abolish v.废除

同annul, abrogate, wipe out

In the United States, slavery was abolished during the Civil War.美国的奴隶制度在南北战争时被废除了。

adopt v.①接受；采用②收养

同1.embrace, accept 2.foster, take in

Our company has adopted the practice of allowing workers more flexible hours.

本公司已采用让员工有更多弹性上班时数的办法。

amateur n.业余者

同nonprofessional, dilettante, hobbyist

This tennis competition is for amateurs only; no professionals are allowed to participate.

该网球比赛只提供给业余选手，职业选手不准参加。

arduous adj.费力的

同laborious, toilsome, onerous, strenuous, difficult

Because construction work can be very arduous, few people want that kind of job.

因为建筑工作会很辛苦，所以很少人想从事这种行业。

barren adj.不毛的

同unproductive, infertile, sterile, desolate

Many people moved away from the village because the farmland there had become barren.

许多人搬离了这个村庄，因为那里的土地已变得贫瘠。

carve v.刻

同cut, sculpture, slice

The sculptor carved a figure of a sitting boy out of stone.

这位雕刻家用石头雕刻了一尊坐着的男童像。

coin v.铸造；编造

同create, invent, mold, fabricate

Physicists call that particle a“quark”，a nonsense word coined by a famous Irish author.

物理学家称那种粒子为“夸克”，这个词没有任何含义，是一位著名的爱尔兰作家编造出来的。

contrive v.构想；设计

同devise, construct, design, concoct, fabricate

The children contrived a pulley to lift things into their tree house.

这些小孩子设计了一个滑轮，可以将东西吊进他们树上的房子。

pulley n.滑轮

coy adj.娇羞的

同bashful, reserved, shy

He was charmed by the young woman’s coy smile.

他被这名年轻女子的娇羞笑容迷住了。