Day 61
1.pull (one’s) punches
收回拳头;留有余地
e.g.
a sharp-tongued critic who doesn't pull his punches毒舌评论家
2.make nice
(虚伪地)对某人友好
3.foe/foʊ/
n. 敌人,仇敌
e.g.
I can't tell whether he is friend or foe.
4.feud/fjuːd/
n. 长期不和,争吵不休
e.g.
family feud
世仇
5.antagonize/ænˈtæɡənaɪz/
v. 使生气,引起…敌对
6.curtail /kɜːrˈteɪl/
v. (在数量、程度上)缩减;限制
e.g.
curtail expenses
Civil liberties were curtailed.
7.trash/træʃ/
v. 抨击,谴责(trash n.)
8.exercise someone self-restraint
使用自我克制力
9.multilateral/ˌmʌltiˈlætərəl/
adj. 多边的,多国的
e.g.
unilateral单边的
bilateral双边的
10.be hostile to对…怀有敌意
11.assent/əˈsent/
n. 同意,赞成(assent v.)
e.g.
She has given her assent to my proposals.
12.reiterate/riˈɪtəreɪt/
v. 重申,反复地说
13.critique评论评判中性
14.rail against/at/about sth.
(强烈或反复地)抱怨,责骂某事
e.g.
We railed against/at/about the injustice of the trial.
15.unravel/ʌnˈrævl/
v. 揭开,阐明;崩溃,瓦解
e.g.
unravel the cause of death
The Soviet Union began to unravel.
苏联瓦解
16.retraction/rɪˈtrækʃn/
n. 撤销,收回(retract v.)
e.g.
He demanded a full retraction of the allegations against him.
17.fuss/fʌs/
n. 大吵大闹,大发牢骚(fuss v.)
e.g.
make a fuss over sth.
18.forge/fɔːrdʒ/
v. 形成,缔造(关系)
e.g.
forge a relationship with sb.