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严厉批评的;无情抨击的;尖刻地斥责的
例句:The report is scathing about the lack of safety precaution.
该报道对缺乏安全预防措施一事严加指责。
2.mockery n. 嘲弄,笑柄,蔑视
例句:The unfair trial was a mockery of justice.
那不公平的审判是对公正的一种蔑视。
3.exceedingly ad. 极端地,非常
例句:This thicket was a singular—an exceedingly singular one.
这片林子很怪——怪得出奇。
4.abandon vt. 抛弃,离弃,遗弃;放弃
例句:He finally abandoned his reformist ideas.
他终于放弃了自己的改良主义思想。
5.outrage vt. 凌辱,虐待,触犯
例句:Such conduct outrages our normal sense of decency.
这种行为伤害了我们正常的得体感。
6.inexplicable a. 不能说明的,不能解释的,费解的
例句:History is dotted with rum and inexplicable occurrences.
历史中不时穿插着一些离奇而难以说明的事件。
7.detrimental a. 有害的
例句:Lack of sleep is detrimental to one's health.
缺乏睡眠有害健康。
8.amnesty n. 大赦,特赦
例句:The political exiles returned home under an amnesty.
流放的政治犯根据大赦令回到家园。
9.thwart vt. 反对,阻碍,横过
例句:Our plan for a picnic is thwart by the rain.
我们的野餐计划因雨受挫。
10.disposal n. 处理,排列,支配,布置
例句:The sanitation department is in charge of garbage disposal.
环境卫生部门负责处理垃圾。
11.hamper vt. 阻碍,使困累,妨碍
例句:His overcoat hampered his running.
他的大衣妨碍他跑步。
12.occasionally ad. 有时候,偶而
例句:She was thrusting in a question or two occasionally.
她不时地插嘴提出一两个问题。
13.denounce vt. 告发,公然抨击,谴责
例句:She strongly denounced the government's hypocrisy.
她强烈谴责政府的伪善态度。
14.anonymous a. 作者不详的,佚名的,无名的
例句:An anonymous well-wisher bailed the prisoners out.
一个不留姓名的好心人把那些在押犯保释出来了。