Master in Vocab -- Day Three

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• contagious
• opaque
• snob
• bonus
• vindictive

1.contagious (con- together, with; tag- touch; -ious adj)
  contagiously -adv; contagiousness -n
I.meanings:

• adj.接触传染的，会蔓延的，能够传染的
• (of a disease) transmissible by direct or indirect contact with an infected person
• (of an emotion, feeling, or attitude) quickly spread from one person to another

II.examples:

• It's a highly contagious virus.
  这是一种传染性极强的病毒。

• He's got a contagious laugh.
  他的笑富有感染力。

• I don't want my depressions be contagious with others around me.
  我不想把我的沮丧心情传染给我身边的其他人。

III.Synonyms:

• transmissible
• transmittable
• communicable

IV.Associations:

• noncontagious: adj.非接触传染的
• anticontagious: adj.防止接触传染的【医】
• contagion: n.传染病，触染
• contagium: n.接触传染物

2.opaque (opaq- shadow; -ue adj)
  opaquely -adv; opaqueness -n
I.meanings:

• n.不透明物
• adj.不透明的，隐晦的，难懂的，浑浊的
• not able to be seen through; not transparent
• (especially of language) hard to understand or to explain

II.examples:

• the opaque water of the muddy river
  泥泞河水中浑浊的水

• Somehow listeners seem to connect with songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics.
  不管怎样，听众似乎都与歌者紧密联系在一起，尽管他的歌词可能非常个人化，非常晦涩难懂。

• The jargon in his talk was opaque to me.
  他谈话中使用的行话对于我来说就是一团迷雾。

III.Synonyms:

• ambiguous
• cryptic
• Delphic
• Double-edged
• mysterious
• obsecure

IV.Antonyms:

• unambiguous
• nonambiguous
• accessible
• clear
• obvious
• plain
• transparent

VI.Associations:

• opacity: n.不透明（性），不透明体
• radiopaque: adj.光线不能穿透的

3.bonus (bon- good)
I.meanings:

• n.奖金，红利，意外收获
• an amount of money given in addition to normal pay, especially as a reward

II.examples:

• Staff members were given a bonus for finishing the projects on schedule.
  员工收到了完成项目的额外提成。

• Every worker receives an annual bonus.
  每个员工都可获得一笔年度奖金。

• We felt we might finish third. Any better would be a bonus.
  我们认为只能的第三，要是能更好就是意外惊喜了。

III.Synonyms:

• dividend
• extra

IV.Associations:

• salary, wage, allowance, premium

4.snob
I.meanings:

• n.势利小人，势利眼，爱慕虚荣的人，自命不凡的人

II.examples:

• Most of the people in the club are snobs who look down on people who attended public schools.
  俱乐部里的大多数人都是那些瞧不起上公立学校的人。

• Don't be such a snob.
  不要这么势利。

• I told you I wasn't a snob.
  我说过我不是势利小人。

IV.Associations:

• snobbery: 势利，媚上欺下
• snobish: 势利的
• snobbism

5.vindictive (vin- strength; dict- say; -ive adj)
 vindictively -adv;
 vindictiveness -n
I.meanings:

• a. 有报复心的，怀恨在心的，想报仇的，有恶意的
• disposed to seek revenge
• intended to cuase anguish or hurt
• having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge

II.examples:

• Be careful not to annoy the vindictive old woman who lives down the street.
  小心不要惹恼那个住在街上的报复心强的老妇人。

• How can you be so vindictive?
  你的报复心怎么那么强？

• I have no vindictive feelings about it.
  我对此没有恶意。

III.Synonyms:

• revengeful
• vengeful
• spiteful