Exercise 17
COLUMN 1
mitigate
melodious
meticulous
meager
mistrust
mighty
maverick
minuscule
meaningful
manly
COLUMN 2
A.huge
B.careless
C.plentiful
D.weak
E.effeminate
F.believe in
G.meaningless
H.aggravate
I.follower
J.discordant
答案：HJBC FDIA GE
详解：
1.mitigate
vt. 使缓和，使减轻
How to mitigate this trend?
怎样缓和这种倾向呢？
aggravate
vt. 加重；使恶化；激怒
Her questions aggravate him.
她的问题激怒了他。
2.melodious
adj. 悦耳的；旋律优美的
Sleeping amidst nature and waking up to the melodious morning ragas of the little birds may sound like a far fetched dream.
在大自然中入睡，在小鸟悦耳动听的晨曲中醒来听似一个遥不可及的梦想。
discordant
adj. 不和谐的，刺耳的；不一致的
As if she had an innate knowledge of one jarring and discordant string within him, and her very breath could sound it.
仿佛她对他心中那条刺耳的、不和谐的琴弦有着天赋的知识，她呼一口气就能使它发出声音。
3.meticulous
adj. 一丝不苟的；小心翼翼的；拘泥小节的
I am sure under you meticulous care these trees will flourish day by day.
我相信，在你们细致的照料下，这些树木每天都将茁壮成长。
careless
adj. 粗心的；无忧无虑的；淡漠的
A careless driver is a danger to the public.
粗心的驾驶员对于公众是一种危险。
4.meager
adj. 贫乏的；瘦的
His meager wage is not enough to support their five children.
靠他一个人的微薄工资不足以养活他们的五个孩子。
plentiful
adj. 丰富的；许多的；丰饶的
The pigs battened on the plentiful fodder.
那些猪饲料充足，吃得膘肥体壮。
5.mistrust
vt. 不信任；怀疑
If not, the world faces decades of hostility and mistrust.
如果不是这样，世界将面临几十年的敌对和不信任。
believe in
信仰；信任
He does not believe in fate.
他不相信命运。
6.mighty
adj. 有力的；强有力的；有势力的
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so.
强大而可怕的，因为你并非如此。
weak
adj. [经] 疲软的；虚弱的；无力的；不牢固的
She is not so weak as she looks.
她并不像看上去那么虚弱。
7.maverick
n. 没打烙印的动物；持不同意见的人;vi. 迷途；背离
His maverick sister, Christine Van Rompuy, is a member of the Maoist Workers Party of Belgium.
他特立独行的姐姐，克里斯汀 范 龙佩是比利时毛主义工人党的成员。
follower
n. 追随者；信徒；属下
I can claim to be a Christian, a follower of Christ.
我可以自称为一个基督徒，是跟随基督的人。
8.minuscule
adj. 极小的；用草写小字写的
If LCROSS had turned up 1 percent water, NASA figures it might be economically viable to extract water from a crater, rather than try to coax it from the soil, where water exists in minuscule amounts.
如果LCROSS已经变成了1个百分点,国家航空和宇宙航行局的数据水可能是经济可行的陨石坑中提取的水,而不是试图哄那从土壤,水的存在于极小的数量。
huge
adj. 巨大的；庞大的；无限的
The musical evening was voted a huge success by everyone.
人人都认为这次音乐晚会是一次巨大的成功。
9.meaningful
adj. 有意义的；意味深长的
"We found no meaningful differences at all, " she says.
“我们没有发现任何有意义的区别，”她说。
meaningless
adj. 无意义的；无目的的
The meaningless abstraction bespattered political and theoretical books.
那些毫无意义的抽象语言有损于政治理论书籍的价值。
10.manly
adj. 男子气概的；强壮的；适于男人的
He never learnt the manly and military virtues which his father prized.
他从未学得他父亲所看重的男子气概和军人品质。
effeminate
adj. 柔弱的；女人气的
It will not effeminate the boy's mind.
它不会使这男孩的心灵柔弱。