immaculate: 純潔的; having no stain or blemish : PURE
(adj.) perfectly clean; correct; pure
An immaculate house is free of dust or clutter.
immaculate : cleanliness
immaculate <> squalid
【考法1】adj. 干凈的，純凈的： free from dirt or stain; free from any trace of the coarse or indecent
【例】 an immaculate soul 一個(gè)純凈的靈魂
【近】 antiseptic, chaste, clean, decent, modest, pristine, pure, spotless, stainless, virgin
【反】 coarse, indecent, obscene, vulgar 粗俗的,下流的;besmirched, dirty, filthy, foul, spotted, stained, sullied 有污點(diǎn)的，不干凈的
【考法2】adj. 完美的，沒(méi)有任何錯(cuò)誤的： being entirely without fault or flaw
【例】 an immaculate rendering of the Queen of the Night’s aria (《魔笛》中)夜后詠嘆調(diào)的完美演繹
【近】 absolute, faultless, flawless, impeccable, indefectible, irreproachable, perfect, seamless, unblemished
【反】 amiss, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect 有錯(cuò)誤的，有誤差的
stymie: 阻撓; to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of
1) to get in the way of
2) to hinder obstruct or block
3) to block; thwart
stymie <> abet
STYMIE:
(A) entreat
(B) apprise
(C) foster
(D) lend credibility
(E) change direction
1. Large amounts of snowfall will stymie the rescue effort.
2. Our ambitions were stymied by our lack of funds.
Syn: block, hinder, impede, obstruct, thwart
supplant: to take the place of
1) to take the place of, especially by force, through treachery, or through superiority
2) to take the place of; supersede
1. The rebels overthrew the government, only to supplant one tyranny with another.
2. Can you supplant my position if I cannot play?
3. The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries – the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century.
4. People who expect underground mass transit systems to gradually supplant out reliance on the automobile are not being realistic.
相近詞匯：overthrow, succeed, supersede, undermine, uproot, displace, usurp immutable: 不可變的; not subject or susceptible to change
1) not capable of or susceptible to change
2) not subject or susceptible to change
3) unchangeable; permanent
Synonyms: constant, enduring, permanent, perpetual, unchangeable
immutable <> variable, instable
People should know that their freedom is not immutable and must be protected whenever necessary.
The teacher’s rule about cheating was immutable; anyone who was caught doing so received an F on the exam.
They proclaimed their immutable devotion to each other in their wedding vows.
The ties that bind alumni to their university are immutable .
The man's immutable schedule soon became boring.
【考法1】adj. 不可變的： not capable of changing or being changed
【例】 One of the immutable laws of television is that low ratings inevitably lead to cancellation. 電 視行業(yè)中
一個(gè)不變的原則就是：低收視率的節(jié)目必然會(huì)被撤掉
【近】 constant, fixed, inalterable, inflexible, invariable, unalterable, unchangeable
【反】 alterable, changeable, elastic, flexible, mutable, variable 可變的
【派】immutability n. 不變性
(adj.) perfectly clean; correct; pure
An immaculate house is free of dust or clutter.
immaculate : cleanliness
immaculate <> squalid
【考法1】adj. 干凈的，純凈的： free from dirt or stain; free from any trace of the coarse or indecent
【例】 an immaculate soul 一個(gè)純凈的靈魂
【近】 antiseptic, chaste, clean, decent, modest, pristine, pure, spotless, stainless, virgin
【反】 coarse, indecent, obscene, vulgar 粗俗的,下流的;besmirched, dirty, filthy, foul, spotted, stained, sullied 有污點(diǎn)的，不干凈的
【考法2】adj. 完美的，沒(méi)有任何錯(cuò)誤的： being entirely without fault or flaw
【例】 an immaculate rendering of the Queen of the Night’s aria (《魔笛》中)夜后詠嘆調(diào)的完美演繹
【近】 absolute, faultless, flawless, impeccable, indefectible, irreproachable, perfect, seamless, unblemished
【反】 amiss, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect 有錯(cuò)誤的，有誤差的
stymie: 阻撓; to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of
1) to get in the way of
2) to hinder obstruct or block
3) to block; thwart
stymie <> abet
STYMIE:
(A) entreat
(B) apprise
(C) foster
(D) lend credibility
(E) change direction
1. Large amounts of snowfall will stymie the rescue effort.
2. Our ambitions were stymied by our lack of funds.
Syn: block, hinder, impede, obstruct, thwart
supplant: to take the place of
1) to take the place of, especially by force, through treachery, or through superiority
2) to take the place of; supersede
1. The rebels overthrew the government, only to supplant one tyranny with another.
2. Can you supplant my position if I cannot play?
3. The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries – the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century.
4. People who expect underground mass transit systems to gradually supplant out reliance on the automobile are not being realistic.
相近詞匯：overthrow, succeed, supersede, undermine, uproot, displace, usurp immutable: 不可變的; not subject or susceptible to change
1) not capable of or susceptible to change
2) not subject or susceptible to change
3) unchangeable; permanent
Synonyms: constant, enduring, permanent, perpetual, unchangeable
immutable <> variable, instable
People should know that their freedom is not immutable and must be protected whenever necessary.
The teacher’s rule about cheating was immutable; anyone who was caught doing so received an F on the exam.
They proclaimed their immutable devotion to each other in their wedding vows.
The ties that bind alumni to their university are immutable .
The man's immutable schedule soon became boring.
【考法1】adj. 不可變的： not capable of changing or being changed
【例】 One of the immutable laws of television is that low ratings inevitably lead to cancellation. 電 視行業(yè)中
一個(gè)不變的原則就是：低收視率的節(jié)目必然會(huì)被撤掉
【近】 constant, fixed, inalterable, inflexible, invariable, unalterable, unchangeable
【反】 alterable, changeable, elastic, flexible, mutable, variable 可變的
【派】immutability n. 不變性