historical, historic
historical a.历史上的,有关历史的,史学方面的,以历史为基础的。
The French Revolution was of great historical importance.法国革命具有重要的历史意义。
historic a.历史上著名的,重要的。
a historic meeting between two leaders两个领袖间的历史性会晤
hospitality, hostility
hospitality n.热情招待,殷勤好客。
We enjoyed the hospitality of friends at their country home.朋友们在乡下的居所热情地招待了我们,使我们过得很愉快。
hostility n.来自与形容词hostile(不友善的,敌对的),敌意,对抗。
You can feel the hostility coming from that man.你可以感觉到那个人的敌意。
hypercritical, hypocritical
hypercritical a.吹毛求疵的,批评苛刻的。
He is so hypercritical that he corrects every mistake his students made.他很苛刻,对于学生的每个错误都要纠正。
hypocritical a.虚伪的,伪善的。
hypocritical behavior伪善的行为
ignore, neglect, omit, overlook
ignore v.忽视,不理睬,指有意识地拒绝。
She saw him coming but she ignored him.她看见他走过来,但是装作没看见。
neglect v.忽视,忽略,疏忽,指无意识地忽视或忘记。
He neglected to make repairs in his house.他忘记了修理房子。
omit v.遗漏,忽略,忘记,指由于疏忽而忘记,也可以表示因不利或不好而被忽略等。
She omitted several steps in the experiment and it failed.她在实验中遗漏了几个步骤,结果实验失败了。
overlook v.忽略,疏漏,指有意识地遗漏,也可以指无意识地忽略。
The mother overlooked her little boy's bad behavior.那位母亲忽视了她的小儿子的不良行为。
imaginable, imaginary, imaginative
imaginable a.可想象的,往往作后置定语,所修饰的名词前常加all,every,only或形容词的最高级。
In her painting, she has used every color imaginable.在她的绘画中,她用了所以可以想象的到的色彩。
imaginary a.虚构的,想象中的。
The child has an imaginary friend.那个孩子有个假想中的朋友。
imaginative a.富于想象力的。
an imaginative writer富于想象力的作家
imply, infer
imply v. (从言语或态度中)暗示,暗指。
The Secretary of the Treasury implied that interest rates would go down.财政大臣暗示利率将下降。
infer v. (根据已知事实)推断,推理。
I infer from your smile that you are happy.从你的笑容可以看出你很高兴。