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      THE Assistant Commissioner1, driven rapidly in a hansom from the neighbourhood of Soho in the direction of Westminster, got out at the very centre of the Empire on which the sun never  sets. Some stalwart constables2, who did not seem particularly impressed by the duty of watching the august spot, saluted4 him. Penetrating5 through a portal by no means lofty into the  precincts of the Hour which is the House, par3 excellence6, in the minds of many millions of men, he was met at last by the volatile7 and revolutionary Toodles.

  That neat and nice young man concealed8 his astonishment9 at the early appearance of the Assistant Commissioner, whom he had been told to look out for some time about midnight. His  turning up so early he concluded to be the sign that things, whatever they were, had gone wrong. With an extremely ready sympathy, which in nice youngsters goes often with a joyous  temperament10, he felt sorry for the great Presence he called `The Chief, and also for the Assistant Commissioner, whose face appeared to him more ominously11 wooden than ever before,  and quite wonderfully long. `What a queer, foreign-looking chap he is,' he thought to himself, smiling from a distance with friendly buoyancy. And directly they came together he began to  talk with the kind intention of burying the awkwardness of failure under a heap of words. It looked as if the great assault threatened for that night were going to fizzle out. An inferior  henchman of `that brute13 Cheeseman' was up boring mercilessly a very thin House with some shamelessly cooked statistics. He, Toodles, hoped he would bore them into a count out every  minute. But then he might be only marking time to let that guzzling15 Cheeseman dine at his leisure. Anyway, the Chief could not be persuaded to go home.

  `He will see you at once, I think. He's sitting all alone in his room thinking of all the fishes of the sea,' concluded Toodles, airily. `Come along.'

  Notwithstanding the kindness of his disposition17, the young Private Secretary (unpaid) was accessible to the common failings of humanity. He did not wish to harrow the feelings of the  Assistant Commissioner, who looked to him uncommonly18 like a man who has made a mess of his job. But his curiosity was too strong to be restrained by mere19 compassion20. He could not  help, as they went along, to throw over his shoulder lightly:

  `And your sprat?'

  `Got him,' answered the Assistant Commissioner with a concision21 which did not mean to be repellent in the least.

  `Good. You've no idea how these great men dislike to be disappointed in small things.'

  After this profound observation the experienced Toodles seemed to reflect. At any rate he said nothing for quite two seconds. Then:

  `I'm glad. But - I say - is it really such a very small thing as you make it out?'

  `Do you know what may be done with a sprat?' the Assistant Commissioner asked in his turn.

  `He's sometimes put into a sardine22 box,' chuckled23 Toodles, whose erudition on the subject of the fishing industry was fresh and, in comparison with his ignorance of all other industrial  matters, immense. `There are sardine canneries on the Spanish coast which--'

  The Assistant Commissioner interrupted the apprentice24 statesman.

  `Yes. Yes. But a sprat is also thrown away sometimes in order to catch a whale.'

  `A whale. Phew!' exclaimed Toodles, with bated breath. `You're after a whale, then?'

  `Not exactly. What I am after is more like a dog-fish. You don't know perhaps what a dog-fish is like.'

  `Yes; I do. We're buried in special books up to our necks - whole shelves full of them - with plates... It's a noxious25, rascally26 looking, altogether detestable beast, with a sort of smooth face  and moustaches.'

  `Described to a T,' commended the Assistant Commissioner. `Only mine is clean-shaven altogether. You've seen him. It's a witty27 fish.'

  `I have seen him!' said Toodles, incredulously. `I can't conceive where I could have seen him.'

  `At the Explorers', I should say,' dropped the Assistant Commissioner, calmly. At the name of that extremely exclusive club Toodles looked scared, and stopped short.

  `Nonsense,' he protested, but in an awestruck tone. `What do you mean? A member?'

  `Honorary,' muttered the Assistant Commissioner through his teeth.

  `Heavens!'

  Toodles looked so thunderstruck that the Assistant Commissioner smiled faintly.

  `That's between ourselves strictly,' he said.

  `That's the beastliest thing I've ever heard in my life,' declared Toodles, feebly, as if astonishment had robbed him of all his buoyant strength in a second.

  The Assistant Commissioner gave him an unsmiling glance. Till they came to the door of the great man's room, Toodles preserved a scandalized and solemn silence, as though he were  offended with the Assistant Commissioner for exposing such an unsavoury and disturbing fact. It revolutionized his idea of the Explorers' Club's extreme selectness, of its social purity.  Toodles was revolutionary only in politics; his social beliefs and personal feelings he wished to preserve unchanged through all the years allotted28 to him on this earth which, upon the  whole, he believed to be a nice place to live on.

  He stood aside.

  `Go in without knocking,' he said.

  Shades of green silk fitted low over all the lights imparted to the room something of a forest's deep gloom. The haughty29 eyes were physically30 the great man's weak point. This point was  wrapped up in secrecy31. When an opportunity offered, he rested them conscientiously32. The Assistant Commissioner entering saw at first only a big pale hand supporting a big head, and  concealing33 the upper part of a big pale face. An open dispatch-box stood on the writing-table near a few oblong sheets of paper and a scattered34 handful of quill35 pens. There was absolutely  nothing else on the flat surface except a little bronze statuette draped in a toga, mysteriously watchful36 in in shadowy immobility. The Assistant Commissioner, invited to take a chair, sat  down. In the dim light, the salient points of his personality, the long face, the black hair, his lankness37, made him look more foreign than ever.

  The great man manifested no surprise, no eagerness, no sentiment whatever. The attitude in which he rested his menaced eyes was profoundly meditative38. He did not alter it the least bit.  But his tone was not dreamy.

  `Well! What is it that you've found out already? You came upon something unexpected on the first step.'

  `Not exactly unexpected, Sir Ethelred. What I mainly came upon was a psychological state.'

  The Great Presence made a slight movement. `You must be lucid39, please.'

  `Yes, Sir Ethelred. You know no doubt that most criminals at some time or other feel an irresistible40 need of confessing - of making a clean breast of it to somebody - to anybody. And they  do it often to the police. In that Verloc whom Heat wished so much to screen I've found a man in that particular psychological state. The man, figuratively speaking, flung himself on my  breast. It was enough on my part to whisper to him who I was and to add `I know that you are at the bottom of this affair.' It must have seemed miraculous41 to him that we should know  already, but he took it all in the stride. The wonderfulness of it never checked him for a moment. There remained for me only to put to him the two questions: Who put you up to it? and  Who was the man who did it? He answered the first with remarkable42 emphasis. As to the second question, I gather that the fellow with the bomb was his brother-in-law - quite a lad - a  weak-minded creature... It is rather a curious affair - too long perhaps to state fully12 just now.'

  `What then have you learned?' asked the great man.

  `First, I've learned that the ex-convict Michaelis had nothing to do with it, though indeed the lad had been living with him temporarily in the country up to eight o'clock this morning. It is  more than likely that Michaelis knows nothing of it to this moment.'

  `You are positive as to that?' asked the great man.

  `Quite certain, Sir Ethelred. This fellow Verloc went there this morning, and took away the lad on the pretence43 of going out for a walk in the lanes. As it was not the first time that he did  this, Michaelis could not have the slightest suspicion of anything unusual. For the rest, Sir Ethelred, the indignation of this man Verloc had left nothing in doubt - nothing whatever. He had  been driven out of his mind almost by an extraordinary performance, which for you or me it would be difficult to take as seriously meant, but which produced a great impression obviously  on him.'

  The Assistant Commissioner then imparted briefly44 to the great man, who sat still, resting his eyes under the screen of his hand, Mr Verloc's appreciation45 of Mr Vladimir's proceedings46 and  character. The Assistant Commissioner did not seem to refuse it a certain amount of competency. But the great personage remarked:

  `All this seems very fantastic.'

  `Doesn't it? One would think a ferocious47 joke. But our man took it seriously, it appears. He felt himself threatened. Formerly48, you know, he was in direct communication with old Stott- Wartenheim himself, and had come to regard his services as indispensable. It was an extremely rude awakening49. I imagine that he lost his head. He became angry and frightened. Upon my  word, my impression is that he thought these Embassy people quite capable not only to throw him out but to give him away, too, in some manner or other--'

  `How long were you with him?' interrupted the Presence from behind his big hand.

  `Some forty minutes, Sir Ethelred, in a house of bad repute called Continental50 Hotel, closeted in a room which by-the-by I took for the night. I found him under the influence of that  reaction which follows the effort of crime. The man cannot be defined as a hardened criminal. It is obvious that he did not plan the death of that wretched lad - his brother-in-law. That was  a shock to him - I could see that. Perhaps he is a man of strong sensibilities. Perhaps he was even fond of the lad - who knows? He might have hoped that the fellow would get clear away;  in which case it would have been almost impossible to bring this thing home to anyone. At any rate, he risked consciously nothing more but arrest for him.'

  The Assistant Commissioner paused in his speculations51 to reflect for a moment.

  `Though how, in that last case, he could hope to have his own share in the business concealed is more than I can tell,' he continued, in his ignorance of poor Stevie's devotion to Mr Verloc  (who was good), and of his truly peculiar52 dumbness, which in the old affair of fireworks on the stairs had for many years resisted entreaties53, coaxing54, anger, and other means of  investigation55 used by his beloved sister. For Stevie was loyal... `No, 1 can't imagine. It's possible that he never thought of that at all. It sounds an extravagant56 way of putting it, Sir Ethelred,  but his state of dismay suggested to me an impulsive57 man who, after committing suicide with the notion that it would end all his troubles, had discovered that it did nothing of the kind.'

  The Assistant Commissioner gave this definition in an apologetic voice. But in truth there is a sort of lucidity58 proper to extravagant language, and the great man was not offended. A slight  jerky movement of the big body half lost in the gloom of the green silk shades, of the big head leaning on the big hand, accompanied an intermittent59 stifled60 but powerful sound. The great  man had laughed.

  `What have you done with him?'

  The Assistant Commissioner answered very readily:

  `As he seemed very anxious to get back to his wife in the shop I let him go, Sir Ethelred.'

  `You did? But the fellow will disappear.'

  `Pardon me. I don't think so. Where could he go to? Moreover, you must remember that he has got to think of the danger from his comrades, too. He's there at his post. How could he  explain leaving it? But even if there were no obstacles to his freedom of action he would do nothing. At present he hasn't enough moral energy to take a resolution of any sort. Permit me  also to point out that if I had detained him we would have been committed to a course of action on which I wished to know your precise intentions first.'

  The great personage rose heavily, an imposing61, shadowy form in the greenish gloom of the room.

  `I'll see the Attorney-General tonight, and will send for you tomorrow morning. Is there anything more you'd wish to tell me now?'

  The Assistant Commissioner had stood up also, slender and flexible.

  `I think not, Sir Ethelred, unless I were to enter into details which--'

  `No. No details, please.'

  The great shadowy form seemed to shrink away as if in physical dread62 of details; then came forward, expanded, enormous, and weighty, offering a large hand. `And you say that this man  has got a wife?'

  `Yes, Sir Ethelred,' said the Assistant Commissioner, pressing deferentially63 the extended hand. `A genuine wife and a genuinely, respectably, marital64 relation. He told me that after his  interview at the Embassy he would have thrown everything up, would have tried to sell his shop, and leave the country, only he felt certain that his wife would not even hear of going  abroad. Nothing could be more characteristic of the respectable bond than that,' went on, with a touch of grimness, the Assistant Commissioner, whose own wife, too, had refused to hear  of going abroad. `Yes, a genuine wife. And the victim was a genuine brother-in-law. From a certain point of view we are here in the presence of a domestic drama.'

  The Assistant Commissioner laughed a little; but the great man's thoughts seemed to have wandered far away, perhaps to the questions of his country's domestic policy, the battleground of  his crusading valour against the paynim Cheeseman. The Assistant Commissioner withdrew quietly, unnoticed, as if already forgotten.

  He had his own crusading instincts. This affair, which, in one way or another, disgusted Chief Inspector65 Heat, seemed to him a providentially given starting-point for a crusade. He had it  much at heart to begin. He walked slowly home, meditating66 that enterprise on the way, and thinking over Mr Verloc's psychology67 in a composite mood of repugnance68 and satisfaction. He  walked all the way home. Finding the drawing-room dark, he went upstairs, and spent some time between the bedroom and the dressing-room, changing his clothes, going to and fro with  the air of a thoughtful somnambulist. But he shook it off before going out again to join his wife at the house of the great lady patroness of Michaelis.

  He knew he would be welcomed there. On entering the smaller of the two drawing-rooms he saw his wife in a small group near the piano. A youngish composer in pass of becoming  famous was discoursing69 from a music stool to two thick men whose backs looked old, and three slender women whose backs looked young. Behind the screen the great lady had only two  persons with her: a man and a woman, who sat side by side on armchairs at the foot of her couch. She extended her hand to the Assistant Commissioner.

  `I never hoped to see you here tonight. Annie told me--'

  `Yes. I had no idea myself that my work would be over so soon.'

  The Assistant Commissioner added in a low tone: `I am glad to tell you that Michaelis is altogether clear of this--The patroness of the ex-convict received this assurance indignantly.

  `Why? Were your people stupid enough to connect him with--'

  `Not stupid,' interrupted the Assistant Commissioner, contradicting deferentially. `Clever enough - quite clever enough for that.'

  A silence fell. The man at the foot of the couch had stopped speaking to the lady, and looked on with a faint smile.

  `I don't know whether you ever met before,' said the great lady.

  Mr Vladimir and the Assistant Commissioner, introduced, acknowledged each other's existence with punctilious70 and guarded courtesy.

  `He's been frightening me,' declared suddenly the lady who sat by the side of Mr Vladimir, with an inclination71 of the head towards that gentleman. The Assistant Commissioner knew the  lady.

  `You do not look frightened,' he pronounced, after surveying her conscientiously with his tired and equable gaze. He was thinking meantime to himself that in this house one met  everybody sooner or later. Mr Vladimir's rosy72 countenance73 was wreathed in smiles, because he was witty, but his eyes remained serious, like the eyes of convinced man.

  `Well, he tried to at least,' amended74 the lady.

  `Force of habit perhaps,' said the Assistant Commissioner, moved by an irresistible inspiration.

  `He has been threatening society with all sorts of horrors,' continued the lady, whose enunciation75 was caressing76 and slow, `apropos of this explosion in Greenwich Park. It appears we all  ought to quake in our shoes at what's coming if those people are not suppressed all over the world. I had no idea this was such a grave affair.'

  Mr Vladimir, affecting not to listen, leaned towards the couch, talking amiably77 in subdued78 tones, but he heard the Assistant Commissioner say:

  `I've no doubt that Mr Vladimir has a very precise notion of the true importance of this affair.'

  Mr Vladimir asked himself what that confounded and intrusive79 policeman was driving at. Descended80 from generations victimized by the instruments of an arbitrary power, he was racially,  nationally, and individually afraid of the police. It was an inherited weakness, altogether independent of his judgement, of his reason, of his experience. He was born to it. But that  sentiment, which resembled the irrational81 horror some people have of cats, did not stand in the way of his immense contempt for the English police. He finished the sentence addressed to  the great lady, and turned slightly in his chair.

  `You mean that we have a great experience of these people. Yes; indeed, we suffer greatly from their activity, while you' - Mr Vladimir hesitated for a moment, in smiling perplexity -  `While you suffer their presence gladly in your midst,' he finished, displaying a dimple in each clean-shaven cheek. Then he added more gravely: `I may even say - because you do.'

  When Mr Vladimir ceased speaking the Assistant Commissioner lowered his glance, and the conversation dropped. Almost immediately afterwards Mr Vladimir took leave. Directly his back  was turned on the couch the Assistant Commissioner rose, too.

  `I thought you were going to stay and take Annie home,' said the lady patroness of Michaelis.

  `I find that I've yet a little work to do tonight.'

  `In connection--'

  `Well, yes - in a way.'

  `Tell me, what is it really - this horror?'

  `It's difficult to say what it is, but it may yet be a cause célébre, said the Assistant Commissioner.'

  He left the drawing-room hurriedly, and found Mr Vladimir still in the hall, wrapping up his throat carefully in a large silk handkerchief. Behind him a footman waited, holding his overcoat.  Another stood ready to open the door. The Assistant Commissioner was duly helped into his coat, and let out at once. After descending82 the front steps he stopped, as if to consider the way  he should take. On seeing txis through the door held open, Mr Vladimir lingered in the hall to get out a cigar and asked for a light. It was furnished to him by an elderly man out of livery  with an air of calm solicitude83. But the match went out; the footman then closed the door, and Mr Vladimir lighted his large Havana with leisurely84 care. When at last he got out of the house,  he saw with disgust the `confounded policeman' still standing16 on the pavement.

  `Can he be waiting for me,' thought Mr Vladimir, looking up and down for some signs of a hansom. He saw none. A couple of carriages waited by the kerbstone, their lamps blazing  steadily85, the horses standing perfectly86 still, as if carved in stone, the coachmen sitting motionless under the big fur capes87, without as much as a quiver stirring the white thongs88 of their big  whips. Mr Vladimir walked on, and the `confounded policeman' fell into step at his elbow. He said nothing. At the end of the fourth stride Mr Vladimir felt infuriated and uneasy. This could  not last.

  `Rotten weather,' he growled89, savagely90.

  `Mild,' said the Assistant Commissioner without passion. He remained silent for a little while. `We've got hold of a man called Verloc,' he announced, casually91.

  Mr Vladimir did not stumble, did not stagger back, did not change his stride. But he could not prevent himself from exclaiming: `What?'

  The Assistant Commissioner did not repeat his statement. `You know him,' he went on in the same tone.

  Mr Vladimir stopped, and became guttural.

  `What makes you say that?'

  `I don't. It's Verloc who says that.'

  `A lying dog of some sort,' said Mr Vladimir in somewhat Oriental phraseology. But in his heart he was almost awed92 by the miraculous cleverness of the English police. The change of his  opinion on the subject was so violent that it made him for a moment feel slightly sick. He threw away his cigar, and moved on.

  `What pleased me most in this affair,' the Assistant Commissioner went on, talking slowly, `is that it makes such an excellent starting-point for a piece of work which I've felt must be taken  in hand - that is, the clearing out of this country of all the foreign political spies, police, and that sort of - of - dogs. In my opinion they are a ghastly nuisance; also an element of danger.  But we can't very well seek them out individually. The only way is to make their employment unpleasant to their employers. The thing's becoming indecent. And dangerous, too, for us,  here.'

  Mr Vladimir stopped again for a moment.

  `What do you mean?'

  `The prosecution93 of this Verloc will demonstrate to the public both the danger and the indecency.'

  `Nobody will believe what a man of that sort says,' said Mr Vladimir, contemptuously.

  `The wealth and precision of detail will carry conviction to the great mass of the public,' advanced the Assistant Commissioner gently.

  `So that is seriously what you mean to do.'

  `We've got the man; we have no choice.'

  `You will be only feeding up the lying spirit of these revolutionary scoundrels,' Mr Vladimir protested. `What do you want to make a scandal for? - from morality - or what?'

  Mr Vladimir's anxiety was obvious. The Assistant Commissioner, having ascertained94 in this way that there must be some truth in the summary statements of Mr Verloc, said indifferently:

  `There's a practical side, too. We have really enough to do to look after the genuine article. You can't say we are not effective. But we don't intend to let ourselves be bothered by shams  under any pretext95 whatever.'

  Mr Vladimir's tone became lofty.

  `For my part, I can't share your view. It is selfish. My sentiments for my own country cannot be doubted; but I've always felt that we ought to be good Europeans besides - I mean  governments and men.'

  `Yes,' said the Assistant Commissioner simply. `Only you look at Europe from its other end. But,' he went on in a good-natured tone, `the foreign governments cannot complain of the  inefficiency96 of our police. Look at this outrage97; a case specially98 difficult to trace inasmuch as it was a sham14. In less than twelve hours we have established the identity of a man literally  blown to shreds99, have found the organizer of the attempt, and have had a glimpse of the inciter100 behind him. And we could have gone further; only we stopped at the limits of our territory.'

  `So this instructive crime was planned abroad,' Mr Vladimir said, quickly. `You admit it was planned abroad?'

  `Theoretically. Theoretically only, on foreign territory; abroad only by a fiction,' said the Assistant Commissioner, alluding101 to the character of Embassies which are supposed to be part and  parcel of the country to which they belong. `But that's a detail. I talked to you of this business because it's your government that grumbles102 most at our police. You see that we are not so  bad. I wanted particularly to tell you of our success.'

  `I'm sure I'm very grateful,' muttered Mr Vladimir through his teeth.

  `We can put our finger on every anarchist103 here,' went on the Assistant Commissioner, as though he were quoting Chief Inspector Heat. `All that's wanted now is to do away with the agent  provocateur to make everything safe.'

  Mr Vladimir held up his hand to a passing hansom.

  `You're not going in here,' remarked the Assistant Commissioner, looking at a building of noble proportions and hospitable104 aspect, with the light of a great hall falling through its glass  doors on a broad flight of steps.

  But Mr Vladimir, sitting, stony-eyed, inside the hansom, drove off without a word.

  The Assistant Commissioner himself did not turn into the noble building. It was the Explorers' Club. The thought passed through his mind that Mr Vladimir, honorary member, would not  be seen very often there in the future. He looked at his watch. It was only half past ten. He had had a very full evening.


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1 commissioner gq3zX     
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
参考例句:
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
2 constables 34fd726ea7175d409b9b80e3cf9fd666     
n.警察( constable的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The constables made a desultory attempt to keep them away from the barn. 警察漫不经心地拦着不让他们靠近谷仓。 来自辞典例句
  • There were also constables appointed to keep the peace. 城里也有被派来维持治安的基层警员。 来自互联网
3 par OK0xR     
n.标准,票面价值,平均数量;adj.票面的,平常的,标准的
参考例句:
  • Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
  • I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。
4 saluted 1a86aa8dabc06746471537634e1a215f     
v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂
参考例句:
  • The sergeant stood to attention and saluted. 中士立正敬礼。
  • He saluted his friends with a wave of the hand. 他挥手向他的朋友致意。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 penetrating ImTzZS     
adj.(声音)响亮的,尖锐的adj.(气味)刺激的adj.(思想)敏锐的,有洞察力的
参考例句:
  • He had an extraordinarily penetrating gaze. 他的目光有股异乎寻常的洞察力。
  • He examined the man with a penetrating gaze. 他以锐利的目光仔细观察了那个人。
6 excellence ZnhxM     
n.优秀,杰出,(pl.)优点,美德
参考例句:
  • His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
  • My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。
7 volatile tLQzQ     
adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质
参考例句:
  • With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定,投资冒着很大的风险。
  • His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱,喜怒无常。
8 concealed 0v3zxG     
a.隐藏的,隐蔽的
参考例句:
  • The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
  • I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。
9 astonishment VvjzR     
n.惊奇,惊异
参考例句:
  • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
  • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
10 temperament 7INzf     
n.气质,性格,性情
参考例句:
  • The analysis of what kind of temperament you possess is vital.分析一下你有什么样的气质是十分重要的。
  • Success often depends on temperament.成功常常取决于一个人的性格。
11 ominously Gm6znd     
adv.恶兆地,不吉利地;预示地
参考例句:
  • The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. 车轮搅起的石块,在车身下发出不吉祥的锤击声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Mammy shook her head ominously. 嬷嬷不祥地摇着头。 来自飘(部分)
12 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
参考例句:
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
13 brute GSjya     
n.野兽,兽性
参考例句:
  • The aggressor troops are not many degrees removed from the brute.侵略军简直象一群野兽。
  • That dog is a dangerous brute.It bites people.那条狗是危险的畜牲,它咬人。
14 sham RsxyV     
n./adj.假冒(的),虚伪(的)
参考例句:
  • They cunningly played the game of sham peace.他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏。
  • His love was a mere sham.他的爱情是虚假的。
15 guzzling 20d7a51423fd709ed7efe548e2e4e9c7     
v.狂吃暴饮,大吃大喝( guzzle的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The kids seem to be guzzling soft drinks all day. 孩子们似乎整天都在猛喝汽水。
  • He's been guzzling beer all evening. 整个晚上他都在狂饮啤酒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
17 disposition GljzO     
n.性情,性格;意向,倾向;排列,部署
参考例句:
  • He has made a good disposition of his property.他已对财产作了妥善处理。
  • He has a cheerful disposition.他性情开朗。
18 uncommonly 9ca651a5ba9c3bff93403147b14d37e2     
adv. 稀罕(极,非常)
参考例句:
  • an uncommonly gifted child 一个天赋异禀的儿童
  • My little Mary was feeling uncommonly empty. 我肚子当时正饿得厉害。
19 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
参考例句:
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
20 compassion 3q2zZ     
n.同情,怜悯
参考例句:
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
21 concision QYXyx     
n.简明,简洁
参考例句:
  • As concision agent, we do business on commission basis. 作为佣金代理人,我们是在佣金的基础上做生产的。
  • For example, commonweal establishment is a definite epitome and abstract with concision. 比如公益设施,就是对事物性质的明确概括和提炼,简洁明了、言简意赅。
22 sardine JYSxK     
n.[C]沙丁鱼
参考例句:
  • Every bus arrives and leaves packed as fully as a sardine tin.每辆开来和开走的公共汽车都塞得像沙丁鱼罐头一样拥挤。
  • As we chatted,a brightly painted sardine boat dropped anchor.我们正在聊着,只见一条颜色鲜艳的捕捞沙丁鱼的船抛了锚。
23 chuckled 8ce1383c838073977a08258a1f3e30f8     
轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
  • She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情,她就轻轻地暗自发笑。
24 apprentice 0vFzq     
n.学徒,徒弟
参考例句:
  • My son is an apprentice in a furniture maker's workshop.我的儿子在一家家具厂做学徒。
  • The apprentice is not yet out of his time.这徒工还没有出徒。
25 noxious zHOxB     
adj.有害的,有毒的;使道德败坏的,讨厌的
参考例句:
  • Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious chemicals.重工业产生的有毒化学品会污染我们的河流。
  • Many household products give off noxious fumes.很多家用产品散发有害气体。
26 rascally rascally     
adj. 无赖的,恶棍的 adv. 无赖地,卑鄙地
参考例句:
  • They said Kelso got some rascally adventurer, some Belgian brute, to insult his son-in-law in public. 他们说是凯尔索指使某个下贱的冒险家,一个比利时恶棍,来当众侮辱他的女婿。
  • Ms Taiwan: Can't work at all, but still brag and quibble rascally. 台湾小姐:明明不行,还要硬拗、赖皮逞强。
27 witty GMmz0     
adj.机智的,风趣的
参考例句:
  • Her witty remarks added a little salt to the conversation.她的妙语使谈话增添了一些风趣。
  • He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort.在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。
28 allotted 5653ecda52c7b978bd6890054bd1f75f     
分配,拨给,摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • I completed the test within the time allotted . 我在限定的时间内完成了试验。
  • Each passenger slept on the berth allotted to him. 每个旅客都睡在分配给他的铺位上。
29 haughty 4dKzq     
adj.傲慢的,高傲的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a haughty look and walked away.他向我摆出傲慢的表情后走开。
  • They were displeased with her haughty airs.他们讨厌她高傲的派头。
30 physically iNix5     
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
参考例句:
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
31 secrecy NZbxH     
n.秘密,保密,隐蔽
参考例句:
  • All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
  • Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。
32 conscientiously 3vBzrQ     
adv.凭良心地;认真地,负责尽职地;老老实实
参考例句:
  • He kept silent,eating just as conscientiously but as though everything tasted alike. 他一声不吭,闷头吃着,仿佛桌上的饭菜都一个味儿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She discharged all the responsibilities of a minister conscientiously. 她自觉地履行部长的一切职责。 来自《简明英汉词典》
33 concealing 0522a013e14e769c5852093b349fdc9d     
v.隐藏,隐瞒,遮住( conceal的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Despite his outward display of friendliness, I sensed he was concealing something. 尽管他表现得友善,我还是感觉到他有所隐瞒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • SHE WAS BREAKING THE COMPACT, AND CONCEALING IT FROM HIM. 她违反了他们之间的约定,还把他蒙在鼓里。 来自英汉文学 - 三万元遗产
34 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
35 quill 7SGxQ     
n.羽毛管;v.给(织物或衣服)作皱褶
参考例句:
  • He wrote with a quill.他用羽毛笔写字。
  • She dipped a quill in ink,and then began to write.她将羽毛笔在墨水里蘸了一下,随后开始书写。
36 watchful tH9yX     
adj.注意的,警惕的
参考例句:
  • The children played under the watchful eye of their father.孩子们在父亲的小心照看下玩耍。
  • It is important that health organizations remain watchful.卫生组织保持警惕是极为重要的。
37 lankness d0da0b4402170620acdf30a003f3a10e     
n.空白,单调,空虚
参考例句:
  • Lift our country from the state of \"poverty and blankness\". 改变我国一穷二白的面貌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • But neither girl by word or gesture revealed her blankness. 不过谁都没在态度和言谈方面,露出茫然木然的神情来。 来自互联网
38 meditative Djpyr     
adj.沉思的,冥想的
参考例句:
  • A stupid fellow is talkative;a wise man is meditative.蠢人饶舌,智者思虑。
  • Music can induce a meditative state in the listener.音乐能够引导倾听者沉思。
39 lucid B8Zz8     
adj.明白易懂的,清晰的,头脑清楚的
参考例句:
  • His explanation was lucid and to the point.他的解释扼要易懂。
  • He wasn't very lucid,he didn't quite know where he was.他神志不是很清醒,不太知道自己在哪里。
40 irresistible n4CxX     
adj.非常诱人的,无法拒绝的,无法抗拒的
参考例句:
  • The wheel of history rolls forward with an irresistible force.历史车轮滚滚向前,势不可挡。
  • She saw an irresistible skirt in the store window.她看见商店的橱窗里有一条叫人着迷的裙子。
41 miraculous DDdxA     
adj.像奇迹一样的,不可思议的
参考例句:
  • The wounded man made a miraculous recovery.伤员奇迹般地痊愈了。
  • They won a miraculous victory over much stronger enemy.他们战胜了远比自己强大的敌人,赢得了非凡的胜利。
42 remarkable 8Vbx6     
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
参考例句:
  • She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
  • These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
43 pretence pretence     
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰
参考例句:
  • The government abandoned any pretence of reform. 政府不再装模作样地进行改革。
  • He made a pretence of being happy at the party.晚会上他假装很高兴。
44 briefly 9Styo     
adv.简单地,简短地
参考例句:
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
45 appreciation Pv9zs     
n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨
参考例句:
  • I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
  • I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。
46 proceedings Wk2zvX     
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
47 ferocious ZkNxc     
adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的
参考例句:
  • The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
  • The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。
48 formerly ni3x9     
adv.从前,以前
参考例句:
  • We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
  • This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
49 awakening 9ytzdV     
n.觉醒,醒悟 adj.觉醒中的;唤醒的
参考例句:
  • the awakening of interest in the environment 对环境产生的兴趣
  • People are gradually awakening to their rights. 人们正逐渐意识到自己的权利。
50 continental Zazyk     
adj.大陆的,大陆性的,欧洲大陆的
参考例句:
  • A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
  • The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。
51 speculations da17a00acfa088f5ac0adab7a30990eb     
n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 );思考;投机活动;推断
参考例句:
  • Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》
52 peculiar cinyo     
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
参考例句:
  • He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
  • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
53 entreaties d56c170cf2a22c1ecef1ae585b702562     
n.恳求,乞求( entreaty的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • He began with entreaties and ended with a threat. 他先是恳求,最后是威胁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves. 暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣。 来自《简明英汉词典》
54 coaxing 444e70224820a50b0202cb5bb05f1c2e     
v.哄,用好话劝说( coax的现在分词 );巧言骗取;哄劝,劝诱;“锻炼”效应
参考例句:
  • No amount of coaxing will make me change my mind. 任你费尽口舌也不会说服我改变主意。
  • It took a lot of coaxing before he agreed. 劝说了很久他才同意。 来自辞典例句
55 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查,调查研究
参考例句:
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
56 extravagant M7zya     
adj.奢侈的;过分的;(言行等)放肆的
参考例句:
  • They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
  • He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。
57 impulsive M9zxc     
adj.冲动的,刺激的;有推动力的
参考例句:
  • She is impulsive in her actions.她的行为常出于冲动。
  • He was neither an impulsive nor an emotional man,but a very honest and sincere one.他不是个一冲动就鲁莽行事的人,也不多愁善感.他为人十分正直、诚恳。
58 lucidity jAmxr     
n.明朗,清晰,透明
参考例句:
  • His writings were marked by an extraordinary lucidity and elegance of style.他的作品简洁明晰,文风典雅。
  • The pain had lessened in the night, but so had his lucidity.夜里他的痛苦是减轻了,但人也不那么清醒了。
59 intermittent ebCzV     
adj.间歇的,断断续续的
参考例句:
  • Did you hear the intermittent sound outside?你听见外面时断时续的声音了吗?
  • In the daytime intermittent rains freshened all the earth.白天里,时断时续地下着雨,使整个大地都生气勃勃了。
60 stifled 20d6c5b702a525920b7425fe94ea26a5     
(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵
参考例句:
  • The gas stifled them. 煤气使他们窒息。
  • The rebellion was stifled. 叛乱被镇压了。
61 imposing 8q9zcB     
adj.使人难忘的,壮丽的,堂皇的,雄伟的
参考例句:
  • The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
  • He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
62 dread Ekpz8     
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
参考例句:
  • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
  • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
63 deferentially 90c13fae351d7697f6aaf986af4bccc2     
adv.表示敬意地,谦恭地
参考例句:
  • "Now, let me see,'said Hurstwood, looking over Carrie's shoulder very deferentially. “来,让我瞧瞧你的牌。”赫斯渥说着,彬彬有礼地从嘉莉背后看过去。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • He always acts so deferentially around his supervisor. 他总是毕恭毕敬地围着他的上司转。 来自互联网
64 marital SBixg     
adj.婚姻的,夫妻的
参考例句:
  • Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
  • I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。
65 inspector q6kxH     
n.检查员,监察员,视察员
参考例句:
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
66 meditating hoKzDp     
a.沉思的,冥想的
参考例句:
  • They were meditating revenge. 他们在谋划进行报复。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics. 这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
67 psychology U0Wze     
n.心理,心理学,心理状态
参考例句:
  • She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
  • He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。
68 repugnance oBWz5     
n.嫌恶
参考例句:
  • He fought down a feelings of repugnance.他抑制住了厌恶感。
  • She had a repugnance to the person with whom she spoke.她看不惯这个和她谈话的人。
69 discoursing d54e470af284cbfb53599a303c416007     
演说(discourse的现在分词形式)
参考例句:
  • He was discoursing to us on Keats. 他正给我们讲济慈。
  • He found the time better employed in searching than in discussing, in discovering than in discoursing. 他认为与其把时间花费在你争我辩和高谈阔论上,不如用在研究和发现上。
70 punctilious gSYxl     
adj.谨慎的,谨小慎微的
参考例句:
  • He was a punctilious young man.他是个非常拘礼的年轻人。
  • Billy is punctilious in the performance of his duties.毕利执行任务总是一丝不苟的。
71 inclination Gkwyj     
n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好
参考例句:
  • She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head.她微微点头向我们致意。
  • I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry.我没有丝毫着急的意思。
72 rosy kDAy9     
adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的
参考例句:
  • She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作,生活看上去很美好。
  • She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。
73 countenance iztxc     
n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
参考例句:
  • At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
  • I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地,仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。
74 Amended b2abcd9d0c12afefe22fd275996593e0     
adj. 修正的 动词amend的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He asked to see the amended version. 他要求看修订本。
  • He amended his speech by making some additions and deletions. 他对讲稿作了些增删修改。
75 enunciation wtRzjz     
n.清晰的发音;表明,宣言;口齿
参考例句:
  • He is always willing to enunciate his opinions on the subject of politics. 他总是愿意对政治问题发表意见。> enunciation / I9nQnsI5eIFn; I9nQnsI`eFEn/ n [C, U]。 来自辞典例句
  • Be good at communicating,sense of responsibility,the work is careful,the enunciation is clear. 善于沟通,责任心强,工作细致,口齿清晰。 来自互联网
76 caressing 00dd0b56b758fda4fac8b5d136d391f3     
爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的
参考例句:
  • The spring wind is gentle and caressing. 春风和畅。
  • He sat silent still caressing Tartar, who slobbered with exceeding affection. 他不声不响地坐在那里,不断抚摸着鞑靼,它由于获得超常的爱抚而不淌口水。
77 amiably amiably     
adv.和蔼可亲地,亲切地
参考例句:
  • She grinned amiably at us. 她咧着嘴向我们亲切地微笑。
  • Atheists and theists live together peacefully and amiably in this country. 无神论者和有神论者在该国和睦相处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
78 subdued 76419335ce506a486af8913f13b8981d     
adj. 屈服的,柔和的,减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
  • I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候,我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。
79 intrusive Palzu     
adj.打搅的;侵扰的
参考例句:
  • The cameras were not an intrusive presence.那些摄像机的存在并不令人反感。
  • Staffs are courteous but never intrusive.员工谦恭有礼却从不让人感到唐突。
80 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
参考例句:
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
81 irrational UaDzl     
adj.无理性的,失去理性的
参考例句:
  • After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后变得完全失去了理性。
  • There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投资者中是存在非理性繁荣的征象的。
82 descending descending     
n. 下行 adj. 下降的
参考例句:
  • The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
  • The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置,然后再下山。
83 solicitude mFEza     
n.焦虑
参考例句:
  • Your solicitude was a great consolation to me.你对我的关怀给了我莫大的安慰。
  • He is full of tender solicitude towards my sister.他对我妹妹满心牵挂。
84 leisurely 51Txb     
adj.悠闲的;从容的,慢慢的
参考例句:
  • We walked in a leisurely manner,looking in all the windows.我们慢悠悠地走着,看遍所有的橱窗。
  • He had a leisurely breakfast and drove cheerfully to work.他从容的吃了早餐,高兴的开车去工作。
85 steadily Qukw6     
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
参考例句:
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
86 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
87 capes 2a2d1f6d8808b81a9484709d3db50053     
碎谷; 斗篷( cape的名词复数 ); 披肩; 海角; 岬
参考例句:
  • It was cool and they were putting on their capes. 夜里阴冷,他们都穿上了披风。
  • The pastor smiled to give son's two Capes five cents money. 牧师微笑着给了儿子二角五分钱。
88 thongs 2de3e7e6aab22cfe40b21f071283c565     
的东西
参考例句:
  • Things ain't what they used to be. 现在情况不比从前了。
  • Things have been going badly . 事情进展得不顺利。
89 growled 65a0c9cac661e85023a63631d6dab8a3     
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说
参考例句:
  • \"They ought to be birched, \" growled the old man. 老人咆哮道:“他们应受到鞭打。” 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He growled out an answer. 他低声威胁着回答。 来自《简明英汉词典》
90 savagely 902f52b3c682f478ddd5202b40afefb9     
adv. 野蛮地,残酷地
参考例句:
  • The roses had been pruned back savagely. 玫瑰被狠狠地修剪了一番。
  • He snarled savagely at her. 他向她狂吼起来。
91 casually UwBzvw     
adv.漠不关心地,无动于衷地,不负责任地
参考例句:
  • She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
  • I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。
92 awed a0ab9008d911a954b6ce264ddc63f5c8     
adj.充满敬畏的,表示敬畏的v.使敬畏,使惊惧( awe的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance. 观众席上鸦雀无声,人们对他出色的表演感到惊叹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I was awed by the huge gorilla. 那只大猩猩使我惊惧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
93 prosecution uBWyL     
n.起诉,告发,检举,执行,经营
参考例句:
  • The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
  • He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
94 ascertained e6de5c3a87917771a9555db9cf4de019     
v.弄清,确定,查明( ascertain的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The previously unidentified objects have now been definitely ascertained as being satellites. 原来所说的不明飞行物现在已证实是卫星。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I ascertained that she was dead. 我断定她已经死了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
95 pretext 1Qsxi     
n.借口,托词
参考例句:
  • He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.他借口头疼而不去上学。
  • He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.他以生病为借口,没参加那个会议。
96 inefficiency N7Xxn     
n.无效率,无能;无效率事例
参考例句:
  • Conflict between management and workers makes for inefficiency in the workplace. 资方与工人之间的冲突使得工厂生产效率很低。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This type of inefficiency arises because workers and management are ill-equipped. 出现此种低效率是因为工人与管理层都能力不足。 来自《简明英汉词典》
97 outrage hvOyI     
n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒
参考例句:
  • When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
  • We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
98 specially Hviwq     
adv.特定地;特殊地;明确地
参考例句:
  • They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
  • The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
99 shreds 0288daa27f5fcbe882c0eaedf23db832     
v.撕碎,切碎( shred的第三人称单数 );用撕毁机撕毁(文件)
参考例句:
  • Peel the carrots and cut them into shreds. 将胡罗卜削皮,切成丝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I want to take this diary and rip it into shreds. 我真想一赌气扯了这日记。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
100 inciter 1762fba87dd89fda86fbbdf789bc9eb9     
参考例句:
  • When it is only showed unto any person soever, it inciter and excited wonderfully unto Love. 它无论怎样地被单独展示给任何人时,它极好地煽动和激发爱情。
101 alluding ac37fbbc50fb32efa49891d205aa5a0a     
提及,暗指( allude的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • He didn't mention your name but I was sure he was alluding to you. 他没提你的名字,但是我确信他是暗指你的。
  • But in fact I was alluding to my physical deficiencies. 可我实在是为自己的容貌寒心。
102 grumbles a99c97d620c517b5490044953d545cb1     
抱怨( grumble的第三人称单数 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声
参考例句:
  • He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties. 他不是果敢地去面对困难,而是抱怨自己运气不佳。
  • I'm sick of your unending grumbles. 我对你的不断埋怨感到厌烦。
103 anarchist Ww4zk     
n.无政府主义者
参考例句:
  • You must be an anarchist at heart.你在心底肯定是个无政府主义者。
  • I did my best to comfort them and assure them I was not an anarchist.我尽量安抚他们并让它们明白我并不是一个无政府主义者。
104 hospitable CcHxA     
adj.好客的;宽容的;有利的,适宜的
参考例句:
  • The man is very hospitable.He keeps open house for his friends and fellow-workers.那人十分好客,无论是他的朋友还是同事,他都盛情接待。
  • The locals are hospitable and welcoming.当地人热情好客。


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