barb
【考法1】n. 尖銳而嚴(yán)厲的批評: a biting or pointedly critical remark or comment
【例】delivered one last barb to his ex-girlfriend as he stalked away 在他轉(zhuǎn)身離去之前,給他前女友留下了最
後一句尖銳的批評
【近】affront, criticism, offense, outrage, sarcasm, slight
【反】praise, applause, compliment 稱讚
barbarous
【考法1】adj. 野蠻的,兇殘的: mercilessly harsh or cruel
【例】insulted by barbarous language 被粗暴的語言侵犯
【近】brutal, atrocious, fiendish, heartless, savage, truculent, vicious
【反】merciful, benevolent , humane, sympathetic 仁慈的
【考法2】adj. 未開化的: uncivilized
【例】some barbarous behaviors such as eating with your fingers 一些沒有教養(yǎng)的舉止,比如直接用手拿東西吃
【近】wild, uncultivated
【反】civilized, decent, decorous 舉止得體的
barefaced
【考法1】adj. 公然的,厚顏無恥的: undisguisedly bold; brazen
【例】a barefaced lie 一個公然的謊言
【近】apparent, plain, bald, evident, manifest, obvious, perspicuous
【反】secret, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious 秘密的
bargain
【考法1】n. 協(xié)議: an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction
【例】They made a bargain that one would help the other next week. 他們達(dá)成了一項協(xié)定:下周其中一人將幫
助另外一人
【近】accord, compact, contract, covenant, deal, pact, settlement
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