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托福常見同義字 (二) 

1)  jeopardy (N.) 危險； 危險境地； 被告在法庭上有被判罪的危險

例句

(1) A series of setbacks have put the whole project in jeopardy. 
(2) For an average northerner it is a double jeopardy. 

2) risk (N./V.) 危險，冒險； 保險額； 被保險人或物；冒…的危險； 使…冒風險（或面臨危險

例句

(1) Does not qualify for a more at risk category.
(2) For investors who desire low risk and guaranteed income, U.S. Government bonds are a secure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government.

3) peril (N./V.) 危險； 冒險；置…於危險中； 危及

例句

(1) Anyone who breaks the law does so at their peril. 
(2) But is there any real evidence of this peril?

4) hazard (N./V.) 危險； 冒險的事； 機會； 雙骰子遊戲；冒險； 使遭受危險

例句

(1) He could not believe that, had the Englishman known how much he was at risk, he would have hazarded his grandson.
(2) For the Laysan albatross, the garbage is a hazard, especially plastic objects.

5) lace (N./V.) 蕾絲； 透孔織品； 鞋帶； 繫帶； 給（書、講話等）潤色； 給（飲料等）摻（少量的酒、藥、毒藥等）； 給（鞋、靴等）穿鞋帶；使編織（或交織、纏繞）在一起； 以繫帶系緊

例句

(1) She laced his food with sleeping pills. 
(2) It hasn't been a white lace sort of decade. 

6) tie (N./V.) 關係； 領帶，繩子； 平局； 束縛，限制；（用線、繩等）繫； （線上、繩上）打結； 連接； 與…成平局；打結，繫上； 平局； 被用帶（或繩子等）繫住

例句

(1) My social life and business life are closely tied. 
(2) For the next three months, Michelle Kremer and 11 other Obama supporters, ages 19 to 34, will blog about life across mainstream America, with one twist: by tying all of their ideas and experiences to the new president and his administration, the bloggers will try to start a conversation about what it means to be young and politically active in America today.

7) fasten (V.) 繫牢，釘牢； 使堅固或穩固； 使合在一起：封合； 集中：穩定地集中或指向：附著，扣緊； 緊握，緊抱； 集中：顯著地注意，集中

例句

(1) The discovery has fastened public attention on the possibilities of DNA analysis for resolving mysteries.
(2) Builders must fasten down roofs of newly-built homes more securely. 

8) lull (N./V.) 使鎮靜，使安靜； 哄，哄騙； 使入睡；平靜，安靜； 平息； 減弱； 停止；暫停； 間歇； 暫時平靜； 催眠的東西

例句

(1) There was a lull in political violence after the election of the current president.
(2) The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.

9) calm (N./V./Adj.) 鎮定的； 平靜的； （海洋，天氣等）安靜的，平靜的； （人）從容不迫的；（使）平靜，（使）鎮定； （使）鎮靜；平靜； 鎮定； 安定； 無風；使安靜； 使冷靜； 使鎮定； 使（疼痛等）減輕；安靜下來，平靜下來，鎮靜下來；

例句

(1) Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation. 

(2) We had the whole gamut of wind from a dead calm to a force 10 gale.

10) pacify (V.) 使（某人）安靜； 息怒； 撫慰； 在（有戰爭的地區、國家等）實現和平

例句

(1) They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
(2) She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.

11) quiet清靜的； 僻靜的； 不起眼的； 不激動的；安靜下來，使…安靜，平靜；減輕（病痛、疑慮、恐懼等）； [法律]確定（產權等；寧靜； 寂靜；安靜地，平靜地

例句

(1) .Liam comes home from hospital, quiet and withdrawn.

(2) Even Intel experimented in 2007 with conferring four uninterrupted hours of quiet time (no phone or e-mail) every Tuesday morning on 300 engineers and managers.

12) magnificence (N.) 華麗，富麗堂皇

例句

(1) Because of magnificence scenery, I can think all of them is tiny thing. 
(2) Her insignificance in the presence of so much magnificence faintly affected her. 

13) brilliance (N.)（卓越的）才華； 光亮； 光輝； 光彩

例句

(1) There is beauty and brilliance in every frame.

(2) Overall though the brilliance far outshines the medicrocre. 

14) grandeur (N.) 偉大； 宏偉，壯觀； 富麗堂皇

例句

(1) Only inside do you appreciate the church's true grandeur. 
(2) He is wholly concerned with his own grandeur.

15) majesty (N.) 主權，統治權； 陛下，王權； 莊嚴，雄偉； 光輪中的耶穌（聖母、上帝）聖像

例句

(1) The daily grind of government is done by Her Majesty's Civil Service. 
(2) he incomprehensible majesty of God and His infinite love.

16) resplendence (N.) 輝煌，燦爛

例句

(1) At the end, Late Empire had achieved a resplendence and wealth that could scarcely be surpassed.
(2) Believe that our sincereness ensures you to get better resplendence.

17) mercurial (Adj.)（指人）反復無常的； 水銀的； （指人或性質）靈活的； 易變的

例句

(1) The piano-playing prodigy and his mercurial father were a hit. 
(2) She was mercurial, able to change her mind or her mood.

18) changeable (Adj.) 很可能變化的； 常變化的； 易變的； 可變的

例句

(1) The forecast is for changeable weather
(2) It is much more like mercury, fast and changeable. 

19) erratic (Adj./N.) 飄忽不定的； 行為古怪，反復無常； （運動或行為）不規則的；古怪的人

例句

(1) Argentina's erratic inflation rate threatens to upset the plans.
(2) Intermittent support The aid worker said international aid is erratic.

20) mobile (Adj./N.) 可移動的； 行動自如的； 易變的； 流動性的； 風鈴； 手機

例句

(1) We're a very mobile society, and people move after they get divorced. 
(2) Experts see a movement toward the use of mobile technology in education, though they say it is in its infancy as professors try to come up with useful applications.

21) capricious (Adj.) 變化無常的； 反復無常的； 多變的； 任性的

例句

(1) The Union accused Walesa of being capricious and undemocratic. 
(2) Both sides were troubled throughout by a capricious wind.

22) inconstant (Adj.) (感情）易變的，無常的； 常變的

例句

(1) Inconstant Constants by John D. Barrow and John K. Webb Do the inner workings of nature change with time? 

(2) The fickle, inconstant, volatile temper of the people.