baleful

【考法 1】 adj. 有害的： harmful or malignant in intent or effect

【例】 a policy with baleful effects 一个带来不良后果的政策

【近】 harmful, pernicious, detrimental

【反】 beneficent 有益的

【考法 2】 adj. 凶兆的： foreboding or threatening evil

【例】 a baleful look 面露凶色

【近】 direful, doomy, ominous, ill-boding, minatory, portentous, sinister

【反】 unthreatening 不构成威胁的

【考法 3】 adj. 致命的： likely to cause or capable of causing death

【例】 a medicine that is beneficial in small doses but baleful in large 是药三分毒

【近】 deadly, fatal, lethal

【反】 healthy, wholesome 有益健康的

balk

【考法 1】 v. 阻碍： to check or stop by or as if by an obstacle

【近】 circumvent, frustrate, foil, thwart

【反】advance, forward, foster, nurture, promote 推进

【考法 2】 v. 不愿接受，拒绝： to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

【例】 She balked at the very idea of compromise. 她固执地拒绝妥协的想法

【近】 decline, refuse, spurn, repudiate, turn down

【反】 accept, approve 同意

【派】 balky adj. 倔强的

balky

【考法】 adj. 不服管束的，倔强的： refusing or likely to refuse to proceed, act, or function as directed or expected

【例】 a balky mule 犟骡子

【近】 contumacious, defiant, perverse, intractable, obstreperous, refractory, unruly, untoward, wayward. willful

【反】 compliant, docile, subdued, submissive, tractable 顺从的

ballad

【考法】 n. 由简单诗节和叠句组成的民歌： a narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung,

consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain

【例】 a haunting ballad about loneliness 一段有关寂寞的缭绕于心的民谣

【近】 ditty, jingle, lyric, vocal

balloon

【考法 1】 v. 迅速增加： to increase rapidly

【例】 The use of computers has ballooned. 电脑的使用量迅速增长

【近】 inflate, escalate, expand, burgeon, mushroom, snowball

【反】 decrease, taper, dwindle, diminish, recede, wane 减少

balm

【考法 1】 n. 香油，止痛膏，安慰物： a sweet-smelling oil that heals wounds or reduce pain

【例】 Friendship is the finest balm in need. 危难关头，友情是最好的安慰

【反】 irritant 刺激物

【派】 balmy adj. 柔和的

【考法 2】 n. 香气： a sweet or pleasant smell

【例】 The balm of the restaurant's backyard garden enhances the aura of romance. 餐馆后院传来的阵阵芳香

增加了浪漫的情调

【近】 aroma, fragrance, incense, perfume, redolence

【反】 fetor, malodor, stench, stink 恶臭

banal

【考法】 adj. 非原创的，陈腐的： lacking originality, freshness, or novelty; trite

【例】 The slogan is too banal. 这口号已是陈词滥调了

【近】 cliché, hackneyed, stereotyped, threadbare, trite, timeworn, shopworn, stale, moth-eaten

【反】 novel, innovative, arresting 新颖的

【派】 banality n. 陈腐

bane

【考法 1】n. 祸根：a source of harm or ruin

【例】 Drinking was the bane of his life. 饮酒是他一生的祸根

【近】affliction, curse, nemesis, scourge

【反】 blessing, boon, felicity, windfall 福根

【考法 2 】n. 有害的物质：a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing

【例】a plant that is believed to be the bane of the wolf 一种被认为对狼有毒害作用的植物

【近】toxic, toxin, venom

【派】 baneful adj. 有害的

banish

【考法 1】vt. 驱逐出境：to require by authority to leave a country

【例】Since the diplomatic relation between the two nations has been broken, diplomats were all banished. 随

着两国外交关系的断裂，所有的外交人员都被驱逐出境

【近】 deport, exile, expatriate, expel

【反】repatriate 遣返

【考法 2】vt. 赶出：to drive or force out

【例】permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center 永久剥夺肇事者进入青年

娱乐中心的权力

【派】banishment n. 驱逐

banter

【考法】n./v. 幽默、打趣的（地）谈话： good-humored, playful conversation

【例】banter with someone 和某人调侃

【近】badinage, persiflage, repartee