泥吧的部落格

tiresome  [ˋtaɪrsəm] adjective

原句:I think he is； nice and tiresome.

解釋:making you feel annoyed

ex.Buying a house can be a very tiresome business.

    I developed a tiresome cough that kept me awake all night.

twitch  [twɪtʃ]

原句:Mr. Beebe accepted the convenient word, not without a slight twitching of the lips.

解釋:

<verb>

1.if a part of your body twitches, or if you twitch it, it makes a sudden quick movement, sometimes one that you cannot control

ex.Her lips twitched with amusement.

   The cats watched each other, their tails twitching.

  The animal lay on the ground, its whole body twitching and jerking.

2.to give something a short sharp pull; to be pulled in this way

ex.He twitched the package out of my hands.

    The curtains twitched as she rang the bell.

<noun>

 1.a sudden quick movement that you cannot control in one of your muscles

ex.She has a twitch in her left eye.

    a nervous twitch

2.a sudden quick movement or feeling

ex.He greeted us with a mere twitch of his head.

    At that moment she felt the first twitch of anxiety.

deplore [dɪˋplor] verb

原句:But his is a type one disagrees with rather than deplores.

解釋:to strongly disapprove of something and criticize it, especially publicly

ex.1.Like everyone else, I deplore and condemn this killing.

    2.He deplored the fact that these criminals were treated by many as heroes and martyrs.

monopolize  [məˋnɑp!͵aɪz] verb

原句: I do hope I haven't monopolized him.

解釋:

1.to have or take control of the largest part of something so that other people are prevented from sharing it

ex.Men traditionally monopolized jobs in the printing industry.

    As usual, she completely monopolized the conversation.

2.to have or take a large part of somebody's attention or time so that they are unable to speak to or deal with other people

monopoliztion (noun.)