clement

【考法 1】 adj. 宽容的，善良的：tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others

【例】 Clement judge reduced the sentence. 仁慈的法官减轻了刑罚。

【近】 charitable, lenient, merciful

【反】 harsh, severe, stern, strict 严厉的,严格的

【派】 clemency n. 仁慈

【考法 2】 adj. 气候温和的：marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low

【例】 Hawaii is known for its delightfully clement climate. 夏威夷以它宜人的温和气候著称。

【近】 mild, genial, gentle, balmy, equable

【反】 harsh, inclement, severe 严酷的

cliché

【考法 1】n./ adj. 陈词滥调（的）：a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation

【例】 Cliché is a feature of bad news. 拙劣的新闻的特征是使用陈词滥调。

【近】 banality, bromide, platitude, trite, bathetic, hackneyed, stereotypical

【反】 fresh, new, original, creative 新的，创造性的

clog

【考法 1】 n. 阻碍物：something that makes movement or progress difficult

【例】impede with a clog 用障碍物阻止

【近】balk, bar, block, deterrent, drag, fetter, holdback, hurdle, impediment, inhibition, interference, obstacle,

obstruction, shackles, stop, stumbling block, trammel

【考法 2】 v. 阻碍：to create difficulty for the work or activity of

【例】They always clog the courts. 他们一直阻挠法庭工作。

【近】encumber, fetter, hinder, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere with, obstruct, shackle, stymie, tie up,

trammel

【反】aid, assist, help 帮助；facilitate 促进

【考法 3】 v. 堵塞：to prevent passage through by filling with something

【例】Within a few years the pipe began to clog up. 没有几年，管子就开始堵塞了。

【近】block, choke, clot, gum up, jam, obstruct, occlude, stop up, stuff

【反】clear, free, open up, unblock, unclog, unstop

clot

【考法 1】 n. 密集的一群：a number of things considered as a unit

【例】A clot of daisies occupied one corner of the flower bed. 一簇雏菊占据了花床的一角。

【近】array, assemblage, band, block, bunch, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, grouping, huddle, knot, lot,

muster, package

【考法 2】 v. 堵塞：to prevent passage through by filling with something

【例】Within a few years the pipe began to clog up. 没有几年，管子就开始堵塞了。

【近】block, choke, clog, gum up, jam, obstruct, occlude, stop up, stuff

【反】clear, free, open up, unblock, unclog, unstop

【考法 3】 v. 凝结：to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly

【例】Scabs form over cuts when your blood starts to clot. 当血液开始凝结的时候，伤口处会形成血痂。

【近】congeal, jell, jelly

cloudburst

【考法 1】 n. 突然一场暴雨：a sudden copious rainfall

【例】The weatherman warned of possible cloudbursts in the afternoon. 天气预报员警告到下午可能有暴雨。

【近】downfall, downpour

clout

【考法 1】 n. 权力，影响力：influence ; pull

【例】The queen may have privilege but she has no real political clout. 女王有特权, 但无真正的政治影响力。

【近】power, influence, capacity, heft, leverage

【反】impuissance, impotence 无力

cloying

【考法 1】 adj. 甜得发腻的，感情用事的：excessively sweet or sentimental

【近】lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, saccharine, sentimental

【反】unsentimental

【例】the cloying sentiments of so many Mother's Day cards 这么多母亲节贺卡（所蕴含）的甜蜜感情

clumsy

【考法 1】 adj. 笨拙的：lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands；a lack of skill and tact

【例】turn out to be a clumsy sleight of hand 弄巧成拙

【近】awkward, ham-handed, heavy-handed, maladroit, unhandy, bungling, inept, maladroit

【反】adroit, deft, dexterous, dexterous, handy 熟练的，灵巧的

【考法 2】 adj. 不文雅的：lacking social grace and assurance；showing an inability to move in a graceful

manner

【例】be clumsy on the dance floor 在舞池表现不优雅的

【近】awkward, graceless, ungainly, gauche, inelegant, rustic, ungraceful

【反】graceful, urbane, refined

【考法 3】 adj. 不精致的 hastily or roughly constructed

【例】A clumsy mock-up of the real thing 一个粗糙的实物模型

【近】rough, unrefined

【反】refined 精致的

coagulate

【考法 1】 v. 凝结,使变稠：to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle, clot

【例】The blood coagulates to stop wounds bleeding. 血液会凝结以防止伤口流血。

【近】clot, congeal, jelly

【反】melt, liquefy, fluidify, dissolve 融化，溶解；thin 使变稀薄

【派】coagulant n. 凝结剂：an agent that causes a liquid to coagulate

coalesce

【考法 1】 v.合并,融合 to unite into a whole: fuse

【例】Different units coalesced into one army 不同的党派融合成了一支部队

【近】associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), unify, unite

【反】break up, dissever, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink, disband 分开，解散