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CHAPTER XIII
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 An examination into the character and behaviour of the German student—The German Mensur—Uses and abuses of use—Views of an impressionist—The humour of the thing—Recipe for making savages1—The Jungfrau: her peculiar3 taste in laces—The Kneipe—How to rub a Salamander—Advice to the stranger—A story that might have ended sadly—Of two men and two wives—Together with a bachelor.
 
On our way home we included a German University town, being wishful to obtain an insight into the ways of student life, a curiosity that the courtesy of German friends enabled us to gratify.
 
The English boy plays till he is fifteen, and works thence till twenty.  In Germany it is the child that works; the young man that plays.  The German boy goes to school at seven o’clock in the summer, at eight in the winter, and at school he studies.  The result is that at sixteen he has a thorough knowledge of the classics and mathematics, knows as much history as any man compelled to belong to a political party is wise in knowing, together with a thorough grounding in modern languages.  Therefore his eight College Semesters, extending over four years, are, except for the young man aiming at a professorship, unnecessarily ample.  He is not a sportsman, which is a pity, for he should make good one.  He plays football a little, bicycles still less; plays French billiards4 in stuffy5 cafés more.  But generally speaking he, or the majority of him, lays out his time bummeling, beer drinking, and fighting.  If he be the son of a wealthy father he joins a Korps—to belong to a crack Korps costs about four hundred pounds a year.  If he be a middle-class young man, he enrols6 himself in a Burschenschaft, or a Landsmannschaft, which is a little cheaper.  These companies are again broken up into smaller circles, in which attempt is made to keep to nationality.  There are the Swabians, from Swabia; the Frankonians, descendants of the Franks; the Thuringians, and so forth7.  In practice, of course, this results as all such attempts do result—I believe half our Gordon Highlanders are Cockneys—but the picturesque8 object is obtained of dividing each University into some dozen or so separate companies of students, each one with its distinctive9 cap and colours, and, quite as important, its own particular beer hall, into which no other student wearing his colours may come.
 
The chief work of these student companies is to fight among themselves, or with some rival Korps or Schaft, the celebrated10 German Mensur.
 
The Mensur has been described so often and so thoroughly11 that I do not intend to bore my readers with any detailed12 account of it.  I merely come forward as an impressionist, and I write purposely the impression of my first Mensur, because I believe that first impressions are more true and useful than opinions blunted by intercourse14, or shaped by influence.
 
A Frenchman or a Spaniard will seek to persuade you that the bull-ring is an institution got up chiefly for the benefit of the bull.  The horse which you imagined to be screaming with pain was only laughing at the comical appearance presented by its own inside.  Your French or Spanish friend contrasts its glorious and exciting death in the ring with the cold-blooded brutality15 of the knacker’s yard.  If you do not keep a tight hold of your head, you come away with the desire to start an agitation17 for the inception18 of the bull-ring in England as an aid to chivalry19.  No doubt Torquemada was convinced of the humanity of the Inquisition.  To a stout20 gentleman, suffering, perhaps, from cramp21 or rheumatism22, an hour or so on the rack was really a physical benefit.  He would rise feeling more free in his joints—more elastic23, as one might say, than he had felt for years.  English huntsmen regard the fox as an animal to be envied.  A day’s excellent sport is provided for him free of charge, during which he is the centre of attraction.
 
Use blinds one to everything one does not wish to see.  Every third German gentleman you meet in the street still bears, and will bear to his grave, marks of the twenty to a hundred duels25 he has fought in his student days.  The German children play at the Mensur in the nursery, rehearse it in the gymnasium.  The Germans have come to persuade themselves there is no brutality in it—nothing offensive, nothing degrading.  Their argument is that it schools the German youth to coolness and courage.  If this could be proved, the argument, particularly in a country where every man is a soldier, would be sufficiently26 one-sided.  But is the virtue27 of the prize-fighter the virtue of the soldier?  One doubts it.  Nerve and dash are surely of more service in the field than a temperament28 of unreasoning indifference29 as to what is happening to one.  As a matter of fact, the German student would have to be possessed30 of much more courage not to fight.  He fights not to please himself, but to satisfy a public opinion that is two hundred years behind the times.
 
All the Mensur does is to brutalise him.  There may be skill displayed—I am told there is,—but it is not apparent.  The mere13 fighting is like nothing so much as a broadsword combat at a Richardson’s show; the display as a whole a successful attempt to combine the ludicrous with the unpleasant.  In aristocratic Bonn, where style is considered, and in Heidelberg, where visitors from other nations are more common, the affair is perhaps more formal.  I am told that there the contests take place in handsome rooms; that grey-haired doctors wait upon the wounded, and liveried servants upon the hungry, and that the affair is conducted throughout with a certain amount of picturesque ceremony.  In the more essentially31 German Universities, where strangers are rare and not much encouraged, the simple essentials are the only things kept in view, and these are not of an inviting32 nature.
 
Indeed, so distinctly uninviting are they, that I strongly advise the sensitive reader to avoid even this description of them.  The subject cannot be made pretty, and I do not intend to try.
 
The room is bare and sordid33; its walls splashed with mixed stains of beer, blood, and candle-grease; its ceiling, smoky; its floor, sawdust covered.  A crowd of students, laughing, smoking, talking, some sitting on the floor, others perched upon chairs and benches form the framework.
 
In the centre, facing one another, stand the combatants, resembling Japanese warriors34, as made familiar to us by the Japanese tea-tray.  Quaint35 and rigid36, with their goggle-covered eyes, their necks tied up in comforters, their bodies smothered37 in what looks like dirty bed quilts, their padded arms stretched straight above their heads, they might be a pair of ungainly clockwork figures.  The seconds, also more or less padded—their heads and faces protected by huge leather-peaked caps,—drag them out into their proper position.  One almost listens to hear the sound of the castors.  The umpire takes his place, the word is given, and immediately there follow five rapid clashes of the long straight swords.  There is no interest in watching the fight: there is no movement, no skill, no grace (I am speaking of my own impressions.)  The strongest man wins; the man who, with his heavily-padded arm, always in an unnatural38 position, can hold his huge clumsy sword longest without growing too weak to be able either to guard or to strike.
 
The whole interest is centred in watching the wounds.  They come always in one of two places—on the top of the head or the left side of the face.  Sometimes a portion of hairy scalp or section of cheek flies up into the air, to be carefully preserved in an envelope by its proud possessor, or, strictly39 speaking, its proud former possessor, and shown round on convivial40 evenings; and from every wound, of course, flows a plentiful41 stream of blood.  It splashes doctors, seconds, and spectators; it sprinkles ceiling and walls; it saturates42 the fighters, and makes pools for itself in the sawdust.  At the end of each round the doctors rush up, and with hands already dripping with blood press together the gaping43 wounds, dabbing44 them with little balls of wet cotton wool, which an attendant carries ready on a plate.  Naturally, the moment the men stand up again and commence work, the blood gushes45 out again, half blinding them, and rendering46 the ground beneath them slippery.  Now and then you see a man’s teeth laid bare almost to the ear, so that for the rest of the duel24 he appears to be grinning at one half of the spectators, his other side, remaining serious; and sometimes a man’s nose gets slit47, which gives to him as he fights a singularly supercilious48 air.
 
As the object of each student is to go away from the University bearing as many scars as possible, I doubt if any particular pains are taken to guard, even to the small extent such method of fighting can allow.  The real victor is he who comes out with the greatest number of wounds; he who then, stitched and patched almost to unrecognition as a human being, can promenade49 for the next month, the envy of the German youth, the admiration50 of the German maiden51.  He who obtains only a few unimportant wounds retires sulky and disappointed.
 
But the actual fighting is only the beginning of the fun.  The second act of the spectacle takes place in the dressing52-room.  The doctors are generally mere medical students—young fellows who, having taken their degree, are anxious for practice.  Truth compels me to say that those with whom I came in contact were coarse-looking men who seemed rather to relish53 their work.  Perhaps they are not to be blamed for this.  It is part of the system that as much further punishment as possible must be inflicted54 by the doctor, and the ideal medical man might hardly care for such job.  How the student bears the dressing of his wounds is as important as how he receives them.  Every operation has to be performed as brutally56 as may be, and his companions carefully watch him during the process to see that he goes through it with an appearance of peace and enjoyment57.  A clean-cut wound that gapes58 wide is most desired by all parties.  On purpose it is sewn up clumsily, with the hope that by this means the scar will last a lifetime.  Such a wound, judiciously59 mauled and interfered60 with during the week afterwards, can generally be reckoned on to secure its fortunate possessor a wife with a dowry of five figures at the least.
 
These are the general bi-weekly Mensurs, of which the average student fights some dozen a year.  There are others to which visitors are not admitted.  When a student is considered to have disgraced himself by some slight involuntary movement of the head or body while fighting, then he can only regain61 his position by standing62 up to the best swordsman in his Korps.  He demands and is accorded, not a contest, but a punishment.  His opponent then proceeds to inflict55 as many and as bloody63 wounds as can be taken.  The object of the victim is to show his comrades that he can stand still while his head is half sliced from his skull64.
 
Whether anything can properly be said in favour of the German Mensur I am doubtful; but if so it concerns only the two combatants.  Upon the spectators it can and does, I am convinced, exercise nothing but evil.  I know myself sufficiently well to be sure I am not of an unusually bloodthirsty disposition65.  The effect it had upon me can only be the usual effect.  At first, before the actual work commenced, my sensation was curiosity mingled66 with anxiety as to how the sight would trouble me, though some slight acquaintance with dissecting-rooms and operating tables left me less doubt on that point than I might otherwise have felt.  As the blood began to flow, and nerves and muscles to be laid bare, I experienced a mingling67 of disgust and pity.  But with the second duel, I must confess, my finer feelings began to disappear; and by the time the third was well upon its way, and the room heavy with the curious hot odour of blood, I began, as the American expression is, to see things red.
 
I wanted more.  I looked from face to face surrounding me, and in most of them I found reflected undoubtedly68 my own sensations.  If it be a good thing to excite this blood thirst in the modern man, then the Mensur is a useful institution.  But is it a good thing?  We prate69 about our civilisation70 and humanity, but those of us who do not carry hypocrisy71 to the length of self-deception know that underneath72 our starched73 shirts there lurks74 the savage2, with all his savage instincts untouched.  Occasionally he may be wanted, but we never need fear his dying out.  On the other hand, it seems unwise to over-nourish him.
 
In favour of the duel, seriously considered, there are many points to be urged.  But the Mensur serves no good purpose whatever.  It is childishness, and the fact of its being a cruel and brutal16 game makes it none the less childish.  Wounds have no intrinsic value of their own; it is the cause that dignifies75 them, not their size.  William Tell is rightly one of the heroes of the world; but what should we think of the members of a club of fathers, formed with the object of meeting twice a week to shoot apples from their sons’ heads with cross-bows?  These young German gentlemen could obtain all the results of which they are so proud by teasing a wild cat!  To join a society for the mere purpose of getting yourself hacked76 about reduces a man to the intellectual level of a dancing Dervish.  Travellers tell us of savages in Central Africa who express their feelings on festive77 occasions by jumping about and slashing78 themselves.  But there is no need for Europe to imitate them.  The Mensur is, in fact, the reductio ad absurdum of the duel; and if the Germans themselves cannot see that it is funny, one can only regret their lack of humour.
 
But though one may be unable to agree with the public opinion that supports and commands the Mensur, it at least is possible to understand.  The University code that, if it does not encourage it, at least condones79 drunkenness, is more difficult to treat argumentatively.  All German students do not get drunk; in fact, the majority are sober, if not industrious80.  But the minority, whose claim to be representative is freely admitted, are only saved from perpetual inebriety81 by ability, acquired at some cost, to swill82 half the day and all the night, while retaining to some extent their five senses.  It does not affect all alike, but it is common in any University town to see a young man not yet twenty with the figure of a Falstaff and the complexion83 of a Rubens Bacchus.  That the German maiden can be fascinated with a face, cut and gashed84 till it suggests having been made out of odd materials that never could have fitted, is a proved fact.  But surely there can be no attraction about a blotched and bloated skin and a “bay window” thrown out to an extent threatening to overbalance the whole structure.  Yet what else can be expected, when the youngster starts his beer-drinking with a “Fruhschoppen” at 10 a.m., and closes it with a “Kneipe” at four in the morning?
 
The Kneipe is what we should call a stag party, and can be very harmless or very rowdy, according to its composition.  One man invites his fellow-students, a dozen or a hundred, to a café, and provides them with as much beer and as many cheap cigars as their own sense of health and comfort may dictate85, or the host may be the Korps itself.  Here, as everywhere, you observe the German sense of discipline and order.  As each new comer enters all those sitting round the table rise, and with heels close together salute86.  When the table is complete, a chairman is chosen, whose duty it is to give out the number of the songs.  Printed books of these songs, one to each two men, lie round the table.  The chairman gives out number twenty-nine.  “First verse,” he cries, and away all go, each two men holding a book between them exactly as two people might hold a hymn-book in church.  There is a pause at the end of each verse until the chairman starts the company on the next.  As every German is a trained singer, and as most of them have fair voices, the general effect is striking.
 
Although the manner may be suggestive of the singing of hymns87 in church, the words of the songs are occasionally such as to correct this impression.  But whether it be a patriotic88 song, a sentimental89 ballad90, or a ditty of a nature that would shock the average young Englishman, all are sung through with stern earnestness, without a laugh, without a false note.  At the end, the chairman calls “Prosit!”  Everyone answers “Prosit!” and the next moment every glass is empty.  The pianist rises and bows, and is bowed to in return; and then the Fräulein enters to refill the glasses.
 
Between the songs, toasts are proposed and responded to; but there is little cheering, and less laughter.  Smiles and grave nods of approval are considered as more seeming among German students.
 
A particular toast, called a Salamander, accorded to some guest as a special distinction, is drunk with exceptional solemnity.
 
“We will now,” says the chairman, “a Salamander rub”  (“Einen Salamander reiben”).  We all rise, and stand like a regiment91 at attention.
 
“Is the stuff prepared?”  (“Sind die stoffe parat?”) demands the chairman.
 
“Sunt,” we answer, with one voice.
 
“Ad exercitium Salamandri,” says the chairman, and we are ready.
 
“Eins!”  We rub our glasses with a circular motion on the table.
 
“Zwei!”  Again the glasses growl92; also at “Drei!”
 
“Drink!”  (“Bibite!”)
 
And with mechanical unison93 every glass is emptied and held on high.
 
“Eins!” says the chairman.  The foot of every empty glass twirls upon the table, producing a sound as of the dragging back of a stony94 beach by a receding95 wave.
 
“Zwei!”  The roll swells96 and sinks again.
 
“Drei!”  The glasses strike the table with a single crash, and we are in our seats again.
 
The sport at the Kneipe is for two students to insult each other (in play, of course), and to then challenge each other to a drinking duel.  An umpire is appointed, two huge glasses are filled, and the men sit opposite each other with their hands upon the handles, all eyes fixed97 upon them.  The umpire gives the word to go, and in an instant the beer is gurgling down their throats.  The man who bangs his perfectly98 finished glass upon the table first is victor.
 
Strangers who are going through a Kneipe, and who wish to do the thing in German style, will do well, before commencing proceedings99, to pin their name and address upon their coats.  The German student is courtesy itself, and whatever his own state may be, he will see to it that, by some means or another, his guest gets safely home before the morning.  But, of course, he cannot be expected to remember addresses.
 
A story was told me of three guests to a Berlin Kneipe which might have had tragic100 results.  The strangers determined101 to do the thing thoroughly.  They explained their intention, and were applauded, and each proceeded to write his address upon his card, and pin it to the tablecloth102 in front of him.  That was the mistake they made.  They should, as I have advised, have pinned it carefully to their coats.  A man may change his place at a table, quite unconsciously he may come out the other side of it; but wherever he goes he takes his coat with him.
 
Some time in the small hours, the chairman suggested that to make things more comfortable for those still upright, all the gentlemen unable to keep their heads off the table should be sent home.  Among those to whom the proceedings had become uninteresting were the three Englishmen.  It was decided103 to put them into a cab in charge of a comparatively speaking sober student, and return them.  Had they retained their original seats throughout the evening all would have been well; but, unfortunately, they had gone walking about, and which gentleman belonged to which card nobody knew—least of all the guests themselves.  In the then state of general cheerfulness, this did not to anybody appear to much matter.  There were three gentlemen and three addresses.  I suppose the idea was that even if a mistake were made, the parties could be sorted out in the morning.  Anyhow, the three gentlemen were put into a cab, the comparatively speaking sober student took the three cards in his hand, and the party started amid the cheers and good wishes of the company.
 
There is this advantage about German beer: it does not make a man drunk as the word drunk is understood in England.  There is nothing objectionable about him; he is simply tired.  He does not want to talk; he wants to be let alone, to go to sleep; it does not matter where—anywhere.
 
The conductor of the party stopped his cab at the nearest address.  He took out his worst case; it was a natural instinct to get rid of that first.  He and the cabman carried it upstairs, and rang the bell of the Pension.  A sleepy porter answered it.  They carried their burden in, and looked for a place to drop it.  A bedroom door happened to be open; the room was empty; could anything be better?—they took it in there.  They relieved it of such things as came off easily, and laid it in the bed.  This done, both men, pleased with themselves, returned to the cab.
 
At the next address they stopped again.  This time, in answer to their summons, a lady appeared, dressed in a tea gown, with a book in her hand.  The German student looked at the top one of two cards remaining in his hand, and enquired104 if he had the pleasure of addressing Frau Y.  It happened that he had, though so far as any pleasure was concerned that appeared to be entirely105 on his side.  He explained to Frau Y. that the gentleman at that moment asleep against the wall was her husband.  The reunion moved her to no enthusiasm; she simply opened the bedroom door, and then walked away.  The cabman and the student took him in, and laid him on the bed.  They did not trouble to undress him, they were feeling tired!  They did not see the lady of the house again, and retired106 therefore without adieus.
 
The last card was that of a bachelor stopping at an hotel.  They took their last man, therefore, to that hotel, passed him over to the night porter, and left him.
 
To return to the address at which the first delivery was made, what had happened there was this.  Some eight hours previously107 had said Mr. X. to Mrs. X.: “I think I told you, my dear, that I had an invitation for this evening to what, I believe, is called a Kneipe?”
 
“You did mention something of the sort,” replied Mrs. X.  “What is a Kneipe?”
 
“Well, it’s a sort of bachelor party, my dear, where the students meet to sing and talk and—and smoke, and all that sort of thing, you know.”
 
“Oh, well, I hope you will enjoy yourself!” said Mrs. X., who was a nice woman and sensible.
 
“It will be interesting,” observed Mr. X.  “I have often had a curiosity to see one.  I may,” continued Mr. X.,—“I mean it is possible, that I may be home a little late.”
 
“What do you call late?” asked Mrs. X.
 
“It is somewhat difficult to say,” returned Mr. X.  “You see these students, they are a wild lot, and when they get together—And then, I believe, a good many toasts are drunk.  I don’t know how it will affect me.  If I can see an opportunity I shall come away early, that is if I can do so without giving offence; but if not—”
 
Said Mrs. X., who, as I remarked before, was a sensible woman: “You had better get the people here to lend you a latchkey.  I shall sleep with Dolly, and then you won’t disturb me whatever time it may be.”
 
“I think that an excellent idea of yours,” agreed Mr. X.  “I should hate disturbing you.  I shall just come in quietly, and slip into bed.”
 
Some time in the middle of the night, or maybe towards the early morning, Dolly, who was Mrs. X.’s sister, sat up in bed and listened.
 
“Jenny,” said Dolly, “are you awake?”
 
“Yes, dear,” answered Mrs. X.  “It’s all right.  You go to sleep again.”
 
“But whatever is it?” asked Dolly.  “Do you think it’s fire?”
 
“I expect,” replied Mrs. X., “that it’s Percy.  Very possibly he has stumbled over something in the dark.  Don’t you worry, dear; you go to sleep.”
 
But so soon as Dolly had dozed108 off again, Mrs. X., who was a good wife, thought she would steal off softly and see to it that Percy was all right.  So, putting on a dressing-gown and slippers109, she crept along the passage and into her own room.  To awake the gentleman on the bed would have required an earthquake.  She lit a candle and stole over to the bedside.
 
It was not Percy; it was not anyone like Percy.  She felt it was not the man that ever could have been her husband, under any circumstances.  In his present condition her sentiment towards him was that of positive dislike.  Her only desire was to get rid of him.
 
But something there was about him which seemed familiar to her.  She went nearer, and took a closer view.  Then she remembered.  Surely it was Mr. Y., a gentleman at whose flat she and Percy had dined the day they first arrived in Berlin.
 
But what was he doing here?  She put the candle on the table, and taking her head between her hands sat down to think.  The explanation of the thing came to her with a rush.  It was with this Mr. Y. that Percy had gone to the Kneipe.  A mistake had been made.  Mr. Y. had been brought back to Percy’s address.  Percy at this very moment—
 
The terrible possibilities of the situation swam before her.  Returning to Dolly’s room, she dressed herself hastily, and silently crept downstairs.  Finding, fortunately, a passing night-cab, she drove to the address of Mrs. Y.  Telling the man to wait, she flew upstairs and rang persistently110 at the bell.  It was opened as before by Mrs. Y., still in her tea-gown, and with her book still in her hand.
 
“Mrs. X.!” exclaimed Mrs. Y.  “Whatever brings you here?”
 
“My husband!” was all poor Mrs. X. could think to say at the moment, “is he here?”
 
“Mrs. X.,” returned Mrs. Y., drawing herself up to her full height, “how dare you?”
 
“Oh, please don’t misunderstand me!” pleaded Mrs. X.  “It’s all a terrible mistake.  They must have brought poor Percy here instead of to our place, I’m sure they must.  Do please look and see.”
 
“My dear,” said Mrs. Y., who was a much older woman, and more motherly, “don’t excite yourself.  They brought him here about half an hour ago, and, to tell you the truth, I never looked at him.  He is in here.  I don’t think they troubled to take off even his boots.  If you keep cool, we will get him downstairs and home without a soul beyond ourselves being any the wiser.
 
Indeed, Mrs. Y. seemed quite eager to help Mrs. X.
 
She pushed open the door, and Mrs. X, went in.  The next moment she came out with a white, scared face.
 
“It isn’t Percy,” she said.  “Whatever am I to do?”
 
“I wish you wouldn’t make these mistakes,” said Mrs. Y., moving to enter the room herself.
 
Mrs. X. stopped her.  “And it isn’t your husband either.”
 
“Nonsense,” said Mrs. Y.
 
“It isn’t really,” persisted Mrs. X.  “I know, because I have just left him, asleep on Percy’s bed.”
 
“What’s he doing there?” thundered Mrs. Y.
 
“They brought him there, and put him there,” explained Mrs. X., beginning to cry.  “That’s what made me think Percy must be here.”
 
The two women stood and looked at one another; and there was silence for awhile, broken only by the snoring of the gentleman the other side of the half-open door.
 
“Then who is that, in there?” demanded Mrs. Y., who was the first to recover herself.
 
“I don’t know,” answered Mrs. X., “I have never seen him before.  Do you think it is anybody you know?”
 
But Mrs. Y. only banged to the door.
 
“What are we to do?” said Mrs. X.
 
“I know what I am going to do,” said Mrs. Y.  “I’m coming back with you to fetch my husband.”
 
“He’s very sleepy,” explained Mrs. X.
 
“I’ve known him to be that before,” replied Mrs. Y., as she fastened on her cloak.
 
“But where’s Percy?” sobbed111 poor little Mrs. X., as they descended112 the stairs together.
 
“That my dear,” said Mrs. Y., “will be a question for you to ask him.”
 
“If they go about making mistakes like this,” said Mrs. X., “it is impossible to say what they may not have done with him.”
 
“We will make enquiries in the morning, my dear,” said Mrs. Y., consolingly.
 
“I think these Kneipes are disgraceful affairs,” said Mrs. X.  “I shall never let Percy go to another, never—so long as I live.”
 
“My dear,” remarked Mrs. Y., “if you know your duty, he will never want to.”  And rumour113 has it that he never did.
 
But, as I have said, the mistake was in pinning the card to the tablecloth instead of to the coat.  And error in this world is always severely114 punished.

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1 savages 2ea43ddb53dad99ea1c80de05d21d1e5     
未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • There're some savages living in the forest. 森林里居住着一些野人。
  • That's an island inhabited by savages. 那是一个野蛮人居住的岛屿。
2 savage ECxzR     
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人
参考例句:
  • The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
  • He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。
3 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。
4 billiards DyBzVP     
n.台球
参考例句:
  • John used to divert himself with billiards.约翰过去总打台球自娱。
  • Billiards isn't popular in here.这里不流行台球。
5 stuffy BtZw0     
adj.不透气的,闷热的
参考例句:
  • It's really hot and stuffy in here.这里实在太热太闷了。
  • It was so stuffy in the tent that we could sense the air was heavy with moisture.帐篷里很闷热,我们感到空气都是潮的。
6 enrols b29542473ba46a71d7cfbb3d820d9452     
v.招收( enrol的第三人称单数 );吸收;入学;加入
参考例句:
  • The family move to Paris and Dior enrols at the Lycée Gerson. 1910年家庭搬去巴黎和迪奥enrols在中学格尔松。 来自互联网
7 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
8 picturesque qlSzeJ     
adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的
参考例句:
  • You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸。
  • That was a picturesque phrase.那是一个形象化的说法。
9 distinctive Es5xr     
adj.特别的,有特色的,与众不同的
参考例句:
  • She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
  • This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。
10 celebrated iwLzpz     
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
参考例句:
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
11 thoroughly sgmz0J     
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
参考例句:
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
12 detailed xuNzms     
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
参考例句:
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
13 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。
14 intercourse NbMzU     
n.性交;交流,交往,交际
参考例句:
  • The magazine becomes a cultural medium of intercourse between the two peoples.该杂志成为两民族间文化交流的媒介。
  • There was close intercourse between them.他们过往很密。
15 brutality MSbyb     
n.野蛮的行为,残忍,野蛮
参考例句:
  • The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
  • a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军
16 brutal bSFyb     
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
参考例句:
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
17 agitation TN0zi     
n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动
参考例句:
  • Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
  • These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。
18 inception bxYyz     
n.开端,开始,取得学位
参考例句:
  • The programme has been successful since its inception.这个方案自开始实施以来一直卓有成效。
  • Julia's worked for that company from its inception.自从那家公司开办以来,朱莉娅一直在那儿工作。
19 chivalry wXAz6     
n.骑士气概,侠义;(男人)对女人彬彬有礼,献殷勤
参考例句:
  • The Middle Ages were also the great age of chivalry.中世纪也是骑士制度盛行的时代。
  • He looked up at them with great chivalry.他非常有礼貌地抬头瞧她们。
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21 cramp UoczE     
n.痉挛;[pl.](腹)绞痛;vt.限制,束缚
参考例句:
  • Winston stopped writing,partly because he was suffering from cramp.温斯顿驻了笔,手指也写麻了。
  • The swimmer was seized with a cramp and had to be helped out of the water.那个在游泳的人突然抽起筋来,让别人帮着上了岸。
22 rheumatism hDnyl     
n.风湿病
参考例句:
  • The damp weather plays the very devil with my rheumatism.潮湿的天气加重了我的风湿病。
  • The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
23 elastic Tjbzq     
n.橡皮圈,松紧带;adj.有弹性的;灵活的
参考例句:
  • Rubber is an elastic material.橡胶是一种弹性材料。
  • These regulations are elastic.这些规定是有弹性的。
24 duel 2rmxa     
n./v.决斗;(双方的)斗争
参考例句:
  • The two teams are locked in a duel for first place.两个队为争夺第一名打得难解难分。
  • Duroy was forced to challenge his disparager to duel.杜洛瓦不得不向诋毁他的人提出决斗。
25 duels d9f6d6f914b8350bf9042db786af18eb     
n.两男子的决斗( duel的名词复数 );竞争,斗争
参考例句:
  • That's where I usually fight my duels. 我经常在那儿进行决斗。” 来自英语晨读30分(初三)
  • Hyde Park also became a favourite place for duels. 海德公园也成了决斗的好地方。 来自辞典例句
26 sufficiently 0htzMB     
adv.足够地,充分地
参考例句:
  • It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
  • The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。
27 virtue BpqyH     
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
参考例句:
  • He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
  • You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。
28 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。
29 indifference k8DxO     
n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎
参考例句:
  • I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat.他的漠不关心使我很失望。
  • He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。
30 possessed xuyyQ     
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
参考例句:
  • He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
  • He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
31 essentially nntxw     
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
参考例句:
  • Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
  • She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
32 inviting CqIzNp     
adj.诱人的,引人注目的
参考例句:
  • An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
  • The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人,使人感到亲切温馨。
33 sordid PrLy9     
adj.肮脏的,不干净的,卑鄙的,暗淡的
参考例句:
  • He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively.他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。
  • They lived in a sordid apartment.他们住在肮脏的公寓房子里。
34 warriors 3116036b00d464eee673b3a18dfe1155     
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
  • The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。
35 quaint 7tqy2     
adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的
参考例句:
  • There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里,有很多小巷。
  • They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。
36 rigid jDPyf     
adj.严格的,死板的;刚硬的,僵硬的
参考例句:
  • She became as rigid as adamant.她变得如顽石般的固执。
  • The examination was so rigid that nearly all aspirants were ruled out.考试很严,几乎所有的考生都被淘汰了。
37 smothered b9bebf478c8f7045d977e80734a8ed1d     
(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制
参考例句:
  • He smothered the baby with a pillow. 他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
  • The fire is smothered by ashes. 火被灰闷熄了。
38 unnatural 5f2zAc     
adj.不自然的;反常的
参考例句:
  • Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗?
  • She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。
39 strictly GtNwe     
adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地
参考例句:
  • His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
  • The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
40 convivial OYEz9     
adj.狂欢的,欢乐的
参考例句:
  • The atmosphere was quite convivial.气氛非常轻松愉快。
  • I found it odd to imagine a nation of convivial diners surrendering their birthright.我发现很难想象让这样一个喜欢热热闹闹吃饭的民族放弃他们的习惯。
41 plentiful r2izH     
adj.富裕的,丰富的
参考例句:
  • Their family has a plentiful harvest this year.他们家今年又丰收了。
  • Rainfall is plentiful in the area.这个地区雨量充足。
42 saturates d8045b70bdce479f56fb973775904b4e     
浸湿,浸透( saturate的第三人称单数 ); 使…大量吸收或充满某物
参考例句:
  • The Port of Yangon, the principal trading centre of Myanmar, saturates in the nested area. 仰光港作为缅甸主要的贸易中心,位于嵌套区域。
  • A model asphalt had been separated into four components: asphaltenes, saturates, aromatics and resins. 用四组分法将沥青分为饱和分、芳香分、胶质、沥青质。
43 gaping gaping     
adj.口的;张口的;敞口的;多洞穴的v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的现在分词 );张开,张大
参考例句:
  • Ahead of them was a gaping abyss. 他们前面是一个巨大的深渊。
  • The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
44 dabbing 0af3ac3dccf99cc3a3e030e7d8b1143a     
石面凿毛,灰泥抛毛
参考例句:
  • She was crying and dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief. 她一边哭一边用手绢轻按眼睛。
  • Huei-fang was leaning against a willow, dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief. 四小姐蕙芳正靠在一棵杨柳树上用手帕揉眼睛。 来自子夜部分
45 gushes 8d328d29a7f54e483bb2e76c1a5a6181     
n.涌出,迸发( gush的名词复数 )v.喷,涌( gush的第三人称单数 );滔滔不绝地说话
参考例句:
  • The stream gushes forth from the rock. 一股小溪从岩石中涌出来。 来自辞典例句
  • Fuel gushes into the combustion chamber. 燃料喷进燃烧室。 来自辞典例句
46 rendering oV5xD     
n.表现,描写
参考例句:
  • She gave a splendid rendering of Beethoven's piano sonata.她精彩地演奏了贝多芬的钢琴奏鸣曲。
  • His narrative is a super rendering of dialect speech and idiom.他的叙述是方言和土语最成功的运用。
47 slit tE0yW     
n.狭长的切口;裂缝;vt.切开,撕裂
参考例句:
  • The coat has been slit in two places.这件外衣有两处裂开了。
  • He began to slit open each envelope.他开始裁开每个信封。
48 supercilious 6FyyM     
adj.目中无人的,高傲的;adv.高傲地;n.高傲
参考例句:
  • The shop assistant was very supercilious towards me when I asked for some help.我要买东西招呼售货员时,那个售货员对我不屑一顾。
  • His manner is supercilious and arrogant.他非常傲慢自大。
49 promenade z0Wzy     
n./v.散步
参考例句:
  • People came out in smarter clothes to promenade along the front.人们穿上更加时髦漂亮的衣服,沿着海滨散步。
  • We took a promenade along the canal after Sunday dinner.星期天晚饭后我们沿着运河散步。
50 admiration afpyA     
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
参考例句:
  • He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
  • We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
51 maiden yRpz7     
n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的
参考例句:
  • The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
  • The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。
52 dressing 1uOzJG     
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料
参考例句:
  • Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
  • The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。
53 relish wBkzs     
n.滋味,享受,爱好,调味品;vt.加调味料,享受,品味;vi.有滋味
参考例句:
  • I have no relish for pop music.我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
  • I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。
54 inflicted cd6137b3bb7ad543500a72a112c6680f     
把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
  • Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。
55 inflict Ebnz7     
vt.(on)把…强加给,使遭受,使承担
参考例句:
  • Don't inflict your ideas on me.不要把你的想法强加于我。
  • Don't inflict damage on any person.不要伤害任何人。
56 brutally jSRya     
adv.残忍地,野蛮地,冷酷无情地
参考例句:
  • The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
  • A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。
57 enjoyment opaxV     
n.乐趣;享有;享用
参考例句:
  • Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同,我们这次访问更加愉快了。
  • After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话,这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。
58 gapes f6a9168013eb28cbdbcfe3faf0279c04     
v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的第三人称单数 );张开,张大
参考例句:
  • His shirt gapes open with a button missing. 他的衬衫因丢了一颗纽扣而敞开着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Then, sometimes, the door slowly opens and gapes ajar for a moment. 有时房门会慢慢打开,敞着不动。 来自互联网
59 judiciously 18cfc8ca2569d10664611011ec143a63     
adv.明断地,明智而审慎地
参考例句:
  • Let's use these intelligence tests judiciously. 让我们好好利用这些智力测试题吧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His ideas were quaint and fantastic. She brought him judiciously to earth. 他的看法荒廖古怪,她颇有见识地劝他面对现实。 来自辞典例句
60 interfered 71b7e795becf1adbddfab2cd6c5f0cff     
v.干预( interfere的过去式和过去分词 );调停;妨碍;干涉
参考例句:
  • Complete absorption in sports interfered with his studies. 专注于运动妨碍了他的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I am not going to be interfered with. 我不想别人干扰我的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
61 regain YkYzPd     
vt.重新获得,收复,恢复
参考例句:
  • He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
  • The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。
62 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。
63 bloody kWHza     
adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染
参考例句:
  • He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
  • He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
64 skull CETyO     
n.头骨;颅骨
参考例句:
  • The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
  • He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去,跌裂了颅骨。
65 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。
66 mingled fdf34efd22095ed7e00f43ccc823abdf     
混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系]
参考例句:
  • The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
  • The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候,这一男一女就开始交往了。
67 mingling b387131b4ffa62204a89fca1610062f3     
adj.混合的
参考例句:
  • There was a spring of bitterness mingling with that fountain of sweets. 在这个甜蜜的源泉中间,已经掺和进苦涩的山水了。
  • The mingling of inconsequence belongs to us all. 这场矛盾混和物是我们大家所共有的。
68 undoubtedly Mfjz6l     
adv.确实地,无疑地
参考例句:
  • It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
  • He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。
69 prate hSaz7     
v.瞎扯,胡说
参考例句:
  • Listen to him prating on about nothing.听他瞎唠叨。
  • If the hen does not prate,she will not lay.母鸡不唠叨不下蛋。
70 civilisation civilisation     
n.文明,文化,开化,教化
参考例句:
  • Energy and ideas are the twin bases of our civilisation.能源和思想是我们文明的两大基石。
  • This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation.这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。
71 hypocrisy g4qyt     
n.伪善,虚伪
参考例句:
  • He railed against hypocrisy and greed.他痛斥伪善和贪婪的行为。
  • He accused newspapers of hypocrisy in their treatment of the story.他指责了报纸在报道该新闻时的虚伪。
72 underneath VKRz2     
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
参考例句:
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
73 starched 1adcdf50723145c17c3fb6015bbe818c     
adj.浆硬的,硬挺的,拘泥刻板的v.把(衣服、床单等)浆一浆( starch的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • My clothes are not starched enough. 我的衣服浆得不够硬。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The ruffles on his white shirt were starched and clean. 白衬衫的褶边浆过了,很干净。 来自辞典例句
74 lurks 469cde53259c49b0ab6b04dd03bf0b7a     
n.潜在,潜伏;(lurk的复数形式)vi.潜伏,埋伏(lurk的第三人称单数形式)
参考例句:
  • Behind his cool exterior lurks a reckless and frustrated person. 在冷酷的外表背后,他是一个鲁莽又不得志的人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Good fortune lies within Bad, Bad fortune lurks within good. 福兮祸所倚,祸兮福所伏。 来自互联网
75 dignifies fc14b042cd9baa8783221aa26331e25c     
使显得威严( dignify的第三人称单数 ); 使高贵; 使显赫; 夸大
参考例句:
  • Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster. 悲剧作品使悲伤和灾难得到了升华。
76 hacked FrgzgZ     
生气
参考例句:
  • I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
  • I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。
77 festive mkBx5     
adj.欢宴的,节日的
参考例句:
  • It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节,每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
  • We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。
78 slashing dfc956bca8fba6bcb04372bf8fc09010     
adj.尖锐的;苛刻的;鲜明的;乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 );鞭打;割破;削减
参考例句:
  • Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
  • He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手,不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句
79 condones ea2592ebf02aafe9c86d8b83ce5e567b     
v.容忍,宽恕,原谅( condone的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • A morality that condones such bloodshed is totally unacceptalbe to me. 宽恕这种杀戮的道德是我完全不能接受的。 来自辞典例句
  • When government condones evil, he insists, "the true place for a just man is a prison." 他坚持认为,当政府宽容罪恶时,“正直人的真正去处是监狱”。 来自哲学部分
80 industrious a7Axr     
adj.勤劳的,刻苦的,奋发的
参考例句:
  • If the tiller is industrious,the farmland is productive.人勤地不懒。
  • She was an industrious and willing worker.她是个勤劳肯干的员工。
81 inebriety hQzzU     
n.醉,陶醉
参考例句:
  • His only opportunities for ineBriety were the visits to town. 他只有进城的机会才能开怀畅饮,一醉方休。 来自互联网
82 swill DHMzF     
v.冲洗;痛饮;n.泔脚饲料;猪食;(谈话或写作中的)无意义的话
参考例句:
  • Having finished his coffee,he swilled out the mug and left it on the draining board.喝完咖啡后,他涮了涮杯子然后把它放在滴水板上。
  • A crowd of men were standing around swilling beer.一群人正站在一起痛饮啤酒。
83 complexion IOsz4     
n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格
参考例句:
  • Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
  • Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。
84 gashed 6f5bd061edd8e683cfa080a6ce77b514     
v.划伤,割破( gash的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He gashed his hand on a sharp piece of rock. 他的手在一块尖石头上划了一个大口子。
  • He gashed his arm on a piece of broken glass. 他的胳膊被玻璃碎片划了一个大口子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
85 dictate fvGxN     
v.口授;(使)听写;指令,指示,命令
参考例句:
  • It took him a long time to dictate this letter.口述这封信花了他很长时间。
  • What right have you to dictate to others?你有什么资格向别人发号施令?
86 salute rYzx4     
vi.行礼,致意,问候,放礼炮;vt.向…致意,迎接,赞扬;n.招呼,敬礼,礼炮
参考例句:
  • Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
  • The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。
87 hymns b7dc017139f285ccbcf6a69b748a6f93     
n.赞美诗,圣歌,颂歌( hymn的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • At first, they played the hymns and marches familiar to them. 起初他们只吹奏自己熟悉的赞美诗和进行曲。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
  • I like singing hymns. 我喜欢唱圣歌。 来自辞典例句
88 patriotic T3Izu     
adj.爱国的,有爱国心的
参考例句:
  • His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
  • The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
89 sentimental dDuzS     
adj.多愁善感的,感伤的
参考例句:
  • She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人,她相信姻缘命中注定。
  • We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。
90 ballad zWozz     
n.歌谣,民谣,流行爱情歌曲
参考例句:
  • This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.这首诗有民歌风味。
  • This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲。
91 regiment JATzZ     
n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制
参考例句:
  • As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活,所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
  • They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。
92 growl VeHzE     
v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣
参考例句:
  • The dog was biting,growling and wagging its tail.那条狗在一边撕咬一边低声吼叫,尾巴也跟着摇摆。
  • The car growls along rutted streets.汽车在车辙纵横的街上一路轰鸣。
93 unison gKCzB     
n.步调一致,行动一致
参考例句:
  • The governments acted in unison to combat terrorism.这些国家的政府一致行动对付恐怖主义。
  • My feelings are in unison with yours.我的感情与你的感情是一致的。
94 stony qu1wX     
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的
参考例句:
  • The ground is too dry and stony.这块地太干,而且布满了石头。
  • He listened to her story with a stony expression.他带着冷漠的表情听她讲经历。
95 receding c22972dfbef8589fece6affb72f431d1     
v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题
参考例句:
  • Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远,他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
  • Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句
96 swells e5cc2e057ee1aff52e79fb6af45c685d     
增强( swell的第三人称单数 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情)
参考例句:
  • The waters were heaving up in great swells. 河水正在急剧上升。
  • A barrel swells in the middle. 水桶中部隆起。
97 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
98 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。
99 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
100 tragic inaw2     
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
参考例句:
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
101 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的;有决心的
参考例句:
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
102 tablecloth lqSwh     
n.桌布,台布
参考例句:
  • He sat there ruminating and picking at the tablecloth.他坐在那儿沉思,轻轻地抚弄着桌布。
  • She smoothed down a wrinkled tablecloth.她把起皱的桌布熨平了。
103 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
104 enquired 4df7506569079ecc60229e390176a0f6     
打听( enquire的过去式和过去分词 ); 询问; 问问题; 查问
参考例句:
  • He enquired for the book in a bookstore. 他在书店查询那本书。
  • Fauchery jestingly enquired whether the Minister was coming too. 浮式瑞嘲笑着问部长是否也会来。
105 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
106 retired Njhzyv     
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
参考例句:
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
107 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前,先前(地)
参考例句:
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
108 dozed 30eca1f1e3c038208b79924c30b35bfc     
v.打盹儿,打瞌睡( doze的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He boozed till daylight and dozed into the afternoon. 他喝了个通霄,昏沉沉地一直睡到下午。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • I dozed off during the soporific music. 我听到这催人入睡的音乐,便不知不觉打起盹儿来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
109 slippers oiPzHV     
n. 拖鞋
参考例句:
  • a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
  • He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋,倒在床上。
110 persistently MlzztP     
ad.坚持地;固执地
参考例句:
  • He persistently asserted his right to a share in the heritage. 他始终声称他有分享那笔遗产的权利。
  • She persistently asserted her opinions. 她果断地说出了自己的意见。
111 sobbed 4a153e2bbe39eef90bf6a4beb2dba759     
哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说
参考例句:
  • She sobbed out the story of her son's death. 她哭诉着她儿子的死。
  • She sobbed out the sad story of her son's death. 她哽咽着诉说她儿子死去的悲惨经过。
112 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。
113 rumour 1SYzZ     
n.谣言,谣传,传闻
参考例句:
  • I should like to know who put that rumour about.我想知道是谁散布了那谣言。
  • There has been a rumour mill on him for years.几年来,一直有谣言产生,对他进行中伤。
114 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。


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