2023.07.01
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01【stentorian】
Adj.声音洪亮的
a)He bellowed in a stentorian voice.
他用洪亮的声音大吼。
b)The stentorian and dignified recitation coveys the profoundness and extensive of Confucian Culture, making everyone feels at home.
洪厚、凝重的吟诵，向人们传递出儒家文化深厚的底蕴，让人们有一种宾至如归的美好感觉。
02【mongrel】
N.混血儿，杂.交动物
a)Immediately some scruffy mongrel appeared and started bothering her.
马上就有邋遢的杂种狗出现了，开始骚扰她。
b) Give me that! I’ll put this mongrel out of his misery!
给我！我不会让这杂种狗遭受痛苦！
03【predilection】
N.偏好，嗜好
a)This burrowing creature has a predilection for anything glittery.
这个会掘地的动物偏爱所有闪闪的东西。
b) He has a predilection for rich food.
他嗜好油腻的食物。
04【gallant】
Adj.勇敢的
a)There are really only two ways to approach life: as victim or as gallant fighter.
生活只有两种选择：要么受害者，要么勇敢反抗。
b) I will find him, my Prince Charming, and how gallant he will be.
我会遇到我的白马王子，它是那么风度翩翩。（《小马宝莉》）
05【gangly】
Adj.身材瘦长的
a)He draws his knees beneath him, then splays his legs like a gangly six-year-old.
他盘起膝盖，然后像一个六岁小孩一样倾斜着自己的腿。
b)I was an awkward child. Tall, gangly, and, like everyone else in my family, severely myopic.
我是一个不讨人喜欢的孩子，瘦高个，还想我家里的每个人一样，严重近视。
06【facilitate】
V.提供方便，促进
a)Every culture has its own rituals and traditions to facilitate mourning.
每种文化都有自己的仪式和传统缓解悲伤。
b)Some hold that the use of more and more robots will lead to greater productivity and facilitate our life.
一些人认为越来越多使用机器人会使生产力提高，我们的生活会更便捷。
07【coerce】
V/N.强迫，压制
a)You cannot coerce someone into learning.
你不能强迫别人学习。
b) The successful education is not from coerce, but from encouragement.
成功的教育不是强制，而是鼓励。
08【obligatory】
Adj.强制性的，义务的
a)It is obligatory for all employees to wear protecting clothing.
员工必须穿防护服。
b)So here’s the obligatory, but important, cautionary note.
所以这里有些必须的但重要的警示。
09【recumbent】
Adj.斜倚着，休息的
a)He looked down at the recumbent figure.
他向下看着躺着的身影。
b) The picnickers were recumbent on thick moss under a big tree.
野餐的人们在大树下厚厚的苔藓上舒适地躺着。
10【repel】
V.击退，驱逐，使厌恶
a)Nearly all animals need to attract mates and repel predators.
几乎所有动物都需要吸引伴侣和驱除捕食者。
b)The custom is to put wormwood on the