inflexible，old-fashioned，old-maidish，square-toed，fusty ；

[例句] 这一古板的老旧机构拒绝承认人们对流行音乐的需求。 The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.

[例句] 他们没修养，很乏味，是一群无聊古板的老家伙。 They're not cultured or interesting, they are boring stodgy old things.

grandiose，magnificent，palatial，stately，gallant ；

[例句] 阳光从舷窗外面直射进来, 使外边那间气象堂皇的舱房十分轩敞. Sunlight streamed through the portholes, brightening the impressive outer cabin.

[例句] 这事做得不是很堂皇的 吗 ? Was not that nobly done?

grandiose，majestic，majestical，massive，magnificent ；

[例句] 这座宏伟的教堂一定会让你止步赞叹。 This magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks.

[例句] 那座高大宏伟的建筑耸立在他面前。 The building rose before him, tall and stately.

pendulous，pensile，rickety，rocking，awag ；

[例句] 摇摆的黄蜂抓住脆钩喘息. The wagging wasp grasps the crisp clasp for a gasp.

[例句] 过剩与短缺, 为何中国经济总是如同摇摆的秋千? Superfluous with shortage, why is Chinese economy always as pendulous swing?

cripple，halting，claudicant，game，gimpy ；

[例句] 他因一足受伤而有一跛一跛的步伐. He has a lame gait because of an injured foot.

[例句] 羔羊的大腿是跛的. The lamb was lame in its lap.

heathen，heathenish，heretical，pagan，paganish ；

[例句] 艾布纳沉着脸说, “ 一切异教的偶像全是对主的亵渎. ” Abner said solemnly , " all heathen idols are an abomination to the Lord. "

[例句] 我们不会面对异教的挑战而退缩. We do not shrinkfromthe challenges of the heretics.

heavy，hefty，[医] bary-，grnvis，heaviest ；

[例句] 他们过去常买10公斤重的整块牛肉。 They used to buy ten kilos of beef in one lump.

[例句] 主教说他对如此重的量刑大为震惊。 The Bishop said he was sickened by the severity of the sentence.

concolorous，monochromatic，[化] monochroic，monochrome，homochromous ；

[例句] 一般来说，单色的地毯使房间显得更宽敞。 In general, a plain carpet makes a room look bigger.

[例句] 除了单色的设计和印刷,还有多种颜色供您选择. Multicolor options are also available apart from single color designing and printing.

impersonative，me-too，[计] mimetic，mimic，follow-the-leader ；

[例句] 模仿的天才 a talent for mimicry

[例句] 他以其无人可模仿的独特风格发表了演说. He delivered the speech in his own inimitable style.

implicative，implicit，implied，pithy，pregnant ；

[例句] 他送的礼物,人家以含蓄的感谢收下了. His presents were received with reserved thanks.

[例句] 此时此际的这一对比是生动而含蓄的. The contrast at this instant is vivid and pregnant.

bodeful，inauspicious，not in detail，ominous，ugly ；

[例句] 据当地民间传说，那是个不祥的地方。 According to local folklore it is an evil place.

[例句] 酒吧里非常安静，给人一种不祥的预感。 The bar seemed ominously quiet.

hard-shelled，inflexible，[医] spastic，rigid，renitent ；

[例句] 最好先伸展一下僵硬的肌肉。 It is better to stretch the tight muscles first.

[例句] 也许从背后已无法认出她的发胖僵硬的身子了. Perhaps her thickened, stiffened body was no longer recognizable from behind.

dilettante，flimsy，unreflecting，injudicial，injudicious ；

[例句] 他选择的主题被认为是浅薄的。 His choice of subject matter has been regarded as lowbrow.

[例句] 他现在坦率承认自己以前浪荡不羁的生活方式很大程度上都是浅薄的。 He now frankly admits that much of his former playboy lifestyle was superficial.

demure，douce，earnest，serious，serious-minded ；

[例句] 在他看来，这个人无疑是认真的。 There was no doubt in his mind that the man was serious.

[例句] 你是认真的呢，还是有点胡闹？ Were you serious, or was that a bit of tomfoolery?

iterative，reduplicative，[医] reduplicated，reiterative，reduplicate ；

[例句] 通过对化石证据的仔细反复的研究是可以得出答案的. The answers may lie in a close reexamination of the fossil evidence.

[例句] 经过反复的解释,学生们总算明白了. After repeated explanation the students understood.

regional，territorial，[法] provincial，endemic，local ；

[例句] 我非常同情生活在那些地方的人们。 I clearly empathize with the people who live in those neighborhoods.

[例句] 路边某些地方的积雪有六英尺深。 The snow along the roadside was six feet deep in places.

blundering，clumsy，elephantine，lubber，lubberly ；

[例句] 赖尼把他粗笨的手浸到水里 ( 约翰斯坦贝克 ) Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water ( John Steinbeck )

[例句] 这样, 你还可以从土地的粗笨的蛴螬进而看到活泼的,翩跹的蝴蝶. Thus, also, you pass from the lumpish grub the earth to the and fluttering butterfly.

actual，practical，real，real-life，earthy ；

[例句] 从智识、道德和现实的角度来看，这一论点是站不住脚的。 This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical standpoint.

[例句] 相信完美可以企及是不现实的。 It is unrealistic to believe perfection is an attainable goal.

assured，indubitable，[经] absolute，physical，sure-enough ；

[例句] 这对于活性测试而言是非常确实的, 而对物理性能测试则差一些. This is especially true for activity tests, less so for physical tests.

[例句] 让他知道确实的消息. Put him in full possession of facts and figures.

prescriptive，traditional，[经] conventional，traditionary，usual ；

[例句] 显然，广告业比银行业更少受到惯例的束缚。 The world of advertising is obviously less bound by convention than the world of banking.

[例句] 他不让他的画像具有惯例的法老神的那种传统的温和的美. He refused to have his portrait conventionalized into the customary smooth beauty of the pharaoh god.