conciliate

【考法 1】 v. 平息，抚慰：to lessen the anger or agitation of

【例】A principal trying to conciliate the parents who did not receive their tickets to the graduation ceremonies. 校

长试着平息这对没有收到他们的毕业晚会门票的家长的气愤情绪。

【近】appease, pacify, assuage, conciliate, mollify, placate, propitiate, calm (down), ease, soothe, palliate, disarm

【反】annoy, enrage, vex, nettle, rile, incense, inflame, exasperate, infuriate, discompose, disturb, perturb, upset

烦扰，激怒，打扰

【考法 2】 vt. 调解：to make compatible : reconcile

【例】It will be hard to conciliate the views of labor and management regarding health benefits. 调解劳资双方对

于健康保险金的观点很难。

【近】attune, reconcile, coordinate, accommodate

【反】discontent 不满；disharmonize 使不和谐

【派】conciliatory adj. 调和的，安抚的

【反】contentious 好争吵的；belligerent 好战的

concise

【考法 1】 adj. 简洁的：marked by brevity of expression or statement

【例】a clear and concise account of the accident 一个清楚间断的事故描述 || Concise Design of Spacecraft

Automatic System 航天器自动控制系统简要设计

【近】aphoristic, compendious, curt, laconic, pithy, succinct, terse, elliptical

【反】circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, verbose, windy, wordy 冗长的

concord

【考法 1】 n．一致，和睦：harmony or agreement of interests or feelings; accord

【例】No discord, no concord. 不打不成交

【近】comity, compatibility, peace

【反】conflict, discord, dissension, variance 冲突，不和

concur

【考法 1】 vi. 同意：to express agreement

【例】concur with an excellent opinion 同意一个好的想法

【近】agree, coincide

【反】differ, disagree 不同意

【考法 2】 v. 同一时间发生、存在：to occur or exist at the same time

【例】The race to the moon, the Vietnam War, and the civil rights movement all concurred in the 1960s. 登月，

越战和人权运动都发生在二十世纪六十年代。

【近】coexist, synchronize, co-occur

【考法 3】 v. 团结合作：to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end

【例】All people concurred to pass the reform legislation 所有人都联合起来使改革的法案通过。

【近】band together, collaborate, concert, conjoin, league, team up, unite

condescending

【考法 1】 adj. 摆出高人一等的姿态的：displaying a patronizingly superior attitude

【例】treat sb. in a condescending manner 以屈尊俯就的态度对待某人

【近】patronizing

【派】condescension n. 屈尊俯就：patronizing attitude or behavior

condign

【考法 1】 adj. 应得的，恰当的：deserved, appropriate

【例】condign punishment 应得的惩罚 || A suspension without pay is condign punishment for breaking the

company's code of business ethics 停职是违反公司商业道德准则应得的惩罚。

【近】due, deserved, merited, justified, warranted

【反】undeserved, undue, unmerited 不应得的

condole

【考法 1】 vi. 表达同情：to express sympathetic sorrow

【例】We condole with him on the death of his father. 我们对他父亲的死向他深表同情。

【近】compassionate, sympathize with, yearn over

【派】condolence n. 同情; sympathy with another in sorrow

condone

【考法 1】 vt. 宽恕，忽视：to overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure.

【例】By his silence, he seemed to condone their behavior. 他的沉默流露出了他对他们行为的宽恕。|| He is

too quick to condone his friend's faults. 她太快了以至于忽视了他朋友的过错。

【近】disregard, ignore, overlook, remit, shrug off, gloss over

【反】denounce 谴责；exact 强求

conducive

【考法 1】 adj. 有益的，有促进的：tending to promote or assist

【例】be conducive to education 于教育有利的

【例】The state's long-standing low tax is conducive to entrepreneurship. 政府长期的低税率有利于创业者。

【近】facilitative, useful

【反】unhelpful, useless 无用的

confident

【考法 1】 adj. 有信心的，自信的：having or showing assurance and self-reliance

【例】Thicker and fuller hair would make a man more confident at work. 越来越浓密的头发让男人在工作中

更加自信。

【近】assured, self-assured, self-confident

【反】diffident 不自信的