coax

【考法 1】 vt. 哄骗：to persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; cajole

【例】 coax a child to take its medicine 哄小孩吃药

【近】 blandish, cajole, wheedle, palaver

coda

【考法 1】 n. 终曲：the concluding passage of a movement or composition

【例】A song includes prelude, loud song and coda. 一首歌包括前奏，高潮和尾声。

【近】finale, epilogue

【反】overture, prelude 前奏

coerce

【考法 1】 vt. （以武力）强制：to achieve by force or threat

【例】be coerced into agreeing 被强迫同意 || A confession was coerced from the suspect by police. 罪犯被警

察逼供。

【近】force, threaten, compel

【派】coercion n. 强力压迫：the act of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to

do

【反】voluntary behavior 自愿的行为

coeval

【考法 1】 adj. 同时代的，同龄的：of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration

【例】Two stars thought to be coeval because they have nearly the same mass and brightness. 两个星星同龄因

为他们的质量和亮度几乎相同。

【近】coetaneous, coexisting, concurrent, contemporaneous, simultaneous, synchronic, synchronous

【反】asynchronous, noncontemporary, nonsimultaneous 不同时的

cogent

【考法 1】 adj. 令人信服的：appealing forcibly to the mind or reason: convincing

【例】 Six Sigma is one of the most cogent methods for modern enterprises to control quality and optimizing

process. “六西格玛”方法是现代企业进行质量控制和工艺优化最令人信服的方法之一。

【近】 convincing, compelling, conclusive, telling, persuasive, satisfying

【反】 unconvincing, unpersuasive 不令人信服的

【考法 2】 adj. 相关的：pertinent, relevant

【例】a cogent analysis 一项相关的研究

【近】apropos, germane, relative, relevant

【反】extraneous, irrelevant, impertinent, irrelative 无关的

cognizant

【考法 1】 adj. 知道的，意识到的：fully informed; conscious; aware

【例】We are cognizant of the problem. 我们已经意识到了问题。

【近】aware, conscious, witting, apprehensive, sensible

【反】oblivious, unconscious, unaware, unmindful 没意识到的

【派】incognizance n. 不认识，没有知识

collapse

【考法 1】 vi. 突然倒塌或收缩：to fall or shrink together abruptly and completely

【例】President Bush is vowing to rebuild bridge which collapsed last year. 布什总统发誓要重建这座去年坍塌

的桥梁。|| One ant-hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke. 千里之堤，毁于蚁穴。

【近】compact, condense, constrict, constringe, contract , implode, squeeze

【反】decompress, expand, open, outspread, outstretch 展开，扩张

【考法 2】 n. 完全耗尽体力：a complete depletion of energy or strength

【例】He suffered a mental collapse under the strain of studying for his bar exam. 他在紧张的律师考试的复习

下脑力消耗殆尽。

【近】exhaustion, tiredness, lassitude, weariness

【反】refreshment, rejuvenation, revitalization 重新充满活力

【考法 3】 v./n. 失败 to be unsuccessful/ a falling short of one's goals

【例】the legal case collapsed in the face of the opposition's evidence

【近】defeat, nonachievement, nonsuccess

【反】accomplishment, achievement, success

collude

【考法1】 v. 串通，共谋（做坏事）：to act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose;

conspire

【例】collude with competitors to control the price 与竞争者合谋以控制价格

【近】connive, conspire, contrive, intrigue, machinate, put up

【反】act independently 单独行动

colossal

【考法 1】 adj. 巨大的：of a size, extent, or degree that elicits awe or taxes belief; immense

【例】a colossal waste of public money 对公共财产的巨大浪费

【近】huge, giant, titanic, gargantuan, mammoth, tremendous, elephantine, prodigious

【反】tiny, micro, minute, miniature, minuscule, wee, infinitesimal 微小的

coltish

【考法 1】 adj. 不守纪律的：not subjected to discipline

【反】 disciplined 遵守纪律的

【考法 2】 adj. 爱开玩笑的：given to good-natured joking or teasing

【例】Off camera the actor is high-spiritedly coltish, but turns serious once the camera starts rolling. 镜头下这个

演员是很喜欢开玩笑，但是当镜头开启，他就马上变得严肃了起来。

【近】antic, frisky, frolicsome, larky, spotftul

【反】earnest, serious-minded, sober 严肃的