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托福常見同義字 (六) 

 1) streamline (V./N.) 把…做成流線型； 使現代化； 組織； 使簡單化；流線； 流線型

例句：

(1) They say things should be better now that they have streamlined application procedures.

(2) They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.

2) smooth (V./N./Adj.) 光滑的； 流暢的； 柔軟的； 溫和的，安詳的；使平滑； 排除，消除； 安撫，平息； 使優雅；變平和，變緩；平地，平面

例句：

(1) The active suspension system gives the car a very smooth ride.

(2) A number of problems marred the smooth running of this event. 

3) simplify (V.) 簡化； 使單純； 使簡易

例句：

(1) He reduced his needs to the minimum by simplifying his life. 

(2) The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship - simplify it, dumb it down, hire a contractor - is one signal that mastering tools and working with one's hands is receding in America as a hobby, as a valued skill, as a cultural influence that shaped thinking and behavior in vast sections of the country.

4) surly (Adj.) 脾氣壞的，不友好的

例句：

(1) Her manner offstage, like her manner on, is somewhat surly.

(2) They also came across like surly teenagers. 

5) sullen (Adj.) 慍怒的，不高興的； （天氣）陰沉的； 悲哀的； 行動緩慢的

例句：

(1) Many of them remained sullen and resentful. 

(2) She is pale, tired and ever so slightly sullen. 

6) uncivil (Adj.) 不文明的，失禮的，粗魯的

例句：

(1) In this uncivil and unjust extent Against thy peace.

(2) Mocking, baiting, bickering, taunting, name-calling and uncivil exchanges with other members are not allowed.

7) brusque (Adj.) 粗魯的，莽撞的； 唐突； 疾言厲色

例句：

(1) They received a characteristically brusque reply from him. 

(2) I know gay men who are brusque, emotionally closed and conservative.

8) taboo (V./N./Adj.) 禁忌； 忌諱； 戒律； 禁忌的事物（或行為）； 禁忌的，忌諱的； 把…列為禁忌，禁止

例句：

(1) Religious dogmas often include strong sexual taboos and can create in children the impression that sex is sinful.

(2) Detailed planning Death is no taboo for Mandy Paine. 

9) ban (V./N.) 禁止，下令禁止； 剝奪權利； [古]詛咒；禁令； 譴責； 詛咒，詛罵； 革出教門

例句：

(1) He was banned from driving for three years. 

(2) Canada will ban smoking in all offices later this year. 

10) disapproval (N.) 不贊同，反對； 非難

例句：

(1) His action had been greeted with almost universal disapproval. 

(2) For some reason Burnshaw's disapproval nettled Stevens.

11) prohibition (N.) 禁令，禁律； 〈美〉禁酒，[美史]禁酒時期； [法]訴訟中止令

例句：

(1) Did prohibition stop the sale and use of alcohol?

(2) Premixed cocktails got going in the years after Prohibition. 

12) proscription (N.) 禁止，剝奪權利

例句：

(1) On him had fallen the odium of the proscription.

(2) Charles Evr é monde , called Darnay , in right of such proscription, absolutely Dead in Law. 

13)  thwart (V./N./Adj.) 阻撓； 使受挫折； 挫敗；橫放的，橫著的，穿過的；劃手座，獨木舟的橫樑

例句：

(1) Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight. 

(2) However, fear may yet thwart plans to encourage cycling.

14) prevent (V.)預防； 阻礙； 阻止； [宗教]引領

例句：

(1) .A dentist may decide to extract the tooth to prevent recurrent trouble.

(2) Can vitamins or folic acid prevent stroke and dementia?

15) obstruct (V.) 阻塞； 堵塞； 阻礙； 阻止； （給…）設置障礙

例句：

(1) Drivers who park their cars illegally, particularly obstructing traffic flow, deserve to be punished. 

(2) The authorities are obstructing a United Nations investigation. 

16) balk (V./N.) 畏縮不前，猶豫； （指馬）不肯跑； 拒絕；假動作；阻止，阻礙； 推諉； 過錯

例句：

(1) Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a $24m profit had turned into a $20m deficit. 

(2) Before you balk at the name, check the back story.

17) ultimate (Adj./N.) 最後的； 極限的； 首要的； 最大的；終極； 頂點； 基本原理； 基本事實

例句：

(1) The ultimate aim is to expand the network further.

(2) Being removed from his post during operations is the ultimate humiliation for a ship's captain.

18) final (Adj./N.) 最後的，最終的； 決定性的； 不可更改的；結局； 決賽； 期末考試； 〈口〉（報紙的）末版

例句：

(1) Only a few go through the final humiliation of meeting the bailiff at the door. 

(2) .For centuries his final resting place was a mystery

19) terminal (Adj./N.) 末期的； 晚期的； 定期的； 末端的； 終端； 終點站； 航空站； （電路的）端子

例句：

(1) He was eventually diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer. 

(2) Plans are underway for a fifth terminal at Heathrow airport. 

20) eventual (Adj)（事件）最終發生的，結果的； 可能的； 終於的

例句：

(1) The eventual aim is reunification. 

(2) Do you take an opening position in a negotiation which differs from the eventual goal you are heading for?