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vulnerable     [ˋvʌlnərəb!]   adjective

原句:In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

1. someone who is vulnerable is weak or easy to hurt physically or mentally

Ex. The government must help the most vulnerable groups in our society.

2.a thing, person, or place that is vulnerable is easy to attack

Ex. The long Russian frontier was highly vulnerable to a German attack.

3.easily damaged by something negative or harmful

Ex. We are in the vulnerable position of producing barely half our food.

veteran       [ˋvɛtərən]   noun[C]

原句:I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.

1. someone who was in the armed forces, especially during a war

Ex. a vetern of the Second World War

2. someone who has a lot of experience doing a particular activity

Ex. jazz vetern Dave Brubeck

feign   [fen]    verb

原句:Most of the confidences were unsought — frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon.

1. to pretend to have a particular feeling

Ex. 'OK,' she said, feigning indifference.

levity   [ˋlɛvətɪ]  noun

原句:Most of the confidences were unsought — frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon.

1. a way of speaking or behaving that shows you do not think something is very serious.

mar     [mɑr]  verb

原句:for the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions.

1. to spoil something

Ex. The beauty of the bay was marred by tall concrete hotels.