expire
【考法 1】 v. 断气,死亡: to breathe one's last breath; die
【例】 The patient expired early this morning. 病人今早逝世了。
【近】 conclude, elapse, terminate, decease, leave off, let up
【反】 come to life 出生
【考法 2】 v. 到期: to come to an end
【例】 My membership in the club has expired. 我的会员资格到期了。
【近】 discontinue, elapse, end, finish, terminate, wind up, wink out
【反】 continue, persist, hang on 续期
explicit
【考法 1】 adj. 表达清晰的: fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity
【例】 explicit instructions 表达清晰的指示说明
【近】 clear-cut, definite, specific, unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal
【反】 obscure, implicit, implied, inferred, ambiguous, circuitous, equivocal, indefinite, unspecific, vague 模
糊的
【考法 2】 adj. 成熟的,完全形成的: fully developed or formulated
【例】 explicit plan 成熟的计划
【反】 inchoate 未完成形成的
exploit
【考法 1】 n. 英雄行为: a notable or heroic act
【例】 his wartime exploits 他在战争期间的英勇行为
【考法 2】 v. 最大程度地利用: to employ to the greatest possible advantage
【例】 exploit your opponent's weakness 利用你对手的弱点
【近】 abuse, leverage, milk, play on, capitalize on impose on
exponent
【考法 1】 n. 倡导者,支持者: one that speaks for, represents, or advocates
【例】 Exponents of space exploration earnestly called for more missions to the outer reaches of the solar system.
太空探险的支持者强烈要求对太阳系的外边缘进行探索。
【近】 advocator, backer, booster, champion, espouser, friend, promoter, proponent
【反】 adversary, antagonist, opponent 反对者
【考法 2】 n. 实践者: one who brings an art or science to full realization
【例】 has long reigned as the nation's leading exponent of modern dance 被认为是该国现代舞的集大成者
【近】 expounder, guru, interpreter, practitioner, high priest
expurgate
【考法 1】 v. 净化,删去不当处: to remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from
(a book, for example) before publication
【例】 an expurgated edition of the letters 信件的删减版
【近】 bowdlerize, obliterate, launder, red-pencil, clean up
exquisite
【考法 1】 adj. 程度强烈的: extreme in degree, power, or effect
【例】 suffered exquisite pain 遭受强烈的痛感
【近】 acute, dreadful, excruciating, explosive, ferocious, fierce, furious, intensive, keen, profound, terrible,
vehement, vicious
【反】 light, moderate, soft 适当的
【考法 2】 adj. 精致精巧的: having qualities that appeal to a refined taste
【例】 exquisite pen-and-ink drawings of city scenes 精巧的城市钢笔画
【近】 dainty, delicate, elegant, recherché, select
extant
【考法 1】 adj. 现存的: still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct
【例】 the most charming writer extant 目前活着的作家中最有魅力的一位 || extant manuscripts 未毁坏的手稿
【近】 current, immediate, ongoing, present-day, existent
【反】 destroyed, extinct ,lost, missing, dead, extinct, nonextant 丢失的,不存在的
extemporize
【考法 1】 v. 即席表现: to do or perform (something) without prior preparation or practice
【例】 a good talk show host has to be able to extemporize the interviews when things don't go as planned 一
个好的脱口秀主持人要能够在计划之外即兴表现
【反】 follow a script 参考草稿
【派】 extemporaneous
【反】 planned 有计划的
extenuate
【考法 1】 vt. 减轻罪过: to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses
【例】 try to extenuate their vandalism with the old refrain of "Boys will be boys" 企图用"江山易改本性难移"的
俗语为他们的暴行开脱
【近】 deodorize, excuse, explain away, gloss over, gloze over
extinct
【考法 1】 adj. 灭绝的: no longer existing or living
【例】 extinct species 灭绝的物种
【近】 bygone, bypast, defunct, expired, nonextant, vanished
【反】 alive, extant, existing, living, resuscitated 现存的
【派】 extinction n. 灭绝
【反】 perpetuation 永存
n. 对手,敌手,反对者
adj. 敌对的,反