SAT巴朗3500词汇表之第176篇
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olfactory ADJ. /嗅觉的/concerning the sense of smell. A wine taster must have a discriminating palate and a keen olfactory sense, for a good wine appeals both to the taste buds and to the nose.
oligarchy N. /寡头政治/government by a privileged few. One small clique ran the student council: what had been intended as a democratic governing body had turned into an oligarchy.
ominous ADJ. /有威胁的;恶兆的/threatening. Those clouds are ominous; they suggest a severe storm is on the way.
omnipotent ADJ. /无所不能的;全能的/all-powerful. The monarch regarded himself as omnipotent and responsible to no one for his acts.
omnipresent ADJ. /无所不在的/universally present; ubiquitous. On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus is omnipresent.
omniscient ADJ. /无所不知的/all-knowing. I do not pretend to be omniscient, but I am positive about this fact.
omnivorous ADJ. /无所不吃的;杂食的/eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything. Some animals, including man, are omnivorous and eat both meat and vegetables; others are either carnivorous or herbivorous.
onerous ADJ. /范忠德/burdensome. He asked for an assistant because his work load was too onerous.
onset N. /开始,发作,肇端;攻击/beginning; attack. Caught unprepared by the sudden onset of the storm, we rushed around the house closing windows and bringing the garden furniture into shelter. Caught unprepared by the enemy onset, the troops scrambled to take shelter.
onus N. /负担;责任/burden; responsibility. The emperor was spared the onus of signing the surrender papers; instead, he relegated the assignment to his generals.
opalescent ADJ. /乳白的/iridescent; lustrous. The oil slick on the water had an opalescent, rainbow-like sheen.
opaque ADJ. /暗的;不透明的/dark; not transparent. The opaque window shade kept the sunlight out of the
room. opacity, N. opiate N. /鸦片剂;安眠的,止痛的/medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction. To say that religion is the opiate of the people is to condemn religion as a drug that keeps the people quiet and submissive to those in power.
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