20201212英语单词学习（仅供自己记录）

Vocabulary Lists：

• prestigious
• hustle
• drawbacks
• sluggish
• vegan
• underrate
• yo-yo dieting
• omit
• tensify
• confess
• crush
• hit it off
• palpable

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prestigious

[ usually before noun ] respected and admired as very important or of very high quality 有威望的；声誉高的

prestigious house 名门

The more prestigious, the more preferable. 越是有名望越是有名望越是有名望的学校，选择偏向性越大 It's one of the best equipped and most prestigious schools in the country.它是该国设备最好、最有声望的最好、的学校。

hustle

V-T If you hustle someone, you try to make them go somewhere or do something quickly, for example by pulling or pushing them along. 猛拉; 猛推 V-I If you hustle, you go somewhere or do something as quickly as you can. 快速行进; 赶快做 V-I If someone hustles, they try hard to earn money or to gain an advantage from a situation. 奋力争取 V-T If someone hustles you, or if they hustle something, they try hard to get something, often by using dishonest or illegal means. 诈取 (通常用不正当或非法的手段) N-UNCOUNT Hustle is busy, noisy activity. 忙碌; 熙熙攘攘

Salary: Whatever you can hustle. 工资：看你能“忽悠”多少。 No equipment, just hustle and sweat. 没有设备，只是忙碌和流汗。 You'll have to hustle if you're to get home for supper. 你想回家吃晚饭的话，得赶紧走了。

drawbacks

N-COUNT A drawback is an aspect of something or someone that makes them less acceptable than they would otherwise be. 缺点; 障碍

The house had many drawbacks, most notably its price. 这房子有很多缺陷，尤其是它的价格。

sluggish

ADJ You can describe something as sluggish if it moves, works, or reacts much slower than you would like or is normal. 缓慢的; 迟钝的

Don't be so sluggish. Put yourself together. 不要这样懒散，振作起来。 The economy remains sluggish. 经济保持缓慢发展。 Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands. 血液循环在脚部要比在手部慢得多。

vegan

ADJ Someone who is vegan never eats meat or any animal products such as milk, butter, or cheese. 严格的素食主义的 N-COUNT A vegan is someone who is vegan. 严格的素食主义者

The menumenumenu changes weekly and usually includes a vegan option. 这份菜单每周变化每周变化每周变化，而且通常包括纯素菜肴供选择。

underrate

V-T If you underrate someone or something, you do not recognize how intelligent, important, or significant they are. 低估; 看轻 ADJ 被低估了的; 被看轻了的

Life Never Underrate Anyone 生命未曾看轻任何人

We should not overrate or underrate our ability. 我们不能高估或低估自己的能力。

yo-yo dieting

yo-yo dieting 悠悠球式减肥式减肥溜溜球节食溜溜球效应

Yo-yo dieting is another no-no. The repeated weight gain and loss stretches your skin and makes it loose. 体重溜溜球效应也不是好现象，体重反复增加和减少会拉伸皮肤并使它过于松弛。

omit

V-T If you omit something, you do not include it in an activity or piece of work, deliberately or accidentally. 删节; 省略; 遗漏 V-T If you omit to do something, you do not do it. 未 (做)

omit inadvertently 非故意地删掉

Both of their last names have been omitted for their privacy. His new girlfriend had omitted to tell him she was married. 他的新任女友没有跟他说她已经结婚。

tensify

V-T/V-I If you intensify something or if it intensifies, it becomes greater in strength, amount, or degree. 加强; 强化

nutrient intensify 营养强化

But as the two spent more time talking and playing video games online together, their feelings only intensified.

confess

V-T/V-I If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it. 承认 (做了某事) V-T/V-I If someone confesses or confesses their sins, they tell God or a priest about their sins so that they can be forgiven. 忏悔

confess everything 供认不讳 confess failure 承认失败

We persuaded her to confess her crime. 我们说服她坦白她坦白她坦白她的罪行。 You just go to the church and confess your sins. 你就去教堂忏悔你的罪过吧。

crush

V-T To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces. 压扁; 压碎 V-T To crush a protest or movement, or a group of opponents, means to defeat it completely, usually by force. 镇压 N-UNCOUNT 镇压 V-T If you are crushed by something, it upsets you a great deal. 使精神崩溃 V-T If you are crushed against someone or something, you are pushed or pressed against them. (与某人或某物) 挤在一起 N-COUNT A crush is a crowd of people close together, in which it is difficult to move. 拥挤的人群 N-COUNT If you have a crush on someone, you are in love with them but do not have a relationship with them. 暗恋

the crush 情窦初开推动情人的床粉碎拥挤 Girl Crush 韩国女团受女孩欢迎超清觉醒

She had a crush on you, you know. 你知道吧，她曾暗恋过你。 The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising. 这次军事行动是镇压暴动计划的第一步。

hit it off

相处得好/合得来

Hit It Off Perfectly 心投意合 hit it right off 一见钟情 hit it off well 一见如故

We hit it off straight away. 我们一见如故。 He hit it off with his coworkers. 他和他的同事相处得很好。

palpable

ADJ You describe something as palpable when it is obvious or intense and easily noticed. 可感知的; 明显的 ADV 可感知地; 显然地

Palpable heart 但我自问扪心

The tension in the room was almost palpable. 屋子里的紧张气氛几乎能感觉到。