condescending，humble，modest，shamefaced，unassuming ；

[例句] 他是个腼腆谦逊的人。 He was a shy, self-effacing man.

[例句] 慷慨激昂地攻击傲慢,并非谦逊的标志. It is not a sign of humility to declaim against pride.

bow-backed，gibbous，[医] cyphotic，kyphotic，humpbacked ；

[例句] 比方说那个驼背的理查老国王. ” Like that old humpbacked Richard. "

[例句] 一位驼背的老者慢慢地走进饭店. An old man, with bent forward, walked slowly into the restaurant.

connatural，immanent，[计] inherently，implicit，inherent ；

[例句] 人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的. Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.

[例句] 这些理论上的含混之处,一部分是战略理论在初创阶段上所固有的. These ambiguities were partly inherent in the rudimentary state of strategic doctrine.

as black as one's hat，coal-black，jet，jet-black，jetty ；

[例句] 你可曾见到那墨黑的废水污染了碧河? You may have seen where a jet of water pollution Pitt River?

[例句] 突然, 两条龙从墨黑的云层中现身, 在互相攻击,想将对方吞噬. Then suddenly, two dragons appear from the dark clouds. The dragons were devouring one another.

conversed，disordered，resupinate，reversed，converse ；

[例句] 他的眼睛睁开了，看到的一切都是颠倒的。 His eyes were open and everything he saw was upside down.

[例句] 正常词序在被动句中是颠倒的。 The normal word order is reversed in passive sentences.

odd，remainder，[医] residual，vestigial，remanent ；

[例句] 用剩余的油酥面皮装饰苹果。 Use any pastry trimmings to decorate the apples.

[例句] 加入捣碎的大蒜和剩余的蔬菜丁。 Add the crushed garlic and remaining diced vegetables.

fabulous，putative，traditionary，purported，rumorous ；

[例句] 亚瑟王的故事成为口头传说的一部分。 The story of King Arthur became part of oral tradition.

[例句] 他不可能像民间传说的那样被下了毒。 He could not possibly have been poisoned as popular legend has it.

slow，logy，remiss，torpid，lumberly ；

[例句] 等到麻烦显现时再纠正动作迟缓的驾驶技术就来不及了. There'll be no time to correct lackadaisical driving techniques after trouble develops.

[例句] 然而,他在推进进展迟缓的自由贸易谈判方面也行动缓慢. Yet he has been slow to push ahead on unresolved free - trade talks.

mean，ignoble，low，ribald，hilding ；

[例句] 从前被人们视为卑贱的一些职业现在开始受到更多的重视. A number of trades, previously thought of as lowly ones, began to receive more attention.

[例句] 我过去常常爱把自己想成是他的卑贱的奴仆. I used to love to think that I was his abject slave.

[法] overt，exoteric，open，open-door，open-eyed ；

[例句] 这份材料里只有一些已公开的、非保密性质的信息。 The material consisted only of already published, unclassified information.

[例句] 他们关注的是公开的歧视，而不是种族主义的一些潜在问题。 They focus on overt discrimination rather than insidious aspects of racism.

immobile，immovable，stock-still，impassive，motionless ；

[例句] 交通堵塞中静止不动的汽车产生了大量污染。 Stationary cars in traffic jams cause a great deal of pollution.

[例句] 肥胖和久坐不动的生活方式被认为会增加患心脏病的几率。 Obesity and a sedentary lifestyle has been linked with an increased risk of heart disease.

serious，solemn，earnest，grave，elevated ；

[例句] 即使是内容严肃的报纸也认为这是一次胜利。 Even the quality papers agreed that it was a triumph.

[例句] 烹饪课既是一件严肃的事又是一种享受。 The cookery course was serious and hedonistic at the same time.

measurable，mild，[经] moderate，modest，mod. ；

[例句] 我要做的只是保持适度的冷静。 All I had to do was be halfway cool.

[例句] 与通常的看法相反，适度的运动事实上会降低食欲。 Contrary to popular belief, moderate exercise actually decreases your appetite.

symmetrical，[计] balanced，symmetric，[医] meristic ；

[例句] 现在新建的房子不管大小几乎都是对称的. A new house of any size was now almost invariably symmetrical.

[例句] 物理定律对平移是对称的. The laws of physics are symmetrical for translational displacements.

narrow，parochial，pokey，poky，hole-in-the-wall ；

[例句] 很遗憾，我们不得不让住户挤在这些狭小的公寓里。 Regrettably we have to house families in these inadequate flats.

[例句] 他的两条长腿蜷在狭小的空间里。 His long legs bent up in the confined space.

judicious，sagacious，sage，wise，discreet ；

[例句] 我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告. I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.

[例句] 有史以来谁是最贤明的人? Who is the wisest man who has ever lived?

renascent，resurgent，[法] resurrectionary，reviviscent，redivious ；

[例句] 所种的是羞辱的, 复活的是荣耀的. It is sown in dishonour. It is raised in glory.

[例句] 死了的动物是不可能复活的. It is impossible for a dead animal to come back.

shaky，oscillatory，[医] amphibolic，amphibolous，to-and-fro ；

[例句] 他企图使动摇的士兵坚强起来. He tried to stiffen his wavering soldiers.

[例句] 民族资产阶级 当然 是动摇的, 但是要利用它的积极的一面, 要有团结有斗争. Without doubt , the national bourgeoisie tends to vacillate , but we should , nevertheless, make use of its positive side, uniting with it as well as struggling against it.

contemptible，mean，[法] abject，scoundrel，base ；

[例句] 他声称他是一场卑鄙的竞选运动的牺牲品。 He claimed he was the victim of a dirty tricks campaign..

[例句] 肮脏卑鄙的竞选运动 a dirty tricks campaign

unfortunate，unlucky，ill-fated，luckless，miserable ；

[例句] 不幸的是，几乎不可能看到这些重大问题得到回复。 Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered.

[例句] 由于发生了不幸的意外，我知道消息的时候已经晚了一天。 Through some unfortunate accident, the information reached me a day late.