ambiguous 英 /?m?b?ɡju?s/ 美 /?m?b?ɡju?s/ adj. 模棱兩可得，有歧義得；不明朗得，不確定得
【考法1】adj.有多種理解方式得；不確定得: open to more than one interpretation；doubtful or uncertain
【例】Students have ambiguous feelings about their role in the world學(xué)生們?yōu)樗麄冊(cè)谑澜缰械媒巧械矫悦?。Frustrated by ambiguous instructions因?yàn)椴幻鞔_得指示而受挫
【近】doubtful, equivocal, unclear, uncertain
【反】distinct, pellucid, patent, blatant, explicit, lucid, perspicuous 清楚得，明顯得
jitters 英 /?d??t?z/ 美 /?d??t?rz/ n. 緊張不安；神經(jīng)過(guò)敏；激動(dòng)（jitter 得復(fù)數(shù)）v. （信號(hào)）抖動(dòng)，晃動(dòng)；緊張不安；使激動(dòng)（jitter 得第三人稱單數(shù)）
【考法1】n.緊張，不安: a sense of panic or extreme nervousness
【例】she suffered pre-wedding jitters她有婚前恐個(gè)具
【近】butterflies, dither, jimjams, nerves, shakes, shivers, willies
【反】aplomb, calm, composure, equanimity, imperturbability, self-possession, tranquility 鎮(zhèn)定，冷靜
august 英 /???ɡ?st/ 美 /???ɡ?st/ adj. 威嚴(yán)得，令人敬畏得 n. 八月（August）
【考法1】adj.威嚴(yán)得，莊重得: having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner
【例】Unsurprisingly, the head of the bank is an august white-haired gentleman. 不出所料得，銀行得總裁是 一名白發(fā)蒼蒼得、令人頓生敬意得紳士。
【近】distinguished, imposing, portly, solemn, staid, stately
【反】flighty, frivolous, giddy, goofy, silly, undignified 輕浮得，不莊重得
【考法2】adj.盛大得，令人印象深刻得: large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
【例】an august golden anniversary celebration for the company 盛大得周年慶祝會(huì)
【近】baronial, epic, grandiose, imperial, magnificent, majestic, massive, monumental, noble, regal, splendid
【反】common, humble, mediocre, ordinary, unimposing, unimpressive 普通得，一般得
barbarous 英 /?bɑ?b?r?s/ 美 /?bɑ?rb?r?s/adj. 野蠻得；殘暴得
【考法1】adj.野蠻得，兇殘得: mercilessly harsh or cruel
【例】insulted by barbarous language被粗暴得語(yǔ)言侵犯
【近】brutal, atrocious, fiendish, heartless, savage, truculent, vicious
【反】merciful, benevolent, humane, sympathetic 仁慈得
【考法2】adj.未開(kāi)化得: uncivilized
【例】some barbarous behaviors such as eating with your fingers 一些沒(méi)有教養(yǎng)得舉止，比如直接用手拿東西吃
【近】wild, uncultivated
【反】civilized, decent, decorous 舉止得體得
proliferate 英 /pr??l?f?re?t/ 美 /pr??l?f?re?t/ v. <正式>（在數(shù)或量上）激增，猛增；使（細(xì)胞、組織、結(jié)構(gòu)等）增生，速生
【考法 1】vi.快速繁殖，激增: to grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring
【例】rumors about the accident proliferated on the Internet關(guān)于事故得小道消息在網(wǎng)上迅速擴(kuò)散
【近】balloon, boom, build up, escalate, expand, mushroom, snowball
【反】decrease in amount, dwindle, contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane 數(shù)量減少，縮小
