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托福常見同義字 (八) 

1) compulsory (Adj.) 必須做的，強制性的； 義務的； 必修的

例句：
(1) Many young men are trying to get away from compulsory military conscription.
(2) Compulsory redundancy is important if you are restructuring.

2) obligatory (Adj.) （按照規定或法律）必須履行的，強制性的；習慣性的;禮節性的

例句：
(1) These rates do not include the charge for obligatory medical consultations. 
(2) She was wearing the obligatory sweater and pearl necklace.

3) required (Adj./V.) 必須的，<美>（學科）必修的；要求( require的過去式和過去分詞 )； 需要； 想要； 命令

例句：
(1) Nonetheless, the developers of the Chinatown garage are confident with the technology and are counting on it to squeeze 67 cars in an apartment-building basement that would otherwise fit only 24, accomplished by removing a maneuver space normally required.
(2) To do this required a major orbital plane shift. 

4) requisite (Adj./Ｎ.)必需品； 要素，要件；需要的，必要的

例句：
(1) An understanding of accounting techniques is a major requisite for the work of the analysts.
(2) Ronald Bell's wayward synth gives it the requisite in-era cosmic edge. 

5) mandatory (Adj./Ｎ.) 強制的； 命令的； 受委託的；受託者

例句：
(1) It is mandatory for blood banks to test all donated blood for the virus.
(2) In a case of premeditated murder a life sentence is mandatory.

5) contemptuous (Adj.)蔑視的，鄙視的

例句：
(1) He's openly contemptuous of all the major political parties.
(2) It's very contemptuous of the electorate. 

6) scornful (Adj.) 鄙視的，輕蔑的； 傲慢的

例句：
(1) He is deeply scornful of politicians.
(2) But he was scornful about the use of fiction to inform academic study.

7) sneering (Adj./V.) 嘲笑的，輕蔑的；譏笑，冷笑( sneer的現在分詞 )

例句：
(1) The Bogeyman is English, sneering and perfectly voiced by Jude Law. 
(2) Your statement is sneering and dismissive, and so is doubly unpersuasive.

8) disdainful (Adj.) 輕蔑的，蔑視的

例句：
(1) Slender and disdainful, with a long narrow nose and slightly squinting eyes, she was wrapped in a sarong. 
(2) When they have no explanation to offer, they give short dignified replies, disdainful of the ignorance of the multitude.

9) dank (Adj.) 陰濕的，陰冷的； 潮呼呼

例句：
(1)The kitchen was dank and cheerless.
(2) .Is it dank, slimy, ill-drained and lacking air spaces?

10) damp (Adj./V./N.)微濕的，潮濕的； 消沉的，沮喪的； 沉悶的； 情緒低落的；潮濕； 消沉，失望； 礦井瓦斯； 有毒氣體；使潮濕； 使洩氣，使沮喪； 抑制，阻抑； 使減弱

例句：
(1) here was damp everywhere and the entire building was in need of rewiring. 
(2) Hillsden damped a hand towel and laid it across her forehead. 

11) moist (Adj.) 潮濕的； 微濕的； 多雨的； 含淚的

例句：
(1) The soil is reasonably moist after the September rain.
(2) Usually when we walk through the rain forest we hear a soft sound from all the moist leaves and organic debris on the forest floor," says ecologist Daniel Nepstad.

12) wet (Adj./V./N.) 濕的； 下雨的； 懦弱的； 尿濕尿布的；濕地； 液體； 窩囊廢； 雨天；使潮濕； 把…弄濕

例句：
(1) It was completely wet and I lost the win.
(2) Mosquitoes are extremely abundant in these dark wet places. 

13) soggy (Adj.) 濕透的，浸透的； 沉悶的，乏味的

例句：
(1) Use them on soggy hikes and on boats too.
(2) This is the first time I can recall a soggy squirrel. 

14) depose (V.) 罷免，免職； 宣誓作證； 廢黜（君主等）； 放置；宣誓證明

例句：
(1) Ugandan troops help depose Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, who is replaced by Laurent Kabila
(2) Failed attempt to depose king and establish republic. 

15) dethrone (V.) 廢黜

例句：
(1) He was dethroned and went into exile. 
(2) One of his main tasks will be keeping an eye out for any serious attempts to dethrone Mr. Cameron.

16) oust (V.) 驅逐，罷黜； 取代； 剝奪

例句：
(1) Last week they tried to oust him in a parliamentary vote of no confidence. 
(2) .Ming troops oust the Mongols from Dadu - present-day Beijing. 

17) Abandon 離棄；遺棄；拋棄；中止（活動、工作等）； 放棄（想法或思路）； 放縱；使沉湎於

例句：
(1) The scheme's investors, fearful of bankruptcy, decided to abandon the project. 
(2) We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control. 

18) desert (Adj./V./N.) 沙漠； 荒地； 應得的賞罰； 功勞，美德； 沙漠的； 荒蕪的，不毛的； 無人的； 丟開，拋棄； 擅離職守； 逃亡，逃走； 開小差

例句：
(1) Hospital workers in at least one case deserted their workplace in panic, thus halting the administering of potentially unclean disease spreading injections, but Ebola has not disappeared.
(2) Much of the steppe has now turned to desert.

19) abdicate (Adj./V./N.) 放棄（職責、權力等）；退位；可以放棄的； 放棄權力的，退位的；放棄權力者，退位者

例句：
(1) The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848. 
(2) Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children. 

20) relinquish (Adj./V./N.) 放棄； 讓出（權利，財產等）； 放開，鬆手； 撤離

例句：
(1) He does not intend to relinquish power. 
(2) But Mr. Gbagbo has refused to relinquish power.

21) quit (Adj./V.) 離開； 放棄，拋棄； 停止，中斷； 償清 ；放棄鬥爭； 辭職；自由的； 擺脫了責任或義務的

例句：
(1) He figured he would quit before Johnson fired him.
(2) You can decide whether there is hope in working for mutual happiness, or if you should call it quits.

22) forsake (V.) 放棄，捨棄； 斷念； 摒棄（壞習慣）

例句：

(1) I still love him and I would never forsake him.
(2) But she doesn't wholly forsake her roots.