386.austere (a.)(人)严肃的，(东西 生活)朴实的
The Puppet master(1993)and last year's Good Men Good Women，with their austere poignancies，played all the best festivals，though they remain a coterie taste.
《戏梦人生》与去年的《好男好女》，以朴素而尖锐的风格打进各大影展，然而这些影片仍只有少数内行人能欣赏。
注：poignancy (n)尖锐，深刻Coterie ( n.)(具排他性的)小圈圈，集团.
387.avant-garde(a.)前卫的
Kosuke Tsumura，another Miyake student，launched his K-Zelle line in 1992 and two years later debuted in Paris with avant-garde Mad Max costume.
三宅一生另一个徒弟津村小介于1992年推出了K-Zelle系列，两年后首次在巴黎推出前卫的《冲锋飞车队》服装展。
388.benevolent (a.)仁慈的
Ruthless company-downsizing drives and continued layoffs，coupled with rising pay for top managers，have made their bosses look a good deal less benevolent.
无情的公司缩编举措,不断的解雇员工，加上付给高层经理人员的薪资节节上涨，使得他们的老板看起来不再那么慈祥。
注：layoff (n.)解雇；a goad deal 常，极其
389.bewildered (a.)迷惑的，张惶失措的
同perplexed
One thing that has observers bewildered is how the White House， could have put forward Foster’s nomination without getting the abortion issue squared away in advance.
令观察家莫名其妙一点是，白宫敢提名福斯特，却不事先解决堕胎议题。
注：to square away把(难题)处理掉;摆平(以放手进行其他事)
390.bizarre (a.)怪异的
同weird
Floods.Droughts.Hurricane.Twisters.Are all the bizarre weather extremes we’ve been having lately normal fluctuations in the planet's atmospheric systems？
洪水.干旱，飓风，龙卷风。究竟这些近来我们看到的怪异气候极端现象是不是地球大气系统的正常变化？
注：extremes (n.)(行为 情报上的)极端；fluctuation (n.)(气候 市价等的)变动
391.blatant(a.)大刺刺的，极明显的，公然的
What the network didn’t know--and didn’t bother to find out --was that Jammal was a hoaxer and that large segments of its program were based on blatant and ludicrous pseudoscience.
该电视台所不知道的 也未曾特意去探究的，就是詹玛尔是个骗子，而且该电视台的节目大部分都是根据明显的,可笑的伪科学来制作的。
392.blue-chip (a.)(在同行业中)最获利的，最赚钱的
Such entreaties(to safeguard the patents of manufacturers) have become essential for Americans blue-chip companies as they charge into the vast markets of China and its East Asian neighbors.
恳求保护其产品专利权，已经成为美国绩优公司挺进中国及其东亚邻国广大市场时，必然要做的事。
注：entreaty (r.)恳求，乞求，Charge (v.)冲锋，向前冲
393.capricious (a.)1(性情)善变的，反复无常的；2(事物)变化无常的
同impulsive mercurial同unpredictable反dependable
Earthquakes…are capricious beasts ruled by what physicists refer to as nonlinear dynamics，which means precise forecasting of when and where they will occur is impossible.
地震是变化莫测的凶残杀手，受物理学家所谓的非线性力学的支配，这表示要精确预测地震将于何时何地发生是不可能为事。
注：nonlinear(a.)非线性的
394.chronic (a.).1(疾病)慢性的；2(行为 恶习)习以为常的，积习成癖的
同persistent同habitual
Psychiatrists stress，however，that a few injections of medication and some sessions with a psychotherapist are just the beginning. Pedophilia is a chronic disorder.
然而心理学家强调，药物注射及与心理治疗师交谈不过是个开始，因为恋童癖是种慢性病。
pedophilia(n)恋童癖
395.compatible (a.)相容的，兼容的
反incompatible
No one except Microsoft executives disputes the fact that Microsoft is，in fact，a monopoly at least in IBM-compatible computer-operating systems. Some 8 out of 10 desktop computers run the Microsoft software.
事实上，微软公司至少垄断了与IBM兼容的电脑操作系统，这一点除了微软的各主管，没人会有异议。10台台式电脑中约有8台是用微软的软件在操作
注：dispute〔v.)(对事实等)怀疑.持异议