时间:2019-02-27 作者:英语课 分类:突破英文词汇


英语课
1. bacchanalian 1 /ˌbækəˈneɪljən/
-- jovial 2 or wild with drunkness 
Bacchus是酒神。巴克斯(Bacchus)是罗马神话中的酒神和植物神,相当于希腊神话中的狄俄倪索斯。
狄俄倪索斯是古代希腊色雷斯人信奉的葡萄酒之神,不仅握有葡萄酒醉人的力量,还以布施欢乐与慈爱在当时成为极有感召力的神,他推动了古代社会的文明并确立了法则,维护着世界的和平。此外,他还护佑着希腊的农业与戏剧文化。在奥林匹亚圣山的传说中他是宙斯与塞墨勒之子,又有说是宙斯与珀耳塞福涅。
At 2 a.m. the neighbors called the police to quell 3 the bacchanalian revelry in the upstairs apartment. 
凌晨两点,邻居们叫警察来制止公寓楼上的饮酒狂欢。
 
2. chimerical 4 /kaɪˈmerɪkəl/
-- fantastic; unreal; impossible; absurd
Chimera是狮头、羊身、蛇尾、能吐火的怪兽。喀迈拉(Chimera)又称奇美拉,是希腊神话中会喷火的怪物。喀迈拉是头母兽,其名字来自普通名词χίμαιρα,意思为“母羊”。喀迈拉是由众妖之祖堤丰和蛇怪厄客德娜所生众多怪物子女中的一员。传闻中它上半身像狮子,中间像山羊,下半身像毒蛇,口中喷吐着火苗。(某B站红人就叫CHIMERA君,游戏动漫里奇美拉这个名字出镜率也很高)
At first, Robert Fulton's plans for his steamboat were derided 5 as chimerical nonsense.
起初,罗伯特·富尔顿的汽船计划被嘲弄为荒诞无聊的事。
 
3. draconian 6 /dreɪˈkəʊni:ən/
-- cruel; harsh; severe
Draco是希腊立法者,草拟了严峻的法典。德拉古(Draco),古希腊政治家,立法者。他曾统治雅典,于公元前621年整理雅典法律,并写出一部完整的法典。该法典因限制了贵族的违法乱纪而受到一部分人的欢迎,但该法极其残酷,规定所有罪行均处死刑。他的继任者梭伦将他的法典废除,只保留有关谋杀的部分。后人常用德拉古式(Draconian)一词来形容严酷刑律。(注意该词来源于史实并非神话)
The dictator took draconian measures against those he suspected of plotting a rebellion.
独裁者以严苛的手段来对付那些他怀疑阴谋反叛的人。

adj.闹酒狂饮的;n.发酒疯的人
  • Emperor nero attended the bacchanalian orgy.尼禄皇参加了狂饮的祭酒神仪式。
  • College-admissions deans and potential employers browse bacchanalian footage.高校招生处主任和潜在的雇主会浏览到发酒疯的画面。
adj.快乐的,好交际的
  • He seemed jovial,but his eyes avoided ours.他显得很高兴,但他的眼光却避开了我们的眼光。
  • Grandma was plump and jovial.祖母身材圆胖,整天乐呵呵的。
v.压制,平息,减轻
  • Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
  • The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。
adj.荒诞不经的,梦幻的
  • His Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists.他的乌托邦不是空想的联邦,而是对那些已经存在的联邦事实上的改进。
  • Most interpret the information from the victims as chimerical thinking.大多数来自于受害者的解释是被当作空想。
v.取笑,嘲笑( deride的过去式和过去分词 )
  • His views were derided as old-fashioned. 他的观点被当作旧思想受到嘲弄。
  • Gazing up to the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity. 我抬头疑视着黑暗,感到自己是一个被虚荣心驱使和拨弄的可怜虫。 来自辞典例句
adj.严苛的;苛刻的;严酷的;龙一样的
  • You can't expect the people to obey such draconian regulations.你不能指望人民服从如此严苛的规定。
  • The city needs a draconian way of dealing with robbers.这个城市需要一个严苛的办法来对付强盗。
学英语单词
alizarin dye
alphabet rhyme
aminoacyltransferase
amp-hours
ampliator winding
analog sensor
and-answer
back pack camera
barrel shroud
bituminous composition
brinfir
Brynilen
builds-in
Burchak
capacitive impedance
Castanopsis ferox
catechumenists
cephalohematocele
chalkes
chamberstick
chanciest
christened
classical decision
coalbumin
colour-serjeant
coordinate measuring instrument
Corydalis borii
Debno
DEC (distance echo correction)
dorotheos
ecology-minded
efters
electric multipole field
electrochemical amplifier
extramembranous pregnancy
F-reactive dye
Faial, Can.do
film pressure
flat plug
force into
functionally-distributed data base
geckotians
glyhexamde
hagiolatrous
high orbital bombardment system
holism
image iconoscope
Information Technology Infrastructure Library
insulation moisture content of a transformer
jackaroo
James Gillray
key sequence number
Lami theorem
log billet
mallanders
mckibbin
mental quickness
metallurgical-microscope
metatect
methylidene
microdots
minispheres
multi die machine
Muntadgin
Musculus chondroglossus
naclex
nailfolds
net before petroleum revenue tax
nonforensic
nonsensing
optical black
outline feed
papilloretinopathy
past consideration
pericardiaco-phrenic ligament
petroleum base hydraulic oil
portable battery
post-contractual
pre-electric shave lotion
punch forming
quixotries
rainshadows
Ramanathapuram
right engine pylon
rocker beam
royal osmunds
sparkover
specmarks
spunin
Stearophanic
Sudan grass
tenebrousnesses
turnip cutter
umms
underfeatured
Unimycin
user's block diagram
Vagabondia
Vas lymphocapillare
wizardlings
woollyflower paullinia
X bosons