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wedge [wed?] n.楔子, 楔形物 vt.楔住, 嵌, 挤进I was so tightly wedged between two fat women that it was difficult for me to get up and leave the bus. 我被两个肥胖的女人紧紧地挤在中间，以致于要站起来下公共汽车都很难。2.被卡住Her foot wedged in the narrow crack. 她的脚卡在那狭缝里了。 persecute [p?:sikju:t] vt.迫害, 烦扰, 为难 They came to America after being persecuted for their religious beliefs. 他们是在他们因宗教信仰而受到迫害之后来到美洲的。 He persecuted me with various delicate questions. 他用种种微妙的问题把我难倒了 petrify [?petrifai]vt.使发呆；使…变成化石1. cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunnedThe horror petrified his feelingsFear petrified her thinking2. change into stonethe wood petrified with time3. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; rigidify, ossifyrigidify the training scheduleossified teaching methodsslogans petrify our thinking undulate [?ndjuleit] adj. 波动的, 起伏的 v. (使) 波动, (使) 起伏, (使) 震动 Fields of wheat are undulating in the breeze. 在微风中起伏着一片麦浪。 fit2名词 n. [C]1.(病的)发作[(+of)]He had a fit of coughing. 他咳嗽了一阵。 2.(感情等的)突发;(活动等的)一阵紧张[(+of)]He burst into a fit of laughter. 他突然大笑起来。 3.昏厥;痉挛The man collapsed on the floor in a fit. 这男子突然昏倒在地板上。 inexorable [ineks?r?bl] adj.无情的, 不可阻挡的, 坚决不变的 n.坚定不移的人 Facts are inexorable. 事实是无情的。 Our reform made an inexorable march of progress. 我们的改革取得了势不可挡的进展。 bristling [‘brisli?] adj. 竖立的。 动词bristle的现在分词形式The dogs fur bristled as it sensed danger. 那狗觉察到危险时，毛都竖立起来了。The bristling of the body hair, as from fear or cold; goose bumps. 毛发竖立，鸡皮疙瘩汗毛因恐惧或寒冷而竖立; 鸡皮疙瘩 tormented adj. 1. experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; anguished, tortured an anguished conscience a small tormented schoolboy a tortured witness to anothers humiliation quaint a. 1.古怪的;不适当的Our neighbor is a quaint old lady.2. 古雅的;奇特而有趣的They lived in a quaint little house. 他们住在一幢老式而别致的小房子里。我们的邻居是位古怪的老太太。 remorseless [rim?:slis] adj.无悔意的,无慈悲的,冷酷无情的 adj. without mercy or pity; pitiless, ruthless, unpitying an act of ruthless ferocity a monster of remorseless cruelty tra