小词详解 | facile
Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.
有时，与沉默相比，信口开河的谈话更缺乏沟通性。
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小词详解 | precarious
A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.
充满行动和危险的生活将减缓对死亡的恐惧。它不仅赋予我们承受痛苦的刚毅，而且时刻引导我们把握飘忽不定的现在。
小词详解 | lurk
Lurk 一词可能最终源自中古英语 luren （皱眉、潜伏），现在主要表示意图不轨地“埋伏、潜伏”，多是为了攻击某人或做不正当的事，比如：
小词详解 | imminent
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
大声宣传和平使战争显得迫在眉睫。
小词详解 | tenet
Diversification is an established tenet of conservative investment.
多元化是保守投资的既定原则。
小词详解 | benign
The most beautiful words in the English language aren't “I love you” but “it's benign.”
最动听的话不是“我爱你”，而是“它是良性的”。
小词详解 | scavenger
Life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.
当你将捡破烂想象成惊喜派对时，生活就更容易了。
小词详解 | tepid
How stagnant and tepid the whole British political scene is now is just beyond belief.
现在整个英国的政治局势是多么的停滞不前和不温不火，简直是难以置信。
小词详解 | uncanny
To have influence, you really don't need to have power. But what you need more than anything else is to have that almost uncanny understanding of what matters to people.
要想有影响力，你真的不需要权力。而你最需要的是对人们最在乎的东西有着近乎不可思议的理解。
小词详解 | engender
Gender → Engender
小词详解 | eclectic
I have a very eclectic taste when it comes to music.
在音乐方面，我的品味非常不拘一格。
小词详解 | culminate
我和老板的争吵日益恶化，直到最终我决定换工作。
My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and finally culminated in my resignation.