warmonger

【考法1】n. 好战者：one who urges or attempts to stir up war

【例】Fortunately,the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition. 幸运的是，好战者们碰到了巨大的阻力。

【近】belligerent, hawk, jingoist, war hawk

【反】dove,pacifist 和平主义者

warp

【考法1】vt. 使偏向：to turn from a correct or proper course

【近】avert,deflect, divert, veer

【反】straighten使变直，使回归正轨

【考法2】vt. 扭曲，变形：to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition

【例】The heatcaused the wood to warp. 高温使得木头变形了。

【近】deform,misshape, screw, torture

【考法3】vt. 曲解：to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter themeaning of

【例】The faultyEnglish translation really warps the meaning of the original Chinese text. 错误的英语翻译曲解了中文的原意。

【近】distort,falsify, misinterpret, misrepresent, twist

【反】clarify,clear, explain, illuminate, illustrate 澄清

【派】warpedadj. 弯曲的，变形的

warrant

【考法1】vt. 承诺：to assume responsibility for the satisfactory quality orperformance of

【例】Thecomputer company unconditionally warrants all of its products for one fullyear. 这个电脑公司对所有的产品提供为期一年的质量保证。

【近】assure,avouch, guarantee, vouch

【考法2】vt. 批准，认可：to give official acceptance of as satisfactory

【例】The lawwarrants these measures. 法律允许这些措施。

【近】approbate,authorize, clear, confirm, finalize, formalize, ratify, sanction

【反】decline,deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, reject, veto 禁止，否决

【派】warrantedadj. 有正当理由的；warrantyn.保证，承诺

wary

【考法1】adj. 小心的，机警的，谨慎的：marked by keen caution,cunning, and watchfulness

【例】kept awary eye out for signs of the enemy 对敌人出现的征兆保持警惕

【近】alert,cautious, chary, circumspect, conservative, guarded, heedful, vigilant,watchful

【反】careless,heedless, incautious, unguarded, unmindful, unwary 不谨慎的

【派】warinessn. 谨慎，小心

wastrel

【考法1】n. 肆意挥霍的人，败家子：one who expends resources foolishly and self-indulgently

【例】He endedup being a wastrel and a drunkard. 他最后成了一个花天酒地的败家子。

【近】fritterer,profligate, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster

【反】economizer, penny-pincher 节约的人；hoarder, miser, niggard 吝啬鬼

watershed

【考法1】n. 重要关头，分水岭：a crucial dividing point: turning point

【例】a watershedmoment in her life 她命运的分水岭

【近】climax,corner, event, landmark, milestone

wax

【考法1】vi. 月亮渐满：to increase in phase or intensity, used chiefly of the moon, othersatellites, and inferior planets

【反】wane 月亮渐亏

【考法2】vt. 用蜡涂、处理或上光：to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reducefriction

【例】wax thefloor 给地板打蜡

【近】grease,oil, slick

【反】coarsen,rough, roughen 使粗糙

【考法3】vi. 增大，增强：to increase in size, numbers, strength, prosperity, or intensity

【例】Thecommitment of the young volunteers to the cause seems to wax. 青年志愿者们对于这项事业的投入似乎在增多。

【近】accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, burgeon, enlarge, escalate,expand, proliferate, rise

【反】contract,decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede 减少，减弱

【派】waxingadj. 增加的

waylay

【考法1】vt. 埋伏，伏击：to lie in wait for or attack from ambush

【例】Unsuspecting tourists are often waylaid by gangs. 不警惕的旅客们常常被犯罪团伙偷袭。‖We were waylaid bya group of protestors with rocks. 我们被一群示威者用石头偷袭了。

【近】ambush,assault, lurk, surprise

welter

【考法1】n. 混乱；动乱：a state of wild disorder

【例】There wasa welter of pushing and shoving. 到处是推搡和拥挤的混乱局面。‖The troop withdrawal would plunge the country into a welter ofanarchy and endless civil war. 撤军会使得这个国家陷入无政府的动乱和无尽的内战中。

【近】disturbance, furor, hurricane, pandemonium, turmoil, turmoil, uproar, whirl

【反】calm,peace, tranquility 平静，宁静；order 秩序

wheedle

【考法1】vt. （用花言巧语）诱惑，哄骗：to persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile

【例】wheedledhim into working for them 哄骗他为他们工作‖She pleaded and wheedled, but I wouldn't be swayed. 她软磨硬泡地求我，但我仍不动摇。

【近】adulate,blandish, cajole, coax

【反】coerce,compel, demand, force, oblige, require 迫使，强求