SAT巴朗3500词汇表之第168篇

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ouster, N. outlandish ADJ. /奇异的;偏僻的;前卫的/bizarre; peculiar; unconventional. The eccentric professor who engages in markedly outlandish behavior is a stock figure in novels with an academic setting.

outmoded ADJ. /过时的/longer stylish; old-fashioned. Unconcerned about keeping in style, Lenore was perfectly happy to wear outmoded clothes as long as they were clean and unfrayed.

outskirts N. /边界;郊区;外围/fringes; outer borders. We lived, not in central London, but in one of those peripheral suburbs that spring up on the outskirts of a great city.

outspoken ADJ. /坦率直言的/candid; blunt. The candidate was too outspoken to be a successful politician; he had not yet learned to weigh his words carefully.

outstrip V. /超过/surpass; outdo. Jesse Owens easily outstripped his white competitors to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games.

outwit V. /欺骗;瞒骗/outsmart; trick. By disguising himself as an old woman, Holmes was able to outwit his pursuers and escape capture.

ovation N. /热情洋溢的喝彩/enthusiastic applause. When the popular tenor Placido Domingo came on stage in the first act of La Boheme, he was greeted by a tremendous ovation.

overbearing ADJ. /傲慢专横的/bossy and arrogant; decisively important. Certain of her own importance, and of the unimportance of everyone else, Lady Bracknell was intolerably overbearing in her manner. "In choosing a husband," she said, "good birth is of overbearing importance; compared to that, neither wealth nor talent signifies."

overt ADJ. /明显的;公然的/open to view. According to the United States Constitution, a person must commit an overt act before he may be tried for treason.

overwrought ADJ. /歇斯底里的/extremely agitated; hysterical. When Kate heard the news of the sudden tragedy, she became too overwrought to work and had to leave the office early.

pachyderm N. /皮厚的动物(如大象)/thick-skinned animal. The elephant is probably the best-known pachyderm.

pacifist N. /和平主义者/one opposed to force; antimilitarist. Shooting his way through the jungle, Rambo was clearly not a pacifist.

pacify V. /安抚;平静/soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue. Dentists criticize the practice of giving fussy children sweets to pacify them.

pact N. /和约;条约/agreement; treaty. Tweedledum and Tweedledee made a pact not to quarrel anymore.

paean N. /欢乐歌;赞美歌/song of praise or joy. Paeans celebrating the victory filled the air.

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