disrupt，divisive，[医] clastic，dissociated，cloven ；

[例句] 精神分裂症并非人们普遍认为的那样是“分裂的精神”。 Schizophrenia is not a "split mind" as is popularly believed.

[例句] 分裂的初步迹象已开始显露出来. The first signs of a split were beginning to show.

ramshackle，rocky，shaky，wonky，jiggly ；

[例句] 他头上摇晃的是什么? What was dangling above him?

[例句] 他害怕过那座摇晃的桥. He was scared to cross the rickety bridge.

cowardly，fainthearted，weakling，white-livered，milk-livered ；

[例句] 做这种事是懦弱的行为。 This was a cowardly thing to do.

[例句] 他真是个懦弱的年轻人. He is really a wet young man.

current，down to date，[经] fresh，late，later-day ；

[例句] 离最近的酒吧有长长的5英里的路程。 It was five long miles to the nearest pub.

[例句] 最近的一场雨把瀑布搅成了泥水漩涡。 The recent rain had churned up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool.

acid，cynical，sharp-fanged，insinuative，ironical ；

[例句] 它用讽刺的语言呈现了天主教作家郑重其事表明的观点。 It presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers.

[例句] 政客们通常是漫画家所讽刺的对象。 Politicians were always considered fair game by cartoonists.

dark，gloomy，darksome，dull，lowery ；

[例句] 我们百无聊赖地坐在阴暗的候机大厅里。 We sat about in the gloomy airport lounge.

[例句] 这是一些心理阴暗的人。 These are evil-minded people.

goluptious，good to eat，nice，palatable，flavorful ；

[例句] 鹰嘴豆有独特可口的坚果风味。 Chick peas have a distinctive, delicious and nutty flavour.

[例句] 一点可口的食物 a tasty morsel of food

deluxe，high，[经] de luxe，senior，Sr. ；

[例句] 他们是野蛮人, 不过属于高级的野蛮人. They were savages, but savages of a high order.

[例句] 她用一连串最高级的词语描绘那个地方. She described the place with a string of superlatives.

devotional，devout，godly，pious，god-fearing ；

[例句] 他们将孩子培养成了虔诚的基督教徒。 They brought up their children to be God-fearing Christians.

[例句] 他是南非仅有的几千名虔诚的拉斯塔法里教徒中的一员。 He was one of the few thousand committed Rastafarians in South Africa.

high，honorable，kingly，noble，distinguished ；

[例句] 灵犭是在诺曼时期的英格兰是高贵的象征。 In Norman England, the greyhound was a symbol of nobility.

[例句] 她宛如善良和高贵的化身。 She seemed to personify goodness and nobility.

honest，guileless，[法] in good faith，truthful，sincere ；

[例句] 不诚实的进口商将会能够把从顾客那里收取的增值税据为己有。 Dishonest importers would be able to pocket the VAT collected from customers.

[例句] 她坚信人的本性是善良诚实的。 She had an unshakeable faith in human goodness and natural honesty.

harsh，hoarse，grating，raspy，raucous ；

[例句] 外面车行道上传来刺耳的刹车声。 There was a scream of brakes from the carriageway outside.

[例句] 为避免相撞而刹车时，他听到了轮胎与地面刺耳的摩擦声。 He heard tires squeal as the car braked to avoid a collision.

enthusiastic，crazy，fanatic，frenzied，dithyrambic ；

[例句] 他最近才皈依天主教，是一名狂热的信徒。 He was a recent Catholic convert, and very zealous.

[例句] 他们变成了过分狂热的民族主义分子和军国主义分子，并想要征服别国。 They became overheated nationalists, militarists, and they were out to conquer.

sad，sorrowful，woeful，mournful，doleful ；

[例句] 令人悲哀的是，他的国际职业生涯竟如此惨淡收场。 It was sad that his international career should end in such anticlimax.

[例句] 她两眼噙泪地听着这个悲哀的故事. Her eyes moistened as she listened to the sad story.

cultured，polite，elegant，gentle，couth ；

[例句] 他的母亲是一位端庄文雅的女性。 His mother was an elegant, cultivated woman.

[例句] 你是够文雅的, 看上去象个大家闺秀. You are genteel enough, you look like a lady.

flagging，nutant，[医] pendulous，procident，drooping ；

[例句] 他看见鸣凤正在折一枝往下垂的梅花. She was breaking off a low - hanging branch.

[例句] 她那两只下垂的光洁的膀子给她的非常匀称的身体添了几分美丽. Her bare arms lay gracefully beside her slender waist.

dwarfish，little，[医] nanoid，nanous，runty ；

[例句] 他是个身材矮小的黑发男子。 He was a small, dark-haired man.

[例句] 两个身型矮小的孩子从门口出现了。 Two pint-sized kids emerged from a doorway.

eligible，qualified，regular ；

[例句] 在比利时只有资质合格的医生才能从事非传统医学工作。 In Belgium only qualified doctors may practise alternative medicine.

[例句] 学校不会接受任何学生质量不合格的作业。 A school would not accept low-quality work from any student.

clamant，critical，[医] emergent，exigent，hurry-up ；

[例句] 情况紧急的时候，保持镇静是重要的。 It is important to keep calm in an emergency.

[例句] 由于有更紧急的事务,该项议案暂缓审议. The proposal was temporarily tabled due to more pressing business.

ample，full，abundant，plenary，plenitudinous ；

[例句] 音乐学院让你有充分的理由任想象力自由驰骋。 A conservatory offers the perfect excuse to let your imagination run riot.

[例句] 有充分的证据表明这种投资能够促进增长。 The evidence that such investment promotes growth is strong.