20201216英语单词学习（仅供自己记录）

Vocabulary Lists：

• pulverize
• organically
• fling
• brunch
• midlife
• existential
• stimulative
• subpar
• relegate
• lean into
• for the sake of
• penetrative
• contraceptive
• breastfeeding
• sensation
• arousal
• concordance

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pulverize

vt. 粉碎；使成粉末；研磨

pulverizes an opponent 击溃对手 To reduce to powder; pulverize. 弄碎分解成粉末 The tsunami pulverized everything.

organically

adv. 有机地；有组织地；器官上地

organically grown vegetables 有机蔬菜 nothing organically wrong with her 她器官没什么毛病

fling

vt. 掷，抛；嘲笑；使陷入；轻蔑地投射；猛动 n. 掷，抛；嘲弄；急冲 vi. 猛冲，急行

flung the cup at him 把杯子朝他扔过去 He flung himself to the floor.他突然跳到了地板上。 She flung herself into her career.她投身于自己的事业中 do short fling /Short Term Fling 短暂的关系、短暂的风流

brunch

早午餐

brunch buffet 自助早午餐

midlife

n. 中年；中年生活

midlife crisis 中年危机

existential

adj. 存在主义的；有关存在的；存在判断的

existential crisis 生存危机 Existential questions 生命问题 lost in some intense existential angst 迷失在某种强烈的攸关人类存亡的痛苦中

stimulative

adj. 促进的；刺激的；激励的 n. 刺激；促进因素

stimulative effect 刺激作用 Stimulative policies 刺激政策

subpar

adj. 低于标准的；在平均水平以下的；次佳的

subpar performance 低于标准的性能 resultant subpar rice crop 水稻产量偏低 subpar Chinese skills 中文水平不过关

relegate

v. 贬职，把降低到，把……置于次要地位；使（球队）降级

relegate for enforcement 移交执行 relegate the king to a purely ceremonial function 该国王降级到一种纯粹礼仪性的职能 relegate difficult questions to her colleagues 把困难的问题推给她同事

lean into

We can choose which emotions we lean into 我们可以选择我们的情绪

for the sake of

为了；为了…的利益

For the sake of happiness 为了幸福 They stayed together for the sake of the children. 为了孩子，他们还待在一起。

penetrative

adj. 渗透的；有穿透力的；彻骨的

penetrative sex

contraceptive

n. 避孕用具；避孕药；避孕方法 adj. 避孕的

oral contraceptives. 口服避孕药 the contraceptive pill. 避孕药丸

breastfeeding

n. 母乳哺育 v. 用母乳喂养（breastfeed的现在分词）

breastfeeding women 哺乳妇女

sensation

n. 感觉；轰动；感动

a very pleasant sensation 一种非常愉快的感觉 she lost all sensation 她完全失去了感觉能力 the film that turned her into an overnight sensation. 让她一夜成名的影片

arousal

n. x兴奋；兴奋；唤起，觉醒；激励

physical arousal 生理唤醒 ; 生理唤起 sexual arousal. x兴奋 strong physiological arousal 强烈的生理兴奋

concordance

n. 调和，一致；用语索引；著作或作家全集的重要用字索引

concordance relation 和谐关系 compromised concordance practical, exploit enterprising. 妥协调和，开拓进取 promoted human concordance with each other 促进了人与人的和谐