amiable amicable怎么读

impenetrable 英 /?m?pen?tr?bl/ 美 /?m?pen?tr?bl/ adj. 不能通过的；顽固的；费解的；不接纳的

【考法1】adj.不可渗透的，不可穿透的: impossible to get through or into

【例】The ancient temple was surrounded by vast stretches of impenetrable jungle.包围着古老的神庙的是密不透风的灌木丛

【近】impassable, impermeable, impervious, impregnable

【反】passable, penetrable, permeable, pervious 可通过的

【考法 2】adj.难以理解的: incapable of being comprehended

【例】The textbook&39;s language is completely impenetrable, at least to me.至少在我看来，这个教材就是天书

【近】arcane, cryptic, enigmatic, incomprehensible, inscrutable, unfathomable, ungraspable, unintelligible

【反】fathomable, intelligible, understandable 可以理解的

testy 英 /?testi/ 美 /?testi/ adj. 易怒的；暴躁的

【考法1】adj.易怒的，暴躁的: easily annoyed: irritable

【例】That coworker would be easier to get along with if she weren&39;t so testy all the time.如果那个同伴不是一直那么暴怒的话，她还是挺好相处的。

【近】choleric, irascible, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant

【反】affable, good humor, unable to irritate, imperturbable, patient 和蔼可亲的，冷静的，忍耐的

pretense 英 /pr??tens/ 美 /?pri?tens/ n. 假象，伪装；借口，托词；装扮游戏角色；自称，自诩；虚浮炫耀的语言（或行为）

【考法 1】n.虚假，伪装: the act of pretending; a false appearance or action intended to deceive

【例】There is too much pretense in his piety. 他的虔诚大多都是伪装。

【近】affectation, camouflage, deceit, disguise, imposture, mask, masquerade

【反】sincerity 真诚

【考法 2】n.自大，优越感: an exaggerated sense of one&39;s importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims

【近】assumption, hauteur, imperiousness, loftiness, lordliness, pomposity, superciliousness, superiority

【反】humility, modesty 谦逊

decode 英 /di??k??d/ 美 /?di?kod/ vt. 解码，破译；转换；译解，理解（外文）

【考法 1 】vt.解码: to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language

【例】the agents worked into the night to decode the intercepted message from the enemy spy 情报人员夜 以继日地破解从敌方间谍拦截的信息

【近】break, crack, decipher, decrypt

【考法 2】v.有清晰想法，理解,解读: to have a clear idea of

【例】a convoluted thriller, the plot of which I was never able to actually decipher 一部错综复杂的恐怖电影，情节我一直没有理解

【近】apprehend, perceive, recognize, seize, sense ,make out

surly 英 /?s??li/ 美 /?s??rli/ adj. 脾气坏的，粗鲁无礼的

【考法 1】adj.脾气不好的: irritably sullen and churlish in mood or manner

【例】The surly receptionist told us we would have to wait outside in the rain. 态度粗暴的服务员说我们必须在外面等——哪怕是在下雨。

【近】acid, bearish, bilious, cantankerous, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ornery, splenetic

【反】amiable, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered 性格好的