voilent，acute，[医] agrius，drastic，exquisite ；

[例句] 拉里开始出现严重的头痛和剧烈的情绪波动。 Larry began suffering severe headaches and violent mood swings.

[例句] 剧烈的疼痛常常让她想大声叫喊。 The pain is often so bad she wants to scream.

current，now，[经] present，nowaday，hodiernal ；

[例句] 她的嗓音非常好，现在的唱功比以往任何时候都要好。 She's got a great voice and is singing better than ever.

[例句] 现在的失业人数已接近300万。 Unemployment is now a whisker away from three million.

confused，bewildered，muddleheaded，silly，besotted ；

[例句] 别跑题，否则你会把我搞糊涂的。 Let's keep to the subject, or you'll get me too confused.

[例句] 不要催他，不然他会犯糊涂的。 Don't rush him or he'll become confused.

foolish，silly，goosey，idiotic，addlepated ；

[例句] 我真应该跟我这些愚蠢的朋友理论理论！ I shall have words with these stupid friends of mine!

[例句] 基于如此不完整的证据采取的任何行动都是愚蠢的。 Any action on the basis of such fragmentary evidence would be foolish.

fancy，fresh，[法] novel，new，newfangled ；

[例句] 书中充满了新奇的事物. Books are filled with many wonders.

[例句] 在船上工作来度过我的假期是件相当新奇的事. It was quite a novelty to spend my holidays working on a boat.

advisable，sagacious，[法] sane，sage，sensible ；

[例句] 在减肥过程中保持饮食的营养相对均衡是明智的。 It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming.

[例句] 既然对你起作用，这就是个明智的决定。 This was a good decision inasmuch as it worked for you.

affable，amicable，friendly，genial，amiability ；

[例句] 我们雇佣友善的、在行的员工。 We employ friendly and knowledgeable staff.

[例句] 在友善的面具后面, 我知道他其实并不喜欢我. Behind the mask of friendliness, I know he really dislikes me.

affirmative，affirmatory，[经] positive，definite，yea-saying ；

[例句] 韦德先生对两个问题给出了不完全肯定的回答。 Mr Wade answers both questions with a qualified yes.

[例句] 他作出了肯定的答复，并接受了我给的1，000英镑的费用。 He responded positively and accepted the fee of £1,000 I had offered.

assentient，favourable，[法] approved，concurring，favorable ；

[例句] 可能会有很多不赞成的声音。 There are likely to be many dissenting voices.

[例句] 休得到了一片赞成的掌声。 Sue got a sympathetic round of applause.

hopeful，optimistic，sanguine，upbeat，affirmative ；

[例句] 记住：保持乐观的心态，好事自然会发生。 Remember, keep a positive attitude and good things will happen.

[例句] 面对遭征服的悲惨命运，他们保持了乐观的态度。 They have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation.

ages ago，far，remote，agelong，faraway ；

[例句] 在久远的过去，岩石板滑落到周边，从而形成了这个洞。 Slabs of rock had slipped sideways in the remote past, and formed this hole.

[例句] 他对于他那久远的弗吉尼亚的家谱很引以自豪. He was very proud of his old Virginian ancestry.

disturbed，intranquil，unstable，uneasy，nervous ；

[例句] 这是一篇剖析民族主义的让人不安的文章。 This was a troubling essay on the anatomy of nationhood.

[例句] 他的人民在混乱不安的泥潭里越陷越深。 His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion.

bright，brilliant，gorgeous，magnificent，resplendent ；

[例句] 他有一双清澈的蓝眼睛和一脸灿烂的微笑。 He has clear blue eyes and a dazzling smile.

[例句] 他脸上绽放出灿烂的笑容。 His face broke into a wide grin.

blazing，broiling，fiery，molten，red-hot ；

[例句] 在主室里，炽热的散热器暴露在外。 In the main rooms red-hot radiators were left exposed.

[例句] 炽热的火球冲上天空。 Intense balls of flame rose up into the sky.

good-looking，nice-looking，clean-cut，nice ；

[例句] 我的姐姐给了我这本非常好看的书。 My sister's given me this brilliant book.

[例句] 我会让他好看的，交给我好了。 I'll show him, leave it to me.

alternant，alternate，[计] interactional，alternating，seesaw ；

[例句] 职业倡导者发现“嗓音的”和“交互的”两词不在词汇表中。 The vocation advocate found the word "vocal" and "reciprocal" not in the vocabulary.

[例句] 你现在可以定义交互的框架了. You are ready to define the framework of the interaction.

apathetic，asleep，[医] dead，insensible，numb ；

[例句] 接着肚痛过去了, 只留下一阵麻木的感觉. Then the spasm passed, leaving a dull ache behind.

[例句] 这工夫,我才感觉到冻得麻木的双脚开始发痛. My numbed feet, thawing out , ached painfully.

corrugate，flexuous，[医] flexuose，sinuate，undulant ；

[例句] 她那浓密的波状的头发飘垂在肩上. Her thick wary hair flowed over her shoulders.

[例句] 波状的或以波浪式运动的; 起伏不平的. Marked by or moving in a wavelike form or motion; sinuous.

huffish，huffy，irate，shirty ；

[例句] 那头发怒的动物以最快的速度向我们冲过来. The irate animal made for us, coming at a full jump.

[例句] 小姑娘的微笑使发怒的老头缓和下来. The little girl's smile thawed the angry old man.

faceless，incognito，[法] anonymous，innominate，nameless ；

[例句] 一位匿名的作者在《快报》中引用了她的话说：“我不会保释那两个傻丫头的”。 She was quoted in the Express by an unnamed source as saying: "I won't bail out those two silly girls."

[例句] 这种匿名的卑鄙行为使他一时觉得下流得让人吃不消. The meanness of anonymity gave a shuddering obscenity to the moment.