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Relevant: directly relating to the subject or problem being discussed or considered(强调与一方相关)
Relative: having a particular quality when compared with something else(强调比较)
11. the little boy‘s constant noise (exhilarated, exasperated) his father, who was busy writing a paper for a symposium(座谈会)。
Exhilarate: to make someone feel very excited and happy
Exasperate: to make someone very annoyed by continuing to do something that upsets them
12. isn‘t it (wholesome, noisome) to live in a city with so many vehicles passing day and night?
Wholesome: likely to make you healthy
Noisome: very unpleasant
13. He was born in a small town (lived, inhabited) by about 500 people.
Live: if you live in a place, you have your home there
Inhabit: if animals or people inhabit an area or place, they live there
14. Her desk was all (jumbled, cluttered) with old papers, strings, and other odds and ends.
Jumble: to mix things together in an untidy way, without any order(及物动词经常用于被动,不能作表语)
Clutter: to cover or fill a space or room with too many things, so that it looks very untidy(与with搭配)
odds and ends: small things of various kinds without much value(零星东西)
15. He thinks they are extremely (idealistic, ideal), for all their pragmatism.
Idealistic, ideal: see number 6
16. She made one last (attraction, appeal) to her father for permission to go to the party.
Attraction: a feeling of liking someone, especially in a sexual way(强调双方相互吸引)
Appeal: a quality that makes people like something or someone(强调一方吸引另一方)
17. The girl looked at the doctor (terrifyingly, terrified)。
Terrifyingly: extremely frightening; scary(表主动)
Terrified: very frightened; scared(表被动)
18. “If you finish all the homework tonight, we‘ll go for a picnic tomorrow,” he (admonished, coaxed)。
Admonish: (formal) to tell someone severely that they have done something wrong
Coax: to persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do by talking to them in a kind, gentle, and patient way