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词汇提炼：
1. inferior：下级，属下
2. command：命令，指挥
3. tone：语气
4. inquire：打听，询问
5. subordinate：属下
6. mercenary：唯利是图的
7. consent：同意，赞成
8. insolence：傲慢，无礼
9. freeborn：生而自由的
10. submit：屈从，听从
11. humbug：欺骗，谎话
12. bird：女人
13. informality：非正式，不拘礼节
重点单词精讲：
Inferior
Exp. a person who is not as good as sb else; a person who is lower in rank or status
Eg. We should not despise our intellectual inferiors.
我们不应轻视智力不如我们的人。
Eg. We should not despise one's social inferiors.
我们不应轻视社会地位不如自己的人。
Inquire
Usage:~ sth (of sb)
Exp. ask to be told sth by sb 询问
Eg. She inquired of me most politely whether I wished to continue.
她非常有礼貌地问我是否想继续下去。
Eg. He inquired your name of me.
他向我打听你的名字。
Mercenary
Exp. only interested in making or getting money 只为金钱的，唯利是图的
Eg. His actions are entirely mercenary.
他的行为完全是为了钱。
Eg. She's interested in him for purely mercenary reasons.
她喜欢他，纯粹出于钱的目的。
Eg . It is a mercenary society.
这是个唯利是图的社会。
Consent
Usage:~ (to sth)
Exp. give agreement or permission 同意；允许
Eg. She made the proposal, and I readily consented to it.
她提出了这个建议, 我欣然同意。
Eg. She won't consent to him staying out late/to his staying out late.
她不允许他呆在外面太晚。
Eg. They finally consented to go with us.
他们终于同意了和我们一块走。
Freeborn
Exp. not born as a slave 生而自由的
Submit
Usage:~ (to sb/sth)
Exp. accept the control, superior strength, etc (of sb/sth) 屈服或归顺于
Eg. I refuse to submit to the enemy .
我决不屈服。
Eg. In desperation, Mrs. Jones submitted to an operation on her right knee to relieve the pain.
绝望中，琼斯夫人不得已接受了一次她右膝的手术以减轻疼痛。
Eg. Should you submit yourself to him?
你应该顺从他吗?
Humbug
Exp. dishonest language or behaviour that is intended to deceive people
Eg. I know my words can seem to him nothing but utter humbug.
我知道,我说的话在他看来不过是彻头彻尾的慌言。
Eg. That idea is a load of humbug.
那个意见简直是一派胡言。
