SAT巴朗3500词汇表之第178篇

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orgy N. /放荡，旷野;纵酒狂欢/wild, drunken revelry; unrestrained indulgence in a tendency. The Roman emperor's orgies were far wilder than the toga party in the movie Animal House. When her income tax refund check finally arrived, Sally indulged in an orgy of shopping.

orient V. /确定方向;校准/get one's bearings; adjust. Philip spent his first day in Denver orienting himself to the city.

orientation N. /定位(在社会上)/act of finding oneself in society. Freshman orientation provides the incoming students with an opportunity to learn about their new environment and their place in it.

ornate ADJ. /华丽的;过分装饰的/excessively or elaborately decorated. With its elaborately carved, convoluted lines, furniture of the Baroque period was highly ornate.

ornithologist N. /鸟类学家/scientific student of birds. Audubon's drawings of American bird life have been of interest not only to the ornithologists but also to the general public.

ornithology N. /鸟类学/study of birds. Audubon's studies of American birds greatly influenced the course of ornithology.

orthodox ADJ. /传统的;保守的/traditional; conservative in belief. Faced with a problem, he preferred to take an orthodox approach rather than shock anyone. orthodoxy, N.

oscillate V. /振荡/vibrate pendulumlike; waver. It is interesting to note how public opinion oscillates between the extremes of optimism and pessimism.

ossify V. /硬化;骨化;化石化/change or harden into bone. When he called his opponent a "bonehead," he implied that his adversary's brain had ossified to the point that he was incapable of clear thinking.

ostensible ADJ. /显然的;虚假的/apparent; professed; pretended. Although the ostensible purpose of this expedition is to discover new lands, we are really interested in finding new markets for our products.

ostentatious ADJ. /卖弄的;企图惹人注意的;哗众取宠的/showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention. Donald Trump's latest casino in Atlantic City is the most ostentatious gambling palace in the East: it easily outglitters its competitors. ostentation, N.

ostracize V. /放逐/exclude from public favor; ban. As soon as the newspapers carried the story of his connection with the criminals, his friends began to ostracize him. ostracism, N.

oust V. /剥夺;驱逐/expel; drive out. The world wondered if Aquino would be able to oust Marcos from office.

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