gibe 英 [d?a?b] 美 [d?a?b] v. 嘲笑，愚弄；（非正式）相一符，一致（等于 jibe）n. 譏諷，嘲諷話（等于 jibe）

考點(diǎn)1: vt.嘲弄: to deride or tease with taunting words

■e.g. gibe at the umpire嘲弄裁判員

■同: deride, jeer, ridicule, mock, scoff, sneer, taunt

■反: respect, revere, venerate 尊敬

pillory 英 [?p?l?ri] 美 [?p?l?ri] v. 抨擊；（當(dāng)眾）嘲笑；將……夾于頸手枷中；（使）受公眾批評(píng) n. （古刑具）木枷，頸手枷

考點(diǎn)1: vt.被示眾嘲弄: to expose to public contempt, ridicule, or scorn

■e.g. The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent. 候選人在大眾面前無(wú)情地羞辱他的對(duì)手。He resigned after being pilloried by the press. 在遭到媒體嘲弄之后他憤然辭職。

■同: abase, debase, degrade, denounce, humiliate, ridicule

■反: carol, eulogize, exalt, extol, laud 贊美

convoluted 英 [?k?nv?lu?t?d] 美 [?kɑ?nv?lu?t?d] adj. 復(fù)雜的；費(fèi)解的；旋繞的 v. 盤(pán)繞；纏繞（convolute的過(guò)去分詞）

考點(diǎn)1: adj.復(fù)雜的，費(fèi)解的: complicated; intricate

■e.g. a convoluted way of describing a simple mechanism 用令人費(fèi)解的方法解釋一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的原理

■同: complex, knotty, involved, sophisticated, twisted, tangled, labyrinthine

■反: straightfoiward 直截了當(dāng)?shù)?/span>

coalesce 英 [?k????les] 美 [?ko???les] vi. 合并；結(jié)合；聯(lián)合 vt. 使…聯(lián)合；使…合并

考點(diǎn)1: v.合并,融合 to unite into a whole: fuse

■e.g. Different units coalesced into one army不同的黨派融合成了一支部隊(duì)

■同: associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), unify, unite

■反: break up, dissever, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink, disband 分開(kāi)，解散

giddy 英 [?ɡ?di] 美 [?ɡ?di] adj. 頭暈的；眼花的；令人眼花繚亂的；輕浮的 vt. 使暈眩；使眼花繚亂 vi. 眼花；眩暈

考點(diǎn)1: adj.輕浮不嚴(yán)肅的: lacking in seriousness or maturity

■e.g. teach a bunch of giddy Girl Scouts how to make a fire教一群漫不經(jīng)心的女童子軍如何生火

■同: flighty, frivolous, frothy

■反: grave, serious嚴(yán)肅的；earnest認(rèn)真的

考點(diǎn)2: adj.喜悅的: joyfully elated

■e.g. He's clearly giddy at the news that his ailing grandfather will be fine.聽(tīng)到他袓父的病將無(wú)大恙，他的喜悅之情溢于言表

■同: elated, elevated, euphoric, exhilarated, exultant, intoxicated, rapturous

■反: depressed, melancholy 憂郁的