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adulterate [D}dKltD`ret] v. 掺雜；掺假contaminate
The orange juice was adulterated with insect poison.
The company adulterates its products with additives.
~ adulterated food ( adulterated adj. )
adulteration [D`dKltD}reNDn] n.
unadulterated [`KnD}dKltD`ret0d] adj. 1. 無雜質的；純的 not adulterated; pure
unadulterated foods
2. 完全的；十足的 undiluted
They felt unadulterated happiness.
For me, the vacation was sheer, unadulterated pleasure.
brute [brut] n. 殘暴的人
Her father was a drunken brute.
Let go of me, you brute!
You’ve forgotten my birthday again, you brute! 你這沒良心的
adj. (僅用於名詞前) 蠻力的；蠻幹的very strong or forceful
brute force / strength 蠻力；蠻勁
He used brute force to knock down the door.
morass [mD}r$s] n. 1. 沼澤 bog; quagmire
a morass of mud // The dog got caught in a morass and had to be saved.
2. 困境；陷阱 quagmire
Congress turned into a legislative morass where nothing could become law.
trying to find our way through a morass of city traffic // a legal morass
shock [NAk] n. 1. 驚愕；震驚 a sudden psychological blow
She got a terrible shock when she learned that her son was in the hospital.
The news gave her quite a shock.
She stood there in shock.
It will give him a shock when he sees how much you’ve spent.
It was a big shock to everyone when Dan died suddenly.
2. 令人震驚的事；打擊
I was in (a state of) shock after hearing the news.
I was in shock when I realized that my boyfriend was still seeing his old girlfriend.
His death came as (quite) a shock.
The announcement came as a complete shock to me.
3. 休克
She was treated for shock after the accident.
After the bus crashed, many people were suffering from shock.
He was taken to the hospital suffering from shock.
4. 劇烈震動strong, quick impact
The shock of the explosion could be felt up to eight miles away.
The bumper absorbs shock on impact.
The car hit a wall, and the shock threw the driver against the windshield.
5. 電擊；觸電a quick pain caused by electricity; electric shock
I got a shock when I plugged in the lamp.
Ow! The light switch gave me a shock.
6. 避震器 a shock absorber
The car needs new shocks.
v. 1. 使驚愕；使震驚
Her mother’s sudden death shocked her.
The news shocked everyone.
We were all shocked at the news of her death.
I was shocked when I saw the doctor’s bill.
I was shocked to hear that he had resigned.
I hope you weren’t shocked by (或at) what I said.
2. 使遭電擊；使觸電
Doctors shocked him to get his heart beating again.
shock absorber避震器
The car needs new shock absorbers.
shocked [NAkt] adj. 驚愕的；震驚的
I was shocked to hear he’d been fired.
They listened in shocked silence.
We were shocked at how poor the people were.
shocking [}NAk0H] adj. 駭人聽聞的；令人震驚的
We read about the shocking crime in the newspaper. // shocking news
The pictures of the dead soldiers were shocking.
shockingly adv.
His memory was becoming shockingly bad.
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