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
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。
小词详解 | charade
The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.
心脏病最糟糕的发作时间是在玩打哑谜猜字游戏的时候。
小词详解 | subside
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
痛苦是暂时的。它可能会持续一分钟、一小时、一天或一年，但最终它会消退，然后其他的东西会取代它。然而，如果我放弃了，它将永远持续下去。
小词详解 | tacit
In the tacit agreement of husband and wife to keep their estrangement a secret they behaved as would have been ordinary.
在这一对夫妻之间有一种默契，要对他们破裂的关系保持沉默，尽量表现得像普通的夫妇一样。
小词详解 | tether
Nae man can tether time or tide.
没有人能拴住时间或潮汐。
小词详解 | collude
警方涉嫌与证人暗中串通。
It was suspected that the police had colluded with the witnesses.