30个英语单词超级短的（每日20个英语单词）

1. million [ˈmɪljən]

num.百万，100万；n.无数，大众

the number 1 000 000

参考例句：

1. I've seen it a million times. 我在书上看过无数遍了。

2. What will you do if you had a million dollars? 如果你有一百万美元，你会干什么？

2. symbol [ˈsɪmbl]

n.符号，标志，象征

a sign , shape or object which is used to represent something else

参考例句：

1. The dove is a symbol of peace. 鸽子是和平的象征。

2. The building is the symbol of eastern building. 这座建筑物是东方建筑的象征。

3. prevent [prɪˈvent]

vt. 预防，防止；阻止 vi. 妨碍，阻止

to stop something from happening or someone from doing something

参考例句：

1. Nobody can prevent our getting married. 谁也阻止不了我们结婚。

2. My only idea was to prevent the woman from speaking. 我唯一的想法就是不让那女人讲话。

4. regard [rɪˈgɑ:d]

n.关心，注意，尊敬；v.视为，注意，和...有关

to consider or have an opinion about something or someone

参考例句：

1. You have no regard for my feelings! 你没有考虑到我的感情！

2. More regard must be paid to safety on the roads. 必须更加注意公路上的交通安全。

5. illness [ˈɪlnəs]

n.疾病；生病；不健康

a disease of the body or mind

参考例句：

1. I am sorry to hear of your serious illness. 得知你重病，我很难过。

2. His illness has turned better. 他的病有了好转。

6. victuals [ˈvɪtlz]

n.食物；食品

food and drink

参考例句：

1. A plateful of coarse victuals was set before him. 一盘粗劣的剩余饭食放到了他的面前。

2. There are no more victuals for the pig. 猪没有吃的啦。

7. tawny [ˈtɔ:ni]

adj.茶色的，黄褐色的；n.黄褐色

of a light yellowish brown colour , like that of a lion

参考例句：

1. Her black hair springs in fine strands across her tawny, ruddy cheek. 她的一头乌发分披在健康红润的脸颊旁。

2. None of them noticed a large, tawny owl flutter past the window. 他们谁也没注意到一只大的、褐色的猫头鹰飞过了窗户。

8. opacity [əʊˈpæsəti]

n.不透明；难懂

the state of being opaque , or the degree to which something is opaque

参考例句：

1. He insisted that the mineral content of the water determined the opacity. 他坚持认为水的清澈程度取决于其中矿物质的含量。

2. Opacity of the eye lens can be induced by deficiency of certain vitamins. 眼球晶状体的混浊可由缺乏某些维生素造成。

9. pedantic [pɪˈdæntɪk]

adj.卖弄学问的；迂腐的

giving too much attention to formal rules or small details

参考例句：

1. He is learned, but neither stuffy nor pedantic. 他很博学，但既不妄自尊大也不卖弄学问。

2. Reading in a pedantic way may turn you into a bookworm or a bookcase, and has long been opposed. 读死书会变成书呆子，甚至于成为书橱，早有人反对过了。

10. debutante [ˈdebjutɑ:nt]

n.初入社交界的少女

a rich young woman who, especially in the past in Britain , went to a number of social events as a way of being introduced to other young people of high social rank

参考例句：

1. The debutante's photograph was at the head of the society page. 那位初进社交界少女的照片登在社会版的最上头。

2. She dazzled London society as the most beautiful debutante of her generation. 她首次出现在伦敦社交界便艳惊四座，被视为同龄人里最美丽的年轻女子。

11. chiromancy [ˈkaɪrəʊmænsi]

n.手相术

telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand

参考例句：

1. She's busy writing a book on chiromancy. 她正忙着写一本关于手相术的书。

2. Do you believe in chiromancy? 你相信手相术吗？

12. technocrat [ˈteknəkræt]

n.技术人员，技术官僚

an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group

参考例句：

1. He is a distant technocrat who is unable to connect with ordinary voters. 作为一个冷淡的技术官僚，他不能做到与普通选民息息相通。

2. Jack Lew, the new budget director, is the quintessential technocrat. 新预算主管杰克·卢就是一个典型的技术官僚。

13. cringing [krɪndʒŋ]

adj.谄媚，奉承

totally submissive

参考例句：

1. He had a cringing manner but a very harsh voice. 他有卑屈谄媚的神情，但是声音却十分粗沙。

2. She stepped towards him with a movement that was horribly cringing. 她冲他走了一步，做出一个低三下四，令人作呕的动作。

14. ascendancy [ə'sendənsɪ]

n.统治权，支配力量

a position of power , strength or success

参考例句：

1. We have had ascendancy over the enemy in the battle. 在战斗中我们已占有优势。

2. The extremists are gaining ascendancy. 极端分子正逐渐占据上风。

15. hubris [ˈhju:brɪs]

n.傲慢，骄傲

being very proud and believing in your own importance

参考例句：

1. There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris. 在技术方面自以为是会很危险。

2. The very hubris of French claims alarmed the other powers. 法国贪婪的胃口使其他大国惊恐不安。

16. yokel [ˈjəʊkl]

n.乡下人；农夫

a stupid or awkward person who lives in the countryside rather than a town , especially one whose appearance is in some way strange or humorous

参考例句：

1. The clothes make him look like a yokel. 这件衣服让他看起来像个乡巴佬。

2. George is not an ordinary yokel. 乔治不是一个普通的粗人。

17. echelon [ˈeʃəlɒn]

n.梯队；组织系统中的等级；v.排成梯队

a particular level or group of people within an organization such as an army or company

参考例句：

1. What kind of friends can be considered the first echelon of the friends? 那什么样的朋友才能算第一梯队的朋友？

2. These are the first echelon members. 这些是我们的第一梯队的队员。

18. bluster [ˈblʌstə(r)]

vt. 咆哮；狂吹；夸口；威吓；气势汹汹地说 vi. 咆哮；恫吓 n. 怒号；吓唬

to speak in a loud , angry or offended way, usually with little effect

参考例句：

1. We could hear the bluster of the wind and rain. 我们能听到狂风暴雨的吹打声。

2. He was inclined to bluster at first, but he soon dropped. 起初他老爱吵闹一阵，可是不久就不做声了。

19. cumber ['kʌmbə]

vt.拖累，妨碍；n.妨害；拖累

hold back

参考例句：

1. She was cumbered with house hold cares. 她被家务事拖累。

2. We shall not cumber our thought with his reproaches. 我们不应该因为他的责备而阻止我们的思想。

20. personalities [ˌpɜ:sə'nælɪtɪz]

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击；人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual

参考例句：

1. There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks. 她话里有些人身攻击的成分。

2. Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation. 在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

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