1. brutality:野蛮行径;残暴行为
e.g. Her experience of men was of domination and brutality.
男人给她的感受是支配一切,野蛮残暴。
e.g. The brutality of the crime has appalled the public.
罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
2. tempting:诱人的;吸引人的
e.g. In the end, I turned down Raoul's tempting offer of the Palm Beach trip.
最终,我回绝了拉乌尔提出的去棕榈海滩旅行的诱人邀请。
e.g.If you're slimming, resisting tempting goodies becomes a measure of your 'success' as a woman.
你要是在减肥的话,能否抗拒诱人的美食就成为衡量你作为一个女人是否“成功”的标准。
3. jittery:紧张不安的;举止慌张的
e.g. Don't spread fallacies to deceive people. It is making everyone feel jittery.
你就别妖言惑众了,弄得人心惶惶。
e.g. International investors have become jittery about the country's economy.
国际投资者已对该国的经济状况感到紧张不安。
4. grandeur:高贵;显赫;自命不凡
e.g. He is wholly concerned with his own grandeur.
他只关心自己的显赫地位。
e.g. His wealth gave him grandeur.
他的财富令他地位显赫。
5. suitor:求婚者;追求者
e.g. My mother had a suitor who adored her.
我妈妈曾经有一个爱慕她的追求者。
e.g. Did you find a suitor for your daughter?
你给你闺女找了个婆家?
5. rival:竞争者;对手;敌手
e.g. The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival.
世界冠军领先第二名2秒多钟到达终点。
e.g. He eliminated his rivals in a brutal struggle for power.
他在一场残酷的权力争斗中将对手一一铲除。
e.g. The police believe the fight was due to a dispute between rival teenage gangs.
警察认为这场打斗是由两个敌对的青少年帮派之间的纠纷引起的。
6. spectacularly:壮观地,引人注目地
e.g. My turnover increased spectacularly.
我的营业额大幅上升。
e.g. Many of her movies had been spectacularly successful.
她的很多电影都获得了巨大的成功。