predominant（domain：域
ADJ If something is predominant, it is more important or noticeable than anything else in a set of people or things. 主導(dǎo)性的
例：Mandy’s predominant emothin was confusion
曼迪的主導(dǎo)情緒是困惑。
domicile：注冊地
N-COUNT Your domicile is the place where you live. 住處
My domicile isn’t in that city and they needed a local resident
我的戶籍不在那個城市產(chǎn)，而那家公司需要雇用一位當(dāng)?shù)鼐用瘛?br>
domesticate：馴化
V-T When people domesticate wild animals or plants, they bring them under control and use them to produce food or as pets. 馴養(yǎng); 引種馴化
We domesticated the dog to help us with hunting
我們馴養(yǎng)狗來幫助我們打獵。
domineering：霸氣）
ADJ If you say that someone is domineering, you disapprove of them because you feel that they try to control other people without any consideration for their feelings or opinions. 剛愎自用的表不滿
Mick was stubborn and domineering with a very bad temper.
麥克既固執(zhí)又剛愎自用，脾氣還很壞。
premonition（admonish：告誡
If you have a premonition, you have a feeling that something is going to happen, often something unpleasant. (常為不祥的) 預(yù)感
He had an unshakable premonition that he would die
他有一種強(qiáng)烈的預(yù)感：他就要死了。
summon：召喚
- V-T If you summon someone, you order them to come to you. 召喚
Suddenly we were summoned to the interview room
突然我們被召喚進(jìn)了面試室。 - V-T If you summon a quality, you make a great effort to have it. For example, if you summon the courage or strength to do something, you make a great effort to be brave or strong, so that you will be able to do it. 努力擁有 (某特質(zhì)); 鼓起 (勇氣、力氣)
It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother.
她用了整整一個月的時間才鼓起勇氣告訴了母親。 - PHRASAL VERB Summon up means the same as. 努力擁有; 鼓起 (同)(summon)
Painfully shy, he finally summoned up courage to ask her to a game
盡管他非常靦腆，最終還是鼓起了勇氣邀她去看一場比賽。
foreboding：不詳?shù)念A(yù)感
N-VAR Foreboding is a strong feeling that something terrible is going to happen. (對不祥之事的)預(yù)感
His triumph was overshadowed by an uneasy sense of foreboding.
他的成功被一種令人心神不安的不祥之感所籠罩。
presentiment：預(yù)感）
N-COUNT A presentiment is a feeling that a particular event, for example, someone's death, will soon take place. (對不祥之物的)預(yù)感; 預(yù)知
I had a presentiment that he represented a danger to me.
我預(yù)感到他對我會造成危險。
presumptuous（assume：假設(shè)
ADJ If you describe someone or their behaviour as presumptuous, you disapprove of them because they are doing something that they have no right or authority to do. 擅自作主的表不滿
It would be presumptuous to judge what the outcome will be
斷定結(jié)果將會如何未免冒失。
conceited：）自負(fù)
ADJ If you say that someone is conceited, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are far too proud of their abilities or achievements. 自高自大的表不滿
I thought he was conceited and arrogant
我認(rèn)為他自高自大而且傲慢。
prodigal（prodigy：奇才 - ADJ You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person. 浪子回頭的
The prodigal had returned
浪子已經(jīng)回頭了。 - ADJ Someone who behaves in a prodigal way spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left. 揮霍的; 鋪張浪費(fèi)的
Prodigal habits die hard
大手大腳的習(xí)慣很難改掉
prodigious：巨大的
ADJ Something that is prodigious is very large or impressive. 巨大的; 給人印象深刻的
This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.
這生意帶來大量現(xiàn)金。
proliferate（nuclear：核
V-I If things proliferate, they increase in number very quickly. 激增
Computerized databases are proliferating fast.
計算機(jī)化的數(shù)據(jù)庫在迅速激增。
prolific：多產(chǎn)的 - ADJ A prolific writer, artist, or composer produces a large number of works. (作家、藝術(shù)家或作曲家) 多產(chǎn)的
She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.
她是位多產(chǎn)的長篇和短篇小說家。 - ADJ A animal, person, or plant that is prolific produces a large number of babies, young plants, or fruit. (動物、人、植物) 多產(chǎn)的
They are prolific breeders, with many hens laying up to six eggs.
他們是多產(chǎn)的培育者，有許多能下多達(dá)6個蛋的母雞。
multiply：乘 - V-T/V-I When something multiplies or when you multiply it, it increases greatly in number or amount. 使 大大增加; 大大增加
Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
此類爭論在18世紀(jì)和19世紀(jì)大大增加。 - V-I When animals and insects multiply, they increase in number by giving birth to large numbers of young. 大量繁殖
These creatures can multiply quickly
這些生物能迅速大量繁殖。 - V-T If you multiply one number by another, you add the first number to itself as many times as is indicated by the second number. For example 2 multiplied by 3 is equal to 6. 乘
What do you get if you multiply six by nine?
6乘以9得多少？
prolix: 冗長的；說話啰嗦的
ADJ (of a speech, book, etc) so long as to be boring; verbose (發(fā)言、書籍等)冗長的
Everyone hates the prolix Gadaffi, particularly Arab despots who he routinely blasts as “old women in robes”, “Zionist lackeys” and “cowards and thieves”.
每個人都討厭啰嗦的卡扎菲，尤其是那些被卡扎菲例行公事般地諷刺為“穿著長袍的老女人”，“猶太復(fù)國主義走狗”，和“懦夫和小偷”的阿拉伯獨(dú)裁君主們。
laconic：簡潔的
ADJ If you describe someone as laconic, you mean that they use very few words to say something, so that they seem casual or unfriendly. 寡言的; 言簡意賅的
Usually so laconic in the office, Dr. Lahey seemed less guarded, more relexed.
平常在辦公室里寡言少語的萊希醫(yī)生似乎少了些拘謹(jǐn)，多了幾分輕松。
garrulous：貧嘴）
ADJ If you describe someone as garrulous, you mean that they talk a great deal, especially about unimportant things. 絮叨的
A garrulous old woman
一個絮叨的老婦人。
propaganda：宣傳
N-UNCOUNT Propaganda is information, often inaccurate information, that a political organization publishes or broadcasts in order to influence people. (政治組織的) 宣傳表不滿
The party adopted an aggressive propaganda compaign against its rivals.
該黨采用了一場對抗其對手的咄咄逼人的宣傳運(yùn)動。
propagate：傳播 - V-T If people propagate an idea or piece of information, they spread it and try to make people believe it or support it. 宣傳
They propagated political doctrines that promised to tear apart the fabric of society.
他們宣傳有可能摧毀社會結(jié)構(gòu)的政治學(xué)說。 - V-T If you propagate plants, you grow more of them from the original ones. 繁殖
The easiest way to propagate a vine is to take hardwood cuttings.
繁殖葡萄藤最容易的辦法就是采取硬木扦插。
promulgate：公布 - V-T If people promulgate a new law or a new idea, they make it widely known. 散布; 傳播
The shipping industry promulgated a voluntary code.
航運(yùn)業(yè)對自律守則進(jìn)行了宣傳。 - V-T If a new law is promulgated by a government or national leader, it is publicly approved or made official. 頒布; 公布
A new constitution was promulgated last month.
上個月頒布了一部新憲法。
irrigate：澆水
V-T To irrigate land means to supply it with water in order to help crops
Noe of the water from Lake Powell is used to irrigate the area.
鮑威爾湖的水沒有被用來灌溉這一地區(qū)。
subjugate：征服 - V-T If someone subjugates a group of people, they take complete control of them, especially by defeating them in a war. 征服
Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.
他們想征服阿富汗人的意圖耗費(fèi)大量金錢而且無效，只維持了十年的時間。 - V-T If your wishes or desires are subjugated to something, they are treated as less important than that thing. 使(愿望)退居其次
After having been subjugated to ambition, your maternal instincts are at last starting to assert themselves.
你那因抱負(fù)而退居其次的母性本能終于開始展現(xiàn)出來。
expurgate：刪除
V-T If someone expurgates a piece of writing, they remove parts of it before it is published because they think those parts will offend or shock people. (作品出版前因考量內(nèi)容尺度而做的)刪減
He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition.
在第二版中，他大幅刪減了該作品。
mitigate：減排
V-T To mitigate something means to make it less unpleasant, serious, or painful. 緩解
Ways of mitigating the effects of an explostion.
減輕爆炸后果的方法。
castigate：鞭撻
V-T If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely. 譴責(zé)
Marx never lost an opportunity to castigate colonialism.
馬克思從不放過任何譴責(zé)殖民主義的機(jī)會。
instigate：煽動
V-T Someone who instigates an event causes it to happen. 發(fā)起
He did not instigate the coup or even know of it beforehand.
他沒有發(fā)起政變，甚至事先都不知道。
profligate：肆意揮霍的）
ADJ Someone who is profligate spends too much money or uses too much of something. 揮霍的; 浪費(fèi)的
The most profligate consumer of energy in the world.
世界上能源浪費(fèi)最嚴(yán)重的消費(fèi)者。
