小词详解 | grit
面对一个恃强凌弱者奋起反抗确实需要勇气。
It takes true grit to stand up to a bully.
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小词详解 | inordinate
Every inordinate cup is unblessed and the ingredient is a devil.
每一杯过量的酒都是魔鬼酿成的毒汁。
小词详解 | solvent
Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.
在市场回归理性之前，你很可能已经破产了。
小词详解 | swoop
He could not understand where Voldemort had gone and expected him to swoop out of the darkness at any moment.
他不明白伏地魔上哪儿去了，以为他随时会从黑暗中突然冲来。
小词详解 | emulate
见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。
When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.
小词详解 | moribund
Nadir of misery: the aged impotent disfranchised ratesupported moribund lunatic pauper.
悲惨的最下层：老迈、无能、丧失了公民权、靠救济金维持生活、奄奄一息、精神错乱的贫民。
小词详解 | malaise
短期内迅速治愈英国经济顽症的灵丹妙药并不存在。
There is no easy short-term solution to Britain's chronic economic malaise.
小词详解 | conduit
The telescope is a conduit to the cosmos.
望远镜是通往宇宙的管道。
小词详解 | revamp
他决心一改公司保守落后的形象。
He decided to revamp the company's provincial image.
小词详解 | sedate
You cannot sedate all the things you hate.
你不可能让所有你讨厌的东西都镇定下来。
小词详解 | chronic
短期内迅速治愈英国经济顽症的灵丹妙药并不存在。
There is no easy short-term solution to Britain's chronic economic malaise.
小词详解 | congenial
值得注意是， congenial 与 congenital （天生的、先天的）形似，阅读与拼写时要注意区别。