The Damned Human Race

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crucial /ˈkruːʃəl/ CET4 TEM4

1.ADJ If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important. 至关重要的

2.ADV 至关重要地 crucially

degenerate CET6 TEM8 (degenerating,degenerated,degenerates)

动词读作dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt。形容词读作dɪˈdʒɛnərɪt。

1.V-I If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example, weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous. 退化; 恶化; 堕落

2.N-UNCOUNT 退化; 恶化; 堕落 degeneration

3.ADJ If you describe a person or their behaviour as degenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality. 堕落的表不满

computer hackers…一群堕落的计算机黑客

descent /dɪˈsɛnt/ CET6 TEM4

1.N-VAR A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position. 下降

2.N-COUNT A descent is a surface that slopes downward, for example, the side of a steep hill. 下坡

3.N-SING When you want to emphasize that a situation becomes very bad, you can talk about someone's or something's descent into that situation. 沉沦; 没落强调

4.N-UNCOUNT You use descent to talk about a person's family background, for example, their nationality or social status. 出身

gradient descent梯度下降

descent methodn. 下降法

chinese descent中国血统；炎黄子孙

disposition /ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/ CET6 TEM4

1.N-COUNT Someone's disposition is the way that they tend to behave or feel. 性情

disposition plan配置平面图

disposition effect处置效应；处分效果

exterminate /ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪt/ TEM8(exterminating,exterminated,exterminates)

1.V-T To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them. 消灭

2.N-UNCOUNT 消灭 extermination

...the extermination of hundreds of thousands of their brethren.

…他们几十万同胞的灭绝。

gory /ˈɡɔːrɪ/ (gorier,goriest)

1.ADJ Gory situations involve people being injured or dying in a horrible way. 血淋淋的

adj.血淋淋的；残酷的

cruel / iron

gouge /ɡaʊdʒ/ (gouging,gouged,gouges)

- 1.V-T If you gouge something, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object. 凿

gouge out:to remove sth. by digging or cutting

harem /ˈhɛərəm, hɑːˈriːm/

1.N-COUNT If a man, especially a Muslim, has several wives or sexual partners living in his house, they can be referred to as his harem. (尤指伊斯兰教徒的)妻妾

同近义词 n.为一个雄性动物所控制的许多雌性动物；闺房里的妻妾群；闺房（伊斯兰教教徒的）boudoir / gynaecea

humiliating /hjuːˈmɪlɪˌeɪtɪŋ/ TEM4

- ADJ If something is humiliating, it embarrasses you and makes you feel ashamed and stupid. 使蒙受耻辱的

同近义词 adj.丢脸的；羞辱性的

discreditable

incurable /ɪnˈkjʊərəbəl/ TEM4

1.ADJ If someone has an incurable disease, they cannot be cured of it. 无法治愈的

2.ADV 无法治愈地 incurably

3.ADJ You can use incurable to indicate that someone has a particular quality or attitude and will not change. 不能改变的

an incurable romantic. 无可救药的浪漫主义者

4.ADV 不能改变地 incurably

I know you think I'm incurably nosy, but the truth is I'm concerned about you.

我知道你认为我总爱管闲事，但事实是我关心你。

incurable disease绝症

indecency /ɪnˈdiːsənsɪ/

1.N-UNCOUNT If you talk about the indecency of something or someone, you are indicating that you find them morally or sexually offensive. 下流

2.N-COUNT In law, an indecency is an illegal sexual act. 猥亵

...sexual indecencies.

…性猥亵。

同近义词 n.猥亵；下流；无礼

obscenity / salacity

jackass /ˈdʒækˌæs/

1.N-COUNT If you call someone a jackass, you mean they are very stupid or they have done something very stupid. 笨蛋; 蠢货

Paul is a tedious, self-absorbed jackass who neglects his girlfriend.

保罗是个烦人的、自以为是的笨蛋，把他的女朋友忽略了。

I hate to talk bad about my government, but it is a jackass government.

我讨厌说自己政府的坏话，但这就是个笨蛋政府。

同近义词 n.公驴；愚蠢的人

woodenhead / featherpate

microscopic /ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk/