808.bulky (a.) 笨重的
They include the most bulky medalist-U.S. super-heavyweight freestyle wrestler Chris Taylor，…and the most petite----among there mothlike Chinese gymnast Li Lu．
他们当中包括块头最大的奥运奖牌得主—美国的超重量级自由式摔跤选手克利斯·泰勒，
还有体型最娇小的—其中有体态如蛾的中国体操选手李露。
注：petite (a.) （女人）身材娇小的
809.cameo (a.) 短暂而精采的
He（Magic Johnson）made cameo appearances，first at the 1992 N.B.A. All-Star Game and then as a member of the USA’s Dream Team in the Barcelona Olympics．（TIME，Feb．12，1996，P．39）
魔术师约翰逊曾两度短暂露面，一次是1992年的NBA全明星赛，另一次则是入选巴赛罗那
奥运会的美国梦幻篮球队。
810.canny (a.) 精明的
[同]shrewd
The next step after getting a job was to find a women to marry，and Kennedy has settled this matter as well，finding someone chic，canny and appealing.
有了事业之后，下一步就是讨个老婆，而肯尼迪也解决了，找了一位时髦、精明、迷人的妻子。
811.chagrined (a.) 悔恨的，懊恼的
When Bush lost the 1992 election，Milt was chagrined.
布什输掉1992年总统选举时，米尔特很懊恼。
812.comely (a.) 漂亮的
Jacqueline Joyner came into the world in 1962 in godforsaken poverty in the town of East St．Louis，Illinois，and was named after the then President's comely wife．
杰奎琳·乔依娜1962年诞生于伊利诺州东圣路易市，家中一贫如洗，她的名字取自当时漂亮
的总统夫人之名。
注：godforsaken (a.) 被上帝遗弃的，悲惨的
813.consecutive (a.) 连续的
[同]successive
Employees work 10-hour days，four days a week，with rotating day and night shifts．At the end of each three-week cycle, they get five consecutive days off. (TIME，May 6，1996，p．52）
员工每天工作10小时，一星期4天，并轮值白班及夜班。每3礼拜一循环之后，他们有5天的连假。
注：shift (n．）轮班（制）
814.cutthroat (a．)（竞争）激烈的?
[同]ruthless
It's cutthroat，but not enough to concern game guru Eno，who predicts a booming future--in online games.
〔电脑游戏软件的〕竞争是很激烈，但还不足以让游戏软件大师伊诺担忧，因为他预测网络游戏未来会发展得很蓬勃。
815.cynical (a.) 愤世嫉俗的，觉得世间人都是自私自利的?
[反]idealistic
Cynical，cool，Lennon was the eye of sanity in the Beatlemania hurricane．（TIME，Nov．20，
1995，p. 52）※sanity(n.) 神智清醒
列侬是愤世嫉俗又很冷静的那种人，在甲壳虫热的飓风中，他是平静的飓风眼。
816.deadpan (a.) 扑克脸孔的，不带个人感情的
Cook was a Cambridge undergraduate preparing for a career in foreign service when he joined the comic quartet known as Beyond theFringe，wowing West End and Broadway stages in the 1960s with his deadpan surrealism.（TIME，Jan. 23，1995， p. 13）
60年代库克加入了名叫“非主流之外”的4人喜剧团，以不带个人情感的超写实主义风格，赢得伦敦西区剧院及美国百老汇的热烈喝采，当时他还是个剑桥大学生，正打算从事外交工
注：quartet(n.)四人一组；fringe (n.）边缘位置，理念怪异或极端而不为一般人所接受的少数人; wow (v.)使（观众）高声叫好
817.demure (a.) 矜持的?
[同]reserved
Demure and sexy at the same time，Brigitte Bardot at 21 stunned in a gingham bikini in the movie And God Created Woman．（TIME，July 1，1996，P．56）
矜持又性感的碧姬·芭铎在21岁时，于《上帝创造女人》一片中穿了一件格子布的小比基尼，
迷倒众生。