) Usage ： steer clear of 繞開；避開