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1.Wanton (adj.) Showing no care for the feelings of others; out of control. As in: "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport." —William Shakespeare, King Lear

Wanton(adj.)：不在乎别人感情的;失控的。

我们之于神，正如苍蝇之于野孩子。他们杀死我们，不过是为了娱乐(可能有不达之处，请各位谅解指正!以下同)

--威廉.莎士比亚 《李尔王》

2.Citadel (n.) A fortress that commands a city; a stronghold. As in: "She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken." —John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

Citadel (n.)：城堡;要塞

她似乎理解，接受，也安于她的地位，家庭里的城堡，不能被夺走的好位置。

--约翰.斯坦贝克《愤怒的葡萄》

3.Blasé (adj.) Showing a lack of interest; affected boredom. As in: "Believe me, I may be a bit blasé, but I can still get any man I want." ―F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby Girls

Blasé (adj.)：厌倦的;装出来的厌倦

相信我，我虽然厌倦于此，但我想要哪个男人，我还是能得到的。

--司各特.菲茨杰拉德《盖茨比女孩》

4.Tawdry (adj.) Cheap and gaudy in appearance. As in: "The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be." ―Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Tawdry (adj.): 廉价而俗丽的

交流的方式越神奇，其内容似乎就越无意义，越华而不实、越让人压抑。

--亚瑟.C.克拉克 《2001太空漫游》

5.Mien (n.) Demeanor. As in: "Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year." —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Mien(n.): 神态，仪表

达西先生个头又高又匀称，五官精致，神态高贵，很快就吸引了房间里所有人的注意。他进门不到五分钟，消息就满屋传开了：他一年进帐上万啦!

--简.奥斯汀《傲慢与偏见》

6.Retentive (adj.) Able to retain or remember many things. As in: "I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles." ―Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Retentive (adj.)：有记性的;记性强的

我无书不读，对细节记得特别深刻。

--亚瑟.柯楠.道尔《夏洛克.福尔摩斯全集》

7.Servile (adj.) Submissive; slavish. As in: "Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and stumbles to bring it to you. Do the same before a cat, and he will eye you with coolly polite and somewhat bored amusement." —H.P. Lovecraft, Something About Cats

Servile (adj.): 毕恭毕敬的;屈从的

扔出一根棍子，奴隶一般的狗就会呼哧呼哧忙不迭地给你衔回来。在猫跟前做同样的事，他会瞄你一眼，冷冷地、礼貌地、又有些倦怠的开心。

--H.P. 洛夫克拉夫特《说猫》

8.Simper (v.) To smile insincerely. As in: "If you ever find a man you love, don't waste time hanging your head and simpering. Go right up to him and say, 'I love you. How about getting married?'" ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Simper (v.): 假笑;讪笑

你若是找到了心爱的男人，别只顾耷拉着头傻笑。走上前去，对他说：“我爱你。我们结婚如何?”

--贝蒂.史密斯《布鲁克林有棵树》

9.Qualm (n.) A sudden feeling of uneasiness, uncertainty, or nausea. As in: "She was like a bride-to-be who begins to feel her sickening qualms as the day approaches, and dares not speak her mind" —Ian McEwan, Atonement

Qualm(n.): 突然觉得的不适或疑惑

她就像一位待嫁的新娘，随着日子的临近，开始感到惶恐不安，还不敢说出来。

--伊恩.麦克尤恩《赎罪》

10.Mendicant (n.) A beggar. As in: "An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours." ― Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy

Mendicant (n.): 乞丐

没有思想的艺术家就如乞丐;成天可怜兮兮地四处乞讨。

--欧文.斯通《痛苦与狂喜》

11.Oblique (adj.) Indirect; slanted. As in: "He watched sleepily the flakes, silver and dark, falling obliquely against the lamplight." —James Joyce, Dubliners

间接的;倾斜的

12.Churlish (adj.) Impolite, hard to work with. As in: "'Wretched inmates!' I ejaculated, mentally, 'you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality." —Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights

无礼的，不好合作的

13.Discordant (adj.) Out of harmony; conflicting. As in: "And travellers now within that valley, /Through the red-litten windows see/ Vast forms that move fantastically/ To a discordant melody" —Edgar Allen Poe, The Fall of The House of Usher

不和谐的;矛盾的

14.Upbraid (v.) To severely criticize; scold. As in: "'That fiend!' Mr. Darling would cry, and Nana's bark was the echo of it, but Mrs. Darling never upbraided Peter; there was something in the right-hand corner of her mouth that wanted her not to call Peter names." ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

严厉指责

15.Adage (n.) An old and well-known saying. As in: "Einmal ist keinmal, says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all." —Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

格言

16.Oust (v.) To remove from power; supplant. As in: "Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I look deep down and do believe." ― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

驱逐;取代

17.Haughty (adj.) Disdainfully proud; arrogant. As in: "Out from the door of the farmhouse came a long file of pigs, all walking on their hind legs...out came Napoleon himself, majestically upright, casting haughty glances from side to side" —George Orwell, Animal Farm

傲气的;不可一世的

18.Malinger (v.) To pretend to be sick or injured to avoid work. As in: "Pike, the malingerer, who, in his lifetime of deceit, had often successfully feigned a hurt leg, was now limping in earnest." —Jack London, The Call of The Wild

装病逃避工作

19.Voracious (adj.) Having a huge appetite; ravenous. As in: "It occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again." ―John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

贪婪的;如饥似渴的

20.Stoical (adj.) Showing no emotion, especially in response to pain or distress. As in: "The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet, when we want shoes." ― Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects

不为所动的