全民英檢初級至高級單字 &托福單字
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Day 303 Oct. 11
seethe [siM] v. 1. 怒火中燒；強壓怒火 fume
He seethed with anger /jealousy.
She seethed silently in the corner.
My mother was seething because I got home late.
He marched off, seething with frustration.
2. 充滿；遍佈；雲集
The island is seething with tourists.
The resort is seething with tourists all year round.
He became caught up in a seething mass of arms and legs.
His brain was seething with ideas.
seething adj.
a seething letter
truncate ['trKH`ket] v. 把------截短；縮短to shorten; reduce in length
The speaker truncated her speech so as not to bore the audience.
The essay was truncated before it was published.
My article was published in truncated form.
truncated ['trKH`ket0d] adj. 截短了的
a truncated phone message 被刪節的電話訊息
a truncated cone 被截去頂端的圓錐體 // a truncated discussion
odious [}odiDs] adj. 十分討厭的；可憎的very unpleasant; horrible
an odious crime /criminal
What an odious man!
ex.pect [0k}spGkt ] v. 1. 預期；預料 look forward to
He expects her to come on Friday.
Nobody expected him to win the election.
I expect he won’t be coming to school because he has a cold.
The movie was better than I expected.
2. 期待；等待；盼望
I’m expecting a phone call.
I’m expecting a package in the mail.
Are you expecting visitors?
We were expecting her yesterday.
3. 要求；期待；指望to demand that someone do something
because it is his/ her duty
You are expected to return all books by Monday. ( be expected to V 被要求)
Students are expected to return their homework on Friday.
Linda’s parents expect too much of her.
(= think she can do more than she really can)
Her parents expected high standards from her.
I expect better of you. (= think you should behave better than you did)
4. be expecting a baby = be expecting 即將分娩；懷孕
She is expecting (a baby) in April.
expectancy [0k}spGktDnsi] n. 預期；期待；盼望a feeling that something good or
exciting is soon going to happen
There was an air of expectancy as the celebrities began arriving.
There was an air of expectancy in the waiting crowd.
expectant [0k}spGktDnt] adj. 1. 期待的；期盼的
An expectant crowd waited for her arrival.
2. 即將成為父親或母親的；懷孕的 95
She’s an expectant mother. // expectant parents
expectantly adv.
The crowd waited expectantly for her arrival.
She looked at him expectantly.
ex.pec.ta.tion [`GkspGk}teNDn] n. 1. 預期 ； 2. 期望；期待；希望 97學
He has expectations that he will make a lot of money.
She has high expectations for her son.
There was an air of expectation.
He went to college with great expectations.
He couldn’t live up to their expectations.
We had heard so much about the restaurants, but it did not live up to our
expectations.
Unfortunately the new software has failed to meet expectations.
The team set off without any expectation of success.
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