436.ludicrous (a.)可笑的，滑稽的.
同：ridiculous
The surgeon denounces that allegation as ludicrous.
这名外科医生痛斥那项指控，指其为荒诞滑稽。
注：allegation (n.)法律用语，(尤指有待证实的)指控
437.malicious (a.)怀恶意的，居心不良的
Earlier in the week Nichols was charged with “malicious damage” to the Alfred P. Murray Federal Building.
本周早些时候尼古拉遭人指控罪名是”蓄意破坏”穆拉联邦大楼。
438.mock (a.)煞有其事的，假装的
Clinton, he reported with a tone of mock confidence, was at a prayer breakfast across town with religions leaders.
他装出很肯定的语气报道说，克林顿就在对面城镇与宗教领袖举行祈祷早餐会。
(a.)模拟的，演习的
The Pentagon revealed that three weeks ago Army Rangers and Navy Seals had conducted practice runs for an invasion of Haiti：Staging a mock attack on an isolated airfield at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
美国国防部透露,周前陆军突击部队和海军“海豹” 特种部队已针对入侵海地进行了数场演习，也就是在佛罗里达的埃格林空军基地对一孤立无援的机场进行模拟攻击。
439.mundane (a.)世俗的，平凡的
(Film critic)Libby’s columns serve as a continuing account of her amusingly mundane life and the peripheral role that movies play in it.
影评家利比的专栏文章，是在不断描写自己那平凡而快意的生活，以及电影在她生活中所扮演的次要角色。
注：peripheral(a.)周边的 次要的
440.optional(a.)可选择的，非强制的
反mandatory 反compulsory
China is not Haiti or Bosnia places where America’s involvement may be desirable but is ultimately optional. China is not optional.
中国不是海地，也不是波斯尼亚。美国介入那两个国家，或许不是赔本生意，但要不要介入终究可自主决定；要不要介入中国事务，则不是美国能选择的。
441.perennial (a.)长期持续的
同constant.同continual
As she did in her perennial best seller，…Tanner argues that the sexes baffle and bewilder each other, not because they have vastly different psychological makeups，but because they have distinct conversational styles，
正如坦纳在其历久不衰的畅销书中所述，她坚称男女两性会对对方感到迷惘，捉摸不透，并非因为双方在心理特性上有极大的差异，而是因为截然不同的对话风格。
注：baffle (v.)使困惑，使张惶失措make-up (n-)特质，.性格
442.placid(a.)平静的
同tranquil
The flooding provoked the largest evacuation ever mobilized in the Netherlands：250,000people were forced to flee their homes in Limburg and Gelderland, two placid southern provinces of willows and windmills.
这洪水造成荷兰有史以来最大规模的疏散行动，万人被迫逃离位于林堡和盖德兰的家园；这是南部两个恬静的省份，四处可见杨柳和风车……
注：evacuation (n.)撤出，疏散flee ( v.)逃出
443.poised (a.)准备好做……
同 all set
China its treasury bursting with foreign reserves and its stock markets surging，is poised for stable growth.
中国的国库外汇充盈，股市畅旺，已经具备稳定发展的条件。
注：to burst with充满
444.precarious(a.)岌岌可危的
同uncertain同unstable 反stable反secure
We are in a very precarious position because investors’ confidence is disconnected from any hard-hitting analysis of what is underlying the economy.
我们正处在非常危险的状态中，因为对深层经济因素的坦率分析已将投资者的信心搞得支离破碎。
注：hard-hitting (a.)(对难题或争议)大胆直言的
445.predominant (a.)主要的
In the two small Central African nations of Rwanda and Burundi where politics is still dominated by the ancient rivalry between the predominant Hutu and minority Tutsi tribes pure tribal enmity was behind the bloodshed.
位于中非的两个小国卢旺达 布隆迪，其政治仍为居优势的胡图族和居少数的图西族间的世仇对立所左右，这次的流血事件背后纯粹是种族仇恨在作祟。
注：enmity(n.)敌意，对立