1. option:可供选择的事物
【典型范例】There weren't many options open to him.
他没有什么选择余地。
2. huff:发怒
【典型范例】After the row in a pub he drove off in a huff.
在酒吧里吵了一架后,他气鼓鼓地开车走了。
3. puff:吹嘘;鼓吹,吹捧
【典型范例】What is presented to the public as a critical evaluation is really an elaborate puff for him and his magazine.
公众所看到的评论界的好评实际上是对他和他的杂志的一种吹捧。
4. echo:随声附和
【典型范例】——That was a truly delicious piece of pork,' he said. ——5. "Yes, wasn't it?' echoed Penelope.
那块猪肉真好吃,”他说。“没错,可不是么?”佩内洛普附和道。
6. bother:恼人的事物;讨厌的事物
【典型范例】What a bother! We've missed the bus.
真恼人! 我们误了公共汽车。
7. termagant:悍妇,泼妇
【典型范例】A termagant wife may, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
从某些方面来说,有一个泼辣的妻子,也可以看作是相当有福气的。
8.determined:决意的
【典型范例】His enemies are determined to ruin him.
他的敌人决意要毁了他。
9.parade:夸耀,炫耀
【典型范例】She was parading her new fur coat yesterday.
昨天她向人炫耀她那件新的毛皮大衣。