contention n.爭論；爭斗
同competition, struggle, argument, conflict
There was much contention about the proposed city subway system.
市區(qū)地鐵系統(tǒng)的提議引起了許多爭論。
dawn n.黎明
同sunrise, daybreak
Jane awoke at dawn, while everyone else in the house was still sleeping.
簡天亮就醒了，而屋子里的其他人仍在睡夢中。
deplore v.感到遺憾
同mourn, grieve, sorrow
Ms. Adams deplored the lack of money in education and made a large donation to her local school.
亞當(dāng)斯女士對缺乏教育經(jīng)費感到很遺憾，因此捐了一大筆錢給當(dāng)?shù)氐膶W(xué)校。
discreet adj.謹慎的
同prudent, cautious, judicious, careful, wary
Pauline was discreet about handing me a note in English class.
上英語課時，波琳很謹慎地遞給我一張紙條。
eerie adj.陰森的；可怕的
同weird, awesome, fearful, ghastly, spooky
That night we heard an eerie sound as we were playing cards.
那晚我們玩牌時聽到了奇怪的聲音。
egotistic adj.自負的
同self-centered, egocentric, narcissistic, self-important
As he began to earn more and more money, his personality became more and more egotistic.
他的錢越賺越多時，他的個性也變得越來越自負。
endure v.忍耐；持久n. endurance
同bear, abide, tolerate, stand
I cannot endure the noise and dirt from the construction site next to my house.
我無法忍受從我家隔壁工地傳來的噪音和塵土。
facile adj.輕易的；靈巧的
同easy, skillful, adroit, effortless, simple
Her facile reply to the problem with the computer was to turn it off.
對于電腦發(fā)生的問題，她的簡單回應(yīng)就是關(guān)機。
Exercise: Fill in the blanks.
1. We compromised and _____ between watching the drama series Joe liked and my favorite sports show.
2. A _____ to end corruption in the government has just begun.
3. The teachers' only _____ to ending the strike was the schoolshavingssmaller class sizes.
4. After all they had _____ during the war, anything seemed possible to them.
5. The _____ movement of her hands over the keyboard showed her years of practice on the piano.
解答：1. Alternated 2. Campaign 3. Contention 4. Endured 5. facile