SAT巴朗3500词汇表之第164篇
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obstetrician N. /妇产科医师/physician specializing in delivery of babies. In modern times, the delivery of children has passed from the midwife to the more scientifically trained obstetrician,
obstinate ADJ. /坚定的,倔强的/stubborn; hard to control or treat. We tried to persuade him to give up smoking, but he was obstinate and refused to change. Blackberry stickers are the most obstinate weeds I know: once established in a yard, they're extremely hard to root out. obstinacy, N.
obstreperous ADJ. /喧闹的,喧嚣的;任性的/boisterous; noisy. What do you do when an obstreperous horde of drunken policemen goes carousing through your hotel, crashing into potted plants and singing vulgar songs?
obtrude V. /插手,强入,冲出/push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; butt in; stick out or extrude. Because Fanny was reluctant to obtrude her opinions about child-raising upon her daughter-in-law, she kept a close watch on her tongue. obtrusive,ADJ.
obtuse ADJ. /钝的,迟钝的;愚蠢的/blunt; stupid. What can you do with somebody who's so obtuse that he can't even tell that you're insulting him?
obviate V. /消除;排除;避免/make unnecessary; get rid of. I hope this contribution will obviate any need for further collections of funds.
odious ADJ. /可恨的;可耻的/hateful; vile. Cinderella's ugly stepsisters had the odious habit of popping their zits in public.
odium N. /讨厌;憎恶/detestation; hatefulness; disrepute. Prince Charming could not express the odium he felt toward Cinderella's stepsisters because of their mistreatment of poor Cinderella.
odorous ADJ. /有气味的/having an odor. This variety of hybrid tea rose is more odorous than the one you have in your garden.
odyssey N. /长期的冒险旅行/long, eventful journey. The refugee's journey from Cambodia was a terrifying odyssey.
offensive ADJ. /攻击的;冒犯的/attacking; insulting; distasteful. Getting into street brawls is no minor matter for professional boxers, who are required by law to restrict their offensive impulses to the ring.
offhand ADJ. /即时的;随意的/casual; done without prior thought. Expecting to be treated with due propriety by her hosts, Great-Aunt Maud was offended by their offhand manner.
officious ADJ. /多管闲事的/meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services. Judy wanted to look over the new computer models on her own, but the officious salesman kept on butting in with "helpful" advice until she was ready to walk out of the store.
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