preeminent
adjective
pree-EM-uh-nunt
- more important, skillful, or successful
exact
verb
ig-ZAKT
- to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
- to call for as necessary or desirable
gulosity
noun
goo-LAH-suh-tee
- excessive appetite: greediness
sarcophagus
noun
sahr-KAH-fuh-gus
- a stone coffin; broadly: coffin
ad hominem
adjective
ad-Hah-muh-nem
- appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect
- marked by or being an attack on an opponent’s character rather than by an answer to the contentions made
insouciance
noun
in-SOO-see_unss
- lighthearted unconcern: nonchalance
itinerant
adjective
eye-TIN-uh-runt
- traveling from place to place; especially: covering a circle
jeopardy
noun
JEP-er-dee
- exposure to or imminence of death, loss, or injury: danger
- law: the danger that an accused person is subjected to when on trial for a criminal offense
retrocede
verb
ret-roh-SEED
- to go back: recede
- to cede back (something, such as a territory)
nostrum
noun
NAHSS-trum
- a usually questionable remedy or scheme: panacea
- 江湖药。英译英我没看懂哈哈哈。
gadabout
noun
GAD-uh-bout
- a person who goes from place to place in social activity
- 中文是“四处寻欢作乐的人”。怎么感觉中文比英文多了点贬义?