全民英檢初級至高級單字 &托福單字
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Day 306 Oct. 14
denigrate [}dGnD`gret] v. 貶低；詆毀；誹謗 belittle
Some players denigrated the abilities of the other team.
I didn’t intend to denigrate his achievements.
denigration [`dGnD}greNDn] n.
men’s denigration of women
phlegmatic [flGg}m$t0k] adj. 冷靜的；沉著的；鎮定的calm and not easily
excited or worried
He was too phlegmatic to get excited about the football game.
our phlegmatic leader // a phlegmatic temperament
incarcerate [0n}kArsD`ret] v. 監禁；關押；禁閉 to imprison
They incarcerated the woman, but many people believed that she was innocent.
They were both incarcerated for armed robbery.
incarceration [0n`kArsD}reNDn] n.
her mother’s incarceration in a psychiatric hospital
scion [}sa0Dn] n. 1. (名門望族的) 子孫；後裔
He’s a scion of a powerful family.
2. 接穗
grope [grop] v. 1. 摸索；搜尋 to try to find something using your hands because
you cannot see very well
The room was completely dark and I groped for the light switch.
She groped under the bed for her other shoe.
She was groping around in her purse for her keys.
I groped my way to the door.
2. (尤指當對方不願意的時候) 愛撫
He tried to grope her.
derelict [}dGrD`l0kt] adj. 破舊的；棄置的
They built a new prison to replace the derelict old one.
derelict buildings /land /sites /warehouses
n. 無家可歸者
a drunken derelict // derelicts living on the streets
It was a run-down neighborhood filled with drugs addicts and derelicts.
dereliction [`dGrD}l0kNDn] n. 荒廢；棄置
the dereliction of a cause by its leaders
The house is in a state of dereliction.
The officer was formally charged with dereliction of duty. 瀆職
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