1. Corpse(n.) 屍體/殘骸
Definition: a dead body, usually of a person
Eg: They didn't move the corpse before they sent for the police .
2. Exultation(n.) 狂喜; 洋洋得意(+in/at/over)
Definition: express great pleasure or happiness, especially at someone else's defeat or failure
Eg: We are be filled with exultation in the new victory.
3. Crypt(n.) 土窖;地下室
Definition: a room under the floor of a church where bodies are buried
Eg: They took shelter from a tornado at a crypt.
4. Canopy(n.) 頂篷;罩;華蓋/ (篷形)遮蓋物;天空,蒼穹
Definition: a cover fixed over a seat or bed, etc. for shelter or decoration
Eg: They lay down under a canopy of stars.
5. Lament(v.) 哀悼;悲嘆[(+for/over)]
Definition: to express sadness and feeling sorry about something
Eg: My grandmother, as usual, lamented the decline in moral standards in today's society.
6. Coincided(v.) 同時發生/相符,巧合,一致[(+with)]
Definition: to happen at or near the same time
Eg: Her arrival coincided with our departure.
7. Exemplify(v.) 例示;作為...的例子
Definition: to be or give a typical example of something
Eg: This painting perfectly exemplifies the naturalistic style which was so popular at the time.
8. Pessimism(n.) 悲觀,悲觀情緒/悲觀主義,厭世主義
Definition: emphasizing or thinking of the bad part of a situation rather than the good part, or the feeling that bad things are more likely to happen than good things
Eg: There is now a mood of deepening pessimism about/over the economy.
9. Stoicism(n.) 禁慾主義/堅忍,淡泊
Definition: the quality of experiencing pain or trouble without complaining or showing your emotions
Eg: She showed great stoicism during her husband's final illness.
10. Accelerate(v.) 使增速/促進;促使...早日發生/
Definition: When a vehicle or its driver accelerates, the speed of the vehicle increases
Eg: The driver stepped on the gas and accelerated the car .
11. Disrupt(v.) 使分裂,使瓦解/使混亂,使中斷
Definition: to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected
Eg: The meeting was disrupted by a group of protesters who shouted and threw fruit at the speaker.
12. Upend(v.) 豎立;倒立;倒置;(使)混亂
Definition: to push or move something so that the part that usually touches the ground does so no longer
Eg: She upended the chessboard halfway through the game because she was losing.
13. Proclivity(n.) 傾向;癖性;氣質
Definition: the fact that someone likes something or likes to do something, especially something considered morally bad
Eg: He has a proclivity toward violence.
14. Certainty(n.) 確實;必然
Definition: something that cannot be doubted / the state of being completely confident or having no doubt about something
Eg: I know for a certainty that the company has been bought up.
15. Keenly(ad.) 敏銳地,銳利地;強烈地;熱心地
Definition: very interested, eager, or wanting (to do) something very much
Eg: They were very keen to start work as soon as possible.
16. Anthropology(n.) 人類學
Definition: the study of the human race, its culture and society, and its physical development
Eg: Social anthropology is centrally concerned with the diversity of culture.
17. Seminal(a.) 精液的/種子的/生殖的;再生的/有發展性的
Definition: containing important new ideas and having a great influence on later work
Eg: She wrote a seminal article on the subject while she was still a student.
18. Psychoanalysis(n.) 精神分析(學);心理分析(學)
Definition: any of a number of the theories of the human personality, which attempt to examine a person's unconscious mind to discover the hidden causes of their mental problems
Eg: We esteem Sigmund Freud as the father of psychoanalysis.
19. Elegy(n.) 哀歌,輓歌
Definition: a sad poem or song, especially remembering someone who has died or something in the past
Eg: Gray's 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard' is a famous English poem.
20. Ambiguity(n.) 可作兩種(或多種)解釋;意義不明確/模稜兩可的話;含糊話
Definition: (an example of) the fact of something having more than one possible meaning and therefore possibly causing confusion
Eg: There are some ambiguities in the legislation.
21. Primitive(a.) 原始的;早期的/粗糙的;簡單的;未開化的/純樸的;自然的
Definition: relating to human society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or a writing system
Eg: Primitive man made himself primitive tools from stones and bones.
22. Fertility(n.) (土地的)肥沃/【生】繁殖力/ (思想等的)豐富
Definition: (of animals and plants) the quality of being able to produce young or fruit
Eg: A green manure is a crop grown mainly to improve soil fertility.
23. Doctrine(n.) (宗教的)教義,教旨/信條;政策/學說, 原理
Definition: a belief or set of beliefs, especially political or religious ones, that are taught and accepted by a particular group
Eg: The president said he would not go against sound military doctrine.
24. Stoically(ad.) 恬淡寡慾地;堅忍地
Definition: determined not to complain or show your feelings, especially when something bad happens to you
Eg: Local people were stoical about the damage caused by the hurricane.
25. Enchanter(n.) 巫師/使人著迷者
Definition: to have a magical effect on someone or something
Eg: He always tells the children the stories of the enchanter.
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